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Brazil stayed top of Confederations Cup Group A with a 2-0 defeat of Mexico on Wednesday. Star of the show in the northern port of Fortaleza was youngster Neymar, who scored the first goal and set up the second for substitute Jo. Neymar came close to adding a second goal for Brazil on three...

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Thiago Alcantara scored a first-half hat trick as Spain turned on the style to beat Italy 4-2 on Tuesday and win the European Under-21 championship for a second consecutive time. Real Madrid striker Alvaro Morata stormed past the Italian defenders down the left and Thiago headed home from close range. Italy hit back four...

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M V Sridhar was on Wednesday appointed manager of the Indian cricket team for the tri-series in the West Indies starting June 28. A former Andhra cricketer, Sridhar is presently the secretary of the Hyderabad Cricket Association. BCCI had earlier announced the same 15-member squad, currently playing in the Champions Trophy, for the tri-series...

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Indian chess star Viswanathan Anand suffered a shock loss to next World Championship challenger Magnus Carlsen of Norway in the fifth round and slipped to the joint seventh spot in the Tal Memorial Tournament here. Playing the last classical game against Carlsen ahead of the World Championship match scheduled in Chennai in November next,...

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Prominent cycling coach Ruma Chattopadhyay died in a hit-and-run case early on Tuesday morning. The tragic incident happened when chief coach Ruma, training the cyclists for the UCI juniors track World championship (in Glasgow from August 7 to 11) on the Noida Expressway, was hit from behind by a speeding car around 6 a.m....

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