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Legendary rockers to form supergroup for 2012 Olympics

London 2012 OlympicsLondon, October 27: Veteran rockers are set to come together to form a supergroup to raise the curtain for the 2012 Olympic games in London.

Legendary rock stars, such as the 61-year-old David Bowie and ‘Led Zepplin’s 64-year-old Jimmy Page, might be heard making some noise at the opening ceremony.

Though ex-Beatle Sir Paul McCartney, 66, and Ringo Starr, 68, are suspected to be long shots, legends like Van Morrison, 63, Phil Collins, 57, Elton John, 61, and Sting, 57 may be expected to take the stage.

Cheruiyet wins as Kenya dominates Frankfurt Marathon

Frankfurt - Kiprono Cheruiyet claimed a course record as Kenya totally dominated the Frankfurt Marathon on Sunday.

Albrecht wins men's season-opener for Switzerland

Albrecht wins men's season-opener for SwitzerlandSoelden, Austria - Daniel Albrecht won the men's alpine skiing season-opener on Sunday when he dominated a giant slalom ahead of fellow-Swiss Didier Cuche.

Albrecht clocked a combined total of 2 minutes 15.78 seconds from two runs on the glacier course to claimed his second career win.

Cuche had 2:15.92 and Ted Ligety of the US placed third, far off the pace in 2:17.03 minutes.

Uncertainty over 44 in abandoned British mountain race

Srikkanth peps up Ganguly for more tons

Chief selector Krishnamachari SrikkanthChief selector Krishnamachari Srikkanth lauded the century scored by Sourav Ganguly at Mohali against the Australians and asked the southpaw to come up with more hundreds in his last series so that he goes out on a high.

Speaking with the media persons, Srikkanth said, “I am very happy Ganguly is doing so well. He still has two more matches to go.”

"I will be very happy if he gets centuries in the next two matches and goes out on a big high," added Srikkanth.

Lewis Hamilton vows to stay cool for Brazil grand prix championship title

Lewis HamiltonLondon, Oct 25: British Formula One sensation Lewis Hamilton has insisted that he will be positive in his bid to become champion in Brazil.

The McLaren ace, who only needs to finish in the top five to take the title, said: “Fundamentally, I’ll approach this race the same way I’ve approached the previous races. Obviously, my aim for Brazil is slightly different from the other grand prix because I don’t need to win the race.”

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