Late Inter strike denies Rubin San Siro win
September 21st, 2012 - 1:02 pm ICT by IANS
Milan, Sep 21 (IANS/RIA Novosti) An injury-time leveller from Yuto Nagatomo denied Rubin Kazan a famous San Siro win against Inter Milan in their Europa League opener.Nagatomo volleyed home Diego ... Read more...
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Neymar scores hat-trick as Brazil outplay China
September 11th, 2012 - 6:01 pm ICT by IANS
Recife (Brazil), Sep 11 (IANS) A Neymar hat-trick helped Brazil post a thumping 8-0 victory over China in their international football friendly at Recife's Arruda stadium here.The 20-year-old Brazil international ... Read more...
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Junior Hockey: Punjab launch campaign in style
September 5th, 2012 - 8:43 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Sep 5 (IANS) Akashdeep Singh scored four goals, including a hat-trick, to help Punjab blank Chattisgarh 7-0 in their opening match of the junior men's national hockey championship at ... Read more...
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Kerala split points with Kashmir in junior hockey
September 4th, 2012 - 9:01 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Sep 4 (IANS) Kerala split points with Jammu & Kashmir playing out a 4-4 draw in a pool G league match of the Junior National Men's Hockey Championship at ... Read more...
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London stadium cheers for Djibouti runner
September 2nd, 2012 - 3:58 pm ICT by IANS
London, Sep 2 (IANS) The Olympic Stadium thundered as 80,000 spectators applauded injured Djibouti runner Houssein Omar Hassan when he stumbled across the finish line in the men's 1,500m heat ... Read more...
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Mallorca end top of Primera Liga
September 2nd, 2012 - 1:50 pm ICT by IANS
Madrid, Sep 2 (IANS) Real Mallorca moved to the top of the Primera Liga football on goal difference Saturday night, thanks to a 1-0 win at home to Real Sociedad.Victor ... Read more...
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AC Milan lose to Sampdoria
August 27th, 2012 - 12:35 pm ICT by IANS
Rome, Aug 27 (IANS) AC Milan's new-look side failed to impress as they lost to Sampdoria 1-0 in the Serie A season-opener in Milan.Andrea Costa scored the only goal ... Read more...
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Books are tonic for the brain
August 26th, 2012 - 6:23 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 26 (IANS) Reading is not just another leisurely activity or a way of brushing up your literacy skills and factual knowledge - it acts as a tonic ... Read more...
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Spartak beat Fenerbahce in Champions League playoffs
August 22nd, 2012 - 3:18 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Aug 22 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Three goals in 10 minutes saw Spartak Moscow beat Fenerbahce 2-1 at home in a first-leg Champions league playoff match, with striker Emmanuel Emenike on ... Read more...
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Dynamo slump continues with defeat against Terek
August 19th, 2012 - 9:40 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Aug 19 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Dynamo Moscow's disastrous start to the Russian football season continued with a fifth defeat in five league games as a brace from Maciej Rybus ... Read more...
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Modern School triumph in girls’ football
August 18th, 2012 - 4:34 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 18 (IANS) Modern School, APJ School and Father Agnel School scored victories in the preliminary league matches of the inaugural Delhi Soccer Association's (DSA) Inter-school Girls Football ... Read more...
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Olympic hockey: India lose to SA, finish 12th
August 11th, 2012 - 4:21 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 11 (IANS) South Africa gave the finishing touches to India's disastrous campaign in the Olympic men's hockey competition with a 3-2 win in the classification match for 11-12 ... Read more...
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Danes snatch rowing gold from Britain
August 4th, 2012 - 7:05 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 4 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Danish rowers Mads Rasumessen and Rasmus Quist exacted revenge on Britain to win gold in the men's lightweight double sculls Saturday.Rasumessen and Quist overtook Zac ... Read more...
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Olympic rowing: Britain retain men’s four crown
August 4th, 2012 - 6:24 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 4 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Britain here Saturday retained their Olympic title in the men's four rowing, beating Australia and the United States to gold at the London Olympics.The British ... Read more...
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Olympic rowing: Britain storms to women’s sculls gold
August 3rd, 2012 - 7:36 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 3 (IANS/RIA Novosti) British world champion crew Katherine Grainger and Anna Watkins stormed to Olympic gold in the women's double sculls final here Friday.Grainger and Watkins opened up ... Read more...
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Olympics: New Zealand glides to rowing pairs gold
August 3rd, 2012 - 7:36 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 3 (IANS/RIA Novosti) New Zealand duo Eric Murray and Hamish Bond glided serenely to an Olympic gold in the men's heavyweight coxless pairs here Friday.Murray and Bond were ... Read more...
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Olympic rowing: Sawarn Singh finishes 16th in single sculls
August 3rd, 2012 - 7:21 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 3 (IANS) Indian rower Sawarn Singh finished 16th in the finals of the Olympic single sculls at the Eaton Dorney here Friday.He clocked seven minutes and 29.66 seconds ... Read more...
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Olympic rowing: New Zealand’s Drysdale takes single sculls gold
August 3rd, 2012 - 7:07 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 3 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Five-time world champion rower Mahe Drysdale of New Zealand powered to gold in the single sculls event at the London Olympics here Friday.Drysdale won by ... Read more...
