London, Oct. 19: English giants Chelsea will headline next year’s Asia Trophy tournament in Hong Kong alongside Premier League rivals Aston Villa and Blackburn, it was confirmed on Tuesday.

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Madrid, Oct. 19: Villarreal missed the chance to go top of the Spanish league on Monday after a 2-2 draw away at Hercules which saw three players sent-off.

The visitors will be ruing not taking full

An account of the sinking of the Titanic written by a survivor who was secretary to a controversial aristocrat has sold for £20,000, auctioneers in Britain said on Sunday.

Manchester United star Wayne Rooney is set to quit the club because of limited match time under manager Sir Alex Ferguson, according to media reports. Rooney is yet to make a public statement, but he

Bloemfontein, Oct. 16: Hashim Amla and debutant Colin Ingram eased their way to centuries to set up a 64-run win for South Africa in the first one-day international against Zimbabwe in Bloemfontein on

Lahore, Oct. 16: Former Pakistan Test captain Salman Butt on Saturday said that he was eager to return to cricket and had not stopped practice despite his suspension on allegations of spot-fixing.

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Shanghai, Oct. 16: Roger Federer secured the chance of a revenge win over Andy Murray in the Shanghai Masters final after beating Novak Djokovic 7-5, 6-4 in the semifinal here on Saturday.

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London, Oct. 16: Manchester United squandered a two-goal lead to draw 2-2 with West Bromwich Albion as Sir Alex Ferguson’s decision to leave Wayne Rooney on the bench backfired on Saturday.

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The long-awaited movies based on JRR Tolkien’s The Hobbit were given the green light on Saturday but no location was named amid an ongoing union threat to boycott the production in New Zealand.

Seoul: A South Korean fishing boat has been seized by Somali pirates off the coast of Kenya and is being held in Somalia, a report said today.

The 241-ton vessel, which was carrying two South Koreans