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Thursday, 28 April, 2011
MUMBAI — Subramaniam Badrinath hit an unbeaten 63 as Chennai Super Kings outclassed Pune Warriors by eight wickets yesterday for their second win over the Indian Premier League debutants in two days.
Badrinath anchored the innings after the early dismissal of Michael Hussey to help Chennai overhaul
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Thursday, 28 April, 2011
KOCHI — Ishant Sharma bulldozed the Kochi Tuskers’ batting line-up in a sensational five-wicket spell as Deccan Chargers spanked the hosts by 55 runs in their Indian Premier League match here yesterday.
Before Ishant’s fiery spell, Chargers skipper Kumar Sangakkara scored a defying 65 off 47 balls
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Thursday, 28 April, 2011
MUMBAI — The cash prize for India’s 2011 World Cup-winning squad has been doubled from Rs 1 crore to Rs 2 crore each, it was announced here yesterday.
The decision was taken here at a working committee meeting of the Board of Control for Cricket in India after media reports claimed that the players
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Thursday, 28 April, 2011
Estoril, Portugal — Robin Soderling struggled to a patchy if encouraging victory yesterday to open play at the Estoril Open as Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga made a miserable debut at the clay court event.
Top seed Soderling was looking on the bright side after coasting in the first and last sets but
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Thursday, 28 April, 2011
NEW DELHI — Badminton world women’s No 4 and top-seed Saina Nehwal of India crashed out of the Indian Open Super Series yesterday with a shock 21-17 21-19 first-round defeat to Japan’s Ai Goto.
Saina looked off-colour against her opponent at the Siri Fort Complex.
In the men’s singles, world No 1
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Thursday, 28 April, 2011
CHICAGO — Derrick Rose showed no effects of his injured left ankle as the Chicago Bulls pushed their way past the Indiana Pacers with a 116-89 first round of the NBA play-off series-ending rout on Tuesday. Rose sprung back to action with 25 points and the top-seeded Bulls put away the Pacers in a 4
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Thursday, 28 April, 2011
VANCOUVER — Last season’s Stanley Cup winners Chicago Blackhawks were knocked out of the NHL play-offs on Tuesday after Vancouver Canucks beat the Blackhawks 2-1 in overtime in Game Seven.
Alexandre Burrows scored twice as the Canucks finally got the win they needed after racing to a 3-0 lead in th
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Wednesday, 27 April, 2011
MUSCAT — Omani tennis star Fatma al Nabhani began her campaign in the $25,000 Minsk 2011 tournament in Belarus with a straight set victory over Russian qualifier Ekaterina Nikitina.
According to information received here, the Omani girl overcame second-set rally by her Russian opponent before emerg
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Wednesday, 27 April, 2011
MUSCAT — Oman Cricket Club (OCC) board member Pankaj Khimji has become the member of the Affiliate Committee of the International Cricket Council (ICC).
In a press released issued yesterday, the OCC said the governing body of the Sultanate’s cricket is ‘overwhelmed at the nomination of Pankaj Khimj
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Wednesday, 27 April, 2011
MADRID — Jose Mourinho is ready to haunt Barcelona in the Champions League semifinals again today, this time with Real Madrid.
Knocking Barca out of Europe's elite club competition after winning the King's Cup final against them last week could signal the start of a power-shift in Spanish football
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