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Nishikori survives scare in Tokyo opener
Oct 4, 2016News Hour: Top seed Kei Nishikori recovered from a nervy start to beat American Donald Young 4-6, 6-2, 6-2 in his opening match at the Japan Open on Monday. The Japanese world number five, who reached... -
Defensive blunders costing Barcelona
Oct 3, 2016News Hour: Barcelona’s biggest fear when Lionel Messi suffered a groin strain last month was how the team would cope in attack without the talismanic forward. But while scoring goals has not been a problem for... -
Murray aims to take lead rankings position in China
Oct 3, 2016News Hour: Andy Murray begins his late-season assault on Novak Djokovic’s world number one ranking at the China Open this week hoping to take a chunk out of the 4,695-point gap separating them. The Briton has... -
World heavyweight boxing champion Fury retires
Oct 3, 2016News Hour: Britain’s world heavyweight champion Tyson Fury announced his retirement from boxing on Monday at the age of 28, days after the defense of his titles was postponed once again. “Boxing is the saddest thing... -
Italian strugglers Udinese sack coach Iachini
Oct 3, 2016News Hour: Serie A strugglers Udinese announced the sacking of coach Giuseppe Iachini following a 3-0 home defeat to Lazio on Sunday. “Udinese Calcio announces that Giuseppe Iachini has been relieved of his duties as first-team... -
India confirmed No.1 Test spot
Oct 3, 2016News Hour: India’s 178 runs victory over New Zealand in Kolkata has meant that it will be ranked number-one on the MRF Tyres ICC Test Team Rankings when the Test team rankings are updated at the... -
England vs BCB XI one-day practice match tomorrow
Oct 3, 2016News Hour: Visiting team England will start their Bangladesh tour Bangladesh with a one-day practice match against Cricket Board (BCB) XI. The match is scheduled to be held tomorrow at Fatullah Khan Shaheb Osman Ali Stadium... -
Sharma helps India build big lead against New Zealand
Oct 2, 2016News Hour: Batsman Rohit Sharma’s dominant half- century put India firmly in command of the second Test against New Zealand as the hosts stretched their lead to 339 on the third day in Kolkata on Sunday.... -
Bangladesh drops vital ranking points despite beating Afghanistan by 2-1
Oct 2, 2016News Hour: The qualification process for the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 has become even more interesting after Bangladesh has dropped three crucial ranking points despite winning the three-match ODI series against Afghanistan by 2-1. Bangladesh... -
Australia face back row reijig for London trip
Oct 2, 2016News Hour: Australia head to London for their final Rugby Championship test with renewed concerns about their back row after Sean McMahon suffered a “significant” ankle injury in the loss to South Africa in Pretoria. McMahon,...