Sports

Drogba vows redemption

May 18th, 2012

LONDON: Didier Drogba has vowed to make amends for his Moscow misery by ending Chelsea’s long wait to be crowned kings of Europe in Saturday’s Champions League final against Bayern Munich. Drogba has nothing but bad memories of his only previous appearance in the final of Europe’s elite club competition after being sent off in [...]

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Sacked Dalglish backs Liverpool owners

May 18th, 2012

LONDON: Kenny Dalglish called on Liverpool’s supporters to rally behind the club on Thursday following his shock sacking as manager of the Premier League giants. Liverpool legend Dalglish was fired as manager on Wednesday after a disappointing campaign that saw the club post their worst league finish for 18 years and their lowest points tally [...]

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Man United earnings hit by poor cup runs

May 18th, 2012

LONDON: English soccer club Manchester United, rated by Forbes as the world’s most highly-valued sports team, showed the first effects of a rare barren season when reporting a dip in quarterly revenue and underlying profit. United, deposed as Premier League champions last weekend by local rivals Manchester City, paid the price for a failure to [...]

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Djokovic fights back to enter Rome last eight

May 18th, 2012

ROME: Holder Novak Djokovic staged a 4-6, 6-2, 6-3 comeback over Argentine Juan Monaco to earn a place in the quarterfinals at a windy Rome Masters on Thursday. With gusts making life a challenge on the red clay, top seed Djokovic had to smash a racquet into useless bits of composite material to get himself [...]

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State qualifies for Santosh Trophy quarterfinals

May 17th, 2012

By Our Reporter SHILLONG: After a long gap of 27 years, Meghalaya has made it to the quarterfinals of the Santosh Trophy. The last time the State team had made it to the quarter-final stage of the tournament was in 1985 in Madhya Pradesh. The State team won all their three matches in the pre-quarterfinal [...]

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Shillong lad makes it to junior natl soccer team

May 17th, 2012

By Our Reporter SHILLONG: Shillong lad Kyntiewshaphrang Kharlukhi has been selected to represent India in the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Under-14 Boys’ Soccer Festival at Kathmandu, Nepal which would be held from May 16-25. Informing this here on Wednesday, Meghalaya Football Association (MFA) youth development cell convener, Sunesh Syiem, said that before his selection to [...]

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Knight Riders thrash Mumbai, step closer to playoff stage

May 17th, 2012

Mumbai: Kolkata Knight Riders moved a step closer to qualifying for the playoffs with a convincing 32-run win over Mumbai Indians in the Indian Premier League (IPL) at the Wankhede Stadium here on Wednesday. Put in, Knight Riders recovered from a poor start, and crucial innings from Manoj Tiwari (41), Gautam Gambhir (27) and Yusuf [...]

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