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  • BCCI probe chief assures Delhi Police of all cooperation in investigations

    BCCI chief probe officer, Ravi Sawani met the Delhi police Commissioner and assured of all cooperation in the cricket scam investigation and requests the Indian Franchise, to which the players belong to file a police report on Monday. Board of Control for Cricket in India's chief probe officer, Ravi Sawani met Delhi police commissioner Neeraj Kumar and assured him of all cooperation in the ...

  • AFC Asian Cup India women ready for Myanmar challenge

    Indian women's football team will have to be at their best when they take on Myanmar, a higher ranked team, in their first match of the AFC Asian Cup (qualifiers) here Tuesday. There's a difference of five places - Myanmar are 46th in the FIFA rankings while India are 51st. "This match will decide our fate. We need a good start. The first match always sets the tone. The real test begins now," ...

  • Indian womens football team gears up for AFC qualifiers

    High on confidence after notching up a double-win over Bahrain in two international friendlies in the latter's own backyard, the Indian women's football team will look to carrying on the good form for the AFC Asian Cup (Qualifiers) starting here Tuesday. The 23-member squad and officials reached here Sunday afternoon. A large posse of local journalists and photographers mobbed the team upon ...

  • PL Footballer Gary Nevilles father charged with sexual assault

    The Crown Prosecution Service has said that the former Bury Football Club manager Neville Neville, 63, will be charged with allegations of sexual assault following a review of evidence gathered during a complaint by a 46-year-old woman about the attack in Bury in March. The father of premier league footballers Gary and Phil Neville had been arrested over allegations of sexual assault but had ...

  • Becks facing adjustment issues post-retirement

    Football ace David Beckham is facing difficulties coming to terms with his retirement from the sport. The former England captain who played his last game in Paris Saint-Germain's 3-1 win over Brest, will now take up other projects which might possibly include purchasing a U.S. Major League Soccer franchise, The Sun reports. Beckham said he will find it difficult after two months of rest to ...


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Given the manner in which it so seamlessly incorporates virtually every tearjerker sports movie clich imaginable, cynics will be forgiven if they mistake Daniel Lindsay and T.J. Martins Oscar-winning Undefeated as yet another scripted film produced in faux-documentary style. Yet, it ... ...

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  • Bad blood resurfaces in wrestling over Olympic axe

    Recriminations over wrestling's exclusion from the Olympics re-emerged Monday, as supporters of the sport's former chief were accused of hurling insults at an official meeting. Wrestling was cut from the 2020 Olympics in February by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), amid low spectator interest and claims of corrupt refereeing in some major bouts. After the IOC decision, Raphael ...

  • ACC report warns of increasing illicit drug abuse in professional sports

    The Australian Crime Commission's (ACC) Illicit Drug Data Report 2011-12 has warned of an alarming increase in the use, seizure and arrests for illicit drugs in sports, especially in football. The report revealed 76,000 seizures of cannabis, amphetamine-type substances, heroin, cocaine and other substances, together with 93,000 illicit-drug related arrests both of which have been the highest ...

  • PCB chief assures complete cooperation to curb cricket corruption

    Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Zaka Ashraf has assured that the board will put its best efforts to eradicate cricket corruption. A preliminary report by police in India has proved that Karachi is one of the hubs for corrupt practices in the game, apart from Mumbai, Delhi and Dubai, the Dawn reports. Ashraf claimed that PCB will extend its support to any country wanting to curb ...

  • World TT Holder Zhang to face Wang in all-Chinese final

    In a rematch of last year's Olympic final, defending champion Zhang Jike will fight for the men's singles title against Wang Hao at the World Table Tennis Championships here Monday. Zhang, the fourth seed, crushed top seed and teammate Xu Xin 11-8, 11-2, 11-9, 12-10 while Wang beat second seed Ma Long in the other all-Chinese semifinal 11-9, 11-7, 11-3, 7-11, 12-14, 11-3 Sunday night, Xinhua ...

  • Chinese Taipei win mens doubles TT title

    Chinese Taipei's Chen Chien-An and Chuang Chih-Yuan upset Hao Shuai and Ma Lin from China to win the men's doubles title at the World Table Tennis Championships here. Chen and Chuang fought back from one game down to win three in a row but Ma, former Olympic Champion, and Hao Shuai took the fifth before the Chinese Taipei tandem sealed the victory Sunday by taking the sixth 11-8, reports ...

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