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21Sep/100

Dancing with the Stars 2010

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Who do you think will likely win the 11th season of the Dancing With the Stars ? Who are the favorites? And who are the ones least likely to contend?

5Jul/090

The Greatest Tennis Player in History?

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Roger Federer claims the Wimbledon 2009

Roger Federer surpassed the record of major titles held by Pete Sampras by winning his 6th Wimbledon championship and 15th Grand Slam. Can we consider him the greatest tennis player in history?

29Jun/090

Tyler Hansbrough Can’t Jump?

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Blake Griffin vs Tyler Hansbrough? The highly-anticipated match in college basketball is not as anticipated in NBA. While everyone says that Griffin will be a sure winner in the NBA, less has been said about the possible success of Hansbrough. Does Hansbrough deserve such biased and immature judgment? A proven winner in college basketball but an expected loser in professional basketball?

22Jun/090

Pakistan Wins World Twenty20

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Sri Lanka 138-6; Pakistan 139-2 | Pakistan won by eight wickets

Pakistan claim World Twenty20 title with eight-wicket win over Sri Lanka. Runners-up last time, Pakistan went one better in the midsummer sunshine at Lord's, winning the World Twenty20 by eight wickets with eight balls to spare. It was an emotional occasion for a side who have been disenfranchised by terrorism, unable to play matches at home, destined to roam the world in search of cricket to sustain interest and their development. No one, not even those who would have seen as cathartic a Sri Lanka win, will begrudge them their triumph in front of a fervent crowd, the noise of which will have disturbed the St John's Wood Sunday for some hours afterwards.

20Jun/090

World Twenty20 sets a new benchmark

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With big crowds, record ratings and superb matches the last two weeks have made us fall back in love with cricket

As befits a game where the importance of every scrambled single, every dropped catch and every dot ball is magnified, the players within the boundary rope were not the only ones feeling the pressure as the ICC World Twenty20 Cup began inauspiciously almost a fortnight ago. When drizzle came down at Lord's, Alesha Dixon put away her microphone and the opening ceremony was cancelled, the doom mongers who predicted the tournament would fail to catch the public imagination were sharpening their pencils.