Shanghai, Oct 17 (IANS/EFE) Spain’s Rafael Nadal earned his most convincing victory over a top player in more than a year, dismissing reigning French Open champion Stanislas Wawrinka 6-2, 6-1 here in the quarter-finals of the Shanghai Masters hard-court event. After an evenly contested start, Nadal broke Wawrinka’s serve in the sixth game of the […]
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Revealed: Chelsea target signs new deal with club
Setback for Chelsea as Andriy Yarmolenko who was targeted by Jose Mourinho has just penned a contract extension with his Russian club Dynamo Kiev, which sees the player in Dynamo outfit until 2020. Liverpool, Arsenal and Everton all will be upset too as they were also lined up to sign the Dynamo star. The Ukrainian […]
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ISL 2015: Sachin, Brazilian Carlos to be the cynosure of all eyes
Kochi, Oct 17 (IANS) With Kerala Blasters back to their home ground, the cynosure of all eyes would be two icons in their own right, Sachin Tendulkar in the stands and Brazilian giant Roberto Carlos on the field, during Sunday’s ISL match here. For both the teams – Kerala Blasters and Delhi Dynamos – it […]
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Luis Suarez eager to return to Uruguay national team
Montevideo, Oct 16 (IANS) Uruguayan forward Luis Suarez is eager to return to play for the national team even though he still has to miss two matches in the punishment of biting Italian player Giorgio Chiellini in the World Cup Brazil 2014. “I am hoping the match bans will come to an end because I […]
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Real Madrid legend to retire soon
Washington, Oct 16 (IANS) Former Real Madrid player Raul is to retire next month after finishing the current North American Soccer League season, according to New York Cosmos. “When I signed for the New York Cosmos in December, I said I would evaluate how I felt towards the end of the year and assess whether […]
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I will not end my career at Chelsea – Jose Mourinho
Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho has revealed that he has no plans of ending his managerial career at Chelsea. Chelsea are currently struggling in their title defending campaign this season. They are at the bottom half of the table very near to relegation zone. Their performance has been extremely below par and for obvious reasons manager […]
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Real Madrid vs Levante: Injuries test Real Madrid depth
Madrid, Oct 16 (IANS) Coach Rafael Benitez will have to work his way around a long injury list when he picks his club Real Madrid’s team to face Levante on Saturday afternoon for a La Liga football match. The international break has wrecked its usual havoc on Real Madrid with both attackers Karim Benzema and […]
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Agent row – Bale apologizes to Ronaldo, promises to sack his agent: Marca
Last week Gareth Bale’s agent Jonathan Barnett, in an apparent reference to Cristiano Ronaldo, claimed that his superstar client is not interested in representing himself as an “underwear model”. The controversial comment didn’t go well in Spain as he was criticized in the Madrid supported media. Gareth Bale is also not happy with his talkative […]
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Top-ranking pilots to fly in AAI Paragliding World Cup
Chandigarh, Oct 16 (IANS) Three of the four top-ranked paragliding pilots of the world will fly in India’s first AAI Paragliding World Cup 2015, the last World Cup in the series for this year, to be held in Himachal Pradesh’s Bir-Billing from October 23, the organisers said here on Friday. A French contingent with 13 […]
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Denmark Open badminton results
Copenhagen, Oct 15 (IANS) Following are the first round results at Yonex Denmark Open 2015 badminton tournament, held in Odense, central Denmark, on Wednesday (prefix number denotes seeding), reported Xinhua: Men’s singles: 1-Chen Long, China bt Wong Wing Ki Vincent, Hong Kong, China, 21-12, 22-20 2-Jan Oe Jorgensen, Denmark, bt Wang Zhengming, China, 21-17, 21-9 […]