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West Indies reply solidly to India’s 353

August 11, 2016 in Sports

India lost their first five wickets for 126 and their last five for 14, but between the two collapses, R Ashwin and Wriddhiman Saha added 213 runs to save their blushes. Ashwin scored his fourth century, all against West Indies and two in this series, and...

German knocks Bolt

August 11, 2016 in Sports

BERLIN, Germany (AFP) — Germany’s outspoken Olympic discus champion Robert Harting has criticised sprint superstar Usain Bolt for not speaking out more in the fight to clean up athletics. The 29-year-old Bolt will attempt to win the 100m, 200m and 4x100m relay titles for a third-straight...

Ashwin, Saha Rescue India On Testing Day

August 10, 2016 in Sports

On a day when India made questionable selections, one of the management's moves in this series, the promotion of R Ashwin to No. 6, rescued them from 126 for 5. In testing conditions India left out Cheteshwar Pujara and M Vijay in favour of Rohit...

Bolt Big in Brazil

August 10, 2016 in Sports

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil, Wednesday August 10, 2016 – A veteran Brazilian journalist says that Usain Bolt is more popular than all of Brazil’s top sports personalities, including Pele, Formula One champion Ayrton Senna, and current football star Neymar. But the Jamaican’s unmatched popularity is not...