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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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  • Boycott hails fellow Yorkshireman Root for beautiful Test century at Headingley home Test

    English cricket legend Geoffrey Boycott has praised upcoming cricketer Joe Root, saying that he had played 'beautifully' after he scored a maiden Test hundred, against New Zealand, at his Headingley home ground. Root's 104, his first century in his sixth match at this level, also saw him become the first Yorkshireman to score his inaugural Test ton at the club's Headingley headquarters in ...

  • BJP leader Murli Manohar Joshi says N.Srinivasan should resign

    Senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader Murli Manohar Joshi on Saturday lashed out at Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) President N.Srinivasan saying he should resign. Johi said: "Srinivasan (President of Board of Control for Cricket in India) should resign. The allegations are pointed at him while his son-in-law is clearly involved in all this. Now if he continues to be stubborn, then ...

  • Former BCCI President I.S.Bindra calls N.Srinivasan arrogant

    Former Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) President I.S. Bindra on Saturday demanded the immediate removal of a defiant N. Srinivasan due to the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) spot-fixing row, calling him "arrogant" and insisting that his continuance would damage Indian cricket. "I have been keeping quiet on this issue but his statement that he will not step down, in Mumbai ...

  • N.Srinivasan denies any knowledge of Gurunaths involvement in betting

    The Board for Control of Cricket in India President N.Srinivasan has denied any knowedge of the involvement of his son in law,Gurunath Meiyappan in betting on IPL matches. Commenting on the arrest of Gurunath, he said whatever steps or action have been taken in case of anybody else, same will apply to him. "There will be no discrimination", he added. Srinivasan also claimed ignorance when ...

  • Becks dream of owning MLS team put on hold by Man City

    Football legend David Beckham's dreams of owning a Major League Soccer (MLS) team has been put on hold by Manchester City. Although the former England captain and Manchester United midfielder had looked at the prospect of becoming the owner of an MLS club in the US, however, City's launch of New York City FC, in partnership with baseball giants the New York Yankees, has taken the quota of MLS ...

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