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Australia replace Peter Siddle with spinner Stephen O’Keefe for third Test
Sydney, Jan 2: New South Wales (NSW) spinner Stephen O'Keefe was on Saturday called in to Australia's XI for the third cricket Test against the West Indies at the Sydney Cricket Ground starting on Sunday.
O'Keefe replaces Victorian pacer…
1976 Olympic Boxing Champion Howard Davis Jr. dies at 59
New York, Jan 2: Howard Davis Jr., who won a boxing gold at the 1976 Montreal Olympics in the lightweight category, has died of lung cancer at the age of 59. Davis died on Wednesday after a battle with lung cancer, his brother Kenny…
Coach Arsene Wenger says Arsenal can break 12-year EPL Jinx
London, Jan 2: Arsenal FC head coach Arsene Wenger is confident his players have the right mentality to win the English Premier League (EPL) title. Wenger has guided his team through a topsy-turvy campaign to sit top of the EPL at the turn…
Bangladeshi law violated while paying foreign BPL Players
Dhaka, Jan 2: A rule that makes Bangladesh Bank's permission mandatory to pay foreigners in Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) teams in foreign currency seems to have been often violated. A Bangladesh Bank official said if a franchise pays a…
Marseille could return Lucas Silva to Real Madrid: Reports
Rio de Janeiro, Jan 2: Brazilian midfielder Lucas Silva could be returned to Spanish football club Real Madrid before the end of his loan spell at Olympique de Marseille, according to reports.
Lucas has struggled to hold down a…
Standings of CBA League
Beijing, Jan 2: Following are the standings of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) league after Friday's games (tabulated under games played, won, lost, winning percentage and points), according to Xinhua.
1. Xinjiang 25 22 3 88.0% 47…
Tennis: Feliciano Lopez starts 2016 with a win over Anderson
Abu Dhabi, Jan 2: Spain's Feliciano Lopez beat South Africa's Kevin Anderson 7-6 (7-4), 7-6 (7-2) in the game determining the fifth and sixth places in the Abu Dhabi tennis exhibition tournament here on Friday.
Lopez played the match…
BCCI reveals actual salaries of retained IPL Players
New Delhi, Jan 2: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) revealed the actual salaries of retained Indian Premier League (IPL) players on Friday ahead of the ninth season of the lucrative T20 tournament.
Royal Challengers…
German Students Football Team to tour India
Berlin, Jan 1: The German Football Association's (DFB) national student team will head to India on January 4 for a four-city tour where they will visit New Delhi, Aizawl, Kolkata and Bengaluru.
Apart from social projects and meeting…
Rio celebrates start of Olympic year with special fireworks
Rio de Janeiro, Jan 1: The arrival of the year of 2016 Rio Olympics was marked here with a special fireworks show at the famous Copacabana Beach on Thursday-Friday night.
The fireworks show is a traditional New Year's Eve party in Rio…