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London Olympics 2012 : Tennis Results

| August 3, 2012 | 0 Comments

Less than a  month after an eventful grand slam, the world’s top players return to the luscious grass to compete for the coveted gold medal at the London Olympics. The Olympics promises to be just as unpredictable as the Wimbledon, if not more. Novak Djokovic appears to be in the peak of his form. After [...]

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London 2012 Olympics: Results and Summary

| July 31, 2012 | 0 Comments

London Olympics was high on controversies as four badminton women’s doubles teams were disqualified from the event. The four teams, who have already qualified for the knock-out stages, deliberately tried to lose their matched in order to avoid tougher opponents in the quarters and semis. The eight athletes belonged to China, Korea and Indonesia. Yu [...]

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Cilic Trumps Querrey in Second-longest Match in Wimbledon History

| July 3, 2012 | 0 Comments

Croatia’s Martin Cilic and American Sam Querrey made Wimbledon history on Saturday, June 30, by featuring in the second-longest match ever played at the event. Umpire Mohammed Lahyani, who had also chaired the longest match, between Isner and Mahut, in 2010, must have been among the most relieved people when the match finally ended, with [...]

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Euro 2012 Semi-final Preview : Germany Vs Italy

| June 25, 2012 | 0 Comments

Runners-up in the previous Euro, Germany are scheduled to meet a new-look  Italy in the second semi-final of Euro 2012  at the National Stadium, Warsaw. The last competitive clash involving the two teams was in the semi-final of the World Cup 2006, hosted by Germany. The match went into extra-time when neither team failed to [...]

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Euro 2012 Quarter-final preview: England vs Italy

| June 22, 2012 | 0 Comments

European heavyweights England and Italy will grapple with each other at the Olympic Stadium in Kiev for the final semi-final spot of Euro 2012. This is the first meeting between the tw0 teams in ten years and their first competitive clash in fifteen years.Though they haven’t met each other for so long , many Italian [...]

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Euro 2012 Quarter-final Preview: Spain vs France

| June 21, 2012 | 0 Comments

Venue: Donbass Arena, Donetsk Match time: 21:45 UTC+3 on June 23, 2012. Tournament favourites Spain face dark horses France in the third quarter-final of Euro 2012. The winner of this game will clash with Czech Republic or Portugal in the semis. The Spaniards emerged on top of their neighbours in their two previous encounters and [...]

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Euro 2012 preview: Italy vs Ireland

| June 17, 2012 | 0 Comments

Italy and Ireland will battle it out in a Group C matchup at the Municipal stadium in Poznan, Poland in each team’s final group stage match at Euro 2012. The two teams last met each other on the 7th of June last year and the boys in Green emerged surprise winners 2-0 , with Keith Andrews and [...]

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Euro 2012 preview: Spain vs Croatia

| June 16, 2012 | 0 Comments

After knocking Ireland out of the competition, Spain take on Croatia in a bid to defend their title. Both teams have had similar results in their previous games as they secured a draw against Italy and comprehensively defeated minnows Ireland. The La Roja are ahead of Croatia only on goal difference. A win or a [...]

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Euro 2012 Preview: Spain vs Ireland

| June 13, 2012 | 0 Comments

After failing to register a victory against an unfancied Italy, Spain take on Group C weaklings Republic of Ireland on June 14, 2012 at the PGE Arena in Gdansk.   After being trashed 1-3 by Croatia in the first game, Ireland are virtually out of the competition, barring two unlikely wins over Spain and Italy. [...]

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Euro 2012 Match Preview: Italy Vs Croatia

| June 11, 2012 | 0 Comments

Venue: Municipal Stadium, Poznań Match time: 18:00 UTC+2 Croatia face Italy in a group D game  on June 14, 2012 after securing a crucial 3-1 win over Republic of Ireland. In a group that contains the current Euro champion and the former world champion, Croatia have emerged on top after a game. Prandelli’s men, who [...]

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