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LONDON: Football megastar David Beckham announced on Thursday that he is to retire after a glittering 20-year playing career in which he became one of the most widely recognised figures in world sport.The former England captain, 38, made the announcement shortly after winning the Ligue 1 title with French giants Paris Saint-Germain, which made him the first Englishman to win league championships in four different countries.He bows out from the game at the same time as his former Manchester United mentor Alex Ferguson, who handed Beckham his professional debut in 1992 and thereby launched one of the most newsworthy careers in the history of the English game.Beckham went on to play for Real Madrid, Los Angeles Galaxy and AC Milan, as well as PSG, and won 115 caps for England, an unprecedented feat for an outfield player."I'm thankful to PSG for giving me the opportunity to continue but I feel ...
SYDNEY: Australian fast bowler Shaun Tait has strongly denied any link to the arrest of three Indian teammates allegedly involved in spot-fixing during an Indian domestic Twenty20 cricket tournament.Test player Shanthakumaran Sreesanth and fellow bowlers Ankeet Chavan and Ajit Chandila were all arrested Thursday, Indian police said, with 11 bookmakers also detained in connection with the inquiry.The three cricketers play for the Rajasthan Royals in the Indian Premier League, as does former Test star Tait.Tait's ...
LONDON: Frank Lampard signed a one-year contract extension with Chelsea on Thursday and then admitted he had considered quitting the club.After months of speculation over his future, the 34-year-old had dropped a hint on Wednesday night following the club's 2-1 Europa League final success against Benfica that a new deal was imminent.And fans did not have to wait long to find out the club's all-time record goalscorer will be staying on for a 13th season ...
PARIS: Defending world champion Zhang Jike shook off the challenge of Brazil's Gustavo Tsuboi to safely advance to the third round of the World Table Tennis Championships in Paris on Thursday.Chinese star Zhang, also the Olympic title-holder but seeded fourth in the French capital after a run of inconsistent performances this year, was made to labour initially against an opponent ranked 75 places below him before easing to an 11-9, 13-15, 11-6, 11-5, 11-7 victory.The ...
INDIANAPOLIS: Three-time Indianapolis 500 winner Dario Franchitti has never started on the front row in the US oval classic but the Scotsman is threatening to claim the top spot on Saturday.Qualifying for the 97th Indy 500 on May 26 will be staged this weekend at the famed 2 1/2-mile (four kilometer) oval with the pole being decided on Saturday and the final spots in the 33-car field to be filled on Sunday.Defending champion Franchitti, who ...
ROME: Defending champion Rafael Nadal endured a three-set thriller before overcoming big-hitting Latvian qualifier Ernests Gulbis 1-6, 7-5, 6-4 on Thursday to reach the Rome Masters quarter-finals.Gulbis, ranked 46th, and a winner in Rome in 2010 over Roger Federer on his way to the semi-finals, saved two match points in the third set, but finally went down when he sent a forehand wide to the massive relief of a dancing, celebrating Nadal.The Spaniard now stands ...
ROME: Results on the fifth day of the ATP Rome Masters/WTA Rome Open on Thursday (x denotes seeding).Men3rd rdNovak Djokovic (SRB x1) bt Alexandr Dolgopolov (UKR) 6-1, 6-4Tomas Berdych (CZE x6) bt Kevin Anderson (RSA) 7-5, 6-2Women3rd rdSerena Williams (USA x1) bt Dominika Cibulkova (SVK x14) 6-0, 6-1Carla Suarez (ESP) bt Lourdes Dominguez (ESP) 6-2, 6-3Simona Halep (ROM) bt Roberta Vinci (ITA x13) 6-4, 6-2Jelena Jankovic (SRB) bt Li Na (CHN x5) 7-6 (7/2), 7-5Victoria ...More Articles...
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