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June 2, 2011 9:20 AM

FIFA re-elects Blatter as its President

FIFA President Sepp Blatter has been re-elected as the head of world football. Mr Blatter, who took over FIFA in 1998, recorded a landslide victory on Wednesday by bagging 186 out of 203 votes cast. He was declared the winner after an 11th-hour call for a postponement of the election by England&...

June 2, 2011 8:47 AM

Sania-Elena storm into doubles final of the French Open Tennis

Sania Mirza stormed into her first Grand Slam doubles final as she and her Russian partner Elena Vesnina defeated American duo of Liezel Huber and Lisa Raymond in a thrilling three-setter in the semifinals of the French Open Tennis. Seeded seventh in the tournament, Sania and Vesnina beat their four...

June 2, 2011 8:38 AM

Sania and Elena storm into doubles final of the French Open Tennis

Sania Mirza stormed into her first Grand Slam doubles final as she and her Russian partner Elena Vesnina defeated American duo of Liezel Huber and Lisa Raymond in a thrilling three-setter in the semifinals of the French Open Tennis. Seeded seventh in the tournament, Sania and Vesnina beat their four...

June 1, 2011 10:10 PM

Bopanna-Qureshi crash out of French Open

In the French Open Tennis Championshiops, the Indo-Pak duo of Rohan Bopanna and Aisam ul-Haq Qureshi has bowed out of the Men's doubles competition. In the quarter-finals in Paris today, the fifth-seeded duo lost to top-seeds and multiple Slam Champions Mike Bryan and Bob Bryan of the Unite...

June 1, 2011 7:15 PM

Sania-Vesnina to face US pair Huber-Lisa into French Open semis

In Paris on Wednesday, the seventh-seeded Indo-Russian pair of Sania Mirza and Elena Vesnina will face fourth seeded American duo of Liezel Huber and Lisa Raymond in the women's doubles semi-finals of the on-going French Open Tennis championships. The day will also see the Indo-Pak duo of R...

June 1, 2011 2:50 PM

Football: MU midfielder Paul Scholes announces retirement

Manchester United midfielder Paul Scholes has announced his retirement from the world of football. The 36-year-old Englishman, who made 676 appearances for Manchester United, said that it was the right time for him to stop playing. Scholes however said that he will continue in the club's co...

June 1, 2011 10:45 AM

Indian cricket team leaves for West Indies

The Indian cricket team, led by Suresh Raina today left for the West Indies to compete in a Twenty-20 game and a five-match one-day series. With a T-20 match on June 4th, the men in blue will begin their Caribbean campaign from Trinidad. The one day international series will be played from June the ...

June 1, 2011 10:32 AM

Monica, Pooja enter semifinals at China Open Boxing

Indian women pugilists Monica Saun and Pooja Rani have advanced to the semifinals of the China Open Boxing tournament at the Guiyang Sports Gymnasium in Guiyang, China. In this AIBA 3 Star Tournament, which saw a total of 140 boxers representing 20 countries, Monica registered an emphatic 29-7 victo...

June 1, 2011 10:32 AM

Football: Manchester united midfielder Paul Scholes announces retirement

Manchester United midfielder Paul Scholes has announced his retirement from the world of football. The 36-year-old Englishman, who made 676 appearances for Manchester United, said that it was the right time for him to stop playing. Scholes however said that he will continue in the club's co...

June 1, 2011 8:56 AM

IOC lifts 65th All India Obaidullah Khan Gold Cup

Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) lifted the 65th All-India Obaidullah Khan Gold Cup by defeating its rival Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) by 3-2 in the final played at the floodlit Aishbagh Hockey Stadium in Bhopal last evening. AIR Bhopal correspondent reports that captain of IOC Deepak Th...

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