Wednesday, February 6, 2013

Sports:2/7/2013 8:30:04 PM



Doping widespread in Aus sport: Probe

Drug use is widespread in Australian sport with growing links to organised crime, according to an official probe by the Australian Crime Commission.






Rafael Nadal advances after slow start

Rafa Nadal overcame a slow start to beat Argentine Federico Delbonis 6-3, 6-2 and advance to the third round of the Chilean Open on Wednesday.






Armstrong is most disliked US athlete

Disgraced US cyclist Lance Armstrong, who confessed last month to doping recently, tops the new Forbes magazine list of most disliked US athletes.






India go down 2-4 against Palestine

The Indian defenders cut a sorry figure in the second half and the Palestinians made the most of it to cruise 4-2, leaving a crowd of 15,000 disappointed.






Murali Vijay scores ton as RoI dominate

Murali Vijay stroked his way to his second successive century in the Irani Cup as Rest of India dominated the opening day against Ranji champions Mumbai.






3-goal burst puts Nigeria into Cup final

Nigeria scored 3 goals in a blistering 20-minute first-half spell as they routed Mali 4-1 to reach African Nations Cup final for the first time since 2000.






India go down 2-4 against Palestine

Playing their first international match at home after the Nehru Cup, India suffered a 2-4 defeat against Palestine in a friendly football game on Wednesday.






Murali Vijay scores ton as RoI dominate

Murali Vijay stroked his way to his second successive century in the Irani Cup as Rest of India dominated the opening day against Ranji champions Mumbai.






Di Resta 4th fastest on Day 2 of testing

Sahara Force India's Paul di Resta drove the new brand VJM06 for the 2nd time and managed the fourth-fastest time on Day 2 of the pre-season testing.




Poleksic says he is clean amid fix probe

Debrecen goalkeeper Vukasin Poleksic has denied attempting to fix his side's Champions League match with Liverpool, saying his performance should speak.






Mithali Raj livid with Indian bowlers

After a first-round exit from the Women's World Cup, India captain Mithali Raj said their collective failure against Sri Lanka was a bolt from the blue for her.






Butt, Asif set for appeal hearing at CAS

Salman Butt left for Switzerland, along with Mohd. Asif, to attend an International Court of Arbitration for Sports' appeal hearing against the ban on the duo.






Virender Sehwag out of Irani Cup match

Rest of India suffered a blow just before the start of its Irani Cup match against Mumbai as skipper Virender Sehwag was ruled out due to an upset stomach.






India crash out of Women's World Cup

India were knocked out of the Women's World Cup after suffering an upset 138-run drubbing at the hands of Sri Lanka in a crucial Group A match.






India crash out of Women's World Cup

India were knocked out of the Women's World Cup after suffering an upset 138-run drubbing at the hands of Sri Lanka in a crucial Group A match on Tuesday.






'Three-man committee would be biased'

Mahesh Bhupathi, who led a revolt of 11 players, slammed the AITA for the way it formed a 3-member panel to look into the raised by the rebel players.






Prepare sporting pitches for IPL 6: BCCI

The BCCI gave clear instructions to curators of all IPL venues not to bow down to the pressure from teams regarding preparation of wickets for their matches.






I want to do something special: Bhajji

Harbhajan Singh termed the Irani Cup match as the "biggest" he could have got in recent times as the off-spinner intends to stage a return to Indian team.






Nayar to take Tendulkar's help to lead

Handed the captaincy after injury to Ajit Agarkar, Abhishek Nayar said he would take help from players like Sachin Tendulkar in leading Mumbai in Irani Cup.






'HIL breaks Euro 2012 India reach mark'

More than 2.27 crore people have seen the HIL first edition broadcast in the first two weeks which is way ahead of reach garnered by Euro 2012 in India.






Watson faces tough Test return: Clarke

Shane Watson's Test return will be tough as he faces competition from a much bigger pool of players by deciding to play as a batsman, Michael Clarke said.






India not unbeatable at home: Warner

Tearing into their attack at Perth last year, David Warner dealt the touring Indians a crushing blow. He will look to do the same in the upcoming Test series.




India not unbeatable at home: Warner

Tearing into their attack at Perth last year, David Warner dealt the touring Indians a crushing blow. He will look to do the same in the upcoming Test series.






'India no longer unbeatable at home'

Nursing a finger injury, Warner is confident of getting ready by the time of the second warm-up game and is almost certain to open in the 1st Test.






Royals plan appeal against ED order

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has slapped a Rs 100 crore penalty on Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise Rajasthan Royals.




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