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No Knight Stands (17 May 12:00) |
| The bowlers spoiled the party. This is not what Twenty20 was meant to be. There was a time, not too long ago, they even made sure that the pitches were batsmen friendly and even chose swashb... |
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Practice makes Robin perfect! (17 May 12:00) |
| Robin Uthappa’s dedication, though not unwarranted considering the level of cricket he plays, has been scary. The Mumbai Indians batsman reached the Wankhede Stadium at least two hours bef... |
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The fear factor (17 May 12:00) |
| The clock is ticking. It’s minutes for the take-off. The flight to Jaipur is near empty. It’s early Friday morning and the Pink City had been rocked by multiple bomb blasts on Tuesday an... |
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Howzzat? Unfair say Indian umpires (17 May 12:00) |
| Such has been the length of the Indian Premier League and the money involved that controversy hasn’t given the officials a chance to breathe. The Harbhajan Singh slapping episode, Warne’... |
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Super fixes (17 May 12:00) |
| Hong Kong Cricket Association (HKCA) are over the moon after signing up Damien Martyn and Craig McMillan for the All Stars team in 2008s Hong Kong Cricket Sixes tournament that will be held ... |
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You can’t do this (17 May 12:00) |
| London: Manchester United forward Cristiano Ronaldo has dropped a potential bombshell on the club by telling Spanish television he could consider his future following the Champions League fi... |
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Nervous Naren set to make history (17 May 12:00) |
| In precisely 12 days, Naren Kumar will make Indian motor sport history when he revs his Group N-spec Subaru awaiting starters orders in the Acropolis Rally of Greece, which incidentally is t... |
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Taking challenge head-on (17 May 12:00) |
| If there’s been shortage of anything in Indian hockey over the last couple of months, it’s been the dearth of good news. The national game has plunged into one controversy after another ... |
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Master versus Blaster (16 May 12:00) |
| Almost a month after the Indian Premier League started, perhaps the one thing that still drives the crowds to the stadiums by the truckloads is the opportunity of watching team-mates become ... |
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Knight’s Dawn (16 May 12:00) |
| Cricket writer and scholar Ramachandra Guha presents an interesting analogy about the Bengali’s liking for new-ball bowling. He believes it could be a response to an attack on his self-est... |
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Staying for now (16 May 12:00) |
| The Jaipur franchise of the Indian Premier League have quashed rumours that the foreign recruits in the Rajasthan Royals team were quitting the tournament following the bomb blasts in Jaipur... |
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Food for thought (16 May 12:00) |
| Sanath Jayasuriya’s blistering knock lit up the sky on Wednesday and undoubtedly everyone was keen to hear from the man of the moment. Immediately after the match everyone ran down to the ... |
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Styris loves IPL (16 May 12:00) |
| Despite his lacklustre performance in the Indian Premier League so far, Deccan Chargers' all-rounder Scott Styris says he enjoys the glamourous Twenty20 tournament. The 32-year-old New Zeal... |
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Surprise hit (16 May 12:00) |
| Ipoh: India kept their hopes of reaching the finals of the Sultan Azlan Shah hockey tournament by beating Pakistan 2-1 Thursday. The win puts them one point behind Pakistan in the round-robi... |
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Raigad girls survive scare (16 May 12:00) |
| Mumbai: Raigad girls escaped to victory for the second time when they beat a gallant Yavatmal 23-22 in a pulsating tie, in the 59th Junior Maharashtra State Inter-District Basketball Champio... |
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Jaya Hai (15 May 12:00) |
| It was the Wankhede. It was home ground for Sachin Tendulkar. It was his first match. Millions on television had tuned in just to see the Master’s first IPL innings. Mumbai Indians were pi... |
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Selling a drama (15 May 12:00) |
| At 4.40 PM Harbhajan Singh stepped out of the BCCI headquarters. The news element was long gone, for the Disciplinary Committee comprising President Sharad Pawar, President-elect Shashank Ma... |
