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Chelsea beats Liverpool, reaches Champions League final

by Agencies April 30, 2008 Sports

Chelsea reached the Champions League final for the first time, beating Liverpool 3-2 after extra time at rain-lashed Stamford Bridge to set up a meeting with Manchester United in Moscow next month.

Two goals from Didier Drogba and a penalty from a grieving Frank Lampard gave them a 4-3 aggregate victory in a dramatic semi-final against [...]

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Scoreboard at end of second day of second Test

by admin April 4, 2008 Sports

Ahmedabad, April 4 (IANS) The following is the scoreboard at close of the second day of the second cricket Test between India and South Africa at the Sardar Patel (Gujarat) Stadium in Motera, near here, Friday:
Scoreboard
India (first innings): 76
South Africa (first innings, overnight 223/4):
Graeme Smith lbw b Sreesanth 34
Niel Mckenzie c Dravid b Harbhajan 42
Hashim [...]

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PCB slaps legal notice on Akhtar

by Agencies April 3, 2008 Sports

Shoaib Akhtar’s woes were further compounded on Thursday when the banned pacer was served a legal notice by Pakistan cricket Board chairman Nasim Ashraf for making defamatory statements about him and the PCB.
The notice was served after Akhtar, in an interview on a television channel, said Ashraf had tried to extort money for allowing him [...]

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Ponting, Symonds, Lee to play for just two weeks in IPL

by Agencies March 29, 2008 Sports

Australian cricketers who had signed up for the Indian Premier League will play for just two weeks in the lucrative Twenty20 tournament after CA decided to organise a training camp in early May ahead of their team’s West Indies tour.
Players will assemble at Queensland for a six-day camp before departing for West Indies on 8th [...]

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Amla hits 159, South Africa 524 for 8 after tea

by Agencies March 27, 2008 Sports

Hashim Amla slammed 159 as South Africa tightened their grip on the first cricket Test against India, cruising to 524 for eight after tea on second day of the series at MA Chidambaram stadium in Chennai on Thursday.
Resuming on 304 for four, South Africa completely dominated the first two sessions and put [...]

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Chennai Test: South Africa 244 for three after tea

by Agencies March 26, 2008 Sports

Indian bowlers toiled on a flat pitch without much success as South Africa rode on half centuries by Neil McKenzie (94) and captain Graeme Smith (73) cruising to 244 for three after tea in the first Test match against India at the M A Chidambaram stadium in Chennai.
At the break, Hashim Amla (31) was joined [...]

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Anand shares honours with Carlsen, remains in sole second

by Agencies March 23, 2008 Sports

World champion Viswanathan Anand won the blindfold but lost the rapid game against Magnus Carlsen of Norway to remain in sole second after the end of the seventh round of the Amber Blindfold and Rapid Chess tournament in France.
The Indian ace suffered his first ever defeat against Carlsen in a rapid game after [...]

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Kumble dismisses “Senior Junior controversy”

by Agencies March 23, 2008 Sports

Indian Test cricket captain Anil Kumble has dismissed the “Senior Junior controversy” for the upcoming three-match series with South Africa starting from 26th March and has said that the team’s focus is to play to its full potential.
Addressing a news conference on Saturday, Kumble said that the players have been playing good cricket [...]

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Anand’s 1-1 result against keeps him in second place

by Indo-Asian News Service March 22, 2008 Sports

Viswanathan Anand lost his first-ever game to young Magnus Carlsen in his own rapid territory as the two drew their mini-match 1-1 in the seventh round of the 17th Blindfold and rapid Chess tournament Saturday.
The mixed 1-1 result kept Anand in sole second position. However Lev Aronian beat Vesslin Topalov 1.5-0.5 and increased his lead [...]

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