Ghana announce squad for 2014 World Cup qualifiers
May 19th, 2012 - 4:26 pm ICT by IANS
Accra (Ghana), May 19 (IANS) Ghana, quarter-finalists in 2010 FIFA World Cup, have replaced injured forward Albert Adomah with Solomon Asante in the 30-member squad for next month's 2014 ... Read more...
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Santosh Trophy to kick off Friday
May 10th, 2012 - 7:05 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 10 (IANS) A total of 25 teams will take part in the 66th National Football Championship for the Santosh Trophy being hosted by Odisha from Friday.The teams ... Read more...
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Ghana names Maxwell Konadu as assistant coach
May 4th, 2012 - 5:20 pm ICT by IANS
Accra (Ghana), May 4 (IANS) The Ghana Football Association (GFA) appointed Maxwell Konadu, coach of local premier side Asante Kotoko, as the assistant coach of the men's senior national football ... Read more...
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India slip to third place in ODI Championship
August 1st, 2011 - 4:00 pm ICT by IANS
Dubai, Aug 1 (IANS) World Champions India slipped one place to third in International Cricket Council (ICC) One-day International championship table released Monday.India's slide in the rankings can be attributed ... Read more...
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America’s Got Talent: Vegas Week Day 2
July 7th, 2011 - 10:59 am ICT by Angela Kaye Mason
July 7 (THAINDIAN NEWS) On Tuesday night's episode of 'Ameica's Got Talent', we finally moved into Vegas week, and saw day 1 of the quarter finalists as they we revealed by judges ... Read more...
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Aisam-ul-Haq reaches career-best ATP ranking of 12
April 5th, 2011 - 1:46 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, April 5(ANI): Pakistan's top tennis player Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi has reached his career-best ranking of number 12.Aisam, who recently returned home after participating in ATP Masters series tournament in the United ... Read more...
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Record 1300 teams to take part Himachal Pradesh 20-20 cricket tourney
October 27th, 2010 - 5:34 pm ICT by ANI
Dharamsala (Himachal Pradesh), Oct. 27 (ANI): A town near Dharamsala in Himachal Pradesh is all set to paly host to the 'Jaypee Twenty20 Maha Sangram' (Jaypee Twenty20 Grand Tournament), which will see ... Read more...
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David Hussey wants quarterfinal stage for next Champions League
September 26th, 2010 - 3:27 pm ICT by ANI
Sydney, Sep 26 (ANI): Victorian cricket captain David Hussey has asked Champions League organisers to look at introducing a quarter-final stage next year in order to make the Twenty20 tournament more attractive.Australian ... Read more...
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Munni… is all set to rock the audience again.
September 17th, 2010 - 4:12 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
September 17, 2010 (Sampurn Wire): Every one in the country seems to be grooving to the Munni number, Munni is played every where, right from discotheques to every car passing by, ... Read more...
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Saina, Jwala-Diju in world badminton quarters
August 26th, 2010 - 10:09 pm ICT by IANS
Paris, Aug 26 (IANS) India's Saina Nehwal moved into the quarterfinals of the World badminton championships with a 21-14, 21-18 victory over Ella Diehl of Russia here Thursday.
In the mixed doubles, Jwala ... Read more...
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European football power on the wane at this World Cup
June 30th, 2010 - 3:24 pm ICT by IANS
By Andy Goldberg
Port Elizabeth (South Africa), June 30 (DPA) They can blame on the Jabulani, on the high altitude, or the long domestic seasons.But as the final stages of the 2010 ... Read more...
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India Open: Time Indian badminton stars performed at home
June 7th, 2010 - 6:46 pm ICT by IANS
By Anand Philar
Chennai, June 7 (IANS) Seven times All-England champion Erland Kops had once remarked that there was no home ground for a champion and India's best hope, Saina Nehwal would do ... Read more...
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Cameroon’s ‘Indomitable Lions’ ready to roar in South Africa (Group E team profile)
May 30th, 2010 - 5:45 pm ICT by IANS
Yaounde, May 30 (DPA) Although expectations were diminished when Cameroon went out of the Africa Cup of Nations in the quarter-finals earlier this year, it is worth remembering that many ... Read more...
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Mexico looking for the right mixture (Group A team profile)
May 26th, 2010 - 8:34 pm ICT by IANS
Mexico City, May 26 (DPA) Latin American hopefuls Mexico head to their fifth consecutive World Cup this June, and their second in the last three instalments under the stewardship of manager Javier ... Read more...
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Slender win for Goa in Santosh Trophy
May 25th, 2009 - 9:29 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, May 25 (IANS) Four times champions Goa opened their campaign in the 63rd National Football championship for the Santosh Trophy with an unimpressive 1-0 win against Jharkhand at Tiruchirapally Monday with ... Read more...
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Federer, Nalbandian missing as Davis Cup starts new season
March 5th, 2009 - 3:04 pm ICT by IANS
Birmingham (Alabama), March 5 (DPA) Switzerland tackle the 32-time champion US with Roger Federer thousands of kilometres away healing a back problem in Dubai as the Davis Cup season starts Friday.
Venues spread ... Read more...
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Dokic reveals she flirted with retirement in 2007
January 28th, 2009 - 3:12 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Jan.28 (ANI): Jelena Dokic has revealed she briefly retired from tennis in mid-2007, before being drawn back to the game for what she vowed would be one last attempt to ... Read more...
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