ICC takes match way from Eden Gardens
Mumbai – The International Cricket Council has ruled out Kolkata’s Eden Gardens hosting next month’s World Cup match between India and England due to delays in renovation work, the ruling body said in a statement on Thursday.
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Plans for IPL-style filed hockey series shot down
Field hockey’s governing body on Thursday refused permission for a new multi-million-dollar world series in India modelled on the popular Indian Premier League cricket tournament.
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Murray survives wobble to reach final
Tennis:Andy Murray ground down David Ferrer 4-6 7-6 6-1 7-6 to reach his second consecutive Australian Open final, raising hopes of ending a 75-year drought for a British men’s singles grand slam champion.
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Justine Henin retires from tennis — for 2nd time
BRUSSELS (AP) — Former No. 1 Justine Henin has retired from tennis for a second time, citing a lingering elbow injury. The 28-year-old Belgian says on her website that “my elbow is too fragile and hurt so that my passion and
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TENNIS: Australian top seeds Nadal, Wozniacki lose
Rafael Nadal’s bid to win four straight Grand Slam tournaments is over after his 6-4, 6-2, 6-3 loss to fellow Spaniard David Ferrer in the Australian Open quarterfinals Wednesday in Melbourne . The injured Nadal lost for the second straight year in the Aussie quarterfinals.
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Stormers limp to a win
The DHL Stormers kicked off their 2011 season with a scrappy 15-0 victory over the Lions in the Neo Africa Tri-Series at a windy Newlands on Friday night.
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Highlanders and Blues name starting sides for pre-season clash
The Highlanders and Blues have named their respective sides to play in their Investec Super Rugby pre-season opener at Balclutha on Saturday. Despite the expected absence of most of their front line All Blacks, the two franchises have still rolled out very strong sides.
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Joseph starts new career
Jamie Joseph will return to rugby in the deep south when the Highlanders play the Blues in Balclutha.
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Girls Soccer Regional Roundup: Creekside edges Paxon in penalty kicks
Creekside freshman keeper Mikki Lewis watched as Paxon’s Chassidy White sent the game’s 14th penalty kick wide left, securing a tense 1-0 (4-3 PK) victory in the Region 1-4A quarterfinals on Thursday.
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Mustang soccer teams off to hot start
The Friendswood girls soccer team won its first two matches of the season in the the Friendswood/Pearland varsity soccer tournament before finishing with a 2-1-1 record.
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For sale: Swag from ‘The Fighter,’ ‘Black Swan’ and ‘Glee’ to benefit SAG Foundation
LOS ANGELES, Calif. – In an award-show world of swag bags and gift suites for the already-gifted, enter something a little different — an auction for the less fortunate.
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For sale: Swag from ‘The Fighter,’ ‘Black Swan’ and ‘Glee’ to benefit SAG Foundation
LOS ANGELES, Calif. – In an award-show world of swag bags and gift suites for the already-gifted, enter something a little different — an auction for the less fortunate.
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SBW had DVT scare
Sonny Bill Williams has revealed that deep-vein thrombosis denied him the opportunity to make his Test debut against the Wallabies.
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Oprah and cricket dominate summer TV ratings
It was a summer of cricket and Oprah for TV audiences, an analysis of programming data has revealed. Industry body Free TV Australia has compiled metro and regional audience data for the time since the official ratings period ended three weeks before the end of 2010. The main ratings period begins again next week, heralding [...]
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Bengal minister asks CAB to bring back match
Kolkata, Jan 28 (PTI) The ICC has scrapped Eden Gardens as a venue for India-England World Cup match due to preparation issues but West Bengal Sports Minister Kanti Ganguly today asked the Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) to continue its efforts to bring back the tie to the city.
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Li hailed as ‘pioneer’ for first Slam bid
BEIJING – China’s tennis chief has hailed Li Na, the first Asian woman to reach a Grand Slam final, as a “pioneer” and national sports hero on a par with NBA great Yao Ming and hurdler Liu Xiang.
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PREVIEW-Tennis-Ferrer danger lurks for British hope Murray
MELBOURNE, Jan 27 (Reuters) – Andy Murray, Britain’s greatgrand slam hope, could be forgiven for thinking he had dodged abullet with Rafa Nadal’s shock Australian Open exit. But fifth seed Murray, …
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Ambasing: Fave female lawn tennis match ever!
WHAT a match! A little over a year ago, American John Isner beat Nicolas Mahut to win the longest lawn tennis match in men’s singles! Who would have thought that 2010′s grass courts of Wimbledon would be promptly followed in 2011 by the longest match in female lawn tennis history! I salute both Francesca Schiavone and Svetlana Kuznetsova, players I have admired in the past and admire more after …
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Tennis player’s celebration becomes internet sensation
Andrea Petkovic is not your average tennis player.
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Faked cancer lands British man in jail
A British father who faked a terminal cancer to his family and friends to ‘con’ them out of cash, is beginning a 20 month jail sentence today. Simon Swift, 39, from Rugby in Warwickshire, central England started by telling his wife and three teenage children that he only had months to live and sold tickets worth hundreds of pounds for a fake charity auction. He claimed in May that the cancer had …
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SPRINGBOKS DUO EXONERATED
Chiliboy Ralepelle – cleared to play. South Africa internationals Chiliboy Ralepelle and Bjorn Basson have been cleared to play on after a judicial hearing found they were not to blame for returning positive drug tests.
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Ulster venue likely to be moved
RUGBY:IT SEEMS increasingly likely Ulster’s Heineken Cup quarter-final against Northampton, on the second weekend in April, will be held at the Milton Keynes Stadium in Buckinghamshire.
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Girls’ Soccer Roundup: Poly, Lakewood & Millikan Win
The Rams, Jackrabbits and Lancers got separation from the rest of the league with shutout wins yesterday.
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Prep soccer: Girls regional pairings
Girls regional pairings
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Aussies celebrate soccer win
MELBOURNE soccer fans are celebrating loud and proud after the Socceroos thrashed Uzbekistan for a place in the Asian Cup final.
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‘Biggest Loser’ adds professional trainer from Princeton
Trae Patton/NBCThe Biggest Loser has added Princeton-native Brett Hoebel to the reality television weight loss show. Brett Hoebel was shopping with his mother at the Princeton Army & Navy store when an adult made a comment about the teen’s weight….
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A perfect day for a hike
Six inches of fresh glittering snow, clear blue skies and exhilarating temperatures in the mid-teens greeted about 25 people who turned out for a vigorous snowshoe hike along Lakota Trail at Don Williams Park on Saturday morning.
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