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Sunderland Wins Stage 5 To Head Dakar Rally Standings

Oruro (Bolivia), Jan 7 (IANS) Britain’s Sam Sunderland (KTM) bested the field to win the fifth stage of the 2017 Dakar Rally and climb to the top of the standings in the motorcycle segment, while Frenchman Stephane Peterhansel’s (Peugeot) third-place finish gave him the lead in the car race. On Friday, Sunderland completed the 219-kilometre […]

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Bilbao Beat Barcelona In Copa Del Rey Tie

Bilbao (Spain), Jan 6 (IANS) Athletic Bilbao gave cancer-battling teammate Yeray Alvarez the best imaginable gift, beating mighty FC Barcelona 2-1 in the first leg of their Copa del Rey pre-quarterfinal tie. Alvarez, still recovering from testicular cancer, was among the roughly 50,000 people in the stands at San Mames for the contest here on […]

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Djokovic, Murray Enter Qatar Open Semis

Doha, Jan 6 (IANS) The world’s top two players, Britain’s Andy Murray and Serbia’s Novak Djokovic, have advanced to the semi-finals of the Qatar Open tennis tournament. Murray, the world No. 1, beat Spain’s Nicolas Almagro 7-6 (7-4), 7-5 while Djokovic, the defending champion in Doha, took out Czech Radek Stepanek 6-3, 6-3 in tough […]