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  Ronaldo returns for Madrid against Espanyol

  Football | May 16, 2014 22:49 IST

  MADRID: Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti says Cristiano Ronaldo has recovered from leg injury and will play against Espanyol in the last round of the Spanish league on Saturday.   Ronaldo was injured in a 1-1

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  Grant Flower appointed as Pakistan batting coach

  Cricket | May 16, 2014 7:06 IST

  ISLAMABAD:  Former Zimbabwe test batsman Grant Flower has been appointed as Pakistan's batting coach.   The Pakistan Cricket Board announced the move on Thursday.   Flower served as Zimbabwe's batting coach from 2010-13, after playing 67 tests

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  Loew makes last-minute change in World Cup squad

  Football | May 14, 2014 20:12 IST

  FRANKFURT, Germany: Germany coach Joachim Loew made a surprising last-minute change in his preliminary World Cup squad on Wednesday, calling up midfielder Christoph Kramer and dropping forward Andre Hahn.   Loew also cut three players from

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  Brazil coach Luiz Felipe Scolari is target of Portuguese investigation

  Football | May 14, 2014 14:25 IST

  LISBON, Portugal : Brazil coach Luiz Felipe Scolari is the subject of a criminal investigation in Portugal, authorities said Wednesday.   Officials wouldn't say what the investigation is about. In Portugal, ongoing investigations fall under the

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  Mushtaq Ahmed appointed Pakistan's spin bowling coach

  Cricket | May 12, 2014 17:51 IST

  ISLAMABAD :  Former test leg spinner Mushtaq Ahmed has signed a two-year contract to be the team's spin bowling coach.   The coach selection committee which also included chief selector and manager Moin Khan had also

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  Death bowling turned the match in our favour: Sunrisers coach

  Cricket | May 10, 2014 22:08 IST

  New Delhi: Sunrisers Hyderabad coach Tom Moody was all praise for his bowlers, saying the death bowling performance, in their eight-wicket win over Delhi Daredevils at the Ferozeshah Kotla here Saturday, was the turning point

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  Meet the most searched IPL 7 stars on Google

  Cricket | May 11, 2014 6:39 IST

  New Delhi: The cash rich Indian Premier League is on its half way mark and many players have become the most searched IPL 7 cricketers on Google. Kings XI star performer Glenn Maxwell found his

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  We need to bounce back quickly: Fleming

  Cricket | May 09, 2014 20:00 IST

  Mumbai: Chennai Super Kings need to quickly get over the mauling they received from Glenn Maxwell's punitive bat and bounce back to win their high-octane clash against Mumbai Indians, head coach Stephen Fleming said today.“We

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  PSG extends coach Laurent Blanc's contract to 2016

  Football | May 09, 2014 8:06 IST

  PARIS:  Paris Saint-Germain has extended coach Laurent Blanc's contract to June 2016, a day after he guided the club to a fourth French league title.   Blanc was not even the club's first choice to succeed

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  Whatmore to help Afghanistan, Ireland, Scotland and UAE

  Cricket | May 08, 2014 20:03 IST

  Dubai: Dav Whatmore, who coached Sri Lanka to their maiden World Cup win in 1996, will now help Afghanistan, Ireland, Scotland and UAE prepare for the 2015 World Cup as part of the International Cricket

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  Germany blends youth with experience for World Cup

  Football | May 08, 2014 19:08 IST

  FRANKFURT, Germany: Germany coach Joachim Loew made several surprise inclusions in his preliminary 30-man World Cup squad on Thursday, with established regulars such as Mario Gomez missing out.   Loew named relatively unknown players such as

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  Waqar Younis back as Pakistan coach

  Cricket | May 06, 2014 18:11 IST

  ISLAMABAD: Waqar Younis received a second shot as Pakistan cricket coach on Tuesday. Younis was the coach for 18 months, leading the team to the semifinals of the 2010 World Twenty20 and 2011 World Cup,

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  Koevermans shortlists five seniors for Asian Games

  Football | May 05, 2014 18:17 IST

  New Delhi: India's chief football coach Wim Koevarmans has shortlisted five seniors, including captain Sunil Chettri, for the Asian Games to be held in Incheon, South Korea, Sep 19-Oct 4.The other four players are Francis

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  Windies coach hoping on batting turnaround for Kiwi series

  Cricket | May 05, 2014 16:19 IST

  Bridgetown (Barbados): West Indies coach Ottis Gibson says several performances in the Regional First Class season offer hope the regional side can make amends for last year's poor showing in New Zealand, when the Black

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  We have been lucky with our team selections: Flemimg

  Cricket | May 04, 2014 18:59 IST

  New Delhi: After enjoying an excellent first half of the IPL-7 in the UAE, the Chennai Super Kings coach Stephen Fleming is happy that selectorial decisions have paid off hoping that the yellow brigade might

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  Gerardo Martino hopes to remain Barcelona coach

  Football | May 03, 2014 8:33 IST

  BARCELONA, Spain :  Barcelona coach Gerardo Martino hopes to remain in charge despite the Spanish champion facing its first season without a major trophy in seven years.   The Argentine coach is once again countering reports

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  England coach Roy Hodgson appeal to clubs over players' rest

  Football | May 02, 2014 13:07 IST

  LONDON : England coach Roy Hodgson has urged Premier League clubs not to use World Cup squad members in postseason friendlies to ensure they are rested and their minds are clear for Brazil.   Abu Dhabi-owned

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  US coach Jurgen Klinsmann to call 30 players into training camp

  Football | May 02, 2014 13:02 IST

  CHICAGO: United States coach Jurgen Klinsmann intends to call a full complement of 30 players for his team's pre-World Cup training camp at Stanford University.   Klinsmann plans to announce his preliminary squad May 12, a

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  Graham Gooch quits as England batting coach

  Cricket | May 01, 2014 14:30 IST

  LONDON: Graham Gooch has quit as batting coach of the England cricket team, ending his almost five-year tenure and following the departure of head coach Andy Flower in the wake of the Ashes series defeat

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  Thousands gather in memory of Barcelona's coach Tito Vilanova

  Football | April 27, 2014 6:53 IST

  BARCELONA, Spain :  More than 20,000 of Barcelona's fans gathered along with players to pay their respects to Tito Vilanova at Camp Nou on Saturday, a day after the former coach died following a battle