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October 15, 2009 7:24 PM

4 Indians short-listed for this year�s ICC Awards

Manipur lifted the 1st All India Women's Football Championship by defeating Orissa through tie-breaker in the final of the tournament, played at Paljor Stadium in Gangtok today. Manipur converted three of their five penalty shots while Orissa could convert only two and the final score read 3-2 ...

October 15, 2009 7:19 PM

Special train to propagate Commonwealth games

Railways will run a special train through out the country on next month to propagate on ensuing commonwealth games scheduled to be held in the country next year. Laying the foundation stone of Satyajit Ray Railway Stadium at Behala the Railway Minister, Miss Mamata Banerjee announced this in Kolkata...

October 15, 2009 7:16 PM

Sania Mirza and Vania King crash out of Japan Open

Second seed Sania Mirza and Vania King suffered a shock straight-set defeat at the hands of unseeded French pair of Julie Coin and Mathilde to crash out of the doubles event of the Japan Open Tennis tournament at Osaka today. The Indo-American pair lost 4-6, 2-6 in the quarter-final after battling f...

October 15, 2009 5:49 PM

IOA rejects proposal for Monitoring panel

The Indian Olympic Association IOA has rejected the proposal of Common Wealth Games Federation to form an independent Monitoring panel for overseeing the 2010 games preparations. Speaking to media in New Delhi today , the IOA Chairman Mr Suresh Kalmadi said that the prerparation are going on well an...

October 15, 2009 1:54 PM

Sehwag, Yuvraj return to Indian squad for Oz series starting 25th October

Veteran batsman Rahul David has been dropped while the dashing duo of Virender Sehwag and Yuvraj Singh returned to India's 15-member squad for the first two cricket one-dayers of a seven-match series againstAustralia starting on the 25 th of this month. Dravid, who was surprisingly named in...

October 15, 2009 12:25 PM

Royal Challengers to take on Victoria Bushrangers in CLT20 league match

Bangalore Royal Challengers will take on Victoria Bushrangers in the first league B match of the Champions League T-20 at M. ChinnaSwami stadium, Bangalore today. Reigning IPL Campions Deccan Chargers crashed out of the Champions League after suffering a narrow three run defeat against Trinidad and ...

October 15, 2009 10:19 AM

Sania in Japan Open quarters

Indian tennis ace Sania Mirza sailed into the Japan Open quarterfinals after notching up a straight-set win over Ukraine's Viktoriya Kutuzova in Osaka on Wednesday.Sania defeated Kutuzova 6-4 6-3 in one hour and 23 minutes to set up a tough quarterfinal against second-seeded Frenchwoman Mar...

October 15, 2009 10:17 AM

Mumbai to host final, two other matches of 2011 World Cup

Mumbai will host the final, along with two other matches, while Mohali will host one of the semifinals of the 2011 cricket World Cup to be organised jointly by India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. The Local Organising Committee met on Wednesday to finalise the venue-based distribution of the 29 games th...

October 15, 2009 10:16 AM

Sehwag set to return, Yusuf Pathan likely to be axed

Opener Virender Sehwag is set to return, while off-colour all-rounder Yusuf Pathan is likely to be axed when the selectors pick the Indian squad for the first two one-dayers against Australia at Chennai on Thursday. Sehwag has been out of international cricket owing to a shoulder injury that require...

October 15, 2009 6:20 AM

Argentina qualify for 2010 FIFA Soccer WC

Argentina confirms qualification for the 2010 FIFA Soccer World Cup. In a do or die match at Montevideo, the twice World Cup winner beat Uruguay 1-0 late last night. Other Latin American teams Brazil, Paraguay and Chile have already qualified for the mega event.

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