Pattaya Open: Sania in singles, doubles quarterfinals
February 9th, 2012 - 8:38 pm ICT by IANS
Pattaya, Feb 9 (IANS) India's Sania Mirza defeated Britain's Anne Keothavong 6-4, 7-5 to enter the singles quarterfinals at the Pattaya Open tennis event here Thursday.The world no. 111 overcame ... Read more...
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Chennai Open: Bhambri laments lack of support
January 2nd, 2012 - 10:07 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Jan 2 (IANS) Yuki Bhambri, the 19-year old former World No.1 junior, made an impassioned plea for financial support to young Indian tennis players who are in the critical ... Read more...
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Slovakia launches website with e-books
December 23rd, 2011 - 10:50 am ICT by IANS
London, Dec 23 (IANS) In a first of its kind anywhere in the world, the European nation of Slovakia has launched a new website to provide the public with digitised ... Read more...
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Injured Cilic drops out of Chennai Open
December 13th, 2011 - 5:59 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Dec 13 (IANS) Two-time Aircel Chennai Open singles champion Marin Cilic of Croatia has been ruled out of the 2012 edition of India's only ATP World Tour event due ... Read more...
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UAE officials learn fog monitoring in Slovakia
November 18th, 2011 - 12:41 am ICT by IANS
Dubai, Nov 17 (IANS/WAM) Officials from Dubai have visited Slovakia to learn about the latest technology on how to monitor fog as well as control traffic in such situations.A team ... Read more...
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Slovakian lawmakers reject eurozone bailout fund’s expansion
October 12th, 2011 - 12:21 pm ICT by IANS
Warsaw, Oct 12 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Slovakia's parliament rejected expansion of powers of the eurozone rescue fund, the European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF), a media report said.The plan was agreed by ... Read more...
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American duo Huber-Raymond wins US Open women’s doubles
September 12th, 2011 - 3:13 pm ICT by IANS
New York, Sep 12 (IANS) Fourth-seeded American team of Liezel Huber and Lisa Raymond won the US Open Tennis Championship women's doubles title by outlasting defending champions Vania King ... Read more...
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Sania-Vesnina reach last four of Wimbledon
June 30th, 2011 - 12:50 am ICT by IANS
London, June 29 (IANS) India's Sania Mirza and her Russian partner Elena Vesnina edged past the Spanish pair of Nuria Llagostera Vives and Arantxa Parra Santonja 3-6, 6-4, 7-5 to ... Read more...
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Sania-Vesnina in Wimbledon quarterfinals
June 29th, 2011 - 1:09 am ICT by IANS
London, June 28 (IANS) India's Sania Mirza and Russian Elena Vesnina advanced to the quarterfinal of women's doubles in Wimbledon Championships with a 6-4, 6-3 victory over Daniela Hantuchova of ... Read more...
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Paes-Bhupathi in semifinals of AEGON Championships
June 11th, 2011 - 6:16 pm ICT by IANS
London, June 11 (IANS) India's Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi have entered the men's doubles semifinal of the 694,250 euro AEGON Championships tennis.The third-seeded Indian pair saved eight of the ... Read more...
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Nice Open: Somdev out of doubles too
May 18th, 2011 - 8:56 pm ICT by IANS
Nice (France), May 18 (IANS) India's Somdev Devvarman and his American partner Ryan Sweeting crashed out of the men's doubles first round of the Nice Open tennis.Somdev and Sweeting ... Read more...
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Somdev crashes out of Nice Open first round
May 16th, 2011 - 8:27 pm ICT by IANS
Nice, May 16 (IANS) India's Somdev Devvarman crashed out of the men's singles first round of the Nice Open tennis.Somdev, ranked 66, went down fighting to World No. 53 ... Read more...
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Anyone wants to be killed, cooked, eaten? Man held
May 12th, 2011 - 3:22 pm ICT by IANS
London, May 12 (IANS) A man in Slovakia who placed an advertisement to seek a person who would agree to be killed, cooked and eaten has been arrested after his ... Read more...
