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  FIFA World Cup: Ronaldo returns, Portugal routs Ireland 5-1in final warm up

  Football | June 11, 2014 14:08 IST

  EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J.:  Hugo Almeida scored the goals. Cristiano Ronaldo was the star.   Almeida's two first-half goals paced Portugal to a 5-1 victory over Ireland on Tuesday, the team's final friendly before heading to Brazil

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  Dortmund routs Hannover 5-1, Bayern up next

  Football | December 20, 2012 16:03 IST

  Berlin, Dec 20: Mario Goetze scored a hat trick on Wednesday as defending champion Borussia Dortmund routed Hannover 5-1 in the German Cup to set up a quarterfinal at Bayern Munich."It was outstanding," said Dortmund

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  South Africa routs England by 7 wickets

  Cricket | September 06, 2012 16:58 IST

  Nottingham, England, Sept 6 :  South Africa routed England by seven wickets in their fifth and final one-day international at Trent Bridge, to tie the series 2-2.South Africa recovered from 14-3 to coast home on

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  Azarenka Routs Sharapova To Win Australian Title

  Tennis | January 28, 2012 15:59 IST

  Melbourne, Jan 28: Victoria Azarenka routed Maria Sharapova 6-3, 6-0 to win the Australian Open women's title on Saturday night and secure the No. 1 ranking, all in her first Grand Slam final.The 22-year-old Belarusian

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  Ferrer, Nadal Win To Give Spain 2-0 Davis Cup Lead

  Tennis | December 03, 2011 7:49 IST

  Seville, Spain, Dec 03: Rafael Nadal barely needed to break a sweat in another dominant performance on clay. David Ferrer then needed one of the best matches of his life to put Spain on the