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June 5, 2012 8:50 PM

French Open: Stosur vs Irani in women semi-finals

In French Open tennis, Australia's Samantha Stosur and Italy's Sara Irani have powered their way into the women's singles semi-finals. In the quarter finals played in Paris today, Samantha beat Dominika Cibulkava of Slovakia 6-4, 6-1 and Irani defeated Ejilke Kerber of Ger...

June 5, 2012 6:03 PM

India, Turkey sign MoU for developing relations in sports, youth activities

India and Turkey have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for further developing relations in the fields of sports and youth activities. The Mou was signed by Sports Minister, Ajay Maken and his Turkish counterpart Suat Kilic in Ankara today. Mr. Maken is currently on a 3 day official visit t...

June 5, 2012 12:51 PM

Painkiller abuse among footballers can damge liver,kidneys: FIFA Chief Medic

A leading medical official with Football's governing body - FIFA has warned that international footballers risk damaging their liver and kidneys by taking painkillers during tournaments. FIFA's Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Jiri Dvorak said that almost 40 per cent of the players of th...

June 5, 2012 9:25 AM

French Open mixed doubles QF: Paes & Vesnina take on Mirnyi, Huber<br/>

In the French Open Tennis , fifth seeded Indo-Russian pair Leander Paes and Elena Vesnina will take on the top seeded Belarusian-American combine of Max Mirnyi and Liezel Huber in their mixed double quarterfinal match in Paris today. The Indian duo of Mahesh Bhupathi and Sania Mirza have already rea...

June 4, 2012 1:55 PM

Marathon man Djokovic survives Seppi scare

Novak Djokovic staged an epic French Open fourth round recovery to defeat Italy&apos;s Andreas Seppi 4-6, 6-7 (5/7), 6-3, 7-5, 6-3 on Sunday and salvage his dream of making Grand Slam history.The world number one, bidding to become just the third man to hold all four majors at the same time, and...

June 4, 2012 1:38 PM

Sachin Tendulkar takes oath, becomes RS MP

Cricketer Sachin Tendulkar today began the new innings as a member of Parliament. Vice President and Rajya Sabha Chairman Mr. Hamid Ansari administered the oath to him as member of Rajya Sabha in his chamber. 39-year-old Tendulkar was nominated as a member of Upper House on April 26.Talking to media...

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