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  Taking 20 wkts will be key to success in Australia: Sunil Gavaskar

  Cricket | October 19, 2014 20:13 IST

  New Delhi: India's success in the upcoming Australia tour would hinge upon their ability to take 20 wickets, reckons former batting great Sunil Gavaskar.India, who have been juggling with their team set-up for quite some

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  EPL: Arsenal grabs point against Hull in Premier League

  Football | October 19, 2014 18:22 IST

  London:  Danny Welbeck scored a stoppage-time equalizer as injury-hit Arsenal fought back to draw 2-2 against Hull in the Premier League on Saturday.   The Gunners, with a makeshift defense and missing the injured Mesut Ozil,

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  Daniel Vettori in New Zealand squad for South Africa ODIs

  Cricket | October 19, 2014 17:41 IST

  Wellington, New Zealand: Former captain Daniel Vettori has been included in New Zealand's 14-man squad to play the first of three one-day internationals against South Africa on Tuesday.   The 35-year-old left-arm spinner played the most

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  Cristiano Ronaldo sets best scoring start in Spanish league

  Football | October 19, 2014 17:15 IST

  Barcelona, Spain:  Cristiano Ronaldo netted his 14th and 15th goals to set a record scoring start in a Spanish league season as Real Madrid eased to a 5-0 win at Levante on Saturday, while Lionel

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  Ind vs WI: Clive Llyod apologises for Windies team calling off tour

  Cricket | October 19, 2014 17:25 IST

  New Delhi: Former captain and West Indies Cricket Board selection committee chairman Clive Lloyd today apologised for the Caribbean team's unprecedented move to pull out of remainder of India tour in the wake of an

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  Denmark Open: Kashyap stuns Jorgensen to enter semis

  Other Sports | October 18, 2014 13:34 IST

  Odense (Denmark): Leading male shuttler Parupalli Kashyap created a huge upset in the Denmark Open super Series Premier, defeating local favourite and World No.3 Jan O. Jorgensen to storm into semi-final of the badminton tournament.Recently-crowned

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  Prosecutor wants 10 years in prison for Pistorius

  Other Sports | October 18, 2014 9:08 IST

  Pretoria, South Africa: The chief prosecutor in the Oscar Pistorius trial urged the judge on Friday to send the Olympic athlete to prison for at least 10 years, calling it the minimum acceptable term and

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  Denmark Open: Saina, Sindhu, Srikanth lose in quarters

  Other Sports | October 18, 2014 7:59 IST

  Odense (Denmark): Indian shuttlers had a disappointing outing at the Denmark Open Super Series Premier as Saina Nehwal, P.V. Sindhu and Kidambi Srikanth lost their respective quarter-final matches here Friday.While 2012 London Olympics bronze medallist

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  Squash ace Dipika in semis after easy win over French rival

  Other Sports | October 18, 2014 7:07 IST

  Mumbai: Asian Games medallist Dipika Pallikal cruised into the semifinals of the PSA USD-10,000 JSW Challenger Squash Circuit with a quick win over France's Chloe Mesic in three straight games here today.The 23-year-old took just

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  BCCI ends confusion over West Indies tour of India, says tour has ended

  Cricket | October 17, 2014 23:37 IST

  New Delhi:  The BCCI tonight ended the confusion over the status of West Indies' tour of India by categorically stating that the series has been called off, despite the WICB claiming that it has not

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  Ind vs WI: India beat West Indies by 59 runs in 4th ODI

  Cricket | October 17, 2014 23:12 IST

  Dharamsala:  Virat Kohli struck a rollicking 127 as India fashioned a 59-run win over the West Indies here today, effectively sealing the ODI series 2-1 after the visitors dramatically pulled out from the remainder of

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  Saina, Sindhu enter Denmark Open quarters

  Other Sports | October 16, 2014 23:53 IST

  Odense (Denmark):  Leading Indian shuttlers Saina Nehwal and P.V. Sindhu earned straight-game wins to advance to the women's singles quarter-finals of the $600,000 Denmark Open Super Series Premier here Thursday.Meanwhile, reigning Commonwealth Games champion Parupalli

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  ISL: Atletico de Kolkata maintain winning ways, beat NorthEast 2-0

  Football | October 16, 2014 23:14 IST

  Guwahati:  Ten-man Atletico de Kolkata continued their impressive performance at the Indian Super League (ISL), winning their second consecutive match, beating hosts NorthEast United FC 2-0 at the Indira Gandhi Stadium here Thursday. Ethiopian striker Fikru

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  Ind vs WI: West Indies replace batsman Simmons with spinner Miller

  Cricket | October 16, 2014 22:00 IST

  Dharamsala:  The West Indies today replaced injured batsman Lendl Simmons with left-arm spinner Nikita Miller for the remainder of the ODI series against India.     "There were chances that Simmons will recover from back injury but

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  Johor Cup: U-21 Indian hockey team beats Malaysia 4-2

  Hockey | October 16, 2014 20:57 IST

  Johor Bahru: The Indian men's Under-21 hockey team defeated hosts Malaysia 4-2 in their fourth pool match of the fourth Sultan of Johor Cup at Taman Daya Hockey Stadium here Thursday. Defending champions India rode on

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  Graeme Swann denies Graham Gooch's 'criminal' charge

  Cricket | October 16, 2014 20:35 IST

  London: Graeme Swann has insisted he did the right thing quitting midway through England`s 5-0 Ashes series thrashing despite Graham Gooch calling the decision "criminal". England great Gooch, the team`s batting coach on their woeful 2013/14

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  Live Reporting: India crush West Indies by 59 runs in 4th ODI

  Cricket | October 17, 2014 22:22 IST

  Dharamsala:  West Indies captain Dwayne Bravo won the toss and elected to field against India in the fourth One-Day International (ODI) of the five-match series at the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association (HPCA) Stadium here Friday Following

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  Kevin Pietersen ouster a loss to cricket: Shane Watson

  Cricket | October 16, 2014 19:23 IST

  Sydney:  Terming the retirement of Kevin Pietersen as a loss to international cricket, ace Australian all-rounder Shane Watson said that the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) should have handled the former captain's issue differently. "I

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  Ind vs WI: I got my touch back with fifty in Delhi ODI, says Virat Kohli

  Cricket | October 16, 2014 19:08 IST

  Dharamsala:  Virat Kohli says his fighting half-century last week in the Delhi One-dayer was the kind of knock he needed to overcome the first lean patch of his otherwise prolific career.     Kohli has endured a

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  Top- seeded Raonic eliminated at Kremlin Cup

  Tennis | October 16, 2014 18:48 IST

  Moscow: Top-seeded Milos Raonic of Canada was eliminated in his first match at the Kremlin Cup on Thursday, losing 6-3, 4-6, 6-3 to Lithuanian qualifier Ricardas Berankis.   Raonic had a bye into the second round,