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If India Can Control Ponting, They Can Control Aussies : Kapil
Cricket | Dec 22, 2011, 10:40 PM ISTDubai, Dec 22: Former India captain Kapil Dev feels if the Indians could handle the experienced campaigner Ricky Ponting, they could enhance their chances of beating Australia in the upcoming four-Test series, starting on December
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Former AEC Chief P K Iyengar Dead
India | Dec 21, 2011, 10:41 PM ISTMumbai, Dec 21: Former Atomic Energy Commission chairman P K Iyengar, who played an important role in the country's first nuclear explosion in 1974, died here this afternoon following a brief illness. He was 80."The
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Raja Equated Spectrum Grant With Ration Distribution : Witness
India | Dec 19, 2011, 11:08 PM ISTNew Delhi, Dec 19: Former Telecom Minister A Raja saw an uncanny similarity between spectrum allocation and ration distribution on first-come-first-serve basis in Tamil Nadu and often compared the two while explaining the policy to
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Former Miss Venezuela Dies Of Breast Cancer At 28
Hollywood | Dec 19, 2011, 03:43 PM ISTHoustan, Texas, Dec 19: Former Miss Venezuela Eva Ekvall has died in the US after fighting breast cancer since last year, her representatives said. She was 28."Sadly, cancer had the last word," writer Leonardo Padron
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My Faith In BCCI Has Been Shaken : Gavaskar
Cricket | Dec 13, 2011, 08:38 PM ISTNew Delhi, Dec 13: Former India skipper Sunil Gavaskar on Tuesday lashed out at the BCCI after his demand of $1 million (Rs 5 crore) per season for media and governing council related activities involving
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I Didn't Want To Be A Figurehead, Says Anil Kumble
Cricket | Dec 13, 2011, 03:20 PM ISTBangalore, Dec 13: Former India captain Anil Kumble today said he resigned as National Cricket Academy's chairman as he didn't want to be just a “figurehead” when none of his plans found support from other
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Whichever Team Remains Injury-Free Will Win The Series : Gilchrist
Cricket | Dec 07, 2011, 04:17 PM ISTNew Delhi, Dec 7: Former Australian wicketkeeper Adam Gilchrist reckons the team, which remains injury-free, will go on to win the much-anticipated India-Australia series Down Under."It will be quite difficult to predict the result. I
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Play India After They Compensate 2009 Tour Cancellation : Latif
Cricket | Dec 06, 2011, 10:06 PM ISTKarachi, Dec 6: Former Test captain Rashid Latif has urged the cricket board to play a bilateral series with India only after they compensate Pakistan for the cancelled tour of 2009."I have been reading a
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Symonds Echoes Gilly's View, Says India Can Beat Australia
Cricket | Dec 06, 2011, 09:59 PM ISTMumbai, Dec 6: Former Australian cricketer Andrew Symonds on Tuesday echoed ex-teammate Adam Gilchrist's view, saying India have a good chance to score their first Test series win Down Under when they tour the country
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Zaheer Still Needs To Do Lot Of Bowling To Get Fit : Ganguly
Cricket | Dec 02, 2011, 10:51 PM ISTNew Delhi, Dec 2: Former India captain Sourav Ganguly feels that India's pace spearhead Zaheer Khan needs to bowl a lot in order to be fully fit for the first Test against Australia starting on
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Hewitt Handed Australian Open Wildcard
Tennis | Dec 01, 2011, 07:44 AM ISTMelbourne, Dec 1: Former world No. 1 Lleyton Hewitt has been handed a wildcard into next month's Australian Open tennis tournament.The two-time grand slam winner has a world ranking of No. 188 after several injury-plagued
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Berlusconi To Return As AC Milan President
Football | Nov 30, 2011, 10:37 AM ISTMilan, Nov 30: Former Italy prime minister Silvio Berlusconi says he will return to his role as president of AC Milan.Berlusconi resigned as premier this month amid Italy's economic turmoil. He stepped down from the
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Former Togo Goalkeeper Among 6 Dead In Bus Crash
Football | Nov 27, 2011, 10:23 PM ISTTogo, Nov 27: The Togo football federation says former national team goalkeeper Charles Balogou was among six people killed when a bus carrying players and officials from a topflight club plunged into a ravine and
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Shastri Backs Harbhajan For Australia Tour
Cricket | Nov 24, 2011, 09:06 PM ISTNew Delhi, Nov 24: Former India skipper Ravi Shastri has thrown his weight behind out-of-favour Harbhajan Singh, saying the off-spinner should be included in the team for the upcoming tour of Australia as he has
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I Never Wanted Anna To Sit On Fast Unto Death, Swami Agnivesh Tells Aap Ki Adalat
India | Nov 21, 2011, 07:40 AM ISTNew Delhi, Nov 19: Former Team Anna member and social activist Swami Agnivesh has said, he had recorded his dissenting note in the minutes of Team Anna's core committee as he did not want Anna
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Former England Cricket Star Basil D'Oliveira Dies
Cricket | Nov 19, 2011, 04:40 PM ISTLondon, Nov 18: Basil D'Oliveira, the South Africa-born former England allrounder who was at the center of a famous controversy that marked the beginning of his native country's 23-year cricketing isolation, has died after a
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Chappell Ensured Youngsters Get Their Due : Raina
Cricket | Nov 18, 2011, 08:12 PM ISTNew Delhi, Nov 18: Former India coach Greg Chappell might have been forced to make an unceremonious exit after failing to produce desired result in World Cup 2007 but Suresh Raina believes the Australian did
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Latif Blasts Condon Over Delayed Fixing Claims
Cricket | Nov 18, 2011, 08:08 PM ISTKarachi, Nov 18: Former Pakistan captain Rashid Latif on Friday lashed out at a former ICC anti-corruption chief for taking a decade to reveal that all top international teams were involved in fixing, not just
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Former Telecom Minister Sukhram Convicted In 1996 Telecom Case
India | Nov 18, 2011, 04:19 PM ISTNew Delhi, Nov 18: Former Telecom Minister Sukhram has been held guilty by a Delhi court of misusing his official position when he was in the P V Narasimha Rao cabinet and giving undue favour
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Watson Is The Best All-Rounder At Present : Klusener
Cricket | Nov 16, 2011, 08:36 PM ISTDurban, Nov 16: Former South Africa all-rounder Lance Klusener says Shane Watson of Australia is the best in the business when it comes to performing with both bat and ball at the moment.According to Klusener,