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It's not KKR vs Ganguly match: Gambhir Skipper Gautam Gambhir has refused to label Saturday's sell out IPL match against Pune Warriors as a contest between Kolkata Knight Riders and city's favourite sports icon Sourav Ganguly. Loyalties have been divided for the much-anticipated clash with many seeing it as a revenge match for Ganguly who, was snubbed by the Knight Riders and remained unsold in the auction after a bitter three-season association. But the Pune Warriors gave Ganguly a fresh lease of life by appointing him the skipper and he is all set to lead the side from the v .... BCCI should focus more on Test cricket: Wadekar Former India captain Ajit Wadekar has asked the Cricket Board to concentrate more on promoting Tests than cash-rich Twenty20 tournament IPL. “These days, events like IPL have become more popular and important than Test cricket and the latter is losing its popularity,” he said. Wadekar, who led India to the historic 1-0 series win against West .... Super Kings edge past Deccan Chargers Champions Chennai Super Kings, after suffering two consecutive defeats, bounced back to beat cellar dwellers Deccan Chargers by 10 runs to move up to .... Yousuf in trouble with Bangladesh intelligence Pakistan's former captain Mohammad Yousuf is in trouble as he is being investigated by the Bangladesh intelligence agencies for allegedly submitting a .... Cricket Lehmann blames it on poor fielding Deccan Chargers coach Darren Lehmann blamed his side''s poor fielding for the 10-run loss to Chennai Super King in an IPL match here. “We seem to be losing to Chennai all the time. We are really working hard on the track and we are not just very good in the field at the moment. For us, it is a case of keeping working har .... Our fielding cost us the match: Sangakkara we should have got 121: Sourav Ganguly Ganguly comes 'home' as Pune take on KKR Windies captain, coach welcome Gayle's return Hockey India need to play top teams consistently, says Nobbs Erstwhile champions India need to play top-ranked teams on a consistent basis if they wish to return among the crme de la crme of world hockey, feels chief coach Michael Nobbs. Nobbs said that the upcoming four-nation test event for the London Olympics, will provide the eight-time champions India a first hand knowledge a .... Tame defeat for Indian eves Sher-E-Punjab win World Series Hockey title Nobbs targets top-six finish in London Olympics Qatar to host Asian Champions Trophy hockey Football FIFA president visits Algeria FIFA president Joseph Sepp Blatter has arrived in Algeria for a two-day visit at the invitation of Algerian Football Federation (FAF) chief Mohamed Raouraoua. Blatter, accompanied by president of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) Cameroonian Issa Hayatou, was received on his arrival at the Algiers International .... Bayern oust Real after dramatic shootout Chelsea squeezes into Champions League final Chelsea warriors digging in for Barca assault Its Do or Die for Churchill against Dempo Badminton Kashyap qualifies for London Olympics India`s Parupalli Kashyap Friday qualified for the London Olympics with third-seeded Chinese Chen Jin pulling out of the quarterfinal match, citing a wrist injury, in India Open Super Series badminton. The unexpected walkover helped World No 30 Kashyap gain much-needed ranking points to take him past fellow-countryman 27 .... Saina advances on mixed day for India in Qingdao Clijsters to miss French Open with hip injury Saina has potential to win Olympic medal: Lee I need to calm myself down: Saina Tenis Sania-Rodionova in semis of Estoril Open Sania Mirza and her partner Anastasia Rodionova breezed past Megan Moulton-Levy and Lindsay Lee-Waters in straight sets to book a semifinal berth in the Estoril Open, here. The second seeded Indo-Australian pair needed just 55 minutes to defeat their American rivals 6-0 6-4 in the quarter-finals of the USD 220,000 clay c .... Rafael Nadal wins seventh Barcelona title Maria Sharapova grabs first 2012 title Nadal makes winning start Paes-Stepanek suffer crushing defeat in Monaco Other Sports Poonia gets silver in US event with season's best Indian discus thrower Krishna Poonia came up with her season''s best effort of 63.67 meters to notch up a silver medal at the Altius Track Crew Throwdown Meet here. Competing in her first meet of the season, Krishna wet beyond the 62.72 meters mark that decided the gold medal in the 2008 Beijing Olympics. It was also .... Kanwar assured of a bronze, Vikas falls Deepika Kumari in women's individual final of World Cup Indian weightlifters earn two places in London Olympics Hamilton fastest in 1st practice in Bahrain

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