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  EPL: Wild Chelsea win capitalizes on Man City slip-up

  Football | August 31, 2014 12:31 IST

  LIVERPOOL, England:  Chelsea showed off its new-found attacking sparkle in a 6-3 win over Everton on a day Manchester City lost its cutting edge to slip to a surprise first defeat in its Premier League

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  US Open:Serena Williams overcomes 3 early double-faults to win

  Tennis | August 29, 2014 10:10 IST

  NEW YORK:  Good as she is, even Serena Williams can find it tough to deal with swirling wind, so much so that she double-faulted three times in her first service game Thursday at the U.S.

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  US Open: Andy Murray grits through cramps to win

  Tennis | August 26, 2014 11:08 IST

  NEW YORK : Spinning in 70 mph second serves, grabbing at his hamstring during points, Andy Murray gritted his way through head-to-toe cramps to win at the U.S. Open.   Murray outlasted Robin Haase 6-3, 7-6

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  Caroline Wozniacki comes back for win at Connecticut Open

  Tennis | August 19, 2014 8:11 IST

  NEW HAVEN, Connecticut: Caroline Wozniacki came back to defeat Timea Bacsinszky 4-6, 6-1, 6-2 Monday in the first round at the Connecticut Open. A four-time champion of the New Haven tournament, the fourth-seeded Wozniacki lost

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  Roger Federer gets 300th Masters win in Cincinnati

  Tennis | August 14, 2014 15:09 IST

  MASON, Ohio:  Roger Federer won his opening match at the Western & Southern Open on Wednesday, a three-set victory over Vasek Pospisil that was his 300th career victory during a Masters tournament.   He's the first

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  Dortmund beats Bayern 2-0 to win German Super Cup

  Football | August 14, 2014 9:29 IST

  FRANKFURT, Germany : Borussia Dortmund beat Bayern Munich 2-0 in the German Super Cup on Wednesday to win the first domestic title of the season. Dortmund shut down former teammate Robert Lewandowski, while on the

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  Arsenal beats Manchester City 3-0 to win Community Shield

  Football | August 11, 2014 10:00 IST

  LONDON:  Arsenal prepared for the Premier League season by collecting the Community Shield with a comfortable 3-0 victory over Manchester City on Sunday, picking up where the team left off at the FA Cup final

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  Radwanska beats Venus Williams to win Rogers Cup

  Tennis | August 11, 2014 6:46 IST

  MONTREAL:  Agnieszka Radwanska beat Venus Williams 6-4, 6-2 on Sunday to win the Rogers Cup title.   The third-seeded Radwanska, the first Rogers Cup champion from Poland, picked up her first tournament victory of the year

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  FIFA World Cup: Brazil's animal oracle predicts home win

  Football | June 11, 2014 9:37 IST

  PRAIA DO FORTE, Brazil :  The animal oracle predictions for the World Cup have begun, with host nation Brazil getting a vote of confidence from its chosen turtle tipster.   By making a patriotic choice of

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  FIFA World Cup: Bruno Alves' goal gives Portugal 1-0 win over Mexico in warm up

  Football | June 07, 2014 10:17 IST

  FOXBOROUGH, Mass:  Portugal won a World Cup tuneup without star Cristiano Ronaldo. He'll be needed more once soccer's biggest tournament starts.   With the 2013 FIFA world player of the year sidelined for the second game

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  Modi's win shows people's backing: Rouhani

  World | May 27, 2014 21:51 IST

  Tehran: Iran's President Hassan Rouhani has congratulated Prime Minister Narendra Modi and said his sweeping victory in the elections indicates “full confidence” of the Indian nation in his “developmental and prudent policies”.In his message to

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  58 women contested Maha LS polls, only five won

  India | May 18, 2014 16:35 IST

  Mumbai: Out of the 58 women who contested the just-concluded Lok Sabha elections in Maharashtra, only five emerged victorious.According to statistics of the Election Commission of India, the total 897 candidates who contested the Lok

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  Cristiano Ronaldo injury worries as Madrid closes with win

  Football | May 18, 2014 11:11 IST

  BARCELONA, Spain: Gareth Bale helped Real Madrid close its Spanish league season with a victory that was tempered by concerns over the health of Cristiano Ronaldo before the Champions League final.   Ronaldo was expected to

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  Arsenal ends 9-year title drought with FA Cup win

  Football | May 18, 2014 8:05 IST

  LONDON : Doused in champagne by Arsenal's victorious players, Arsene Wenger was soaked in success once again.   The nine-year wait for a trophy finally ended Saturday and the manager, who had felt the pressure and

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  Shotgun overcomes black flag protests to win with record margin

  National | May 16, 2014 22:44 IST

  Patna: Actor-politician Shatrughan Sinha retained his native Patna Sahib seat defeating his nearest Congress rival Kunal Singh by a record margin of 2,65,805 votes. Sinha bagged 4,85,905 votes, Kunal Singh, Bhojpuri actor and Congress nominee

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  Rahul Gandhi wins Amethi seat by 1.07 lakh votes

  National | May 16, 2014 20:06 IST

  Lucknow: Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi today defeated his nearest rival BJP's Smriti Irani in Amethi seat by a margin of 1.07 lakh votes.Gandhi had won the seat in 2009 by a margin of over 3.70

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  Jyotiraditya Scindia wins Guna seat

  National | May 16, 2014 19:54 IST

  Bhopal: Union Minister and Congress leader Jyotiraditya Scindia today won Guna Lok Sabha seat by a margin of over 1.2 lakh votes.Scindia, Minister of State for Power, defeated BJP's Jaibhansingh Pawaiya.Scindia, a three-time MP, secured

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  BJP wins from Ladakh LS seat

  India | May 16, 2014 18:53 IST

  Srinagar: BJP candidate Thupstan Chhewang won from Ladakh Parliamentary constituency with a narrow margin of 36 votes from his nearest rival Ghulam Raza, a congress rebel who was fighting the elections as an independent.Chhewang polled

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  BJP's Kirron Kher wins from Chandigarh

  National | May 16, 2014 17:13 IST

  Chandigarh: BJP candidate Kirron Kher today won from Chandigarh Lok Sabha seat, defeating her nearest rival and Congress candidate Pawan Kumar Bansal by a margin of 69,642 votes.The 61-year-old actress, who jumped into electoral fray

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  Cameron congratulates Modi as UK hails BJP's poll win

  World | May 16, 2014 17:15 IST

  London: British Prime Minister David Cameron today congratulated BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi on his party's victory in the Lok Sabha polls and said he is keen to work together.“Congratulations @narendramodi on victory in