Archive for  January 2010
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Left-arm spinner Shakib Al Hasan and paceman Shahadat Hossain took four wickets each as Bangladesh left India struggling on 213-8 before bad light brought an early end to the opening day of the first test
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South Africa won the fourth and final test by an innings and 74 runs on Sunday, bowling England out for 169 just before lunch on the fourth day at the Wanderers to level the series
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Lionel Messi netted two late goals as champions Barcelona thrashed Sevilla 4-0 on Saturday to stretch their advantage over second-placed Real Madrid at the top of La Liga to five points. Real had earlier slumped
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The Islamic Solidarity Games have been cancelled after a dispute between Arab countries and Iran over the name of the waterway dividing them. The Saudi-based Islamic Solidarity Games Federation says they cancelled the sporting event,
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A senior reformer who used to head Iran's football federation has been sentenced to six years in jail, his lawyer was quoted as saying on Sunday. Mohsen Safaie Farahani, also a former deputy economy minister
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A charity match to raise money for the victims of the Haiti earthquake provided Roger Federer, Serena Williams and handful of the world's top players some light relief on the eve of the Australian Open.
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Players from world Twenty20 champion Pakistan, Australia and South Africa make up half the cricketers on offer in the Indian Premier League auction Tuesday. IPL organisers have shortlisted 66 players from eight countries for the
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Phil Mickelson, a four-times winner world-wide last year, can now be bracketed alongside top-ranked Tiger Woods in all departments of the game, according to Ernie Els. Mickelson finished his 2009 campaign in barn-storming fashion, clinching
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Chairman, Pakistan Cricket Board, Ijaz Butt has said that no coaching deals have been done by the Board with former Test players Waqar Younis or Saeed Anwar. "The story regarding Saeed Anwar holding a batting
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On a day of inevitabilities, Australia moved within six wickets of completing a clean-sweep against a disappointing Pakistan. Simon Katich scored his first century of the summer, Ricky Ponting recorded his highest aggregate in a
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