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Sports Ministry to invest around Rs 50 crore in artificial turfs, multipurpose indoor halls
Sports ministry has decided to construct synthetic turfs for football, hockey and athletics and multipurpose indoor halls across the country under Urban Sports Infrastructure Scheme (USIS). "Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports is implementing Urban Sports Infrastructure Scheme (USIS) to develop sports infrastructure in the country," the Ministry said in a release. "Under this scheme, sanction is accorded #NewsTracker #Sports #Sports Ministry #Urban Sports Infrastructure Scheme
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India beat Venezuela to reach Men’s World Team Squash C’ship pre-quarters
India sent Venezuela crashing out of the WSF Men's World Team Squash Championship to set up an exciting pre-quarterfinal clash against Hong Kong in Mulhouse, France. After upsetting strong contenders Argentina and Finland on consecutive days, India clinched pole position in Pool 'H' after despatching 25/28th seed Venezuela 3-0 in the final qualifying round of the biennial #Men's World Team Squash Championships #NewsTracker #Sports #Squash
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Real Madrid buy Brazilian youngster Casemiro
Brazilian midfielder Casemiro has signed a four-year contract with Real Madrid with the Spanish club saying on Monday it had exercised an option to buy the youngster who had been on loan from Sao Paulo. The 21-year-old played on loan for Real's B team Castilla in the second division for the #Casemiro #football #KickingAround #Real Madrid #Sports
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IPL spot-fixing: Bail for Sreesanth, 17 others despite MCOCA charges
New Delhi: In a major setback to Delhi Police, a court here today indicted them for slapping the stringent provisions of MCOCA on cricketers S Sreesanth, Ankeet Chavan and 17 others and granted the accused bail in the IPL spot-fixing case. "There is no reason for believing that the accused are #Ajit Chandila #Ankeet Chavan #Cricket #Delhi Police #IPL #IPL 6 #Rajasthan Royals #Sports #Spot fixing #Sreesanth
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Major reshuffle doesn’t go down well with SAI officials
A major reshuffle in the Sports Authority of India has led to strong voice of dissent among officials with many questioning the wisdom behind transferring key administrators while merging the Long Term Development Programme (LTDP) with the Teams Division. In the second round of transfers since Jiji Thomson took over as the new SAI DG #NewsTracker #SAI #Sports #Sports Authority of India
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Fulham sign Dutch keeper Stekelenburg
Dutch international goalkeeper Maarten Stekelenburg moved to Fulham from Italian Serie A club Roma on a four-year contract, the English Premier League club said. Stekelenburg, who signed Wednesday, was the fourth signing of the Premier League team following earlier moves for German full-back Sascha Riether, who spent last season on loan #football #Fulham #KickingAround #Marten Stekelenburg #Netherlands #Sports
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Cricket Australia signs A$590 million broadcast deal
Cricket Australia (CA) announced a A$590 million broadcast agreement with Channels Nine and Ten on Tuesday, confident the new deal will help them attract the best young athletes in the country to the sport. Collectively, the board's domestic and international rights to telecast cricket for the next five years add up #Australia #CA #Channel Nine #Channel Ten #Cricket #Cricket Australia #NewsTracker #Sports
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I don’t live in the real world, says upcoming star Stephens
Sloane Stephens says she does not live in the real world and that apart from Miley Cyrus there are few 20-year-olds quite like her. The latest poster girl of American tennis reached the fourth round of the French Open for the second year running on Saturday and is revelling in the #French Open 2013 #Sloane Stephens #Sports #Tennis #TheySaidIt
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Juventus target Higuain wants to leave Real Madrid
Argentina striker Gonzalo Higuain hinted at a transfer to Juventus after Real Madrid ended their season with a 4-2 home win over Osasuna in La Liga on Sunday. "I am leaving Real," the 25-year-old told reporters after having captained the side and scored the game's opening goal. "I have been here #football #Gonzalo Higuain #KickingAround #La Liga #Real Madrid #Sports
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Ponting hits ton on championship debut for Surrey
Former Australia captain Ricky Ponting marked his English county championship debut for Surrey by compiling an unbeaten 120 against Derbyshire on Saturday. The 38-year-old, who joined up with his new team this week after playing in the Indian Premier League for the Mumbai Indians, struck 13 fours as Surrey reached 362 #County Cricket #Cricket #NewsTracker #Ricky Ponting #Sports #Surrey
