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Middle East, june 4: Tunisian footballers have devised a clever plan of breaking their Ramadan fasts during recent World Cup friendlies. In both of their games this week, Tunisian goalkeeper Mouez Hassen went down early in the second half complaining of an "injury" as medical staff rushed onto the pitch. During their first match against Portugal and while 2-1 down, Hassen appeared to injure

Kuala Lumpur, Jun 3: As many as six Malaysia batters fell for a duck as India bundled them out for just 27 to register a resounding 142-run victory in their opening Women's Twenty20 Asia Cup match here on Sunday. Opting to bat, India scored 169/3 in their allotted 20 overs, riding on senior player Mithali Raj's unbeaten 97 off 69 balls, and then shot the home side out in just 13.4 overs in a

Jun 3: Sunil Chhetri, one of the greatest footballers that India has produced, today made an impassioned plea to all the fans of Lionel Messi, Neymar and Cristiano Ronaldo -- "abuse us, criticise us but please come to watch the Indian national team play." With less than two weeks left for World Cup football to begin and broadcasters urging fans of the 'beautiful game' to profess their love for

New Delhi, Jun 2: Indian weightlifter Sanjita Chanu today said she will challenge the provisional suspension imposed on her for allegedly failing a dope test, insisting that she is innocent. "I am innocent, I have not taken any banned substance. I will challenge this with the help of the national federation," Sanjita told PTI. Sanjita, who had won a gold in the women's 53kg category in the recent

New Delhi, Jun 2: Dinesh Karthik is likely to get a shot at Test redemption — as a replacement for the injured wicket-keeper Wriddhiman Saha — for the one-off historic encounter against Afghanistan in Bengaluru from June 14. Saha remains unsure of his participation in the Test starting from June 14 in Bengaluru because of the injury he suffered in the Indian Premier League (IPL) Qualifier 2

London, Jun 1: Evin Lewis's quickfire fifty and economical bowling from spinner Samuel Badree saw the West Indies to an emphatic 72-run victory over the World XI in the Hurricane Relief Twenty20 Challenge at Lord's. Lewis struck 58 off 26 balls, including five sixes and as many fours in a West Indies' total of 199 for four with Marlon Samuels contributing 43 and Denesh Ramdin 44 not out. Badree

Mumbai, Jun 1: The ED today slapped a penalty of over Rs 121 crore on the BCCI, its former boss N Srinivasan, former IPLcommissioner Lalit Modi and others for alleged violation of the FEMA law during the T-20 cricket IPL edition in 2009, officials said. A special director of the central probe agency here levied a penalty of Rs 82.66 crore on the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), Rs 11

New Delhi, Jun 1: Dope shame returned to haunt Indian weightlifting as two-time Commonwealth Games champion Sanjita Chanu tested positive for a banned anabolic steroid and was provisionally suspended by the international federation. International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) said on its website that Sanjita, who had won a gold in the women's 53kg category in the recent Gold Coast CWG, has tested

Madrid, May 31: Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane is leaving the European champions after two years in charge, he told a news conference on Thursday. Zidane claimed an unprecedented third consecutive Champions League title when Real beat Liverpool 3-1 on Saturday, capping a remarkable period in his first job in senior club management. The Frenchman took over a divided dressing room after the

London, May 31: Mohammad Amir has had some of the greatest and undoubtedly the worst days of his career in England -- sometimes during the very same match. But fresh from helping bowl Pakistan to a crushing nine-wicket win over England in the first Test at Lord's, the left-arm paceman hopes he can enjoy the "best memory" with a series win in the second and final Test at Headingley, starting Friday