 | Australia sails into quarter-finals REIGNING champion Australia eased into the quarterfinals of the World Cup with an 60-run win against Group A makeweights Kenya at the Chinnaswamy Stadium on Sunday. Kenya, chasing 325 for an unlikely win, was held to 264 for six for its fifth defeat in as...
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| | Barwa Bank squash from March 24 |
 ANOTHER
tournament has been added to the Qatar
Squash Federation´s domestic calendar.
The first Barwa Bank professional and
amateur squash tournament will take
place at the Khalifa International Tennis
and Squash Complex from March 24. The
event will conclude on March 28. QSF
Technical Secretary Gamal Rasmi said
the QSF was delighted to join hands
with Barwa Bank in expanding the domestic
squash activities. "We´ve just finished
the InterContinental squash tournament
and we´re ready yet for another tournament
to give more playing experience to our
young players," added Rasmi. "The tournament
has been sponsored by Barwa Bank and...
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| | Udinese wallops Cagliari
4-0, Totti scores for Roma |  IMPRESSING Serie A side Udinese won 4-0 at Cagliari on Sunday and leapfrogged Lazio to move level with Napoli into third place. Antonio Di Natale scored a second-half brace for a topscorer tally of 24 goals from 29 games, leaving Edinson Cavani four goals adrift before the Uruguayan leads Napoli into a late game at Parma. The Udine side have won nine and drawn three of their last 12 games and could be faring much better in the league had they not lost the season´s first four games. Lazio lost 2-0 against Roma, whose captain Francesco Totti scored a second-half brace in a city derby that saw little thrill save a bar-shaking shot from Roma midfielder David Pizzarro... | | | Kiwis thump Canada,
enter quarterfinals |
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ZEALAND´S in-form Ross Taylor and opener
Brendon McCullum blitzed Canada on Sunday,
helping to fire the Black Caps into
the World Cup quarterfinals with a thumping
97-run win in Mumbai. New Zealand scored
a mammoth 358 for 6 in its 50 overs
and it proved too much for the minnows,
who never looked remotely like challenging
the target and ended on 261-9 after
its 50 overs. Canada was in a perilous
position at 4-2 before captain Ashish
Bagai (84) and Jimmy Hansra (70 not
out) came together to put on 125 for
the fourth wicket and give the scoreboard
a look of respectability. Veteran John
Davison was dismissed in bizarre fashion,
run out by... |
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