Top seed Almagro advances to semifinal in Houston
byHouston, April 13 (IANS) Top seed Nicolas Almagro of Spain defeated Paolo Lorenzi of Italy 6-4, 6-4 to book a place in the semifinal…
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Eight die in Pakistan blast
byIslamabad, April 13 (IANS) At least eight people, including a woman, were killed Saturday when a passenger van blew up in Pakistan’s Peshawar city,…
Freiburg beat Hannover 3-1
byBerlin, April 13 (IANS) Max Kruse and Jonathan Schmid secured Freiburg their 12th win of the Bundesliga season to set the course for European…
International Judo Federation president to visit Burundi
byBujumbura (Burundi), April 13 (IANS) International Judo Federation ( IJF) president Marius Vizer will arrive in Burundi Sunday for a two-day visit and is…
Russia expects a million visitors during World Cup
byMoscow, April 13 (IANS) Russia will receive a million visitors during the 2018 World Cup, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said. “We expect one million…
Guan youngest to make the cut at Masters
byWashington, April 13 (IANS) Fourteen-year-old Chinese golfer Guan Tianlang finished 3-over 75 at 2013 Masters, recording himself as the youngest player ever to make…
Figure Skating: Russia takes pairs title in Japan
byTokyo, April 13 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Tatiana Volosozhar and Maxim Trankov won the pairs gold at the World Team Trophy here Saturday after cementing their…
Kris Humphries misses mandatory hearing in divorce case
byLos Angeles, April 13 (IANS) Basketball player Kris Humphries did not turn up at a mandatory hearing in court on his divorce from estranged…
Gaga to fund fan’s hip surgery
byLos Angeles, April 13 (IANS) Pop star Lady Gaga, who recently underwent a hip surgery, is helping a fan who needs to have a…
Russian figure skater dislocates shoulder in fall
byMoscow, April 13 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Figure skater Konstantin Menshov has withdrawn from the World Team Trophy in Japan after dislocating his shoulder in a…