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IPL 4: Auction Aftermath (Squads)

Posted by Karan Israni On January 12, 2011 1 COMMENT
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With the conclusion of the auctions for IPL 2011 Season 4 over the weekend, we now have a good idea how the teams will look for the showdown. With only the under 19 cricketers up for grabs, we look at the squads that resulted from the auction. Chennai Super Kings: MS Dhoni, Suresh Raina , [ Read More ]

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David Beckham will train with Tottenham's first-team squad on Tuesday after completing a series of medical tests at the club. Beckham underwent several fitness tests and met the club's medical staff at the training complex in Chigwell, Essex, and sported a Tottenham tracksuit as he left the building. The Los Angeles Galaxy midfielder will begin [ Read More ]

Sepp Blatter backs India to host FIFA World Cup 2026

Posted by Karan Israni On January 10, 2011 2 COMMENTS
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After awarding Russia and Qatar a chance to host the FIFA World Cups in 2018 and 2022 respectively, FIFA President Sepp Blatter has recognized India as one of the potential hosts of the world cup in 2026. India has a population of more than 1.1 billion- making it a massive market for any game. When [ Read More ]

FA Cup 4th Round Draw Announced!

Posted by Karan Israni On January 9, 2011 1 COMMENT
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The draw for the fourth round of the world's oldest competition, England's FA Cup has been announced and these are the following fixtures that will take place: Southampton vs Manchester United Bolton Wanderers vs Wigan Athletic Fulham vs Tottenham Hotspur Aston Villa vs Blackburn Rovers Everton vs Chelsea Doncaster/Wolves vs Stoke City/Cardiff Stevenage vs Reading [ Read More ]

Indian Pacer Zaheer Khan sold to RCB

Posted by Aman Milwani On January 8, 2011 ADD COMMENTS
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Indian Pacer Zaheer Khan sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore for $950,000. He has been a great asset to the Indian team. Hope he continues the same form with the RCB team. After all they have paid quite a lot for him. Zaheer Khan who performed very well for the Mumbai Indians in the previous versions [ Read More ]

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Gautam Gambhir was the most expensive player in the first round of IPL Auction 2011. He has been bought by Kolkata knight riders for a whopping $2.4 million. It is quite surprising that he got such a value after a base price of just $200,000. Hopefully this time around Kolkata knight riders luck will change and [ Read More ]

Chelsea-down

...that they have used 8 players less than Manchester United. Seriously, is that it? (found on some Chelsea forum) All i'd like to say now is: GROW UP!

Asia Cup 2011: Groups and Venues

Posted by Karan Israni On December 27, 2010 ADD COMMENTS
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The 2011 AFC Asian Cup finals will be held in Qatar in January 2011. It will be the fifteenth time the tournament will be held, and the second time in Qatar, with Qatar also hosting in 1988. Qatar was announced as host nation on 29 July 2007, during the 2007 AFC Asian Cup in Jakarta, [ Read More ]

Chelsea vs Manchester United (+4 more games) Postponed

Posted by Karan Israni On December 18, 2010 2 COMMENTS
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We have some breaking news for you: Manchester United's game at Chelsea on Sunday has been postponed. A statement on Chelsea's official website said: "Sunday's game at Stamford Bridge has been postponed following consultation with the Police and the local authority. "There has been heavy snow in London on Saturday." Heavy snow has been falling all day [ Read More ]

The UEFA Champions League draw

Posted by Karan Israni On December 17, 2010 2 COMMENTS
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The UEFA Champions League draw is out and here are the fixtures: Roma vs Shakhtar Donetsk Milan vs Tottenham Valencia vs Schalke Inter vs Bayern Munich Lyon vs Real Madrid Arsenal vs Barcelona Marseille vs Manchester United Kobenhaven vs Chelsea The first legs will be played in February and the second legs in March. Full [ Read More ]

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Real Madrid star Cristiano Ronaldo believes that his strike against Zaragoza on Sunday was the best goal he has scored so far. The Portuguese midfielder struck a ferocious free-kick from around 25 yards out after 44 minutes to give his side a 2-0 lead. Goals from Mesut Ozil and Angel Di Maria either side of [ Read More ]

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The final 2010 meeting of the World Motor Sport Council (WMSC) took place in Monaco few hours ago and approved a wide range of Formula 1 sporting and technical regulations to be implemented in 2011, with a totally new engine formula for the 2013 season. The WMSC made a number of changes were made to [ Read More ]