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Rio de Janeiro was chosen as the host city for the 2016 Olympic Games after an International Olympic Committee vote in Copenhagen on Friday.
The Brazilian city beat Madrid for the right to host the Summer Games after Chicago and Tokyo were eliminated in earlier rounds.
Rio de Janeiro’s Copacabana beach erupted in joy on Friday after [...]

England’s batting comes a cropper against the Kiwi pacemen; Broad inspires a late England fightback
Johannesburg: Despite a late English surge, New Zealand overcame England by four wickets on a juicy Wanderers track to top Group ‘B’ and enter the semifinals of the ICC Champions Trophy.
The Kiwis, pursuing 147, needed to reach the target in 44.3 [...]

Leander Paes won the battle of Indians as well as his 10th Grand Slam title after defeating old pal Mahesh Bhupathi and Mark Knowles in the US Open men’s doubles final along with his partner Luaks Dlouhy.
Fourth seeds Paes and Czech Dlouhy scripted a sensational 3-6 6-3 6-2 win in the championship match over [...]

Good news for wrestling lovers out there, as the wait is nearly over. WWE Breaking Point takes place in Montreal tonight, with some very exciting matches on offer.
The special highlight of Breaking Point, is that every match will be a submission match of some kind. These include WWE Champion Randy Orton Vs John Cena in [...]

Juan Martin Del Potro overcame a slow start in his 2009 U.S. Open quarterfinals match against Marin Cilic, dropping the first set but the Argentinean fought his way back and earned a 4-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-1 victory to advance to the semifinals of this year’s final Grand Slam event.
Del Potro was clearly the more composed [...]

NEW DELHI: India’s Leander Paes and Lukas Dlouhy cruised into the men’s doubles final of the US Openon Wednesday.
Paes and Dlouhy beat first seeded Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan of USA 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (8/6).
Earlier, Paes and Dloughy beat seventh seeded Wesley Moodie of Russia and Dick Norman of Belgium 6-3, 5-7, 6-4 to reach [...]

Goal.com rates the individual performances of each of the players playing in the second semi-finals of the IFA Shield between Chirag United and Mohun Bagan at the Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata…
Chirag United
Sandip Nandy (6): Had nothing much to deal with in the game was disappointing in the shootout.
Eduardo Coelho (7.5): Apart from the headbutt moment [...]

Dhoni, Dilshan pick up maximum nominations

MS Dhoni and Tillakaratne Dilshan lead the list of nominations at the sixth ICC Awards. Both have been shortlisted in three categories for their performances between August 13, 2008 and August 24, 2009.
Eighteen players have received at least two nominations for their performances during this period, which includes the 2009 [...]