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It is a small juice corner located at the edge of Ghantaghar chowk in Bhiwani, which could be given the credit for powering the local pugilists to win at the Olympics.The secret behind strength and fitness of the "fabulous four" in Indian boxing team, including bronze medallist Bijender Kumar, quarterfinalists duo Akhil Kumar and Jitender Kumar, and Dinesh Kumar lies here as the four had gulped

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Chelsea maintained their 100 percent start to the season when a stunning free kick from new signing Deco was enough to give them a 1-0 Premier League win at Wigan Athletic on Sunday.Deco, who also scored on his league debut in last week's 4-0 win over Portsmouth, struck with a beautifully executed free kick in the fourth minute after Wigan's Lee Cattermole handled the ball just outside the

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Sania Mirza's free fall continued with the Indian tennis ace sliding seven places to 70th in the latest WTA rankings issued on Monday.Sania, who had to concede her opening round game in the Beijing olympics owing to her wrist injury, has 470 points to her credit in the rankings headed by Serbian Ana Ivanovic.The Hyderabadi had a her career-high 27th exactly a year ago but a string of poor shows

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Having put the pressure on the hosts with two consecutive wins, India is likely to retain the winning combination when they go into the fourth cricket one dayer against Sri Lanka in Colombo on Tuesday seeking to clinch the series by taking an unassailable 3-1 lead.After being thrashed in the first match in Dambulla, Mahendra Singh Dhoni and his young bravehearts have tilted the scale in their

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India's master batsman Sachin Tendulkar has dropped to his lowest ranking in 15 years in the Reliance Mobile ICC Player Rankings for Test batsmen after a disappointing series against Sri Lanka which concluded in Colombo on Monday.Tendulkar, who started the series in 13th position, finished in 23rd place after scoring 95 runs at 15.83.He drops six places after scores of six and 14 in the third and

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Substitute Anja Mittag scored a late goal as tournament favourites Germany beat North Korea 1-0 to book their place in the Olympic quarter-finals on Tuesday. The game looked destined for a draw when Birgit Prinz muscled her way past two defenders and fired a powerful drive four minutes from time which keeper Jon Myong Hui could only parry into the path of Mittag, who made no mistake. With Brazil

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States' gold medal winner Michael Phelps steps onto the podium during the medal ceremony for the men's 200-meter freestyle final during the swimming competitions at the National Aquatics Center in Beijing. Australia's Leisel Jones celebrates winning the gold medal in the women's 100-meter breaststroke final during the swimming competitions at the National Aquatics Center in Beijing. Natalie

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The Tour de France, still reeling from last year's doping affairs, will face the daunting task of restoring cycling's image when it starts its three-week journey of more than 3,500km on Saturday.A scandal-free race would lift its battered reputation but another doping-hit edition in front of more than two billion television viewers would be disastrous for an event that more than any other

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Second seed Rafael Nadal crushed British hope Andy Murray in the Wimbledon quarter-finals on Wednesday, racing to a 6-3, 6-2, 6-4 victory.The Spaniard was simply unstoppable as he picked apart the Scot in front of a Centre Court crowd who had been hoping for a repetition of Murray's epic fourth round win over Richard Gasquet.From the moment Nadal, runner-up here for the last two years, broke

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Easy 8 wickets win for Pakistan as they have kept their slim chances of making it to the finals. The chase was marshalled by Butt (36) and Jamshed (53) who tore apart the Indian bowling. Jamshed was retired hurt but the platform which the openers laid was good enough for Younus (123) and Misbah (70) who sailed Pakistan to victory. They both shared a 144 runs partnership to register their first

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New Zealand thumped minnows Ireland by 290 runs in Aberdeen on Tuesday to register the biggest margin of victory in one-day internationals in the opening match of the Associates Tri-series also involving Scotland.New Zealand's 290-run victory surpassed India's margin of 257 runs against Bermuda at the 2006 World Cup.New Zealand's total of 402 for two was also their highest total in ODIs and the

