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  With World Cup a month away, a lot to be done in Brazil

  Football | May 14, 2014 7:56 IST

  SAO PAULO :  It's all coming down to the final 30 days.   Brazil had seven years to get ready for the World Cup, but it enters the final month of preparations with a lot yet

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  Germany and Poland draw 0-0 in friendly before World cup

  Football | May 14, 2014 7:41 IST

  HAMBURG, Germany: Germany and Poland's second-string sides played to a lackluster 0-0 draw on Tuesday that gave Germany coach Joachim Loew few insights into possible World Cup candidates.   Germany began with eight newcomers and used

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  Carlos Tevez excluded from Argentina World Cup squad

  Football | May 14, 2014 7:29 IST

  BUENOS AIRES, Argentina : Striker Carlos Tevez was left out of Argentina's preliminary 30-man squad for the World Cup.   Despite having just led Juventus to the Italian league title as the team's top scorer, Argentina

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  IPL 7: Ranjib Biswal replies to MCA's protest, puts in a few riders

  Cricket | May 14, 2014 7:06 IST

  Mumbai:  The impasse over the shift IPL venue took a new turn after league's chairman Ranjib Biswal put the ball back in MumbaiCricket Association's court by attaching a few riders in order to get the

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  Despite City's title, United still the bigger club

  Football | May 12, 2014 23:26 IST

  MANCHESTER, England : Manchester City has deposed its neighbor as Premier League champions for the second time in three years, but is not close to usurping United's global supremacy -- both as a football club

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  IPL 7: Match 36: Sunrisers Hyd Vs Mumbai Indians Scorecard

  Cricket | May 12, 2014 23:39 IST

  New Delhi: Hyderabad T20 157/3 (20.0/20 ov)Hyderabad T20 won the toss and elected to bat      Hyderabad T20 innings (20 overs maximum)     Run         AJ Finch     c Pollard b Malinga                              

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  Somdev Devvarman climbs to 95th place in ATP rankings

  Tennis | May 12, 2014 21:32 IST

  New Delhi:  India's top singles tennis player Somdev Devvarman gained two positions to occupy 95th place while compatriot Yuki Bhambri dropped a place to 156 in the latest ATP rankings released Monday.In the doubles ATP

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  IPL Governing Council to decide on MCA letter on tuesday

  Cricket | May 13, 2014 9:13 IST

  Mumbai: The IPL Governing Council will take a final call tomorrow with regards to the protest letter it has received from the Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) against the shifting of the T20 tournament's final from

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  IPL 7: Match 36: Simmons, Rayudu fifties set up Mumbai win over Hyderabad

  Cricket | May 12, 2014 23:57 IST

  Hyderabad:  Lendl Simmons and Ambati Rayudu hit solid half centuries as defending champions Mumbai Indians recorded a comprehensive seven wicket win over Sunrisers Hyderabad in an IPL match here today.     Opener Simmons (68) and

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  Know what is 'Battle Pack' in 2014 FIFA World Cup

  Football | June 11, 2014 8:13 IST

  New Delhi:  With only thirty days left for the biggest football extravaganza to begin in the samba land in the 2014 FIFA World Cup adidas  today launched ‘Battle Pack', their official footwear collection.  The new

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  Leander Paes denies allegations by Rhea Pillai

  Tennis | May 12, 2014 19:19 IST

  New Delhi:  Indian tennis veteran Leander Paes today denied allegations made by his partner Rhea Pillai, with whom he is locked in a custody battle for their daughter Aiyana, and made it clear that he

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  India unlikely to produce pro snooker champion soon: Pankaj Advani

  Other Sports | May 12, 2014 18:57 IST

  Mumbai:  Ace cueist Pankaj Advani does not see an Indian player winning at the world professional snooker circuit in the near future even though he and compatriot Aditya Mehta are currently ranked in top 64.    

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  Roger Federer alludes to Rome at Italian Open return after boys' birth

  Tennis | May 12, 2014 18:06 IST

  ROME :  Roger Federer has alluded to a return at the Italian Open following a week off to welcome the birth of his second set of twins.   The 17-time Grand Slam champion tweeted Monday, "ciao

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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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  Bayer Leverkusen signs Nuremberg striker Josip Drmic

  Football | May 12, 2014 17:36 IST

  LEVERKUSEN, Germany: Bayer Leverkusen has signed striker Josip Drmic from relegated Bundesliga rival Nuremberg.   Leverkusen signed Drmic to a five-year contract and paid Nuremberg a 5 million euro ($6.89 million) transfer fee. Drmic had another

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  Paris Saint-Germain's Zlatan Ibrahimovic wins French league award

  Football | May 12, 2014 17:25 IST

  PARIS : Paris Saint-Germain striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic was voted the French league's player of the year by his fellow professionals for the second straight season.   Ibrahimovic beat off competition from teammates Thiago Silva and Thiago

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  High cost, corruption claims mar Brazil World Cup

  Football | May 12, 2014 17:13 IST

  BRASILIA, Brazil : The cost of building Brasilia's World Cup stadium has nearly tripled to $900 million in public funds, largely due to allegedly fraudulent billing, government auditors say. The spike in costs has made

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  Aston Villa owner Randy Lerner puts club up for sale

  Football | May 12, 2014 17:01 IST

  BIRMINGHAM, England :  Aston Villa owner Randy Lerner says he is looking to sell the Premier League club.   Lerner's announcement on Monday comes at the end of another season when the central England club came

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  Psychiatrist: Oscar Pistorius has 'anxiety disorder'

  Other Sports | May 12, 2014 16:47 IST

  PRETORIA, South Africa :  A psychiatrist called by Oscar Pistorius' defense lawyers at his murder trial has testified that she believes the celebrated double-amputee athlete has an "anxiety disorder."   Dr. Merryll Vorster testified Monday that

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  IPL 7: MCA-BCCI on collision course over IPL final snub

  Cricket | May 12, 2014 16:31 IST

  Mumbai:  Miffed at the IPL Governing Council's sudden decision to shift the final of the ongoing T20 league from here, the Sharad Pawar-headed Mumbai Cricket Association appears set to take on the BCCI and has