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Monday, July 2, 2012

Indian Olympic walkers get no footwear

Indian Olympic walkers get no footwear
Indian Olympic walkers get no footwear
Spain's the best among all-time greats
Lissome Lisicki scythes through Maria
Novak flattens Troicki in fourth round
Fernando Torres hails magical night
'Phelps to swim 7 events in Olympics'
Federer enters Wimbledon quarterfinals
Sharapova stunned by Lisicki at Big W
Giggs in, Beckham out of Britain's squad
Serena reaches Big W quarterfinals
'Bindra's gold will be rallying point'
Iniesta wins Euro 2012 player award
Redemption but no glory for Italy
After Nadal's loss, anything possible
Blake beats Bolt to win sprint double

Posted: 02 Jul 2012 04:09 PM PDT

Olympic-bound race walkers Basant Bahadur Rana and Irfan KT have been forced to spend from their pockets for past several months to buy special walking shoes.

Indian Olympic walkers get no footwear

Posted: 02 Jul 2012 04:09 PM PDT

Olympic-bound race walkers Basant Bahadur Rana and Irfan KT have been forced to spend from their pockets for past several months to buy special walking shoes.

Spain's the best among all-time greats

Posted: 02 Jul 2012 01:57 PM PDT

With two Euro titles - considered the toughest test in football - on either side of a World Cup win, Spain are the undisputed masters of the game now.

Lissome Lisicki scythes through Maria

Posted: 02 Jul 2012 12:28 PM PDT

Sabine Lisicki put out Maria Sharapova, who was out of range on her strokes and serves and failed to counter the German's dazzling brilliance on the day.

Novak flattens Troicki in fourth round

Posted: 02 Jul 2012 12:13 PM PDT

Novak Djokovic showcased his full armoury of shots as he sauntered into the Wimbledon quarterfinals with a 6-3, 6-1, 6-3 demolition of countryman Viktor Troicki.

Fernando Torres hails magical night

Posted: 02 Jul 2012 09:37 AM PDT

Fernando Torres hailed a "magical evening" in Kiev after Spain thumped Italy 4-0 in the final of Euro 2012 and he scored a goal to land the golden boot award.

'Phelps to swim 7 events in Olympics'

Posted: 02 Jul 2012 09:14 AM PDT

Michael Phelps, who wouldn't swim 200m freestyle, won't try to replicate his glittering 8-gold haul of 2008 at the London Olympics, coach Bob Bowman said.

Federer enters Wimbledon quarterfinals

Posted: 02 Jul 2012 08:22 AM PDT

Roger Federer shrugged off a rare medical time-out to defeat Xavier Malisse 7-6 (7/1), 6-1, 4-6, 6-3 to reach a 33rd successive Grand Slam quarterfinal.

Sharapova stunned by Lisicki at Big W

Posted: 02 Jul 2012 07:40 AM PDT

Sharapova suffered a shock exit from Wimbledon as Sabine Lisicki avenged last year's semifinal defeat with a fourth round victory over the world number one.

Giggs in, Beckham out of Britain's squad

Posted: 02 Jul 2012 07:19 AM PDT

Ryan Giggs has been included in Britain's 18-man squad for London Olympics, with head coach Stuart Pearce confirming the absence of David Beckham.

Serena reaches Big W quarterfinals

Posted: 02 Jul 2012 06:31 AM PDT

Serena Williams survived a gruelling examination from Yaroslava Shvedova to reach the Wimbledon quarterfinals with a 6-1, 2-6, 7-5 victory on Monday.

'Bindra's gold will be rallying point'

Posted: 02 Jul 2012 05:49 AM PDT

Manavjit Sandhu said that Indian shooters would win more than one medal in the London Olympics, as the country would be represented by the "best ever team".

Iniesta wins Euro 2012 player award

Posted: 02 Jul 2012 03:32 AM PDT

Spanish left wing Andres Iniesta was named player of Euro 2012 on Monday by European football governing body UEFA.

Redemption but no glory for Italy

Posted: 02 Jul 2012 12:31 AM PDT

Italy may have suffered a footballing lesson in a one-sided final against Spain but before a ball was kicked in that game they had achieved redemption.

After Nadal's loss, anything possible

Posted: 01 Jul 2012 11:21 PM PDT

No matter what happens in week 2, this Wimbledon will be remembered for 11-time major champion Rafael Nadal's second-round loss to a player ranked 100th.