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    • News Desk
    • May 6th, 2017
    • Comments Off on Pressure mounting on BCCI to name India CT squad

    India is coming under increasing pressure to name a squad for the impending Champions Trophy, with Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid joining calls for the cricket board to quit stalling. The Board of Control for

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    • May 6th, 2017
    • Comments Off on Manchester United set to reach Europa League final

    Marcus Rashford's stunning free-kick 23 minutes from time put Manchester United on the brink of reaching the Europa League final with a hard-fought 1-0 win at Celta Vigo on Thursday. Celta goalkeeper Sergio Alvarez kept

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  • Argentina's hopes of reaching next year's World Cup were given a huge boost on Friday after FIFA overturned Lionel Messi's four-game ban for swearing at an assistant referee. FIFA said there was not enough evidence

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    • May 6th, 2017
    • Comments Off on Neymar ordered to stand trial for corruption

    Barcelona forward Neymar and his parents will stand trial over alleged corruption, making the Brazilian the latest football superstar to have to take the stand, a Spanish court ordered on Thursday. The National Court also

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    • News Desk
    • May 6th, 2017
    • Comments Off on Aravinda de Silva quits as SLC chairman

    Former Sri Lanka captain Aravinda de Silva has stepped down as chairman of the national board's cricket committee for personal reasons after roughly a year in the top post, the committee said Friday. The veteran's

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    • News Desk
    • May 6th, 2017
    • Comments Off on West Indies win Barbados Test to level series

    Shannon Gabriel produced an outstanding effort of consistently fast bowling to lead the West Indies to a 106-run victory over Pakistan 80 minutes after lunch on the final day of the second Test at Kensington

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    • News Desk
    • May 6th, 2017
    • Comments Off on Sri Lankan embassies sheltered criminals: foreign minister

    Sri Lanka's foreign minister on Friday accused the previous administration of using its embassies abroad as "safe houses" for murderers accused of perpetrating human rights abuses during the civil war. Mangala Samaraweera told parliament a

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    • News Desk
    • May 6th, 2017
    • Comments Off on Young man dies in Venezuela unrest, toll hits 36

    A young man died Friday after being injured in unrest in Venezuela, an official said, bringing the toll from more than a month of violence to at least 36. Hecder Lugo Perez, 22, died after

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    • News Desk
    • May 6th, 2017
    • Comments Off on UNESCO ratifies Jerusalem resolution slammed by Israel

    The executive board of the UN's cultural agency ratified Friday a resolution that identifies Israel as "the occupying power" in Jerusalem and calls on it to rescind any move changing the city's "character and status."

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  • An American soldier was shot dead and two others wounded in a night-time raid with Somali forces against Shabaab militants in Somalia, the US military said Friday. "On May 4, one US service member was

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