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Virat Kohli, known for being aggressive on the field, says it is his strength and he does not think he should curb it. "My aggression is my plus point. It's because of my aggression that I have been able to perform so well on the field till now. I don't think I need to try bringing the level down. I agree sometimes I do cross the line that I think I need to take care of," he said. He also takes

New Delhi, June 15: India will send only one men's doubles tennis team to London for the July Olympics and Indian stars Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi will just have to play together as that team, despite stated differences. The All India Tennis Association (AITA) selectors announced teams for the London Games in Bangalore this evening, making clear that they are focused on quality, not quantity

New Delhi, June 15: Team India`s new superstar Virat Kohli feels that Mahendra Singh Dhoni has done a "commendable job" leading the national team in the past few years. Not one to be drawn into a debate on Indian captaincy, Kohli said,"I don`t think one can question MS`s leadership. As Indian captain, he has never done badly. In fact, he has done a commendable job. As far as the captaincy is

Poland, June 15: Fernando Torres scored a goal in each half to give Spain a 4-0 win over Ireland and eliminate the Irish from the European Championship. David Silva and substitute Cesc Fabregas also scored second-half goals yesterday as the defending champions improved to four points in Group C, the same as co-leader Croatia. Spain dominated the tempo and scoring opportunities through its quick

Kolkata, June 14: Asian Games gold medal winning athlete Pinki Pramanik was arrested after a complaint was made that she is a male and has allegedly raped a woman, police said Thursday. “We arrested Pramanik Thursday morning after a woman lodged a complaint of rape, stating that the athlete was a male and has been cohabiting with her for past several months. He promised to marry her but later

Sydney, June 14: Australia's limited-overs tour of England and Ireland represents the start of a two-year campaign to make them the top nation in all three forms of the game, captain Michael Clarke said on Thursday. Australia head the one-day ratings, but are third in the Test standings and sixth in the T20 format. "We've been the number one ODI team in the world for a while now but we need to

Jakarta, June 14: India's Saina Nehwal overcame a spirited challenge from Aprilla Yuswandari of Indonesia to enter the women's singles quarterfinals of the Indonesia Open Super Series badminton event on Thursday. The World NO.5 got past her 46th-ranked opponent 21-17, 14-21, 21-13 in a second round match, lasting 59 minutes. The Indian next plays higher-ranked Chinese Shixian Wang, who beat

Germany are on the verge of the Euro 2012 quarter-finals following their 2-1 win over Holland on Wednesday as Mario Gomez scored twice, while the Dutch are heading for a first-round exit. World Cup finalists Holland will bow out on Sunday unless they beat Portugal in their final game here at the Metalist Stadium and hope Germany defeat Denmark the same day in Lviv to give them a chance of reaching

Temperamental pacer S. Sreesanth on Wednesday landed in a controversy when a co-passenger in a Bangalore-Delhi flight alleged him of "boorish behaviour" on board the aircraft. The co-passenger, T R Ravichandran alleged that Sreesanth got into a "childish argument" with flight attendants when he was asked not to sit near the emergency exit. Ravichandran said other passengers, including himself

India remained fourth even as England took an outright lead as the number one team after claiming the three-match Test series against the West Indies 2-0 in the latest ICC Test Championship table. England (117) now lead second-placed South Africa (116) by one ratings point, while Australia are placed at No. 3 with 112 points and India are down at number four with 111 points. If England had managed