The Indian rupee fell to its lowest in over a week on Friday after heavy dollar buying by a large state-run bank wiped out all gains even as a below expected inflation reading raised hopes

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Any comfortable assumptions that world cricket has largely eradicated corruption after the shock of the Hansie Cronje match-fixing scandal are challenged in a disturbing new book investigating India's illegal bookmaking underworld. In "Bookie Gambler Fixer

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Australia took the upper hand against Sri Lanka following half-centuries by Phil Hughes, David Warner and Michael Clarke on the opening day of first Hobart Test on Friday. The Australians always had the measure of

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World football's governing body on Friday said that they were unable to check whether claims that an African footballer and not Argentina star Lionel Messi was the record holder for the most goals scored in

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New Zealand will not be distracted by the axing of former captain Ross Taylor ahead of their cricket tour of South Africa, new skipper Brendon McCullum said on Friday. "We can't control what has unfolded

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Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini insists his team have shown they are better than United and have plenty of time to make up the six-point deficit to their city rivals. City suffered a first defeat

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South Korean duo Y. E. Yang and Kim Kyung-Tae produced a gutsy late fightback to prevent a European whitewash on the opening day of the Royal Trophy in Brunei. Two-down after 13 holes, the pair

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Pakistan hockey team will participate in the second Asian Champions Trophy Hockey Tournament to be played in Doha, Qatar from December 20-27, 2012. Manager, Akhtar Rasool Chaudhary, with the approval of President Pakistan Hockey Federation,

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The United Nations nuclear agency expects to reach a deal with Iran next month enabling it to investigate whether the Islamic state has carried out atomic bomb research, the chief UN inspector said after returning

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The "fiscal cliff" impasse is raising the odds that Congress will fail to meet a year-end deadline to avert steep tax hikes and budget cuts that could push the nation into another recession. With talks

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