Monday, March 30th, 2009
Barbados (West Indies), Mar.30 (ANI): England cricket skipper Andrew Strauss stroked an aggressive 79 of 61 balls to help his team inflict a crushing victory in the fourth one-day international against the West ...
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Friday, March 20th, 2009
Sydney, Mar.20 (ANI): White Ferns coach Gary Stead has demanded that his side impose themselves on England with the aggressive style that got them within sight of their second World Cup women's cricket title.
New Zealand enter ...
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Wednesday, March 18th, 2009
London, Mar. 18 (ANI): British F1 sensation Lewis Hamilton would have lost his last year's championship to Felipe Massa, had the latest rules of the sport been implemented in 2008.
The drivers' crown will be decided on the number of races won. In a bid to boost risk-taking on the track, ...
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Saturday, March 14th, 2009
Sydney, Mar 14 (ANI): The Indian women's cricket team beat Australia by 16 runs in a Super Six game with the help of a fine knock of 76 by Anjum Chopra, seriously denting the Australian defence of the World Cup at North Sydney Oval.
Australia is left with two points with ...
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Saturday, February 14th, 2009
Melbourne, Feb 14 (ANI): A rainstorm saved Australia from major humiliation when the match was abandoned with the Kiwis in sight of victory, but skipper Ricky Ponting was left red-faced in a dramatic series finale at the Gabba.
Australia was saved from the final insult of a woeful summer, allowing Ponting's ...
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Thursday, February 12th, 2009
Brisbane, Feb.12 (ANI): New Zealand have included four new faces, including the older brother of wicketkeeper Brendon McCullum, in their squad for Sunday's Twenty20 clash with Australia at the SCG.
Off-spinning allrounder Nathan McCullum, pace duo Ian Butler and James Franklin, and batsman Peter McGlashan will join the Black Caps for ...
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Thursday, February 12th, 2009
Melbourne, Feb.12 (ANI): Former Test fast bowler and Pakistan cricket team coach Geoff Lawson has warned Australia that winning the final Chappell-Hadlee clash is vital to their preparations for the tour of South Africa.
With the series currently tied at two all, Fox Sports quoted Lawson as saying: "Winning this last ...
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Sunday, February 1st, 2009
Melbourne, Feb.1 (ANI): Rafael Nadal clinched the Australian Open final against Roger Federer claiming his first hard-court Grand Slam title and stopping the Swiss seeking to equal the all-time Majors record on Sunday.
With the latest win Nadal, the first Spanish male winner of the tournament, moves to six Grand ...
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Wednesday, January 28th, 2009
Melbourne, jan.28 (ANI): Serena Williams came back from the brink to defeat Russia's Svetlana Kuznetsova 7-5, 5-7, 6-1 in the Australian Open quarter-finals, ensuring the women's semis would not be an all-Russian affair.
The eighth-seeded Kuznetsova served for the match in the 10th game of the second set but was broken ...
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