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Excited to be Olympics-bound: Ashwini Ponnappa

Excited to be Olympics-bound: Ashwini PonnappaHyderabad, July 9 - Badminton ace Ashwini Ponnappa, who will be among five shuttlers carrying India's medal hopes at the London Olympics, is excited to be playing her first Olympics.  Read more »

Sporting Clube register a memorable win against Pune

Sporting Clube register a memorable win against PuneMargao, Feb 1 - Sporting Clube de Goa rallied from two goals down to snatch an improbable 4-2 win against Pune FC in the 18th round of I-League football at the Nehru Stadium, Fatorda, Wednesday.  Read more »

Indian teams 10th and 13th in FIH rankings

Indian teams 10th and 13th in FIH rankingsChennai, Nov 2 - India are placed 10th and 13th among men and women in the latest International Hockey Federation World rankings released Tuesday.  Read more »

Sodhi all set to defend his shooting title

Sodhi all set to defend his shooting titleNew Delhi, Oct 3    India's double trap shooter Ronjan Sodhi will look to defend his World Cup final title at Al Ain in the UAE Tuesday.  Read more »

National motorcycle championship set for close finish

National motorcycle championship set for close finishChennai, Sep 30 : The MRF FMSCI National Motorcycle Racing Championship is set for a tight finish as the fifth and concluding round gets underway here Saturday with titles in four of the five classes still up for grabs.  Read more »

Venus Williams enrolls for business degree at Indiana University

Venus Williams enrolls for business degree at Indiana UniversityIndiana, Sep 1: Tennis superstar Venus Williams has reportedly enrolled in a business degree program at Indiana University (IU) East in the United States.  Read more »

Half-fit Shoaib can win World Cup for Pakistan, says Intikhab

Shoaib AkhtarNew Delhi, Feb 15 : Pakistan team manager Intikhab Alam feels that "half-fit" Shoaib Akhtar is good enough to give the country its second World Cup win.  Read more »

Ginepri reaches second Indy final on his road to recovery

Robby-GinepriIndianapolis, Indiana - Unseeded Robby Ginepri hopes to repeat the
Cinderella story that took him to a title at the Indianapolis Tennis
Championships four years ago when he plays good friend Sam Querrey in  Read more »

Americans at home, dominate into Indy semi-finals

Indianapolis, Indiana  - Americans led by third-seeded Sam Querrey take three of the four spots in the Saturday semi-finals of the Indianapolis Tennis Championships, with Canadian neighbor Frank Dancevic the odd man out.  Read more »

Tursunov to face Canadian for second time at Indianapolis

Indianapolis, Indiana  - Top seed Dmitry Tursunov beat Brazil's Marcos Daniel 6-3, 6-3 to set up a Friday repeat meeting at the Indianapolis Tennis Championships with Canadian Frank Dancevic.  Read more »

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Ukrainian clubs target Brazil winger Osvaldo

Luiz-FelipeRio de Janeiro, May 22 : Brazil international winger Osvaldo is reportedly a summer transfer target of Ukraine's Shakhtar Donetsk and Metalist Kharkiv.  Read more »

Ajax coach De Boer agrees to extend contract

Frank-de-BoerThe Hague, May 22 : Ajax football coach Frank de Boer has agreed to extend his contract until the middle of 2017.

The Amsterdam-based club announced Tuesday that De Boer, whose current contract  Read more »

British journalist pens Lara’s biography

Brian-LaraCambridge, May 22 : British journalist James Fuller has written a biography of former West Indies captain Brian Lara, one of the greatest cricketers of all time.  Read more »

Team selection key to CSK's success: Fleming

Stephen-FlemingNew Delhi, May 22 : Coach Stephen Fleming credited his Chennai Super Kings' success to correct team selection and the loyalty the franchise has shown to the players.  Read more »

Mahindra riders looking forward to Le Mans

mahindraMumbai, May 15 : India's only motorcycle Grand Prix team resumes battle in France this weekend with high hopes of strong results after a top-10 start for the all-new Mahindra Grand Prix machine.  Read more »

Disappointing outing for Bolisetti

Sailesh-BolisettiDijon-Prenois (France), May 13 : Indian racing driver Sailesh Bolisetti's second weekend of his 2013 Euro Race Car campaign ended on a disappointing note as he finished 18th and 17th in the two races here.  Read more »