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Record champions Bayern on brink of lifting Bundesliga honours
30 March 2013 5:50 AM ISTRunaway leaders Bayern Munich can become the first team ever to secure the Bundesliga title before the end of March if they beat Hamburg on Saturday...
It’s Maria versus Serena in Miami final
30 March 2013 5:48 AM ISTMaria Sharapova keeps drawing a different opponent in the Key Biscayne final, and has yet to find one she can beat. Now she’ll give it a try against...
Andy Murray sets foot in semifinal
30 March 2013 5:48 AM ISTReigning US Open and Olympic champion Andy Murray advanced to the semifinals of the ATP Miami Masters on Thursday by defeating Croatian ninth seed...
The other side of Ryder
30 March 2013 5:43 AM ISTNew Zealand cricket’s wild child Jesse Ryder, seriously injured in a vicious assault this week, is a huge talent with the bat who struggles with...
Heavy dosage begins
30 March 2013 5:41 AM ISTRafael Benitez insists Chelsea can still claim second place in the Premier League ahead of a trip to Southampton on Saturday that marks the start of a...
Elite in China face austerity under Xi Jinping’s stringent new rule
29 March 2013 8:15 AM ISTLife for the almighty Chinese government official has come to this: car pools, domestically made wristwatches and self-serve lunch buffets.In the four...
Putin orders surprise ‘military exercises’
29 March 2013 8:14 AM ISTRussian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday ordered unscheduled military exercises with thousands of troops and dozens of ships in the Black Sea...
Iraq executes 18 in March despite global outcry
29 March 2013 8:09 AM ISTIraq executed 18 people this month, eight of them on the same day as an attack on the justice ministry, a top official said on Thursday, despite...
‘EU keeping watch over island nation's capital controls’
29 March 2013 7:45 AM ISTThe European Commission said on Thursday that it would closely monitor capital controls introduced by Cyprus. 'The Commission will monitor closely...
‘United could be my last club’
29 March 2013 7:37 AM ISTRobin van Persie feels he could stay at Manchester United for the rest of his career after enjoying a superb first season at Old Trafford.The...
McIlroy more into Masters prep than reclaiming No.1
29 March 2013 7:35 AM ISTRory McIlroy is more concerned with playing well in his final tuneup event ahead of next month’s Masters rather than reclaiming the world No.1...
Sharapova battles into Miami last-four
29 March 2013 7:33 AM ISTThe grunts were long and loud in the final game, as if Maria Sharapova was pushing a couch across nearby Crandon Beach.Trying to winning the Sony Open...


