India replaced Australia as the number one team in ICC Test Team ranking after Sri Lanka made a clean sweep of the three-Test series in Colombo on Wednesday. Before the series started , the visitors were in number one position with 118 points. However, defeats in Pallekele, Galle and Colombo against a seventh ranked Sri […]
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Gold medallist McLeod hails Bolt inspiration
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 17 (IANS) Omar McLeod has said fellow Jamaican sprinters Usain Bolt and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce helped inspire him to his Olympic gold medal victory in the 110m hurdles. The 22-year-old clocked 13.05 seconds to finish 12 hundredths of a second ahead of Spain’s Orlando Ortega in the final at Rio’s Olympic stadium […]
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US women beat Japan to enter basketball semis
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 17 (IANS) The ambitious Japanese women’s basketball team failed to make history at the Olympics as they lost 110-64 to the powerhouse United States in a quarter-final match here. The Asian champions, aiming for a medal finish, battled in every corner of the court in the first half on Tuesday before […]
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China harvest two more golds at Rio Olympics (International Roundup)
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 17 (IANS) China claimed two more gold medals in diving and table tennis to be placed third on the medals table of the Rio Olympics. Chinese female paddlers defended the team gold after easily rounding up the final against Germany in straight three games on Tuesday, reports Xinhua. It has been […]
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Golfer Aditi aims to script new chapter at Rio (Preview)
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 16 (IANS) India’s teenage golfer Aditi Ashok will look to add another fine chapter of her nascent career when she tees off at the Olympic Games here on Wednesday. Aditi, 18, has been a sensation ever since she won the qualifying finals to earn a full card on the Ladies European […]
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New Zealand, Britain, Germany, Netherlands in women’s hockey semis
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 16 (IANS) New Zealand, Germany, Britain and reigning champions the Netherlands were all winners in the women’s hockey quarter-finals at the Rio Olympic Games here. New Zealand continued their excellent form at the Deodoro Hockey Centre by defeating Oceania rivals Australia, and will now face Britain, who proved too strong for […]
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Is Bhuvneshwar Kumar the answer to bowling woes of India?
Bhuvneshwar Kumar gave a new blood to his roller costar career. During the ongoing four-match Test series in West Indies, the 26-year-old medium pacer has produced an outstanding spell to leave the West Indies dressing room in tatters. India, in a four-match series in the Caribbean, has won the first Test at Vivian Richards Stadium, […]
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West Indies vs India 4th test 2016 – Indian predicted XI
Going into the fourth test at Port of Spain, Trinidad, India will have an eye of the elusive number one test rank. Since Australia have already lost their test series against Sri Lanka, a win is all what India needs in order to be back the number one spot. With 13 home tests to follow […]
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Every Premier League club’s most expensive transfer ever
The last few years have witnessed English clubs splashing a huge amount of money to bring players in order to bolster their squads. This very year has seen Manchester United bringing in French international Paul Pogba from Juventus by paying a whopping amount of £89 million making him the costliest footballer on the planet. Here we […]
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Liverpool transfer round-up: 2 out; 1 in; 1 offer made and 2 blows
Liverpool were splendid in attack at the Emirates on Sunday as they managed to steal a 4-3 victory on the first day of the new Premier League season. However, the fact that they conceded three goals will sting the manager who will have to look at other alternatives and additions to the squad to improve […]