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  • RCB buys Stuart Binny for Rs. 2 crores

    The latest auction will witness 351 players going under the hammer and that includes 230 Indian and 121 overseas players. With a majority of the teams having retained their core players, attention will be riveted on the strategy adopted by the two new entrants &mdash ....

    The latest auction will witness 351 players going under the hammer and that includes 230 Indian and 121 overseas players. With a majority of the teams having retained their core players, attention will be riveted on the strategy adopted by the two new entrants &mdash ....

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  • Mumbai slices through Jharkhand’s dream

    Playing only its second-ever knock-out match, Jharkhand was up against a huge first innings score of 416. But for a miracle, it will have to resign itself to the fate of a second quarterfinal finish in four years. Jharkhand did start quite well as the opening pair of ....

    Playing only its second-ever knock-out match, Jharkhand was up against a huge first innings score of 416. But for a miracle, it will have to resign itself to the fate of a second quarterfinal finish in four years. Jharkhand did start quite well as the opening pair of ....

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  • Narain to pair with Kobayashi

     India’s ace Formula One driver Narain Karthikeyan from Coimbatore will partner former F1 driver Kamui Kobayashi at Team Le Mans for the 2016 Super Formula season in Japan this April. Le Mans is one of the front-running teams in what is the fastest motor-racin ....

     India’s ace Formula One driver Narain Karthikeyan from Coimbatore will partner former F1 driver Kamui Kobayashi at Team Le Mans for the 2016 Super Formula season in Japan this April. Le Mans is one of the front-running teams in what is the fastest motor-racin ....

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  • South Asian Games 2016: India expected to extend its dominance

    Originally scheduled to be back in 2012, the prestigious multi-discipline event encompassing competitions in 23 disciplines and 241 events well be held across two cities — Shillong being the other host city — for the first time, and will see the participatio ....

    Originally scheduled to be back in 2012, the prestigious multi-discipline event encompassing competitions in 23 disciplines and 241 events well be held across two cities — Shillong being the other host city — for the first time, and will see the participatio ....

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  • Team’s success makes selectors’ job easy

    Since skipper M.S. Dhoni is known to advocate a team including seven batsmen and four bowlers in the shortened format, it remains to be seen how a fit-again Ajinkya Rahane is accommodated in the probable playing squad. With the 3-0 victory over Australia in the recen ....

    Since skipper M.S. Dhoni is known to advocate a team including seven batsmen and four bowlers in the shortened format, it remains to be seen how a fit-again Ajinkya Rahane is accommodated in the probable playing squad. With the 3-0 victory over Australia in the recen ....

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  • Coach and captain lament lack of exposure

    India’s head coach Sajid Yousuf Dhar and captain Bembem Devi attributed the plight to the lack of domestic tournaments and exposure abroad, at a press conference ahead of the football competition for the 12th South Asian Games at a city hotel here on Thursday. ....

    India’s head coach Sajid Yousuf Dhar and captain Bembem Devi attributed the plight to the lack of domestic tournaments and exposure abroad, at a press conference ahead of the football competition for the 12th South Asian Games at a city hotel here on Thursday. ....

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  • Younis breaks silence on ODI retirement

    Former Pakistan captain Younis Khan has finally broken his silence on his decision to retire abruptly from one-day international last November during the series against England. “It unfortunate I am blamed for the limited over series defeat to England. But one thin ....

    Former Pakistan captain Younis Khan has finally broken his silence on his decision to retire abruptly from one-day international last November during the series against England. “It unfortunate I am blamed for the limited over series defeat to England. But one thin ....

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  • Patna Pirates pips Pink Panthers in a thriller

     Patna Pirates, which had made the semifinals in the last two seasons, was off to a winning start in the third edition of the Pro Kabaddi League, pipping Jaipur Pink Panthers 29-28 in the last few seconds, at the Port indoor stadium here on Monday night. Team effort ....

     Patna Pirates, which had made the semifinals in the last two seasons, was off to a winning start in the third edition of the Pro Kabaddi League, pipping Jaipur Pink Panthers 29-28 in the last few seconds, at the Port indoor stadium here on Monday night. Team effort ....

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  • Omkar Singh stumbles

     Omkar Singh had a chance to arrest the alarming trend of ‘missed quotas’, but lacked the courage of conviction at the crunch and joined the bandwagon as the host drew a blank in the Asia Olympic qualifying shooting competition at the Dr. Karni Singh Range, ....

     Omkar Singh had a chance to arrest the alarming trend of ‘missed quotas’, but lacked the courage of conviction at the crunch and joined the bandwagon as the host drew a blank in the Asia Olympic qualifying shooting competition at the Dr. Karni Singh Range, ....

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  • ‘Tough being hunted, but a privilege being the hunter’

     Six-time Grand Slam winner Sania Mirza spoke on Monday of the expectations that come with winning and the challenge of handling them as she continues to set records with Martina Hingis. “It is tough to be hunted but always a privilege to be the hunter,” ....

     Six-time Grand Slam winner Sania Mirza spoke on Monday of the expectations that come with winning and the challenge of handling them as she continues to set records with Martina Hingis. “It is tough to be hunted but always a privilege to be the hunter,” ....

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