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Shilpa and Kundra enter IPL, buy stake in Rajasthan Royals (Lead) - Dt( 2009-02-03 00:00:00 )
The couple has invested $15.4 million in the team, which was bought by London-based Emerging Media Group for $67 million. Shilpa called it a strategic business investment and said: "I completely re  more ...

Shilpa and boyfriend Raj buy stake in Rajasthan Royals - Dt( 2009-02-03 00:00:00 )
"The team's success story last year was an inspiration for me. That's why I am investing in this team," Kundra said at a press conference here. The couple has invested $15.4 million in the team.  more ...

West Brom snaps up midfielder Mulumbu - Dt( 2009-02-03 00:00:00 )
The 22-year-old, an international for Democratic Republic of Congo, becomes West Brom's third signing of the transfer window after Jay Simpson and Marc-Antoine Fortune, who have also joined on loan.  more ...

Midfielder Dacourt joins Fulham - Dt( 2009-02-03 00:00:00 )
The 34-year-old, who has played for both Everton and Leeds United, has fallen out of favour since the arrival of Jose Mourinho as manager of Inter in the summer. Meanwhile captain Danny Murphy has  more ...

Wigan sign midfielder N'Zogbia - Dt( 2009-02-03 00:00:00 )
The turbulent 22-year-old moves in a part swap with Wigan midfielder Ryan Taylor, for an undisclosed fee believed to be a Wigan record. N'Zogbia, who has had a troubled time of late on Tyneside, vo  more ...

Biggest transfer fails; Arshavin might move - Dt( 2009-02-03 00:00:00 )
On the weekend, Russian playmaker Andrei Arshavin flew from St Petersburg to London and underwent a medical examination at Arsenal, and the Premier League club is said to have agreed on a transfer fee  more ...

Aguirre to be replaced by Abel at troubled Atletico Madrid - Dt( 2009-02-03 00:00:00 )
The digital versions of AS and Marca reported Monday night that the sacking of Aguirre will be officially announced Tuesday, and that he will be replaced by former Atletico goalkeeper Abel Resino, cur  more ...

Australia launching plan to save national tennis reputation - Dt( 2009-02-03 00:00:00 )
But as celebrations die down in Melbourne, Australian tennis is awakening to the fact that it has not one man left in the ATP's top 100. A decade ago, the tennis powerhouse boasted a dozen in that  more ...

Sunderland sign Davenport on loan - Dt( 2009-02-03 00:00:00 )
The West Ham United centre-back joins on loan until the end of the season, and will link up with two former team-mates in the Sunderland back four - George McCartney and Anton Ferdinand. He is the  more ...

Chelsea sign winger Quaresma on loan - Dt( 2009-02-03 00:00:00 )
The Portugal winger has been out of favour at the San Siro, despite being one of manager Jose Mourinho's first signings after taking the job last summer. He becomes the sixth Portuguese player in C  more ...

South Korea enters race to host football's World Cup - Dt( 2009-02-03 00:00:00 )
The world football association FIFA had been informed before the deadline for host applications expired Monday, South Korea's national football association said. South Korea hosted the 2002 World  more ...

Arsenal still confident of signing Arshavin - Dt( 2009-02-03 00:00:00 )
The saga has been the most protracted of the transfer window, but sources within Arsenal insist all the necessary paperwork was filed before the transfer deadline. Even an hour and a half after the  more ...

Rajah holds head high after 15 years of losses to Aussies - Dt( 2009-02-03 00:00:00 )
Johannesburg, Feb 3 (IANS) Fifteen years after first going to Australia with them, South African cricket squad manager Goolam Rajah returned home this week proudly holding his head high in the wake of  more ...

S African cricket hero Botha was almost a no-show - Dt( 2009-02-03 00:00:00 )
Johannesburg, Feb 3 (IANS) Three years ago South African cricketer Johan Botha's career was almost over as he had to return home from Australia as the bad guy who was banned from bowling after an ille  more ...

Hooda wants Padma Bhushan honour for Olympic boxers (Lead) - Dt( 2009-01-28 00:00:00 )
Hooda appealed to the centre that Vijender Kumar as well as boxers Akhil Kumar and Jatinder Kumar, and wrestler Yogeshwar Dutt - all of whom made it to the quarterfinal events in respective categories  more ...

Hooda wants Padma Bhushan for Olympic medal winner - Dt( 2009-01-28 00:00:00 )
Hooda appealed to the union government that Vijender Kumar as well as boxers Akhil Kumar and Jatinder Kumar, and wrestler Yogeshwar Dutt - all of whom made it to the quarterfinal events in respective  more ...

Dementieva stays in chase for number one ranking - Dt( 2009-01-28 00:00:00 )
"It only took me ten years to get here," joked the Russian fourth seed who spent just over 90 minutes in 39.5 degrees Celsius heat as summer weather took hold in Melbourne, The Russian secured her  more ...

Dokic credits Australian crowds for launch of second career - Dt( 2009-01-28 00:00:00 )
The 25-year-old was still beaming on Wednesday, a day after losing after an improbable run into the quarter-finals of the Grand Slam. "It was quite a ride from the first round onwards," the number  more ...

Hopes for Hewitt from legend Laver - Dt( 2009-01-28 00:00:00 )
"He's lost a step or two, mostly because he's had the hip injury," said the last man to win the calendar Grand Slam in 1969. "There's also the fact that you've had a career, won a Wimbledon and the US  more ...

Bayern humiliate Stuttgart in German Cup - Dt( 2009-01-28 00:00:00 )
They were joined in the round of the last eight by Schalke 04, who won 4-1 at third division Carl Zeiss Jena, SV Hamburg, 3-1 winners against 1860 Munich and second division Mainz 05, who won 3-1 at f  more ...