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Bjoerndalen wins again to increase World Cup lead

Ole Einar BjoerndalenTrondheim, Norway  - Ole Einar Bjoernd

BCCI to decide on IPL schedule in today''s meeting

BCCI to decide on IPL schedule in today''s meetingMumbai, Mar 22 (ANI): The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) will hold an emergency meeting to take a final call on the second edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) here today.

The Twenty-20 league has been under a cloud of uncertainty because of security apprehensions.

The meeting has been called after many top state officials expressed reservations on providing security to the high profile championship, as many matches being held at different venues clash with Lok Sabha polls.

Murray, Nadal power into Indian Wells final

Murray, Nadal power into Indian Wells finalIndian Wells, California  - Andy Murray bids for his third title of the season after setting up a final with world number 1 Rafael Nadal at the Indian Wells Masters on Saturday.

Murray stunned error-prone second seed Roger Federer 6-3, 4-6, 6- 1, marking his fourth consecutive victory over the former dominator of the sport since losing to the Swiss in the US Open final six months ago.

Kanoute hat-trick keeps Sevilla in third place

Kanoute hat-trick keeps Sevilla in third placeMadrid  - Striker Frederic Kanoute hit a handsome hat-trick on Saturday, in Sevilla's 4-1 thrashing of hapless Valladolid.

The comfortable win consolidates Sevilla in third place in La Liga, six points ahead of fourth-placed Villarreal, who beat Athletic Bilbao 2-0 earlier on Saturday.

Kanoute is in the best form of his career, at the ripe old age of 31. He started the rout after just eight minutes by turning in a centre from Koffi Romaric.

Henok Goitom made it 1-1 for Valladolid in the 22nd minute by heading in a free-kick from Fabian Canobbio.

Cologna clinches double pursuit

Cologna clinches double pursuitFalun, Sweden - Dario Cologna of Switzerland won the men's double pursuit over 10 kilometres in the Nordic ski World Cup finals in Falun on Saturday.

Marcus Hellner of Sweden clinched second place ahead of Tobia Angerer of Germany.

Cologna boosted his chances of winning the overall World Cup with victory in the classic and freestyle techniques in 54 minutes 59.5 seconds. Hellner was 1.7 seconds behind, with Angerer 2.4 seconds back.

Cricket fans in Ranchi celebrate India’s historic win

Cricket fans in Ranchi celebrate India’s historic winRanchi, Mar 21 : Cricket fans of Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni gathered here in large numbers on Saturday to celebrate India's historic win over New Zealand.

Fans burst crackers, distributed sweets and danced to express their happiness.

"We are celebrating because under the leadership of Dhoni India has won a test match in New Zealand after 33 years. All the people here are very happy. We are going to pay a visit to a religious shrine to pray that India win the series as well," said Gautam, a young cricketer.

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