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Laura, Carla pull off upset wins in Madrid
MADRID: Britain's Laura Robson and Spain's Carla Suarez Navarro conjured up big first-round upset victories at the Madrid Open when they surprised fourth seed Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland and ninth-seeded Australian Samantha Stosur on Monday.
Robson, the world number 41, thumped Radwanska 6-3 6-1 on the clay at the Magic Box arena and 23rd-ranked Suarez Navarro ousted Stosur 7-6 6-2 to delight... |
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Vidal fires Juventus to 29th Italian title
ISCHIA: Arturo Vidal's 10th league goal of the season was enough to secure a 1-0 win over Palermo and help ten-man Juventus to their 29th Serie A title on Sunday.
Juve, however, courted controversy when several players brandished giant shields in the colours of the Italian flag and adorned with '31'.
The number was a reference to Juve's belief that they have won 31 titles, despite being offi... |
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Aamir Atlas wins final to become Asian Champion
KARACHI: Pakistan’s Aamir Atlas Khan brushed aside Kuwait’s Abdullah Al Mezayan in three sets to become the first Pakistani in 14 years to win the Asian Squash Championship on Sunday at the Islamabad Sport Complex.
Khan triumphed over Al Mezayan after an impressive performance with figures of 11-9, 11-3, 11-8.
Khan said the victory was the result of his hard work and he was happy to have won... |
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Chelsea overcome Basel to reach Europa final
LONDON: Chelsea reached the Europa League final for the first time in their history after surviving a first-half scare to defeat Swiss champions FC Basel 3-1 in the second leg of their semi-final on Thursday.
Leading 2-1 from last week's first leg in Switzerland, Chelsea risked elimination after Mohamed Salah's well-taken goal in first-half injury time put the visitors 1-0 up on the night.
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Chennai Super Kings beat Kings XI Punjab by 15 runs
CHENNAI: Suresh Raina`s superb ton helped Chennai Super Kings take a giant stride towards qualifying for the knock-out stages as they defeated Kings XI Punjab by 15 runs to win their seventh match on the trot in the Pepsi Indian Premier League here on Thursday.
Raina scored an unbeaten 100 in Chennai Super Kings` total of 186 for four and then the bowlers kept their cool to restrict Kings XI to... |
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Real Madrid vs. Borussia Dortmund
After the 4-1 battering Borussia Dortmund handed out to Real Madrid in the first leg of their UEFA Champions League semifinal, it always looked likely that the Germans would make it to the final. They needed to draw out Madrid's sting at the Santiago Bernabeu, and did just that: For 83 minutes they held out fairly comfortably, and although the hosts ran riot after Karim Benzema and Sergio Ramos go... |
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Campbells' sister act wins world team berths
ADELAIDE, Australia: Australian sisters Cate and Bronte Campbell finished first and second in the women's 100-metres freestyle final in Adelaide on Wednesday to qualify for this year's world swimming championships.
Cate, an Olympic gold medallist in the women's 4x100m relay, swam the quickest time ever in Australia in Tuesday's semi-final and produced a start-to-finish victory in the final, tou... |
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Mourinho wants more aggressive Madrid
MADRID: Jose Mourinho has called on his side to be more ruthless when they face Borussia Dortmund in the second-leg of their Champions League semi-final on Tuesday night.
Madrid need an incredible comeback after four goals from Robert Lewandowski helped the Germans romp to a 4-1 victory in the first-leg last week and Mourinho believes his side have to perform with the type of aggression they di... |
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Bangladesh beat Zimbabwe to level Test series
HARARE: Ziaur Rahman led the Bangladesh attack with four wickets as they completed a 143-run win over Zimbabwe on Monday to draw the two-match series 1-1 and gain revenge for their mauling in the first Test.
Set a target of 401 runs to win in their second innings at the Harare Sports Club, Zimbabwe were bowled out for 257 just before tea on day five to hand Bangladesh only their fourth Test vic... |
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Khan beats Diaz on points to stay in title picture
SHEFFIELD: Amir Khan came back from a knockdown to beat a fast-finishing Julio Diaz by unanimous decision at Motorpoint Arena on Saturday.
Khan, trying to recover his reputation after successive losses to Lamont Peterson and Danny Garcia in the last 16 months, was cruising early against Diaz, the aging former two-time world lightweight champ.
Then Diaz exposed Khan's weakness by dumping him ... |
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