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David Beckham's dream of playing in a fourth World Cup looks over after he tore an Achilles tendon in AC Milan's 1-0 win over Chievo on Sunday. Beckham was unchallenged when he suffered the injury and hobbled off in pain before being stretchered away. The 34-year-old was hoping to be...

The fifth-place finish helped Spain book a berth in Champions Trophy. For hosts, the eighth-place is their best show in 16 years. Kiwis stumble to ninth position In a match where fortunes fluctuated from one side to another, it was New Zealand who held their nerves to beat South Africa...

Defending champions Germany thrashed England and Australia defeated the Netherlands to make it to the final of the hockey World Cup. Canada hand Pakistan wooden spoon This was the first time that Pakistan brought up the rear in their World Cup history: in 1986 they were one but last at...

On the last day of the league matches, Germany booked a semifinal berth against England while the Netherlands will meet Australia. Germany go past Kiwis into semis Defending champions Germany saw off a late challenge from New Zealand to score a thumping 5-2 victory and book a semifinal berth. Dutch...

Australia beat Pakistan to finish as Pool B toppers. The hosts manage a draw with SA to be fourth as England suffer their first defeat. Spain inflict first defeat on England Olympic silver medallist Spain continued their domination over England in the hockey World Cup, defeating the European Champions 2-0...

The day proved to be lucky for Korea while New Zealand's hopes suffered a big blow. The Netherlands played out a thrilling draw with Germany. Korea keep last-four hopes alive Drag-flicker Jong Hyun Jang struck thrice as nimble-footed Korea drubbed lowly Canada 9-2 in a high scoring match to keep...

Sub-continental hopefuls India and Pakistan crashed to heavy defeats while Australia bulldozed their way to an emphatic win on day five of the hockey World Cup. Australia too good for Africans Like Doerner scored the tournament's second hat-trick as Australia notched up a record 12-0 scoreline. England whitewash Pakistan England...

January transfers are here and clubs got a final chance to bolster their squad this season. Who has done the best business? We'll find out...

The mid-season transfer break is over with plenty of deals to talk about although this has been the transfer window with least transfer activity from big teams and hence very low amount spent. Is it because of the recession? Anyway, we bring you all the deals that took place in...

Among 67 vintage cars and bikes, this new BMW is smaller even than the Nano. While the Nano is 3.1m long and 1.6m wide, this egg-shaped smaller and seductive car, made 55 years ago, is around 2.29m in length and 1.37m in width. With a 298-cc rear engine, it has...

Etymotic demonstrated it's new MC-Series Earphones at the CES 2010 and boy are they sexy. This sleek new masterpiece comes in a variety of colours with Forest Green being the pick of the lot. It also boasts of a brilliant noise-isolating capability along with a wide range of eartips to...