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Four months after bite, Suarez to face Real
24 Oct 2014 3:36 AM ISTThe last and most memorable image of Luis Suarez is the striker biting Giorgio Chiellini in the shoulder in a group stage match against Italy, an act...
French oil giant Total’s CEO dies in Moscow plane crash
23 Oct 2014 4:39 AM ISTRussian and French experts were investigating on Tuesday a plane crash at a Moscow airport which killed the CEO of French oil giant Total, Christophe...
S Africa cruise to win over New Zealand
23 Oct 2014 4:09 AM ISTSouth Africa cruised to a six-wicket win over New Zealand in the first One-day International at Mount Maunganui on Tuesday, guided home by a captain’s...
Ajmal-less Pakistan seek to end 20-year Australia drought
22 Oct 2014 5:06 AM ISTAjmal, who has been suspended due to an illegal bowling action, has single-handedly ruled the dry and slow tracks of Pakistan’s neutral venues in the...
Airbus trails Boeing with 791 aircrafts order book
8 Oct 2014 3:26 AM ISTEuropean aerospace giant Airbus Group said on Monday it has taken 791 net orders for aircraft in the first nine months of the year, putting it clearly...
Trio win Nobel medicine prize for brain's 'GPS'
6 Oct 2014 10:14 PM ISTThey won the coveted prize for discovering an 'inner GPS' which makes it possible to orient ourselves in space, the jury said."The discoveries of John...
USA achieves 3-year best quarterly growth of 4.6%
27 Sept 2014 6:40 AM ISTThe revision matched economists’ expectations as data shows the economy built momentum in a rebound from the first quarter’s 2.1 per cent contraction,...
Liverpool survive shoot-out marathon
26 Sept 2014 5:13 AM ISTLiverpool reached the English League Cup last 16 after an extraordinary third round tie saw them beat second-tier Middlesbrough 14-13 in a penalty...
Ronaldo hits four as Madrid ease past Elche
26 Sept 2014 5:12 AM ISTThe Portuguese also scored a hat-trick in Real’s 8-2 thrashing of Deportivo la Coruna on Saturday and now has 12 goals to his name in just eight...
2022 WC will not take place in Qatar: FIFA’s Zwanziger
24 Sept 2014 4:03 AM IST‘I think that at the end of the day the 2022 World Cup will not take place in Qatar,’ Zwanziger said in an interview with Sport Bild Plus. The former...
N Korea lifters prove big hit in South Korea
24 Sept 2014 4:01 AM ISTWith rock music blaring and the crowd on its feet and dancing, North Korea’s often stern athletes are the unlikely stars as they whip up a concert...
Leicester City rally stuns Manchester United
22 Sept 2014 5:46 AM ISTLouis van Gaal’s difficult start to his time as Manchester United manager continued as Leicester City sensationally came back from 3-1 down to win 5-3...









