Cricket tournament raises £3,700 for Pakistan floods appeal
A CHARITY cricket tournament brought the community together while raising funds for victims of the Pakistan floods.
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Cricket: Sri Lanka in box seat
A late double-salvo from Tillakaratne Dilshan fired Sri Lanka into the box seat with two days remaining in the second Test against the West Indies at Colombo.
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Cricket skipper to State ‘captain’
N. Kiran Kumar Reddy. HYDERABAD: Nallari Kiran Kumar Reddy, newly sworn-in Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, almost played Ranji Trophy for Hyderabad in the early 80s.
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North Shore Tennis Club offers free women’s round robin
The North Shore Tennis Club, located at 98 Swampscott Road in Salem (next to the mini-golf course) is offering a free Women’s Round Robin, open to the public ….
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Roundup: YMCA holiday tennis tourney set for Dec. 3-5
The Charleston Family YMCA will hold its annual Holiday Open Tennis Tournament Dec. 3-5. Players can register online at www.usta.com using the tournament ID number 856330810. The…
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North Shore Tennis Club offers free women’s round robin
The North Shore Tennis Club, located at 98 Swampscott Road in Salem (next to the mini-golf course) is offering a free Women’s Round Robin, open to the public ….
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O’Driscoll predicts fireworks
Rugby:Ireland captain Brian O’Driscoll has promised Ireland will bring a disappointing autumn to an explosive conclusion against Argentina on Sunday. Victory over the Pumas at Aviva Stadium would give Ireland a respectable yet uninspired 50 per cent return from their four-Test series.
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Rugby Union: Five changes for NZ
New Zealand have restored hooker Keven Mealamu in one of five changes to their starting line-up for Sunday’s potential Grand Slam-clinching clash with Wales at the Millennium Stadium.
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Rugby-England back at full strength to face South Africa
England manager Martin Johnson on Thursday announced a full-strength team to face world champions South Africa on Saturday, bringing back the four players rested from last week’s win over Samoa.
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Soccer-”Stable” Villarreal put faith in Garrido
Villarreal have agreed a three-year contract extension with coach Juan Carlos Garrido which ties him to the Spanish club until 2014.
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Soccer: Nelsen not ready to quit yet
All Whites captain Ryan Nelsen has no intention of ending his international soccer career yet.Blackburn Rovers manager Sam Allardyce last month urged Nelsen to retire from international football in an effort to prolong his English…
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SOCCER PLAYOFFS: Girls advance, boys fall
The Fallon girls soccer team advanced one step closer to the state tournament on Wednesday. The Lady Wave beat North Tahoe, 1-0, while the boys fell, 2-0, to Sparks in the first round of the 3A Northern Region playoffs.
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Boxing’s mother Mary has Olympic gold in sights
Mary Kom has already shown she loves a good fight.
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Boxing’s mother Mary has Olympic gold in sights
Mary Kom has already shown she loves a good fight.
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Fantastic Mr Froch
Boxing preview: Boxing’s innovative Super-Six tournament returns this Saturday when Nottingham’s Carl Froch has a chance to regain the now vacant WBC super-middleweight title.
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Easton promise bears fruit with race glory
Scottish rider Stuart Easton, a podium finisher at the North West 200 last year, cruised to his third successive Macau Grand Prix victory in the Far East on Saturday morning after an early race battle with six-time Macau winner and pole position man Michael Rutter. Related Stories Macau torture for Turkington
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Very positive and educational experience for Pirelli
The Formula One teams have just finalized a two day test at the Yas Marina circuit in Abu Dhabi where the main goal was to try out the new Pirelli rubber that will make its…
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High Profile Additions Join V8 Ute Grid
The ENZED V8 Ute Challenge welcomes two high profile additions to the grid for their outing at Powerbuilt Tools Raceway in Christchurch this weekend.
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Cricket-Bravo hits 50 but Sri Lanka claim key scalps
* Darren Bravo scores 50
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Cricket: Happy birthday Peter
Peter Siddle will always remember his 26th birthday and so too will the rest of Australia.
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Tennis: Nadal beats Djokovic
With Novak Djokovic struggling to keep his contact lenses in place, Rafael Nadal went about his business as usual Wednesday and improved his record to 2-0 at the ATP World Tour Finals with a 7-5, 6-2 win over the third-ranked Serb.Despite…
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Linkage: Tennis Returning to Grand Central; NJ Gov. Likes 7 Train Idea; More!
[Soon this will be a tennis court! Photo via WSJ.] · Cool look at Grand Central’s under-construction indoor tennis court [WSJ] · How much does Park51 need to raise? 0 million [NYT] · Extell’s glassy International Gem Tower won’t…
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Phinma Jr Tennis: Capadocia, 3 other Pinays advance
Marian Jade Capadocia became the fourth Filipina to advance into the second round of the Phinma International Junior Tennis Championship at the Rizal Memorial Tennis Center.
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Tennis Capsules: ATP: Nadal beats Djokovic, Berdych tops Roddick
LONDON (AP) — Rafael Nadal defeated Novak Djokovic 7-5, 6-2 at the ATP World Tour Finals on Wednesday, his Serbian opponent bothered by a problem with his contact lenses that forced him to leave the court.
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Sri Lanka finishes sixth in rugby
Sri Lanka rugby team continued its dismal performance, losing to Taiwanand Malaysia to finish sixth while Japan underlined its rugby supremacy towin the gold medal at the Asian Games seven-a-side rugby tournamentconcluded in Guangzhou today.
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Fully fit and ready to impose himself
RUGBY: JOHN O’SULLIVANtalks to the Ireland flanker who is under no illusions about what to expect from Argentina
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ANALYSIS-Soccer-Scottish referee strike unlikely to be the last
The referees’ strike threatening to paralyse Scottish soccer this week is unlikely to be the last as officials around the world face unrelenting and escalating criticism and abuse from every quarter.
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Can Tulare County’s soccer teams continue success in 2010?
The Tulare County soccer landscape was dominated by a great class of senior players during the 2009-10 season.
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