 | Djokovic fights
his way into
Rome quarters HOLDER Novak Djokovic staged
a 4-6, 6-2, 6-3 comeback over
Argentine Juan Monaco to earn a
place in the quarter-finals at a
windy Rome Masters on
Thursday.
With gusts of wind making life
a challenge on the red clay, top
seed Djokovic had...
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| | Gayle´s ton helps Challengers crush Daredevils |
 CHRIS Gayle produced a
blistering 128 not out as
Royal Challengers Bangalore
beat Delhi Daredevils by 21
runs at Ferozeshah Kotla
Stadium to remain in contention
for the Indian
Premier League playoffs on
Thursday.
Gayle bludgeoned 13 sixes
and seven fours off only 62
balls and partnered in an
unbroken double century
stand with Virat Kohli (73) as
Bangalore amassed 215-1.
Delhi scored 194-9 in reply
with Ross Taylor producing a
valiant 26-ball 55.
Gayle scored only one run
off the first nine deliveries he
faced, but launched a relentless
attack that saw him strike
three consecutive sixes off
left-arm spinner Pawan Negi
and also dispatch Irfan
Pathan ... | | | QBF promises more feisty,
lively 2012-13 season |  THE Qatar Basketball
Federation (QBF), which aims
to send its team to the Olympic
Games one day, is committed
to exploring ways and means,
needed to raise the sport to
newer heights.
The QBF, headed by Sheikh
Saoud bin Abdulrahan al
Thani, secured certain measures
of success this season and
already the planning is on to
beat the 2011-2012 ´bench
marks´ in the next season. The
2012-2013 League will be bigger
with more teams in the
fray but the relegation system
will be in place to encourage
the teams to put in their best
efforts.
The recently-concluded
domestic competition was
quite exciting as there were
five teams – Rayyan, Al Sadd,
Al Arab... | | | Drogba keen to make amends
after Moscow misery |  DIDIER Drogba has vowed
to make amends for his
Moscow misery by ending
Chelsea´s long wait to be
crowned kings of Europe in
Saturday´s Champions
League final against Bayern
Munich.
Drogba has nothing but
bad memories of his only
previous appearance in the
final of Europe´s elite club
competition after being sent
off in extra time as the Blues
lost the 2008 showpiece to
Manchester United in the
rain-soaked Russian capital.
Drogba´s dismissal came
late in extra-time when he
slapped United defender
Nemanja Vidic after a mass
confrontation between players
from both teams.
With Drogba unable to
take a penalty in the shootout,
the Ivory Coast striker
had ... | |
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