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  • Windies carrying World T20 confidence to Champions Trophy

    West Indies head coach Otis Gibson says the Caribbean cricketers will arrive in England for the Champions Trophy full of confidence on the strength of their triumph at the World T20 last year. Gibson, playing down suggestions that the Windies could be under pressure to perform, says the success in Sri Lanka late last year, could instead provide a fillip. The Windies head coach was speaking at ...

  • BCCI president N.Srinivasan is not resigning

    The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) President N. Srinivasan said here today that that the last few days have been difficult for the BCCI and for him as the president and made it very clear that he is in no mood to resign as no one has asked him to. The BCCI top brass also said, "Also difficult for me as a father and a father-in-law. I sit here and put aside all personal feelings. ...

  • Nina Agdal substitutes for Kate Upton as high school students prom date

    The high school student who asked Kate Upton to prom took another sports illustrated model, Nina Agdal, after Upton's busy schedule prevented her from accompanying him. Jake Davidson, a senior at Milken Community High School, gained fame when a YouTube video he produced asking Upton to his dance went viral. Agdal, who sported a green halter dress during the event, posted an Instagram photo of ...

  • Sports Minister Jitendra Singh says players made our heads hang in shame

    Union Sports Minister Jitendra Singh on Sunday said all our heads hang in shame in the wake of the Indian Premier League's infamous spot-fixing row. Jitendra Singh said that as a young person, as a sportsperson and as the sports minister,he felt ' all our heads hang in shame '. He added: "Of course there should be some sort of a law, there should be some sort of a system in place where these ...

  • Indian conglomerate to sponsor West Indies cricket

    Indian conglomerate Confident Group has agreed to sponsor the West Indies cricket team for the ICC Champions Trophy in the United Kingdom next month and ICC World Twenty20 2014 in Bangladesh, the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) has announced. Confident Group, headquartered in Bangalore with interests in infrastructure, hospitality, aviation, entertainment, education and health care, is also ...


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Kicking and Screaming [DVD]

Kicking and Screaming [DVD]

Kicking and Screaming, Noah Baumbachs directorial debut, is a clever, intelligent comedy about the pains of growing up. The main characters are four college friends who are as different in personality as they are alike in their collective fear about being grown-u ... ...

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  • Bhupathi announces late 2014 launch of IPL-style revolutionary tennis tournament

    Indian tennis star Mahesh Bhupathi has lifted the lid on his plans for an International Premier Tennis League (IPTL), in the style of the Indian Premier League (IPL), which is to be scheduled to stage its inaugural season at the end of 2014 in Paris. Branded by world number one Novak Djokovic as potentially "revolutionary", Bhupathi's vision is for an elite competition that would feature the ...

  • Neymar agrees to five-year deal with Barcelona

    Brazil's football star Neymar has agreed to a five-year contract with Spanish giants Barcelona and will join the club during this summer's European transfer window. The 21-year-old is expected to announce the move after playing his final match for Santos in Brazil's Serie A championship against Flamengo Sunday, reports Xinhua. "Neymar has listened to his heart and made a decision," the ...

  • Robben breaks jinx as Bayern lift Champions League

    Arjen Robben's last-minute goal removed the jinx that haunted his side in the past three years as Bayern Munich became the European club winner for the fifth time after a 2-1 victory over Dortmund in first all-German Champions League football final. With one minute before the stoppage time here Saturday night, Robben made a deft relay teamwork with Frank Ribery in the area before running ...

  • AFC Asian cup qualifier India eves held 1-1 by Palestine

    India's disappointing campaign in the AFC Women's Asian Cup football (Qualifiers) ended with a 1-1 draw against hosts Palestine here at the Faisal Al Huseni Stadium. Palestine, riding on striker Caro's 47th minute spot kick, successfully held a dominant India to a 1-1 draw in their last Group D encounter here Saturday night. For India, Sasmita Malik scored her second consecutive goal of the ...

  • Maradona grabbed girlfriend by neck during plane bust-up

    Argentine football legend Diego Maradona had reportedly grabbed his girlfriend by the neck during a bust-up on a plane. According to passengers, Maradona, who was on his way to visit his baby son by former girlfriend Veronica Ojeda for the first time, had exchanged insults with his current girlfriend Rocio Oliva, before turning violent, the Daily Star reports. According to the report, flight ...

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