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Royal start. Well done Tejendar!Jaipur is all set to cheer for its favourite team at the just-round-the corner IPL. And adding to all that fun will be city boy Tejender Pal Singh. This 12-year-old has been selected as one of the eight junior Extraaa Innings hosts for the eight teams that play the DLF IPL 2010. He left behind nearly 1200 children at the audition in Jaipur on February 6 by the TV entertainment channel, Set Max. The channel had conducted a talent hunt in nine cities, including Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, Che...
- Real time IPL videos on cellphones
- ‘We are not defending titles’
- Pune FC holds Bagan
- Food for thought from Anna Rice
- Manudev, Alok beaten; Advani in cruise mode
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Standing five feet tall, wearing semi-formal clothes with her hair tied in a ponytail, very few would take notice of 12-time junior and sub-junior National champion in billiards and snooker when she walks into the billiards room along with her father. It's only when Arantxa Sanchis holds a cue and involves herself in a game of snooker with grit and accuracy do people realise her presence. Arantxa is here to make a mark at the on going Six-red Snooker National Championship. In this pursu...
Popularising the All England
The first two days of the All England have attracted fairly large crowds, a surprise since the qualifying and first round days are generally ignored at most tournaments. Apart from the general interest caused by the 100th anniversary, Badminton England has ensured that young spectators are kept engaged by some innovative methods. There have been autograph sessions with top England players, a speed gun to measure spectators' smashes, and a game to test reaction time. The game consists of 12 ...
- Suspense keeping the excitement alive
- Crackdown in Pak cricket, star players banned, fined, suspended
- Saina conquers chill, Judith in first round
- Big boys play tonight
- ‘Strategy breaks can help shift momentum’
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It is fascinating how sport bridges the gap between people, facilitates relationship when all other avenues come a cropper.Little did four-year-old Zohib Islam understand when his family fled a war-torn Afghanistan in 1995 — facing an insurgency threat from the Taliban — and settled down in Karachi. "We just left. No one asked why. I was too small to understand anything," Zohib says, adding that all he can recall are a fewTV clips of people dying.With very few options to pursue...
Opposition asks government to revoke suspension of 7 MPs
The opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has asked the government to revoke the suspension of seven Rajya Sabha members since the Women's Reservation Bill has been passed by the House. But the government wants the MPs - who disrupted proceedings in the House on Monday -- to apologise.However, the members are in no mood to do so. "Why should we apologise? We were manhandled, assaulted and removed from the House; our voting rights were violated," said Kamal Akhtar of the Sama...
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