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Friday, 29 April, 2011
Icheon, South Korea — Ireland's Damien McGrane took a one-shot lead at the Ballantine's Championship yesterday as clicking cameras distracted new world No 1 Lee Westwood during a frustrating first round.
McGrane shot eight birdies on his way to a six-under-par 66 on a bright, cold day at the Blacks
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Friday, 29 April, 2011
LONDON — Fifa presidential candidate Mohamed bin Hammam yesterday denied trying to buy votes with financial aid in his campaign to unseat world football supremo Sepp Blatter.
Bin Hammam, in London to meet with senior members of the English FA ahead of the June 1 election, has vowed to double the cu
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Friday, 29 April, 2011
ESTORIL, Portugal — Canadian Milos Raonic reached his first career quarterfinal on clay with a 6-3, 6-3 defeat of Portugal's Joao Sousa at the ATP-WTA Estoril Open here yesterday.
Raonic, seeded fifth and ranked 26th, kept his level high on the clay as he prepares to play as a seed at Roland Garros
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Friday, 29 April, 2011
NEW DELHI — Qualifier Sourabh Verma pulled off another stunner at the Indian Open Super Series badminton yesterday, and he is joined in the quarterfinals by Guru Sai Dutt with an impressive victory at the Siri Fort Sports Complex here.
India's top women's doubles pair Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnap
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Friday, 29 April, 2011
NEW DELHI — Manoj Tiwary scored an unbeaten 61 to set up a thrilling 17-run win for Kolkata Knight Riders in an Indian Premier League match against Delhi Daredevils yesterday.
Tiwary hit three sixes and two fours in his 47-ball knock to take Kolkata to 148-7 before Delhi were restricted to 131-9 in
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Thursday, 28 April, 2011
MUSCAT — The Saham-Al Dhafra GCC Club Championship match to be held at the Seeb Stadium on May 4 (Wednesday) has been postponed.
The organising committee have decided to hold the game at the same venue on May 5 (Thursday).
The kick off will take place at 7 pm.
Meanwhile, Al Arouba will face
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Thursday, 28 April, 2011
MUSCAT — Oman’s Fatma al Nabhani retired midway through her second round match against Ukrainian Lyudmyla Kichenok in the Minsk 2011 tennis tournament.
According to information received, the Omani lass retired while trailing 0-6, 0-3 against her opponent.
Fatma had begun promisingly by defeating R
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Thursday, 28 April, 2011
GELSENKIRCHEN, Germany — Manchester United overwhelmed Schalke 04 as they strolled to a 2-0 victory in their Champions League semifinal first leg on Tuesday in a one-sided match that left the home fans stunned.
Ryan Giggs and Wayne Rooney scored in the space of two second-half minutes and United co
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Thursday, 28 April, 2011
GELSENKIRCHEN, Germany — Manchester United coach Sir Alex Ferguson poured praise on Schalke 04’s Manuel Neuer after the Germany goalkeeper’s defiant performance in his team’s 2-0 Champions League defeat on Tuesday.
Neuer kept his side in the semifinal, first leg tie with a sequence of stunning save
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Thursday, 28 April, 2011
MUMBAI — Duncan Fletcher will take over as India’s new cricket coach from South African Gary Kirsten, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) said yesterday, and his first assignment could be to lead the team on their tour of England in July.
The 62-year-old former England coach has signed
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