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Olympic rowing: South Africa takes gold in coxless fours
August 2nd, 2012 - 8:01 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 2 (IANS/RIA Novosti) South African rowers pipped Britain and defending champions Denmark to gold at the Olympics in a thrilling lightweight coxless fours race here Thursday.South Africa's James ... Read more...
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Olympic badminton: India’s Saina marches into quarters
August 2nd, 2012 - 1:48 am ICT by IANS
London, Aug 2 (IANS) On a day when the badminton world was shrouded with controversy, it was business as usual for India's Saina Nehwal as she cruised into the quarterfinals ... Read more...
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Olympics: Ukraine glide to gold in quadruple sculls
August 1st, 2012 - 6:36 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 1 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Ukraine charged to an Olympic rowing gold in the women's quadruple sculls Wednesday, beating the world champion Germans by clear water.Ukraine's Kateryna Tarasenko, Nataliya Dovgodko, ... Read more...
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Olympic badminton: Kashyap enters quarters, creates history (Lead)
August 1st, 2012 - 6:24 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 1 (IANS) Shuttler Parupalli Kashyap created history by becoming the first Indian male player to enter the singles quarter-finals at Olympics, defeating Sri Lankan Niluka Karunaratne in three ... Read more...
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Olympic Football: Spain knocked out after loss to Honduras
July 30th, 2012 - 3:20 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 30 (IANS) Spain crashed out of the London Olympics after they suffered a shock 0-1 defeat at the hands of Honduras.The Spanish outfit have lost two games from ... Read more...
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Russia pound Britain 95-75 in Olympic basketball
July 30th, 2012 - 2:31 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 30 (IANS) Russian men flew out of the blocks at the Olympic basketball tournament here Sunday, pounding hosts Great Britain 95-75.Russia, featuring NBA stars Andrei Kirilenko, Timofey Mozgov ... Read more...
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Germany flatten Greece 4-2 to make Euro semis
June 23rd, 2012 - 4:15 am ICT by IANS
Gdansk (Poland) , June 23 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Germany set up a Euro 2012 semifinal with England or Italy after a 4-2 flattening of 2004 champions Greece Friday.German captain ... Read more...
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Euro 2012: Menez and Cabaye on target as France dominate Ukraine (Lead)
June 16th, 2012 - 2:18 am ICT by IANS
Donetsk (Ukraine), June 16 (IANS/RIA Novosti) France took a step towards the Euro 2012 quarterfinals Friday after goals from Jeremy Menez and Yohan Cabaye gave them a 2-0 win over ... Read more...
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Listening to iPod at full volume can damage hearing
June 15th, 2012 - 12:10 pm ICT by IANS
Sydney, June 15 (IANS) Listening to your iPod on full volume for just six minutes may cause irreversible hearing damage, say researchers.
Edith Cowan University School of Psychology and Social ... Read more...
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Euro 2012: Mandzukic strike help Croatia draw 1-1 with Italy (Lead)
June 15th, 2012 - 1:42 am ICT by IANS
Poznan, June 15 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A Mario Mandzukic equaliser 18 minutes from time gave Croatia a 1-1 draw against Italy in their Euro 2012 group stage game here Thursday.With ... Read more...
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Euro 2012: Mandzukic strike help Croatia draw 1-1 with Italy
June 15th, 2012 - 1:19 am ICT by IANS
Poznan, June 14 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A Mario Mandzukic equaliser 18 minutes from time gave Croatia a 1-1 draw against Italy in their Euro 2012 group stage game here Thursday.With four ... Read more...
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Through YouTube, Indian envoy reaches out to Indonesians (Lead)
June 12th, 2012 - 6:55 pm ICT by IANS
Jakarta, June 12 (IANS) In his first outreach to the people of Indonesia, India's new ambassador Gurjit Singh has used YouTube to say that the two countries would contribute ... Read more...
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Indian envoy turns to YouTube, reaches out to Indonesians
June 12th, 2012 - 1:52 pm ICT by IANS
Jakarta, June 12 (IANS) India's new ambassador Gurjit Singh used YouTube in his first outreach to the people of Indonesia to say that the two countries would contribute to ... Read more...
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Ukraine suffer 2-3 loss to Austria
June 2nd, 2012 - 2:51 pm ICT by IANS
Vienna, June 2 (IANS) Co-hosts Ukraine came back twice but still lost 2-3 to Austria in a friendly match leading to the Euro 2012 in Innsbruck, Austria.Zlatko Junuzovic opened the ... Read more...
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I-League: Barreto scores in his swansong as Bagan blank Pune FC
May 6th, 2012 - 11:24 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, May 6 (IANS) Mohun Bagan beat Pune FC 2-0 in their concluding match of I-League football at the Salt Lake Stadium here Sunday, with Brazilian striker Jose Ramirez Barreto, ... Read more...
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South African men’s hockey team qualifies for London Olympics
May 6th, 2012 - 7:11 pm ICT by IANS
Tokyo, May 6 (IANS) South Africa became the last men's field hockey team to qualify for the London Olympics after beating hosts Japan 2-1 in Sunday's final of the qualifying ... Read more...
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Ajax title party delayed despite win over FC Twente
April 30th, 2012 - 6:52 pm ICT by IANS
The Hague, April 30 (IANS) Despite a 2-1 victory over FC Twente, Ajax were unable to capture the Dutch title after the 32nd Eredivisie round.Ajax had the upper hand in ... Read more...
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