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  Italian Open: Serena Williams reaches final

  Tennis | May 18, 2013 18:02 IST

  Rome, May 18: Serena Williams is one victory away from winning her fourth consecutive title this year—with the French Open only one week away.The top-ranked American overcame an early break of her serve to ease

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  Madrid Open: Serena Williams beats Sharapova in the final

  Tennis | May 12, 2013 19:05 IST

  Madrid, May 12: Defending champion Serena Williams beat Maria Sharapova 6-1, 6-4 in the final of the Madrid Open Sunday to both retain her No. 1 ranking and collect her 50th career title.With the top

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  Madrid Open: Nadal reaches 7th straight final

  Tennis | May 12, 2013 15:30 IST

  Madrid, May 12: Rafael Nadal reached his seventh consecutive final since returning from a knee injury by brushing aside wild card Pablo Andujar 6-0, 6-4 at the Madrid Open on Saturday.Nadal had little trouble extending

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  Madrid Open: Serena Williams to play Sharapova in final

  Tennis | May 11, 2013 18:45 IST

  Madrid, May 11: Serena Williams and Maria Sharapova will play for both the No. 1 ranking and the Madrid Open title after both won their semifinals in straight sets on Saturday.The top-ranked Williams will have

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  Swansea advances past Chelsea to League Cup final

  Football | January 24, 2013 17:05 IST

  London, Jan 24: Swansea completed an unfancied lineup for the League Cup final by advancing past Chelsea after a goalless second leg of their semifinal, with the European champion further humbled by finishing with 10

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  Dutch, Australians in Champions Trophy final

  Hockey | December 08, 2012 16:25 IST

  Melbourne, Dec 8: Veteran Jamie Dwyer scored twice in 10 minutes in the first half to lead Australia to a 3-0 win over India on Saturday, advancing to the final of the Champions Trophy and

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  Tijuana beats Toluca 2-1 in final first leg

  Football | November 30, 2012 11:16 IST

  Tijuana, Mexico, Nov 30: Tijuana defeated Toluca 2-1 on Thursday in the first leg of Mexico's first division final and has the edge going into Sunday's deciding match in Toluca.Fidel Martinez and Paraguayan Pablo Aguilar

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  Sao Paulo reaches Copa Sudamericana final

  Football | November 29, 2012 10:12 IST

  Sao Paulo, Nov 29: Sao Paulo held Universidad Catolica of Chile to a 0-0 draw on Wednesday, reaching the Copa Sudamericana final on away goals.The teams drew 1-1 in the first semifinal at Chile last

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  Toluca to face Tijuana in Mexican league final

  Football | November 26, 2012 11:59 IST

  Mexico city, Nov 26: Toluca will face Tijuana for Mexico's Apertura football championship after both came through their semifinals this weekend.Toluca lost 2-1 to America on Sunday, but advanced to the final 3-2 on aggregate,

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  Saina Nehwal enters final of French Open badminton

  Other Sports | October 28, 2012 10:22 IST

  Paris, Oct 27: India's Saina Nehwal moved into the final of the French Open badminton with an easy win over German Juliane Schenk in the semi-final here Saturday.Top seeded Saina beat the fourth seed German

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  Saina reaches final of Denmark Open

  Other Sports | October 20, 2012 22:02 IST

  Odense (Denmark), Oct 20: Ace Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal booked her place in the finals of the Denmark Super Series Premier tournament after world number one opponent Yihan Wang of China retired midway through the

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  No extra day for World Twenty20 semis and final

  Cricket | September 26, 2012 13:01 IST

  Colombo, Sep 26: With rain playing spoilsport at most of the matches, the International Cricket Council (ICC) has not set aside reserve days for the semifinal and final matches of the World Twenty20.Xinhua quoted an

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  Hockey: Indian Oil, Air India enter final

  Hockey | September 15, 2012 22:00 IST

  Chennai, Sep 15: Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) and Air India entered the final of the 87th All-India MCC Murugappa Gold Cup hockey tournament with hard fought victories here Saturday.Joga Singh's 53rd minute goal carried Air

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  US Open women's final delayed until Sunday

  Tennis | September 09, 2012 12:37 IST

  New York, Sep9: Among the many lessons Serena Williams has learned in the 13 years since she played her first Grand Slam final is that routine is overrated.A perfect attitude to bring into the U.S.

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  US Open men's final moved to Monday again

  Tennis | September 09, 2012 21:32 IST

  New York, Sep 9:  With a potentially dangerous storm bearing down on the U.S. Open, play was suspended in the first set of defending champion Novak Djokovic's semifinal Saturday, making this the fifth consecutive year

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  Biggest day since World Cup final: Yuvraj

  Cricket | September 08, 2012 19:13 IST

  Vishakapatnam, Sep 8: Hours before his first match in over 10 months, cricketer Yuvraj Singh said that this would be the biggest day in his life since the World Cup final last April."I guess this

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  Azarenka to meet S.Williams in US Open final

  Tennis | September 08, 2012 17:31 IST

  New York, Sep 8: Normally so good, so gritty, in the crucible of the third set, Maria Sharapova finally met her match against Victoria Azarenka in their U.S. Open semifinal on Friday.Coming all the way

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  Nehru Cup final: Cameroon can spoil India's party

  Football | September 01, 2012 18:07 IST

  New Delhi, Sep 1: The trial run between reigning Nehru Cup champions India and challengers Cameroon was of little help in judging the relative strengths of the two teams which meet again in the final

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  Nehru Cup: Cameroon beat Maldives; face India in final

  Football | August 29, 2012 21:59 IST

  New Delhi, Aug 29: A spirited Cameroon got the better of 10-man Maldives 3-1 in the crucial Nehru Cup football tournament match at the Jawaharlal Stadium here Wednesday. The result means that the Indomitable Lions

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  Aussies recover to post 225/8 in U-19 World Cup final

  Cricket | August 26, 2012 9:45 IST

  Townsville (Australia), Aug 26: India frittered away the early advantage as defending champions Australia recovered from a shaky start to post a competitive 225 for 8 in the final of the ICC Under-19 Cricket World