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Bare Devils (15 May 12:00) |
| It was all looking rosy for Delhi a little over a week ago, comfortably perched near the top of the IPL standings with four wins and one loss against Kings XI Punjab and looking all but set ... |
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Leader hunting (15 May 12:00) |
| Buoyed by back-to-back wins over Canada and Belgium, a resurgent India will take on the unbeaten arch-rival Pakistan in the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup Hockey tournament, at Ipoh tomorrow. The muc... |
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Karun ready to wait and watch (15 May 12:00) |
| For 24-year-old Karun Chandhok, the Istanbul Park — the circuit on which the Turkish GP is run — will always be remembered for two reasons. The first for being ‘shunted’ out of a pos... |
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Retired at 25! (15 May 12:00) |
| World number one Justine Henin announced she was retiring from professional tennis with immediate effect on Wednesday. “It’s the end of a wonderful adventure but it's something I have be... |
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The hungry Red Devil (15 May 12:00) |
| Roy Keane is convinced Sir Alex Ferguson will clinch the double in Moscow — and won’t rest until he’s toppled Liverpool’s record haul of European Cups. The United legend reckons his ... |
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Messi tells Chelsea he is happy at Barcelona (15 May 12:00) |
| Madrid: Barcelona’a Argentine striker Lionel Messi, who has reportedly sparked interest from English Premiership side Chelsea, said on Tuesday he wants to stay at the Spanish club. “I am... |
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Probing line (14 May 12:00) |
| In his report following inquiry into Harbhajan Singh slapping S Sreesanth, Ahmedabad-based advocate Sudhir Nanavati has categorically mentioned that the Kings XI Punjab bowler provoked Mumba... |
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Today’s Special (14 May 12:00) |
| It would be easy to term today as a mundane Wednesday and just another day in the Indian Premier League. Out of the 59 matches that will be played in this tournament, today’s match will ma... |
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Devils Slayed (14 May 12:00) |
| He’s charismatic. He’s controversial and make no mistake, he’s a crowd puller of the highest order. Yes, we are talking about Shoaib Akhtar, the paceman whose debut in the Indian Premi... |
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Open for debate (14 May 12:00) |
| Ask any team in world cricket whether they would like to have Sachin Tendulkar and Sanath Jayasuriya and the answer would, without a moment’s thought, be ‘Yes.’ While Jayasuriya has in... |
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Business unusual (14 May 12:00) |
| In the glamour and corporate worlds, presentation can to some extent substitute for lack of substance. But not in sports. Lack of performances on the field cannot be compensated by hype and ... |
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Predatory moves (14 May 12:00) |
| Cristiano Ronaldo’s Manchester United future was cast into doubt again on Monday night as Real Madrid insisted the Portuguese superstar could be ready to leave Old Trafford this summer.In ... |
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Drogba, Terry eye night in Moscow (14 May 12:00) |
| London: Didier Drogba says he and Chelsea teammate John Terry will be fit for the Champions League final against Manchester United in Moscow. Both were injured in Sunday’s 1-1 draw with B... |
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Gill hai ki maanta nahin (14 May 12:00) |
| New Delhi: Indian Olympic Association President Suresh Kalmadi yesterday denounced former Indian Hockey Federation chief KPS Gill’s move to convene an executive committee meeting of the di... |
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Royally Challenged (13 May 12:00) |
| The problem with Royal Challengers has been their weakness to lose wickets early into the piece. The story wasn’t any different on Monday, as after Rahul Dravid decided to set a target for... |
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The back seat (13 May 12:00) |
| New Delhi: The internal bickering of the Bangalore Royal Challengers came out in the open today with team owner Vijay Mallya lashing out at captain Rahul Dravid and sacked CEO Charu Sharma f... |
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Justice done, says cop who nailed Samuels (13 May 12:00) |
