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Man U left in the cold
1 Oct 2012 6:29 AM ISTTottenham Hotspur ended their 23-year wait for an away victory against Manchester United with a spectacular 3-2 Premier League win at Old Trafford on...
Rudisha eager to meet Sachin
29 Sept 2012 3:59 PM ISTA legend in his own field, Olympic champion and world record holder David Rudisha on Friday expressed a desire to meet Sachin Tendulkar in person and...
Umars spell Proteas’ doom
29 Sept 2012 3:47 PM ISTUmar Gul turned an unlikely hero with the bat as Pakistan survived a middle-order collapse to beat South Africa by two wickets in the Super Eights of...
United States floats the idea of ‘drones on their own’
29 Sept 2012 8:12 AM ISTThe US military’s current fleet of drones will soon be overtaken by a new wave of robots that will be faster, stealthier and smarter –operating...
Stosur sends Maria packing
28 Sept 2012 8:14 AM ISTSam Stosur knocked two-time champion Maria Sharapova out of the Pan Pacific Open on Thursday, reaching the semifinals with a 6-4, 7-6 (10) victory...
Gunners shoot Coventry City
28 Sept 2012 8:11 AM ISTOlivier Giroud ended his Arsenal goal drought as the Gunners swept into the League Cup fourth round with a 6-1 demolition of Coventry at the Emirates...
Hollande meets ArcelorMittal boss over reported site closure
28 Sept 2012 7:31 AM ISTFrench President Francois Hollande met steel tycoon Lakshmi Mittal on Thursday to discuss the fate of the last blast furnaces in the eastern Lorraine...
Top seeds progress at Pan Pacific Open
27 Sept 2012 8:29 AM ISTTop-ranked Victoria Azarenka of Belarus overcame a dizzy spell to beat Italy’s Roberta Vinci 6-4, 6-2 on Wednesday and advance to the quarterfinals of...
Danish smuggler insists on ‘neutral ground’ hearing
27 Sept 2012 7:40 AM ISTA Danish smuggler who air-dropped weapons into India has offered to be heard by an Indian court – but only on neutral ground, he told a Danish...
‘Yemeni women worst off after uprising’
27 Sept 2012 5:07 AM ISTOxfam has warned that women in Yemen are worse off than before the uprising that ousted long-time dictator Ali Abdullah Saleh as a deepening...
Iran tests missiles, unveils drone amid Israel threats
27 Sept 2012 4:59 AM ISTIran has tested anti-air and anti-ship missiles and unveiled a new drone, its powerful Revolutionary Guards said on Tuesday, in a show of military...
Benzema, Ronaldo score to put Real back on track
26 Sept 2012 8:55 AM ISTReal Madrid kept Barcelona in their sights as an early goal from Karim Benzema put them on their way to a 2-0 win over Rayo Vallecano - but they...