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World 100 meters record holder Usain Bolt defeated his closest rival Asafa Powell to qualify for the Beijing Olympics on Saturday, but his coach remained tight-lipped about whether he will run in the prestige event.In what had been billed as the clash of the world's two fastest men, Bolt ran 9.85 to finish first in Jamaica's Olympic trials, while Powell, the former record holder, clocked 9.97

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There is plenty of movement in the latest Reliance Mobile ICC Player Rankings for ODI batsmen, with Mahendra Singh Dhoni , Shoaib Malik and Michael Hussey being the main beneficiaries, as Ricky Ponting , Matthew Hayden and Shivnarine Chanderpaul lose out.Dhoni hasn't been dismissed so far in the Asia Cup, having scored 135 runs in two unbeaten innings. This effort moved him up five places in the

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Hewitt, who won Wimbledon in 2002 before Federer's five-year domination began, has already gone further than his 20th seeding spot this year as he gallantly plays the lone ranger for Australian men's tennis."This is what you play for. There's no doubt about it," the 27-year-old told reporters when looking ahead to his 21st professional meeting with a player he first locked horns with when they

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The Indian challenge in Wimbledon mixed doubles event ended with crushing second-round defeats for the pairings of Mahesh Bhupathi and Sania Mirza and Leander Paes and Rennae Stubbs on Saturday.For Bhupathi, the defeat also rounded off a disappointing Wimbledon campaign. Seeded 11th Bhupathi, who has already crashed out of men's doubles in the first round, and Sania were sent packing by the

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Sachin Tendulkar was the only Indian representative at Wimbledon on Saturday when the Royal Box courted some of the sporting legends.It has become a tradition that middle Saturday becomes "Sporting Saturday" and the tournament plays host to a mix of British sporting winners and some of Wimbledon's own famous alumni.

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Spain have beaten Germany 1-0 in the EURO 2008 Final, with Liverpool's Fernando Torres sealing the win with a first-half goal to secure the first International trophy for Spain’s La Furia Roja in 44 years.The game started at a decent pace, with both sides trying to take the initiative early-on in the game.Thomas Hitzlsperger had his chance easily saved by Iker Casillas in the Spanish goal early

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Spain reached the European Championship final for the first time in 24 years on Thursday with a convincing 3-0 win over Russia to set up a meeting with Germany in Sunday's Euro 2008 decider. Xavi scored with a superbly taken opportunist volley at a rainswept Ernst Happel Stadium to give Spain a deserved 1-0 lead after 50 minutes and substitute Daniel Guiza made no mistake when he beat the offside

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Andy Roddick suffered his worst ever defeat at Wimbledon, bounced out of the second round 6-7, 7-5, 6-4, 7-6 by Janko Tipsarevic, the world No. 40, from Serbia.Never before had Roddick lost so early at The All England Club. Twice a finalist here and a quarter-finalist last year, he regards the lawns of SW19 as his second home and his best chance of winning a Grand Slam title. Those ambitions will

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For more than an hour Anne Keothavong played beyond her limits and expectations against defending champion Venus Williams before reality dawned and Williams reached the third round 7-5, 6-2 to end British interest in the women's singles.The match time alone, 104 minutes, was one indication of how hard Keothavong had fought to keep her cause alive. But after a 69-minute first set, Williams needed

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Only four days played at the 2008 Championships and there have been two huge upsets. Following Wednesday's exit of Novak Djokovic, the men's third seed, there was an equally dramatic defeat for the women's third seed and 2004 champion, Maria Sharapova, who was beaten 6-2, 6-4 by Alla Kudryavtseva, a 20-year-old ranked 154 in the world.While Djokovic's departure could be classed as explosive,

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England one-day captain Paul Collingwood has received a four-match ban following his side's failure to bowl its overs in the required time during Wednesday's one-wicket loss to New Zealand in the fourth one-day international at The Oval, the International Cricket Council (ICC) announced Thursday.As a result he will miss Saturday's fifth and final ODI of the New Zealand series at Lord's, the