| Former Nagpur Police Commissioner, SPS Yadav, who investigated the telephonic conversation between West Indian cricketer Marlon Samuels and a Dubai-based bookie, Mukesh Kochar, is happy that... |
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Bhajji’s D-Day? (13 May 12:00) |
| Sudhir Nanavati, the BCCI appointed probe commissoner to inquire into the Harbhajan Singh-Sreesanth slap episode in Mohali, will submit his 14-page report to BCCI today. He will submit his r... |
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Kept on ice (13 May 12:00) |
| The Kolkata Knight Riders would take a final call this morning on including Shoaib Akhtar in the playing XI for the IPL encounter opposite Delhi Daredevils, after assessing the Rawalpindi Ex... |
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Blast master (13 May 12:00) |
| Ipoh (Malaysia): Second victory in a row after two defeats should be a pleasant experience for any coach, but A K Bansal was miffed as he thought India’s performance in yesterday’s Azlan... |
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Taking fresh guard (13 May 12:00) |
| The day Olympian Dhanraj Pillay was appointed member of the five man selection panel after the Indian Hockey Association was suspended by the Indian Olympic Association last month, he said h... |
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Devils Diaries (13 May 12:00) |
| United’s defence of their title gets off to a terrible start — draws against Reading and Portsmouth followed by a derby defeat at Manchester City — while Arsenal, shrugging off the los... |
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Ronaldo targets 50-goal haul next season (13 May 12:00) |
| Manchester: Cristiano Ronaldo believes he could score 50 goals for Manchester United next season after striking 41 times during his side’s current campaign. Ronaldo’s penalty against Wig... |
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Fergie’s bouncing to Moscow (13 May 12:00) |
| Wigan: Sir Alex Ferguson claims Manchester United will be ‘bouncing’ all the way to Moscow for next week’s Champions League final after a 2-0 win at Wigan secured the club’s 10th Pre... |
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Cut To The Chase (12 May 12:00) |
| It was a triumph of dogged determination, a victory over cynicism where the match tilted in favour of the team that was more professional and proficient in strategies. It was a revenge battl... |
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What if Tendulkar fails? (12 May 12:00) |
| It has been the cause of much angst and agony for everyone. Angst for the opposition wondering whether he would play or not and agony for his team mates pondering over the same. But if the s... |
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Switch On (12 May 12:00) |
| Fresh from his arrival from the Indian Premier League, Australia captain Ricky Ponting now wants his countrymen to switch from the cash-rich Twenty20 tournament to their national team’s Te... |
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Out of Charge (12 May 12:00) |
| Watching Sourav Ganguly feast on Deccan Chargers’ bowling, it was natural to hark back on the match between Knight Riders and Bangalore Royal Challengers. It was Ganguly’s bowling (3-0-7... |
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Win-way or the highway (12 May 12:00) |
| Predicting the outcome of a Twenty20 match is always a dangerous proposition. But when Kings XI Punjab and Royal Challengers face each other at the Punjab Cricket Association stadium here on... |
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Red planet (12 May 12:00) |
| Ryan Giggs secured Manchester United’s 17th English league title with the crucial second goal in a 2-0 win at Wigan on the day that he equalled Bobby Charlton’s 758-game all-time appeara... |
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Fisichella crashes out while Sutil finishes 16th in Turkey (12 May 12:00) |
| Force India were victims of yet another first corner crash and this time it was the experienced Giancarlo Fisichella, who bumped into Williams Kazuki Nakajima, to retire from the Turkish Gra... |
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Threesome (12 May 12:00) |
| Brazilian Felipe Massa swept to a hat-trick of Turkish Grand Prix victories from pole position yesterday with another domineering display for Ferrari at Istanbul Park. The Latin American tri... |
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King Nadal happy to play second fiddle (12 May 12:00) |
| Spanish clay-court king Rafael Nadal, the favourite for the Hamburg Masters Series which starts here today, admitted he takes some solace being second behind Swiss master Roger Federer. “F... |
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