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Tuesday, 18 June, 2013
From Andy Jalil at The Oval — LONDON — Sri Lanka on Monday night marched into the semifinal of the Champions Trophy with a 20-run win over Australia with 45 balls remaining. A rear guard action by Australia took the match considerably closer than the earlier action had indicated. Showing great resis
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Tuesday, 18 June, 2013
MUSCAT — Oman take on hosts Jordan in Amman today hoping to achieve a victory in their final Asian zone Group ‘B’ qualifier for the World Cup while also dreaming of clinching a direct berth to Brazil 2014 if the result of other match involving Australia and Iraq goes in their favour.
According to t
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Tuesday, 18 June, 2013
MUSCAT — Oman Air Motorbase team-mates Ahmad al Harthy and Michael Caine celebrated their first race victory of the Avon Tyres British GT Championship season during round five at Snetterton 300 Circuit on Sunday, to give a major boost to their 2013 title bid, according to a press release issued here
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Tuesday, 18 June, 2013
MUSCAT — Oman Sail’s status as organiser of leading sports events in the Middle East was given high profile recognition last week at the 2013 Middle East Sports Event Summit in Dubai.
At a gathering of some of the most influential sports events organisers in the region, including PGA European Tour,
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Tuesday, 18 June, 2013
RIO DE JANEIRO — Mario Balotelli scored the winner and Andrea Pirlo, capping a majestic 100th international appearance by scoring with a 30-metre free kick, provided the inspiration as Italy beat Mexico 2-1 in their opening Confederations Cup match on Sunday.
Pirlo's goal was entirely worthy of the
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Tuesday, 18 June, 2013
From Andy Jalil at The Oval -
LONDON — This was the match which would settle the position for second semifinal, with India already placed in the last four. There were several permutations hinging on the result of Australia and Sri Lanka’s third match of the Champions Trophy. A straightforward Sri L
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Tuesday, 18 June, 2013
ARDMORE, Pennsylvania — Justin Rose produced remarkable poise and a Ben Hogan-like finish to win his first Major title by two shots at the US Open on Sunday after overhauling 54-hole leader Phil Mickelson in the final round.
Rose closed with a level-par 70 in difficult scoring conditions at Merion
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Tuesday, 18 June, 2013
SAN ANTONIO — Tony Parker shrugged off a nagging hamstring injury and Manu Ginobli came out of a slump as the San Antonio Spurs beat the Miami Heat 114-104 on Sunday to move one win away from a fifth NBA title.
Parker scored a team-high 26 points in front of an adoring crowd that was showering him
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Tuesday, 18 June, 2013
EASTBOURNE, United Kingdom — Last year's Wimbledon finalist Agnieszka Radwarska is hoping to improve her grass-play consistency on what she calls her favourite surface as she starts her Grand Slam
preparation as women's top seed at the ATP-WTA Eastbourne International.
The fourth-ranked Pole has
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Tuesday, 18 June, 2013
SYDNEY — Captain Lucas Neill has warned Australia that football can shatter dreams as well as make them come true, meaning today's seemingly straightforward World Cup qualifier against Iraq at Sydney's Olympic Stadium is no formality.
With Iraq already out of the World Cup running and having lost t
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