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Somdev-Martin out of SA Open doubles
February 4th, 2011 - 8:53 pm ICT by IANS
Johannesburg, Feb 4 (IANS) India's Somdev Devvarman and David Martin of the US went down fighting to Karol Beck of Slovakia and Dudi Sela of Israel in SA Tennis Open doubles ... Read more...
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Somdev-Martin in SA Open doubles quarters
February 3rd, 2011 - 9:03 pm ICT by IANS
Johannesburg, Feb 3 (IANS) India's Somdev Devvarman and American David Martin entered the doubles quarterfinals of the South Africa Tennis Open here Thursday.Somdev and Fischer beat Rainer Schuettler of Germany and ... Read more...
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Somdev in doubles semifinals of Singapore Challenger
January 28th, 2011 - 11:21 pm ICT by IANS
Singapore, Jan 28 (IANS) India's Somdev Devvarman and South African Rik De Voest rallied to beat wildcard pair of Dmitry Tursunov of Russia and Chinese Taipei's Jimmy Wang to enter the ... Read more...
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Players from 13 nations in action at ITF women’s meet
January 17th, 2011 - 11:34 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Jan 17 (IANS) Players from 13 countries including India will vie for honours in the US$ 10,000 International Tennis Federation (ITF) Women's International tournament to be held here Jan 24-29.Slovakia's ... Read more...
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Bhupathi-Mirnyi advance, Bopanna-Qureshi lose in Valencia
November 6th, 2010 - 3:29 pm ICT by IANS
Valencia (Spain), Nov 6 (IANS) India's Mahesh Bhupathi and Max Mirnyi of Belarus advanced to the men's doubles semi-finals of the 1,357,000-euro Valencia Open tennis.
Third-seeded Bhupathi-Mirnyi ... Read more...
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EU’s retail trade rate decreases by .2 percent
November 5th, 2010 - 8:35 pm ICT by BNO News
BRUSSELS (BNO NEWS) -- The volume of retail trade in the Euro zone decreased by .2 percent in September, compared to August's rate, and by .1 percent in the European Union (EU) ... Read more...
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Russian bodybuilder Alexander Nevsky crowned Mr. Universe
October 30th, 2010 - 10:53 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Oct 30 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russian actor and bodybuilder Alexander Nevsky Saturday won the 60th Mr. Universe contest.Over 300 professional and amateur athletes competed for the title at the contest.It ... Read more...
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Sania-Elena in doubles quarterfinals of Tashkent Open
September 22nd, 2010 - 9:33 pm ICT by IANS
Tashkent (Uzbekistan), Sep 22 (IANS) India's Sania Mirza and Italy's Maria Elena Camerin entered the doubles quarterfinals of Tashkent Open tennis here Wednesday.
Sania and Elena defeated the Ukrainian sisters Lyudmyla and Nadiya ... Read more...
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Four million immigrants now live in Britain
September 9th, 2010 - 6:09 pm ICT by IANS
London, Sep 9 (IANS) More than four million foreign nationals now live in Britain, making it the third most sought-after destination in Europe for immigrants.
Only Germany and Spain have a larger ... Read more...
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Top seed Wozniacki ‘blows away’ Cibulkova to storm into US Open semi-finals
September 9th, 2010 - 5:10 pm ICT by ANI
New York, Sep 9(ANI): US Open top seed Caroline Wozniacki remains on track for her first Grand Slam title after booking her place in the semi-finals after defeating Slovakia's Dominika Cibulkova.Wozniacki, last ... Read more...
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Three Illegal Immigrants Nabbed By Authorities In Chemical Lorry
September 4th, 2010 - 10:55 pm ICT by GD
By Gina Gomez
Sep 4, (THAINDIAN NEWS) As many as three illegal immigrants who were making their way into United Kingdom in a lorry that carried chemicals have been nabbed by the authorities ... Read more...
