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Jessica Ennis ties the knot with fiance
London Olympics champ Jessica Ennis swapped her tracksuit for a wedding dress as she walked down the aisle in St Michael and All Angels Church on Saturday in Hathersage, Derbyshire. Around 100 guests are thought to have attended the marriage between the Olympic gold medallist and her fiance Andy Hill - a construction manager -before heading off to a reception at an undisclosed location, the ...
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Warner may face strict CA action for Twitter outburst
Australian Test batsmen David Warner is likely to be charged with detrimental public comment for his Twitter outburst under Cricket Australia's (CA) code of conduct, delivering a setback to his leadership aspirations. Condemning Warner, CA's high-performance chief Pat Howard had confirmed that Warner will be disciplined after using the social networking site to launch a savage attack on cricket ...
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Weepy Becks ends glittering career with PSG win
Football icon David Beckham had reportedly broken down into tears as he captained the newly crowned French champions Paris St-Germain at the Parc des Princes in Paris to a comfortable 3-1 victory over Brest, signifying a fitting end to his glittering career. Beckham, who was watched by a crowd of 55,000 including his wife, mother, children and former French President Nicolas Sarkozy, had by far ...
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Top Pakistani Politician Gunned Down in Karachi
A top Pakistani politician has been shot and killed in Karachi. Police say Zahra Shahid Hussain was shot twice in the head Saturday during an attempted street robbery outside her home. She died on the way to the hospital. A spokesman for Hussain's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party, or PTI, calls her killing an act of terrorism. Hussain was a senior vice president of PTI, which ...
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Cricket Australia investigating Warners twitter rant
Cricket Australia (CA) is investigating a Twitter rant by cricketer David Warner, who launched a scathing attack on reputed Australian cricket writers Robert Craddock and Malcolm Conn. "CA is aware of comments made on David Warner's twitter account overnight. CA is attempting to contact Warner and will continue to investigate the matter. CA will make further comment once it has conducted a ...
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As an action movie, Renny Harlin's Driven isn't very good. It isn't very good as a human drama, either. But, as a thinly disguised allegory for the fading career of action star Sylvester Stallone, who both stars in and wrote the movie, it is a perversely enjoyable ride filled with retro pleasures and immense camp potential. Straight-out action fans might be wowed to a limited extent by the ... ...
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Spot-fixing row N.Srinivasan calls the spot-fixers as dirty cricketers
President of Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) N.Srinivasan on Saturday termed the tainted Rajasthan Royals cricketers as "dirty cricketers" who have let the Indian Premier League (IPL) down and should be put behind bars. "If permitted, we will file a criminal case against them, IPL has not let down people, its the dirty cricketers who have let down people. We feel bad that such a ...
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Proteas icon Ntini not planning to retire despite cut from first class Warriors
Former South African fast bowler Makhaya Ntini has said that he has no plans to retire at the moment, despite being notably omitted from the contracted squad of the first class side Chevrolet Warriors for the 2013/14 season. Ntini, who spent 18 years playing for Border and the Warriors, was not offered a contract for the new season along with fellow senior players Arno Jacobs, Justin Kreusch ...
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Campbell-Brown leads Caribbean contingent in Diamond League
Three-time Olympic gold medallist and four-time World champion Veronica Campbell-Brown will lead about three dozen Caribbean athletes in the Adidas Grand Prix here next week. The Grand Prix, the third meet of the glitzy, multi-million dollar Diamond League, will be held May 25 at Icahn Stadium on Randall's Island here, reports CMC. It will feature dozens of international superstars, including ...
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Atletico end 14-year wait to win Spanish Cup
Atletico Madrid ended a 14-year wait by defeating neighbours Real Madrid in the final of the Spanish Copa del Rey football knockout competition. Atletico had not beaten their cross city rivals in 14 years and 26 attempts but despite falling a goal behind to a Cristiano Ronaldo, who was later be sent off, header, goals from Diego Costa and Joao Miranda gave Atletico a 2-1 win late Friday night, ...
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Pak team management players calling for retirement of nothing left to offer Afridi
The Pakistan team management and some players of the national team have said that former captain Shahid Afridi should retire from international cricket as he is 'finished' and has 'nothing left to offer anymore'. Afridi was handed an Rs. 360,000 monthly contract by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) despite being overlooked for the ICC Champions Trophy that takes place in England and Wales next ...
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