Mahela Jayawardene steered Sri Lanka to a lead of more than a hundred runs in the second Test at Headingley after Moeen Ali proved an unlikely bowling hero for England. Sri Lanka were 214 for four in their second innings at stumps on third day with a lead of 106 runs. Jayawardene was batting on …
Portuguese substitute Silvestre Varela grabbed a dramatic stoppage-time equalizer to secure a 2-2 draw with the United States in World Cup Group G on Sunday. Just as it looked as though the Americans had secured a come-from-behind victory to qualify for the second round, Varela scored with a flying header from a Cristiano Ronaldo cross. …
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Fortaleza: Miroslav Klose equalled Brazilian legend Ronaldo`s record of 15 World Cup goals with the equaliser for Germany in their 2-2 Group G draw with Ghana in Fortaleza on Saturday. Mario Goetze had given Germany the lead before goals from Andre Ayew and Asamoah Gyan turned the game on its head and threatened to cause …
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Porto Alegre, Brazil: Algeria moved them tantalisingly close to a first ever appearance in the knock-out rounds after dishing out a 4-2 defeat to South Korea in Porto Alegre on Sunday. It was the North Africans` first World Cup victory since their famous 1982 success against West Germany and was the first time an African …
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RIO DE JANEIRO: Divock Origi sent Belgium into the last 16 of the World Cup when the teenager struck an 88th minute winner to secure a 1-0 victory against Russia in a largely lifeless Group H match at the Maracana on Sunday. He rifled in just minutes after Kevin Mirallas crashed a free kick against …
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Brazil coach Luiz Felipe Scolari said Sunday it would be “stupid” to think his team would consider playing deliberately for a draw against Cameroon in order to choose its second-round opponent at the World Cup. Scolari dismissed any chance that Brazil would not try to win Monday’s decisive Group A match in Brasilia. “You have …
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Allu Arjun and director Trivikram Srinivas are teaming up for a new film and the latter is currently busy with the script work. The filmmakers are considering Kavacham as the title, as per the latest buzz in the tinsel town. Earlier there has been buzz that Rana Daggubati and Hanu Raghavapudi film has been titled …
India’s challenge ended at the Aegon International, the last tournament in the lead up to Wimbledon, with the defeats of Sania Mirza and Leander Paes in their respective events. In the women’s doubles, third seeded pair of Sania and Cara Black recovered from a first set rout but ended up losing 1-6 6-3 7-10 against …
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Spain’s Nicolas Almagro has withdrawn injured from Wimbledon, tournament organisers confirmed on Thursday. The 28-year-old clay-court specialist was named among the seeds on Wednesday and in his absence Canadian 23-year-old Vasek Pospisil is promoted into the top 32. Pospisil becomes the 31st seed, ahead of Russian Dmitry Tursunov, who has lost in the first round …
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