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David Beckham to bring Olympic flame to Britain

May 17th, 2012

LONDON: Football star David Beckham will bring the Olympic flame from Greece to Britain for the torch relay ahead of the London 2012 Games, organisers said on Wednesday. Beckham will be joined by five young Britons for Thursday’s handover ceremony at the Panathenaic Stadium in Athens. The Los Angeles Galaxy midfielder and former England captain [...]

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Operation IPL: BCCI suspends five players

May 16th, 2012

New Delhi: The Indian Cricket Board on Tuesday suspended five players pending an inquiry in the wake of a sting operation by a news channel claiming corruption in domestic cricket, including the lucrativve Indian Premier League (IPL). The Board of Control for Cricket in India, which took the decision following the IPL Governing Council referred [...]

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Daredevils book playoff berth

May 16th, 2012

New Delhi: Table toppers Delhi Daredevils became the first team to qualify for the play-off stages of the Indian Premier League (IPL) as they beat Kings XI Punjab by five wickets at the Ferozeshah Kotla here on Tuesday. It was comprehensive performance by the Daredevils and with the win they almost dented Kings XI hopes [...]

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Pune FC beat Lajong, win U-20 I-league

May 16th, 2012

Kalyani: Pune FC kept their winning run intact, registering a 2-0 victory against Shillong Lajong FC on Tuesday to annex the Under-20 I-league football title, the first-ever at any level ever since the club was established in 2007. Down to 10 men for the last 30 minutes of the game, Pune did well to keep [...]

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England wary of Chanderpaul, WI pace

May 16th, 2012

LONDON: Shivnarine Chanderpaul’s limpet-like batting and the express pace of Kemar Roach and Fidel Edwards will make West Indies dangerous opponents for strong favourites England in the three-test series starting on Thursday. England top the world rankings, six places above their opponents, and have not lost a home test series since 2008, while West Indies [...]

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Boost to Chelsea’s title hopes

May 16th, 2012

LONDON: Chelsea’s Champions League preparations were boosted on Tuesday as David Luiz and Gary Cahill returned to training but Florent Malouda remains “touch and go” for the Munich showpiece. However, injuries and suspensions to key Chelsea players could force manager Roberto Di Matteo to draft some reserve players into his squad for Saturday’s Champions League [...]

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Sharapova, Kvitova advance in Rome

May 16th, 2012

ROME: Past and present Wimbledon winners Maria Sharapova and Czech Petra Kvitova made straight-set moves into the third round of the Rome Masters on Tuesday, with the Russian second seed made to work hard. Defending Rome champion Sharapova, who won her Wimbledon title aged 17 in 2004, needed nearly two and a quarter hours to [...]

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