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Former Tour de France winner Jan Ullrich banned for 2 years

Former Tour de France winner Jan Ullrich banned for 2 yearsGeneva, Feb 9 - Former Tour de France winner Jan Ullrich was Thursday banned by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) for two years and stripped of his third-place finish in the 2005 race for blood doping.  Read more »

Sports tribunal suspends Spanish cyclist

Sports tribunal suspends Spanish cyclistLausanne (Switzerland), Feb 7 - Spanish cyclist Alberto Contador will lose his 2010 Tour de France title and be excluded from this year's Tour as well as the 2012 Olympics, the Court of Arbitration for  Read more »

Messi wins Fifa Ballon d'Or for third successive year

Messi wins Fifa Ballon d'Or for third successive yearZurich, Jan 10 - Barcelona striker Lionel Messi, named the world player of the year, has won the 2011 FIFA Ballon d'Or for the third successive year.  Read more »

Guardiola FIFA Coach of the Year

Guardiola FIFA Coach of the Year  Read more »

Zurich, Jan 10 - Spanish soccer giants Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola was named FIFA Coach of the Year for 2011.

Female tennis players need to be more ‘relaxed’ to enjoy game: Ivanovic

 Female tennis players need to be more ‘relaxed’ to enjoy game: Ivanovic  Read more »

Basel, Dec 15: Serbian tennis ace and former World No. 1 Ana Ivanovic has said female players need to be more ‘relaxed’, and added that

Seething Fergie lashes out at ex-skipper Roy Keane after Man U loss to Basel

Seething Fergie lashes out at ex-skipper Roy Keane after Man U loss to Basel Basel (Switzerland), Dec. 8 : Manchester United coach Sir Alex Ferguson has lashed out at former captain Roy Keane after  Read more »

Man U’s Fergie confident about progressing into Champions League KO stage

Man U’s Fergie confident about progressing into Champions League KO stage Basel (Switzerland), Dec. 8 : Manchester United needs a point in Switzerland tonight to ensure their progress into the knockout stages of the Champions League.  Read more »

Federer wins Swiss Indoors tennis title

Federer wins Swiss Indoors tennis titleGeneva, Nov 7 - Roger Federer won his fifth title at his Swiss Indoors home tournament Sunday, beating Japanese wild card Kei Nishikori 6-1, 6-3 in just over an hour.  Read more »

Suspended Caribbean soccer official to face FIFA graft probe Friday

Suspended Caribbean soccer official to face FIFA graft probe FridayZurich, Sep 20 : Colin Klass, the suspended vice president of the Caribbean Football Union (CFU), will appear before a FIFA Ethics Committee hearing Friday.  Read more »

Switzerland defeats Australia 3-2 in Davis Cup play-off

Switzerland defeats Australia 3-2 in Davis Cup play-offCanberra, Sep 19 : Switzerland beat Australia 3-2 in the Davis Cup World Group play-off after Stanislas Wawrinka dispatched former World No.  Read more »

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Australia set India 270-run target

Australia set India 270-run targetAdelaide, Feb 12 - Australia made 269 for eight against India in the fourth match of the tri-series at the Adelaide Oval here Sunday.

David Hussey scored 72 while debutant Peter Forrest made 66.

R. Vinay Kumar and Umesh Yadav took two wickets each for India.  (IANS)

Australia bat against India

Australia bat against IndiaAdelaide, Feb 12 - Australia won the toss and decided to bat in the fourth match of the tri-series against India here Sunday.

India rested Sachin Tendulkar while Australia Michael Hussey.  Read more »

Force India driver Di Resta under pressure to perform

Force India driver Di Resta under pressure to performLondon, Feb 4 (ANI): Force India driver Paul Di Resta has confessed to being under pressure to perform during his second full year on the Formula One circuit.  Read more »

i1 Supercar Series put off by a year

i1 Supercar Series put off by a yearChennai, Feb 1 :The much-hyped and twice postponed inaugural i1 Supercar Series will now be held in 2013, according to a press release from the promoters, Machdar Motorsports.  Read more »