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Earlier, Malik added 90 for the opening wicket with Salman Butt (35) and another 129 for the second wicket with Younus Khan (59) to propel Pakistan who won the toss and decided to bat.Butt and Pakistan were slow off the mark, managing just 58 runs off the first 15 overs. Once Butt went, caught off leg-spinner Piyush Chawla in the 22nd over, Younus and Malik upped the tempo.Malik reached his

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Twice former champion Serena Williams produced an erratic performance but proved too strong for Polish teenager Urszula Radwanska whom she dispatched 6-4, 6-4 in the second round at Wimbledon on Wednesday.The American sixth seed, seeking her first singles title here since 2003, grimaced and frowned her way through, looking far from comfortable on Court Two as she battled her own demons in an

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Fourth seed Svetlana Kuznetsova strolled into the third round of Wimbledon on Wednesday, defeating Ukrainian Kateryna Bondarenko 6-2, 6-3.The 22-year-old Russian, who came from a set behind to sneak past French qualifier Mathilde Johansson in round one, enjoyed an easier afternoon spending just over an hour on Centre Court.Bondarenko, the world number 47 and a junior winner here four years ago,

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Centre Court king Roger Federer put on a rocking Wimbledon show for pop music queen Gwen Stefani on Wednesday as the five-time champion moved into the third round.Federer brushed aside Sweden's Robin Soderling 6-3, 6-4, 7-6 (7/3) to rack up his 61st successive win on grass and a clash with either France's Marc Gicquel or Serbian lucky loser Ilia Bozoljac for a place in the last 16.The top seed

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Germany were fortunate to be drawing 1-1 with Turkey at halftime at St Jakob Park in the first Euro 2008 semi-final on Wednesday.Depleted Turkey took the lead midway through the half when Ugur Boral scuffed the ball through goalkeeper Jens Lehmann's legs after a looping effort from Kazim Kazim came back off the bar.Kazim had already hit the woodwork with a shot while the Turks had several other

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Skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Suresh Raina hit aggressive hundreds to lead India to a huge 256-run win over Hong Kong in their Asia Cup Group B match here on Wednesday.The 27-year-old Raina compiled a 68-ball 101 for his maiden century while Dhoni notched an unbeaten 96-ball 109 as both shared a rapid-fire 166-run fourth wicket stand to shot India to the highest Asia Cup total of 374-4.

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Irfan Pathan will miss India’s match against Hong Kong here on Wednesday in the STAR Cricket Asia Cup tournament.“Irfan has a side strain and we will rest him for our first match. The injury is not of much concern and he should be okay soon,” skipper M.S. Dhoni said in a press conference here on Monday evening.Queried on India wresting the favourites tag ahead of the tournament, Dhoni was quick

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A tournament that spoke about sub-continental solidarity from the warm climes of Sharjah in 1984, has wheeled to its ninth edition and is all set to make its belated debut in Pakistan on Tuesday.The STAR Cricket Asia Cup tournament, which commences at Karachi and Lahore, will feature the biggies — host Pakistan, India and defending champion Sri Lanka besides Bangladesh and two minnows in United

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It might be wiser — and far healthier for both your bank account and your reputation for lawn tennis punditry — if you were to bet on a rain-free Wimbledon this year than on a certain classy Swiss gentleman — a man who has guarded the men’s singles silverware in his possession with the same sort of zeal that the legendary bankers in his country are known to display with regard to protecting their

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Spain overcame a dreadful history and a phobia. Its dread of shoot-outs was conquered and so, too, was Italy, opponent it had not beaten in competitive football for 88 years.The decisive penalty was taken by the substitute Cesc Fábregas, who displayed all the calm so associated with Arsenal as he slipped the ball past the left-hand of Gigi Buffon.Previously, Daneiele de Rossi and Alessandro Di

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