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Stan fights back

Stan fights back

Sports February 25, 2016 at 6:11 pm 0 comments

Dubai, Stan Wawrinka needed a set and a half to get comfortable on his return to the Dubai Tennis Championships on Tuesday night but he pulled out a 5-7 6-3 7-5 first-round win over Sergiy Stakhovsky. The double Grand Slam-winning Swiss last played the event eight years ago and looked toRead More

Turkish football legend risks 4 years in jail for insulting Prez on Twitter

Turkish football legend risks 4 years in jail for insulting Prez on Twitter

Sports February 24, 2016 at 8:53 pm 0 comments

Ankara, February 24 Turkey’s former international football star Hakan Sukur risks up to four years in jail after being charged with insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in posts on Twitter, reports said on Wednesday. Prosecutors have charged Sukur with posting Tweets from his account @HakanSukur containing “insulting content against MrRead More

Afridi reconsiders retirement plans, may continue after World T20

Afridi reconsiders retirement plans, may continue after World T20

Sports February 24, 2016 at 8:52 pm 0 comments

Dubai, February 24 Pakistan’s flamboyant all-rounder Shahid Afridi is reconsidering his decision to retire from international cricket at the end of ICC World T20 as he is facing “huge pressure” from family members and friends. On the threshold of his 36th birthday, Afridi is leading Pakistan in the five-nation AsiaRead More

Dhoni, Rohit, Yuvraj to play their sixth World T20

Dhoni, Rohit, Yuvraj to play their sixth World T20

Sports February 24, 2016 at 8:51 pm 0 comments

Mirpur, February 24 India captain MS Dhoni, Rohit Sharma and Yuvraj Singh are among the 19 cricketers set to feature in their sixth successive World T20 beginning next month in India. There are 29 women’s cricketers, including India’s Mithali Raj and Jhulan Goswami, who will make their fifth consecutive appearanceRead More

Brendon McCullum calls the time ‘right’ for retirement

Brendon McCullum calls the time ‘right’ for retirement

Sports February 24, 2016 at 8:50 pm 0 comments

Johannesburg, February 24 New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum has insisted that it was the right time to call curtains on his glorious international career despite belting the fastest century in the history of Test cricket a few days ago. The 34-year-old, however, admitted that it was not ‘the ideal wayRead More

Rohit Sharma named Nissan’s Indian brand ambassador

Rohit Sharma named Nissan’s Indian brand ambassador

Sports February 24, 2016 at 7:58 pm 0 comments

Yokohama (Japan), February 24 In a bid to strengthen their global sponsorship deal with the International Cricket Council (ICC), Nissan has named Indian opening batsman Rohit Sharma as their new brand ambassador. The decision was taken with an aim to support a new line-up of cricket talent for the upcomingRead More

Man U march into FA Cup quarters

Man U march into FA Cup quarters

Sports February 24, 2016 at 6:45 pm 0 comments

SHREWSBURY, February 24 Manchester United provided some blessed relief to under-fire manager Louis van Gaal by powering into the FA Cup quarterfinals with a 3-0 romp at League One (third-tier) Shrewsbury Town on Monday. Van Gaal, the subject of fierce criticism following Thursday’s shock 2-1 Europa League first-leg defeat atRead More

Dhoni suffers back spasm, Parthiv comes in as back-up

Dhoni suffers back spasm, Parthiv comes in as back-up

Sports February 23, 2016 at 8:06 pm 0 comments

Dhaka, February 23 The selectors have called up left-handed wicketkeeper-batsman Parthiv Patel as a back-up for Mahendra Singh Dhoni after India’s limited-overs skipper suffered a muscle spasm while training here on Monday. The Indian team is currently in Bangladesh to participate in the Asia Cup, to be held for theRead More

Grapplers win 9 medals at Asian meet

Grapplers win 9 medals at Asian meet

Sports February 23, 2016 at 8:04 pm 0 comments

New Delhi, February 23 The Indian wrestlers finished their campaign at the Asian Wrestling Championship in Bangkok with nine medals, including a gold, in the five-day event. India ended seventh overall with both the men’s and women’s freestyle teams finishing fourth, while the Greco-Roman team occupied the sixth position. In theRead More

Bad boy Kyrgios wins first ATP title

Bad boy Kyrgios wins first ATP title

Sports February 23, 2016 at 8:03 pm 0 comments

Paris, February 23 Australian Nick Kyrgios, widely fancied to be the next superstar of world tennis, demonstrated just why as he claimed his first ATP title in the Marseille Open by beating Croatian Marin Cilic 6-2 7-6(3) on Sunday. The promising 20-year-old with the brash attitude, big game and outlandishRead More