 | India beats Lanka in first ODI INDIA survived some jittery
moments at the fag end before
snatching a thrilling 21-run win
over Sri Lanka in the first onedayer
of the five-match series on
Saturday.
Virat Kohli cracked a superb
106 and Virender Sehwag scored
96 runs as their 173-run stand
for the second wicket laid the...
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in Pam Am
badminton |  DON Henley Averia, a regular
trainee at the Qatar
Badminton Academy, will
compete in the 2012 Pan
American Junior Badminton
Championship, to be held in
Canada from July 25 to 29.
Don qualified to play in the
under-11 boys singles category
after sweeping the trial
event held in Boston,
Massachusetts in April 2012.
His impressive win-loss
record of 7-0 at the trials
made him a top favourite for
the Pan-Am Championships.
Don has been training at
the Qatar Badminton
Academy since he was 5 years
old. Turning nine in
February this year, he has
already won several tournaments
in the under-10 and
under-13 singles and doubles
categories in Qatar and the
UAE.
The Qatar Badminton
Academy has been imparting. | | | Smiles and jokes as Phelps
wows France before Games |  AMERICAN superstar Michael Phelps
warmed up for the Olympics on
Saturday in France, laughing and
cracking jokes with teammates and
2,000 spectators who watched him in
training.
"Everyone is smiling, everyone is
making jokes," said Phelps at an open
public session in the swimming centre
at Vichy.
"We are all very excited, we all laugh
a lot in and around the pool."
Phelps was the star attraction in
Saturday´s session along with Ryan
Lochte and teenage sensation Missy
Franklin.
Phelps, who won a record eight gold
medals at the Beijing Olympics in
2008 and six golds and two bronzes at
the 2004 Athens Games, will dispute
seven events at the London Olympics.
"Obviously, we always want to do
our best and swim the fastest. | | | Brazil shows Team GB the
gold standard with 2-0 win |  BRAZIL SHOWED Team GB
the standard required to win
gold at the Olympics as the
tournament favourites
warmed up for the London
Games with a 2-0 win at
Middlesbrough´s Riverside
Stadium on Friday.
First-half goals from
Tottenham Hotspur midfielder
Sandro and Santos forward
Neymar earned the South
Americans a deserved friendly
success and suggested that
manager Stuart Pearce has a
considerable amount of work
to do ahead of Great Britain´s
first Olympic fixture against
Senegal at Old Trafford on
Thursday.
Brazil´s swaggering display
confirmed their status as
leading contenders for
Olympic gold, the only major
honour to have so far eluded
the five-time World Cup winners
and eight-time Copa... | |
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