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2010 Airtel Champions League Twenty20 Match Schedule Group A: Chennai Super Kings, Warriors, Victorian Bushrangers, Wayamba Elevens and Central Stags Group B: Mumbai Indians, Highveld Lions, South Australian Redbacks, Royal Challengers Bangalore and West Indies Domestic T20 Winner The Schedule and Timings of Champions League T20 are as follows: Date : 10th Sep 2010, Friday Time : 21:00 IST | 17:30 [...]

New York, Sep 9(ANI): Russia”s Vera Zvonareva reached the last four of the US Open for the first time in her career with a hard-fought 6-3 7-5 win over Kaia Kanepi. Zvonareva, who lost in the final at Wimbledon this year, had the game in control right through, ending the contest after one hour and 53 minutes. “That was very difficult. I haven”t played in those conditions in a while [...]

New York, Sep 9(ANI): Serbia’s Novak Djokovic has made it through to his fourth straight U.S. Open semifinal with a convincing 7-6 (2), 6-1, 6-2 victory over Frenchman Gael Monfils. Monfils had been expected to put up a better challenge after impressively disposing of fellow Frenchman Richard Gasquet in the last round. Talking about the game, Djokovic said that he was happy to go through in straight [...]

New Delhi, Sept.9 (ANI-Business Wire India): World Chess Champion Vishwanathan Anand on Thursday launched Ramco Systems Ramco OnDemand ERP 2.0, which is the next generation of India”s first full-fledged ERP offering on the cloud. Built on Ramco”s SaaS-based model, RODE 2.0 adds significant functionalities, features, and modules to the offering. Anand unveiled the new product along with [...]

New York, Sep 9(ANI): US Open top seed Caroline Wozniacki remains on track for her first Grand Slam title after booking her place in the semi-finals after defeating Slovakia’s Dominika Cibulkova. Wozniacki, last year’s runner-up, dominated the quarterfinal to win 6-2 7-5 on an extremely windy night at Flushing Meadows. “This felt like playing in a hurricane, but it was the same for both players [...]

Auckland, Sep 9(ANI): New Zealand captain Dan Vettori believes that even if Pakistan lose several players to lengthy bans over the ‘spot-fixing’ allegations, it would not take long for others to fill in the void. “Pakistan are fortunate because they have so many talented players. Mohammad Amir wasn’t on anyone’s radar 12 months ago, but they have a habit of producing amazing cricketers,” [...]

Auckland, Sep 9(ANI): New Zealand wicketkeeper Brendon McCullum wants to open for the Black caps in Tests after deciding to give up his gloves. McCullum said that it could be the worst decision he has made in his career, but he also thinks that he would provide New Zealand with an aggressive opening option, The New Zealand Herald reports. New Zealand has struggled for many years to find a settled and [...]

Mumbai, Sept.9 (ANI): Former Australian fast bowler and ex-coach of the Pakistan cricket team Geoff Lawson has said Australia”s upcoming tour of India could provide the much needed healing touch to the match-fixing controversy engulfing world cricket, courtesy Pakistan”s cricketers. “Cricket is a very resilient sport. What is needed urgently is a tough, hard series of Test cricket. [...]

Shimla, Sep 9 (ANI): Hospitality industry has organised a-three day special safety training workshop in Shimla to offer better service to the guests visiting the State during the Commonwealth Games. Shimla Hoteliers Association in collaboration with Tourism Industry Stakeholder welfare Society and Himachal Pradesh Civil Defence have organized the workshop in order to train and make the hotel staff [...]

London, Sept.9 (ANI): England’s triumph in the World Twenty20 is sensationally the latest event to come under the match-fixing microscope. Sun Sport has learned that the ICC is investigating the Pakistan squad that played in the event in the Caribbean in April and May. England beat Pakistan by six wickets in the Super Eights stage on May 6 and went on to win a global trophy for the first time in [...]