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''Pull of home'' drives Eng legend Boycott to buy £1.75million mansion in Yorkshire

London, Mar 5 : Geoffrey Boycott is returning to live in his native Yorkshire, the county in which he began his rise to become an England cricketing legend after an absence of seven years.  Read more »

Swann admits chronic elbow injury could hamper Ashes chances

Swann admits chronic elbow injury could hamper Ashes chances London, Mar 5 : England off spinner Graeme Swann has admitted his chronic right elbow injury could hinder his chances of playing in the Ashes series this year  Read more »

''In form'' Finn looking to make big impact in first Kiwi Test with shortened run-up

London, Mar 5 : England pace man Steven Finn thinks he can bowl faster, bouncier and straighter off his new, shortened run-up when he resumes Test duty against New Zealand in Dunedin on Wednesday.  Read more »

Raikkonen warns Hamilton-led Mercedes could be ‘surprise package’ at Melbourne GP

Raikkonen warns Hamilton-led Mercedes could be ‘surprise package’ at Melbourne GP London, Mar 5 : Lotus driver Kimi Raikkonen has said that Formula One team Mercedes, led by ace driver Lewis Hamilton, could  Read more »

European Tour lends support to belly putter ban in golf

European Tour lends support to belly putter ban in golf London, Mar 5 : Adding a new angle to the belly putter row, the European Tour has supported the ban on the method and told the PGA tour that it is wrong to take a decision against the proposed ban.  Read more »

Woakes says Eng would bounce back against Kiwis despite shock warm-up defeat

Woakes says Eng would bounce back against Kiwis despite shock warm-up defeat London, Mar 4 : England fast bowler Chris Woakes has claimed the team would bounce back in the Test series against New Zealand  Read more »

Pak refugee hopeful of playing in Ashes after CA fast-tracks citizenship application

Pak refugee hopeful of playing in Ashes after CA fast-tracks citizenship application London. Mar 4 : Cricket Australia is trying to fast-track the citizenship application of Pakistan-born leg-spinner Fawad Ahmed ahead  Read more »

Rooney dreams of scoring 200 goals for Man U

Rooney dreams of scoring 200 goals for Man U London, Mar 4 : England's talismanic forward Wayne Rooney has set his sights on reaching 200 goals for Manchester United.  Read more »

Gary Linekar refuses to star in chips ad in undies with Gazza

Gary Linekar refuses to star in chips ad in undies with GazzaLondon, Mar  4 : Gary Linekar, who has been associated with Walkers crisps for the past 19 years and has done some outrageous stunts for their commercials, has revealed that he  Read more »

Rodman says Kim Jong-un wants ‘basketball, not war’ with Obama

Rodman says Kim Jong-un wants ‘basketball, not war’ with Obama London, Mar 4 : Dennis Rodman, who is known as the `bad boy' of basketball, has returned from North Korea with a message from its leader Kim Jong-un  Read more »

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Mourinho to leave Real Madrid at end of season

Mourinho to leave Real Madrid at end of seasonMadrid, May 21 : Jose Mourinho's three-year term as coach of Spanish football giants Real Madrid will end June 30.

Club President Florentino Perez confirmed the news Monday at a press  Read more »

'2018 FIFA World Cup stadium may be delayed until 2017'

'2018 FIFA World Cup stadium may be delayed until 2017'St. Petersburg, May 21 : The completion date for Zenit St. Petersburg's $1.1 billion stadium has been put back again and it may not open until 2017, a decade after construction work began, the head  Read more »

Chennai through to fourth consecutive IPL final

Chennai through to fourth consecutive IPL finalNew Delhi, May 22 : Blistering unbeaten knocks by David Hussey and
Suresh Raina took two-time champions Chennai Super Kings to their fifth
Indian Premier League (IPL) final in six seasons with a comprehensive  Read more »

SC slams BCCI on spot fixing; no ban on IPL

SC slams BCCI on spot fixing; no ban on IPLNew Delhi, May 21 : While refusing to ban the remaining IPL matches, the Supreme Court Tuesday slammed the BCCI, saying spot fixing incidents had taken place due to its lackadaisical approach in reining in the erring 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 »