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Frenchman wins global guitar miming contest
August 29th, 2010 - 9:23 am ICT by IANS
London, Aug 29 (IANS) A French national pipped 41 other contestants in an international competition on miming to play a guitar.
Sylvain Quimene, who performed under the name of Gunther Love, won the ... Read more...
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Paes, Bopanna out of Toronto Masters
August 12th, 2010 - 10:01 pm ICT by IANS
Toronto, Aug 12 (IANS) India's Leander Paes and Czech Lukas Dlouhy bowed out of the second round of the Toronto Masters tennis men's doubles.
The third seeded Indo-Czech pair went down ... Read more...
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Britain scraps tests for nurses from EU
July 12th, 2010 - 3:24 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 12 (IANS) Foreign nurses in Britain will no longer need to sit for rigorous competence exams before treating patients, as European Union (EU) rules demand that the tests be axed, ... Read more...
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South African bookies back Spain to win World Cup
July 10th, 2010 - 3:38 pm ICT by ANI
Cape Town, July 10(ANI): Leading South African bookies, GreatOdds, are backing Spain to win Sunday's World Cup final against the Netherlands.GreatOdds have Spain on offer at 23/20 to win their first ... Read more...
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Commercialisation has affected the quality of footballers: Eusebio
July 1st, 2010 - 10:24 pm ICT by IANS
By Abhishek Roy
Johannesburg, July 1 (IANS) Portugal great Eusebio feels that because of commercialisation there are lesser number of quality players in international football compared to the 1960s era.Asked to point out ... Read more...
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Wimbledon: Bopanna-Qureshi run ends in quarters
June 30th, 2010 - 11:27 pm ICT by IANS
London, June 30 (IANS) India's Rohan Bopanna and Pakistan's Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi went down 4-6, 6-7(3), 2-6 to Austria's Jurgen Melzer and Philipp Petzschner of Germany in the Wimbledon men's doubles quarterfinals ... Read more...
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Wimbledon: Bhupathi-Mirnyi ousted, Paes-Black advance
June 29th, 2010 - 11:47 pm ICT by IANS
London, June 29 (IANS) India's Mahesh Bhupathi and Max Mirnyi of Belarus, seeded fourth, bowed out of the Wimbledon doubles third round in a tough five-setter 6-3, 6-4, 3-6, 6-7(6), 6-8 ... Read more...
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Bopanna-Qureshi in Wimbledon quarters
June 29th, 2010 - 12:20 am ICT by IANS
London, June 28 (IANS) India's Rohan Bopanna and Pakistan's Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi battled past Slovakia's Lukas Lacko and Ukraine's Sergiy Stakhovsky in a tough three-setter to reach the quarterfinals of the Wimbledon ... Read more...
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Robben and Sneijder send Dutch through to quarters
June 28th, 2010 - 11:01 pm ICT by IANS
Durban, June 28 (DPA) The Netherlands booked their place in the quarterfinals with a 2-1 win over Slovakia in the World Cup football at the Durban Stadium on Monday.
Arjen Robben marked his ... Read more...
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Netherlands can’t afford sloppiness, Van Marwijk warns players
June 27th, 2010 - 10:54 pm ICT by IANS
Durban, June 27 (DPA) Netherlands coach Bert van Marwijk warned his players against overconfidence ahead of Monday's round of 16 match against Slovakia.
He said that midfielder Rafael van der Vaart unlikely to ... Read more...
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Wimbledon: Sania out of doubles, Bhupathi mixed doubles
June 27th, 2010 - 6:15 pm ICT by IANS
London, June 27 (IANS) India's Sania Mirza bowed out of the women's doubles and Mahesh Bhupathi from the mixed doubles events in the second round of the Wimbledon tennis tournament.
Sania, partnering Caroline ... Read more...
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