Wednesday, June 1, 2011

Germany, England, France eye Euro 2012 place

Germany, England, France eye Euro 2012 place

Germany, England, France eye Euro 2012 place

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 07:10 PM PDT

Germany will need to stay cool under pressure when they make an end-of-season push for a perfect six wins out of six in Euro 2012 qualifying against Austria on Friday, according to defender Holger Badstuber.

Match-fixing scandal just the tonic for Italy

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 06:50 PM PDT

On the face of it a domestic match-fixing scandal would be the last thing Italy wanted ahead of Friday's Euro 2012 Group C qualifier against Estonia.

Factbox: Profile of Shaquille O'Neal

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 06:43 PM PDT

Profile of Shaquille O'Neal, who announced his retirement from the NBA on Wednesday.

NBA: Heat's Haslem has the 'championship heart', says Spoelstra

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 05:45 PM PDT

Udonis Haslem may not get the same acclaim afforded to his "Big Three" teammates at the Miami Heat but the power forward could still be one of the keys to his team's chances of winning the NBA Championship.

NBA: Miami's big three on a playoff joyride

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 05:42 PM PDT

Dwyane Wade rekindled memories of his effort in the 2006 finals by finishing with 22 points and 10 rebounds Tuesday in his first finals game since winning the MVP trophy five years ago.

Tremlett thanks Warne for helping him

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 05:37 PM PDT

Australia may have been spared their Ashes torment at the hands of Chris Tremlett if only Shane Warne had avoided telling him a few home truths.

Odafe embraces Bagan in record Rs 1.8 crore deal

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 04:54 PM PDT

The Nigerian striker, who guarantees goals and success like nobody else, inked a deal with Mohun Bagan that is rumoured to be close to Rs 1.8 crore.

Mickelson aims to improve his puzzling Memorial record

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 04:00 PM PDT

World number four Phil Mickelson cannot pinpoint exactly why but he has generally failed to flourish at the Memorial tournament despite his love of the undulating Muirfield Village layout.

Sore Tseng will try to dethrone Miyazato

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 03:52 PM PDT

World No. 1 Yani Tseng will play in this week's 54-hole LPGA ShopRite Classic despite a sore shoulder, hoping to dethrone Ai Miyazato in the event.

I-league's low-flyers

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 03:33 PM PDT

HAL began their 2010-11 season I-League campaign on a promising note, registering wins over JCT Mills Phagwara and Kolkata giant Mohun Bagan in the first two away matches.

Heartbreak for home teams

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 03:26 PM PDT

It was heartbreak for home teams as both the Maharashtra boys and girls teams crashed out in the semifinals of the 28th Youth National Basketball Championship.

Donald defends top spot at Nicklaus event

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 03:14 PM PDT

World No. 1 Luke Donald of England plays for the first time since taking over the top spot in the rankings Thursday in the Memorial, a $6.2 million US PGA event hosted by Jack Nicklaus.

NBA: Raptors will not keep Triano as coach

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 03:10 PM PDT

Jay Triano has been dropped as coach of the Toronto Raptors, the NBA club announced on Wednesday, but the Canadian will be retained as a consultant and special assistant.

Schwartzel set for Memorial with media whirlwind behind him

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 03:00 PM PDT

At Memorial tournament, Schwartzel will be making only his second start on US PGA Tour since his Augusta win and he is eager to tee off in 1st round.

Ukraine welcome back Blokhin with win over Uzbekistan

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 02:51 PM PDT

Euro 2012 co-host Ukraine scored twice in the second half to beat Uzbekistan 2-0 in a friendly international on Wednesday.

Blatter looks to be navigator of good ship FIFA

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 02:39 PM PDT

Sepp Blatter has been described as many things both good and bad in his time as FIFA president but he came up with a new description of himself - captain of good ship FIFA.

NBA: Nowitzki plans to play with injured finger

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 02:35 PM PDT

The pain of a game-one loss in the NBA Finals was still lingering with Dirk Nowitzki at Wednesday's Dallas Mavericks practice.

Rafinha joins Bayern Munich from Sampdoria

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 02:20 PM PDT

Brazilian defender Rafinha has joined Bayern Munich from Italian club Sampdoria, the Bavarian giants announced on Wednesday.

Ravichandran Ashwin gets 'hit' ched!

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 01:39 PM PDT

R Ashwin has bowled a maiden over.. and no, we're not referring to the one on cricket field! The latest about the offspinner, is that he got engaged to his schoolmate, Preethi.

Dempo welcomes Subrata Paul

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 01:25 PM PDT

Subrata Paul, 25, has been Dempo Sports Club's enemy No. 1 since 2004 when the goalkeeper was involved in a collision that led to the on-field death of their Brazilian striker Cristiano Junior.

NBA: Shaquille O'Neal announces his retirement

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 01:21 PM PDT

Shaquille O'Neal, a three-time NBA Finals Most Valuable Player and four-time champion, announced his retirement on Wednesday from professional basketball in a video posted on Twitter.

East Bengal second, JCT relegated

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 01:07 PM PDT

Trevor Morgan's side will take heart from the fact that they finished runners-up at the end of a gruelling campaign that ended at the Salt Lake Stadium on Wednesday.

IOA acting president slams sports ministry

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 12:56 PM PDT

The acting president of IOA Vijay Kumar Malhotra expressed anguish over the "pitiable condition" of the coaching camps being conducted in various centres.

Pargat Singh threatens hunger strike

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 12:46 PM PDT

Former hockey captain Pargat Singh is contemplating a hunger strike on National Sport Day, August 29, to draw the attention of the people to hockey's plight.

Sania-Vesnina reach French Open finals

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 12:02 PM PDT

Sania Mirza and her partner Elena Vesnina beat Liezel Huber and Lisa Raymond 6-3, 2-6, 6-4 to enter the women's doubles finals in French Open.
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