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French Open 2013: Serena Williams won the women's title

June 11, 2013

World no.1 American tennis player Serena Williams defeated her Russian opponent Maria Sharapova to clinch the French Open 2013 women’s title. This victory brought up her 16th grand slam title, taking her to within two of the great 1980s duo of ..

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Vesnina, Makarova clinch French Open women’s doubles title 2013

June 11, 2013

Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina of Russia won their first Grand Slam title together by defeating defending champions Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci of Italy in the women’s doubles final of the French Open.

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HC directs ESPN to provide add free live signal of ICC Champions Trophy to DD

June 10, 2013

A bench of justices which is hearing a petition filed by ESPN TV channel which sought a direction to Prasar Bharati not to insist on the live signal of the ICC Trophy without any commercial, has directed ESPN to provide ..

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Bryan brothers clinch French Open men’s doubles 2013

June 10, 2013

American Twin brothers Bob and Mike Bryan bagged their record 14th major doubles title by vanquishing Michael Llodra and Nicolas Mahut of France in the French Open men’s doubles final.  The Bryans had won their only other French Open in 2003.

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Dhoni stands at 16th spot on Forbes list of highest-paid athletes

June 8, 2013

As per the Forbes latest rankings of the highest paid athletes in the world, India skipper M S Dhoni, with earnings of $31.5 million, has been ranked at 16th place as leaped 15 positions from his previous 31st rank in 2012. US ..

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'God of Cricket' Tendulkar retires from IPL

May 28, 2013

Sachin Tendulkar announced his retirement from the Indian Premier League soon after Mumbai Indians won their maiden title. He won’t be playing in IPL next season. This is the second format from which Tendulkar has announced his retirement after having ..

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Mumbai Indians lift their first IPL trophy by defeating CSK

May 28, 2013

Mumbai Indians (MI) defeated Chennai Super Kings (CSK) to win their first IPL title.  In the final match played at Eden Garden stadium of Kolkata, MI  vanquished CSK with a 23-run victory. CSK could score only 125 runs at the ..

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David Beckham announces retirement from professional football

May 18, 2013

World-famous footballer and former England skipper David Beckham has announced his retirement from professional football to conclude his celebrated career of more than two decades. He will take retirement after the end of this season. Key achievements of David Beckham ..

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