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Man City Beats Defending EL Champion Porto 4-0
Football | Feb 23, 2012, 10:39 AM ISTManchester, Feb 23: Manchester City eased past defending Europa League champion FC Porto on Wednesday, beating the Portuguese side 4-0 to wrap up a 6-1 aggregate win.Sergio Aguero opened the scoring after just 19 seconds
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Davis Cup Champion Spain Sweeps Kazakhstan 5-0
Tennis | Feb 13, 2012, 10:37 AM ISTOviedo, Spain, Feb 13: Nicolas Almagro and Marcel Granollers won Sunday's reverse singles matches to complete a 5-0 sweep for defending Davis Cup champion Spain against Kazakhstan in their first-round series.Almagro needed just 82 minutes
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Milan Top After 2-1 Win At Udinese In Serie A
Football | Feb 12, 2012, 08:12 AM ISTRome, Feb 12: AC Milan new signing Maxi Lopez scored his first goal for the Serie A champion to help it come from behind to beat Udinese 2-1 and take over top spot in the
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Armstrong's Doc Promised Yuvraj Will Be Back Soon As New Champion
Cricket | Feb 06, 2012, 09:18 PM ISTChandigarh, Feb 6: Star cricketer Yuvraj Singh's father Yograj on Monday revealed that the doctor who has successfully treated Lance Armstrong for testicular cancer has assured his son that he would “come back as a
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Czechs, Russia Lead 2-0 In Fed Cup
Tennis | Feb 05, 2012, 02:22 PM ISTLondon, Feb 5: Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova took more than two hours to put defending champion the Czech Republic in control of its Fed Cup tie with Germany, while Italy's Francesca Schiavone surprisingly lost to
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Li Na Into 3rd Round At Australian Open
Tennis | Jan 18, 2012, 01:20 PM ISTMelbourne, Jan 18: French Open champion Li Na has become the first women through to the third round at the Australian Open after beating Olivia Rogowska 6-2, 6-2 in just over an hour at Rod
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Williams Through To 2nd Round At Australian Open
Tennis | Jan 17, 2012, 10:51 PM ISTMelbourne, Jan 17: Five-time champion Serena Williams moved into the second round of the Australian Open in the early hours of Wednesday morning with a 6-3, 6-2 win over Austria's Tamira Paszek. In a match
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Kvitova Voted Czech Athlete Of The Year Award
Tennis | Dec 22, 2011, 01:13 PM ISTPrague, Dec 22: Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova has been chosen Czech athlete of the year in a poll of sports journalists.The 21-year-old Kvitova has already been honored as the WTA's player of the year for
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Clijsters Makes Successful Return
Tennis | Dec 09, 2011, 10:06 AM ISTBrussels, Dec 9: After nearly four months sidelined, Australian Open champion Kim Clijsters made a successful return to the court by beating World No. 1 Caroline Wozniacki 6-2 7-6 (5) in an exhibition on Thursday.In
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Vettel Intrigued By Organised Chaos On Indian Roads
India | Oct 28, 2011, 09:46 PM ISTNew Delhi, Oct 28: Motor racing champion Sebastian Vettel says he is intrigued by the organised chaos on Indian roads.Speaking at the new Buddh International Circuit on Thursday, the 24-year-old German laughed when talking about
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Always A Hit At Flushing, Connors Hits At Flushing
Tennis | Sep 08, 2011, 07:31 AM ISTNew York, Sept 8 : Five-time U.S. Open champion Jimmy Connors was on a Flushing Meadows indoor practice court Wednesday, hitting with another American great, Jim Courier, as he tries to work himself back into
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Bolt Wins 100M At Golden Spike In 9.91 Sec
Other Sports | Jun 01, 2011, 04:02 PM ISTOstrava, Czech Republic, June 1: Usain Bolt remained unbeaten this season by clocking 9.91 Tuesday to win the 100 meters at the Golden Spike meet. In only his second race of the year, Bolt pulled
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Federer Moves To Fourth Round
Tennis | May 28, 2011, 05:02 PM ISTParis, May 28: Roger Federer came to the French Open a little bit under the radar, more than happy to let the world's focus land squarely on someone else for a while.The way the 16-time
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Sachin Deserves 'Bharat Ratna', Says Dhoni
Cricket | Apr 06, 2011, 05:48 PM ISTChennai, Apr 6: World Cup winning Indian cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni today joined the growing calls to award batting ace Sachin Tendulkar the Bharat Ratna, saying no cricketer deserves it more than him.“Yes, 200