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  Atletico Madrid closes in on 1st league title in 18 years

  Football | May 02, 2014 13:41 IST

  MADRID : Atletico Madrid can follow up its feat of reaching the Champions League final by winning its first Spanish league title in 18 years if closest rivals Barcelona and Real Madrid slip up this

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  Madrid celebrates Champions League final success

  Football | May 02, 2014 13:35 IST

  MADRID : Madrid is celebrating the success of its two major football clubs after Atletico Madrid ensured a historic Champions League final derby against crosstown rival Real Madrid.   Atletico's 3-1 victory at Chelsea saw it

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  Europa League: 10-man Benfica returns to final

  Football | May 02, 2014 13:26 IST

  TURIN, Italy :  Ten-man Benfica returned to the Europa League final following a 0-0 draw at tournament-favourite Juventus on Thursday, advancing on 2-1 aggregate.   Juventus created numerous chances but either couldn't find the target or

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  Europa League: Sevilla's late goal beat Valencia for a place in final

  Football | May 02, 2014 13:19 IST

  VALENCIA, Spain : Stephane Mbia scored in the fourth minute of stoppage time for Sevilla to make the Europa League final despite a 3-1 loss at Valencia on Thursday.   Valencia looked set to play in

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  Oldest Olympian, US sharpshooter, dies at 106

  Other Sports | May 02, 2014 15:08 IST

  ARLINGTON, Virginia: Walter R. Walsh, an FBI sharpshooter who was the world's oldest living Olympian, has died. He was 106.   Walsh died on Tuesday -- six days before his 107th birthday -- at his home

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  800 defend fan who taunted Alves with banana

  Football | May 02, 2014 13:14 IST

  VILLARREAL, Spain: Eight hundred people have gathered to show support for the Villarreal fan who racially taunted Dani Alves by throwing a banana at the Barcelona player.   Spanish news service Efe reported on Thursday the

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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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  Brazil: Cellphone coverage faulty at World Cup stadiums

  Football | May 02, 2014 12:57 IST

  SAO PAULO: Brazil's top communications official admits some soccer fans won't be able to access the Internet on their cellphones inside some World Cup stadiums.   Communications Minister Paulo Bernardo says there was no time to

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  FA bans Mourinho's Chelsea assistant for 6 games

  Football | May 02, 2014 12:49 IST

  LONDON : The English Football Association has given an assistant to Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho a six-match stadium ban for misconduct on the touchline.   During Chelsea's loss to Sunderland 12 days ago, the FA says

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  Billy Bowden returns to Elite Panel of ICC Umpires

  Cricket | May 01, 2014 14:57 IST

  Dubai: New Zealand's Billy Bowden has made a return to the ICC Elite Panel of Umpires replacing Tony Hill.This was the only change from last year as the International Cricket Council (ICC) named the panel

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  India drop two places to No.5 in ICC Test rankings

  Cricket | May 01, 2014 14:45 IST

  Dubai: India have dropped two places to No.5 in the latest Test rankings released by the International Cricket Council (ICC) Thursday.This is the biggest change in the rankings table with India dropping 10 points, currently

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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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  IPL 7: The unknown cricketers who were impressive in UAE

  Cricket | May 02, 2014 7:24 IST

  New delhi: The IPL will finally return to its home, after being played in the deserts of UAE. The first leg of the tournament has produced some unexpected results. On one side their has been

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  Meet the sportsperson who get Inked in this election

  Cricket | May 02, 2014 7:32 IST

  New Delhi: The biggest festival of democracy is being celebrated in the country which boasts of having the largest number of electorates casting their votes and participating in selecting the representatives to govern the country.

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  Australia returns to No. 1 ranking in test cricket

  Cricket | May 01, 2014 9:59 IST

  SYDNEY : Australia has returned to the No. 1 ranking in test cricket for the first time since 2009, edging ahead of South Africa after back-to-back series wins over England and the Proteas.   Michael Clarke's

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  Pep Guardiola's tactics under scrutiny as Bayern Munich falls

  Football | May 01, 2014 9:36 IST

  MUNICH : Pep Guardiola's obsession with possession is under scrutiny after Bayern Munich's title hopes in the Champions League were shredded by Real Madrid.   Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti outfoxed Guardiola over both semifinal legs and

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  Banana-thrower seized for racial insult on Dani Alves

  Football | May 01, 2014 8:35 IST

  VILLARREAL, Spain : Spanish police arrested the man who racially insulted Barcelona defender Dani Alves by throwing a banana at him, with reports on Wednesday claiming the perpetrator worked for Villarreal.   Police confirmed 26-year-old David

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  Wigan Athletic fined over signing French striker Marc-Antoine Fortune deal

  Football | May 01, 2014 8:12 IST

  LONDON :  Wigan Athletic has been fined 40,000 pounds ($67,500) for breaking Football Association rules on the use of agents.   The second-tier Championship club admitted it had broken FA rules by signing French striker Marc-Antoine

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  Anti-racism campaign was planned for Neymar

  Football | May 01, 2014 7:57 IST

  SAO PAULO :  The social media campaign against racism that started after Dani Alves ate a banana in a Barcelona match had already been planned in advance for Neymar, who was waiting for the right