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Kolkata Knight Riders thump Mumbai Indians in IPL 2014 Season Opener

The Kolkata Knight Riders kicked off season 7 of the Indian Premier League in style in Abu Dhabi with a comprehensive 41 run win over the reigning Champions the Mumbai Indians on Wednesday evening.

Batting first on winning the toss, Kolkata posted an excellent 163-5 in 20 overs, despite some fantastic bowling from Lasith Malinga and Zaheer Khan. Malinga took 4 wickets for just 23 runs in his 4 overs, while Zak kept things tight early on conceding exactly the same number o...

Podolski brace helps Arsenal reclaim 4th Place

Arsenal reclaimed fourth spot in the Premier League standings for 24 hours at the very least with a hard earned 3-1 win over a tough West Ham United side at the Emirates in the sole fixture on Tuesday night. Playing less than 72 hours after their win against Wigan Athletic in the FA Cup semi-final, the Gunners were forced to make some changes to their side as they put out an ageing side with no player other than their goalkeeper under 27, and named no British players in ...

Premier League Transfer Rumours: April 15, 2014

Chelsea to compete with Arsenal for young Stones

The  Daily Mail reports that Chelsea will not let Arsenal have an unopposed run at signing young Everton defender John Stones with the Blues also eyeing a move for England's newest teenage sensation.

Arsenal want another Real Madrid midfielder

Arsenal are considering a return to the Santiago Bernabeu for some summer shopping, this time for a considerably lower profile target in 22 year old Brazilian Casemiro. Inter Milan are li...

Bubba Watson collects a second Green Jacket with masterful performance at Augusta

Just two years after emerging victorious at Augusta National, Bubba Watson was presented with his second Green Jacket as the left-handed American cruised to a 3-stroke win on an entertaining final day at the Masters.

Coming into the final day tied with 20-year old American rookie Jordan Spieth, Watson fell two strokes back of the Masters debutant by the 7th hole as the youngster was attempting to become the youngest winner of a Major since Tom Creavy in 1931. That piece o...

Ba now keeps Chelsea's Premier League title aspirations alive!

Chelsea striker Demba Ba continued his dream week by scoring the only goal as the Blues kept their Premier League title aspirations firmly alive with a well deserved 1-0 win against 10 man Swansea City. Chelsea dominated the game from start to finish, but it took them a while to break down a resolute Swansea side, which defended manfully after centre back Chico Flores was sent off early in the piece for collecting two yellow cards.

Flores had picked up an early booking fo...

Liverpool grab title reins after nail-bitting victory over Man City

Liverpool’s beguiling bid to end their generation long Premier League title drought finally rests in their own hands after they emerged victorious from a raucous 3-2 humdinger against man City at Anfield. The momentous day on Merseyside echoed of Manchester United’s similar moment against Sheffield Wednesday in 1993 and the whole of Liverpool were geared up for the visit of City. And, the home side didn’t disappoint as they made a blistering start to the game and were 2-...

Arsenal do it the hard way, but they're back in the FA Cup Final

People have questioned the spirit and character of the players at Arsenal Football Club incessantly over the last few months, and rightly so as the team had capitulated rather miserably in the Premier League title race, and coming into this evening's FA Cup semi-final had even lost fourth place to an Everton side that was somewhat fortunate to beat bottom of the table Sunderland. Arsenal will certainly not have silenced their critics, in fact there is every chance they m...

Bayern outclass Man United, Atletico stun Barcelona

Bayern Munich and Atletico Madrid punched their tickets to the semi-finals of the UEFA Champions League with contrasting victories on Wednesday night against Manchester United and Barcelona respectively. Both ties were tantalizingly poised at 1-1 heading into the home legs for the two teams which eventually emerged victorious.

Bayern dominated the first half of their game against United, keeping 70% of the ball and having 13 shots on goal to Man United's 1, but shockingly...

Mourinho magic wins it again for Chelsea

The incredible legend of Jose Mourinho continues to grow at Chelsea football club as 'The Special One' wrote another chapter in his rather well decorated book of accomplishments by scripting an incredible win for the Blues for a position to imminent death to guide them back into the semi-finals of the UEFA Champions League.

Chelsea came into their second leg quarter-final tie against Paris St. Germain knowing that they needed not just to keep a clean sheet, but also to pu...

4 Indians, 1 Sri Lankan in ICC Men's Team of the Tournament

The International Cricket Council (ICC) today announced the men’s Team of the Tournament of the ICC World Twenty20 Bangladesh 2014, with India’s MS Dhoni being named captain.

The team includes four players from India, two from both South Africa and West Indies, and one representative each from Australia, Netherlands and Sri Lanka.

Heroic Petkovic wins 2014 Family Circle Cup

The road back from injury for any sports-person is a long and arduous one, often filled with a lot of pain and moments of self doubt and pity. To suffer two career threatening injuries within a year of each other and then show the mental fortitude to bounce back usually requires a super human effort, coupled with a fantastic support group that believes in you, often at times more than you believe in yourself.

For German star, Andrea Petkovic to still be playing tennis aft...