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India Beats Sri Lanka to Win Cricket World Cup

MUMBAI, India -- India won cricket's World Cup for the first time in 28 years Saturday with a six-wicket victory at home over Sri Lanka. Skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni provided the runs and helped the great Sachin Tendulkar to his first title in six attempts. Tendulkar was lifted onto his teammates' shoulders for a victory...

India, Pakistan PMs Hold Court for Cricket

MOHALI, India -- The prime ministers of India and Pakistan, mixing business with pleasure, joined tens of thousands of cricket fans in a northern Indian stadium Wednesday to watch a key match between their rival nations. Greeting the players on the pitch, India's Manmohan Singh and Pakistan's Yousuf Gilani shook hands...

India-Pakistan Cricket World Cup [PHOTOS]

The first semifinal cricket showdown in World Cup history between India and Pakistan has struck millions from both cricket-crazed countries like a bolt of electricity, sparking strong currents of rivalry and goodwill. Wednesday's game, which will take place in the Indian city of Mohali near the border with Pakistan,...

India and Pakistan Meet in Historic Cricket Showdown Amid Search for Peace

No-Alcohol Beer Touted as Ideal Sports Drink for Athletes

PORTLAND, Maine -- Beer. It's not just for couch potatoes anymore. A Bavarian brewmeister is touting its no-alcohol beer as the latest sport drink for athletes, handing it out at the finish line of sporting events and touting its regenerative benefits. Unlike Gatorade, Erdinger Alkoholfrei is served up with a frothy...

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Soccer Round-Up: Player Threatened at Gunpoint by Fans; Barton's Rampage & World Cup Update

Racing Club midfielder Giovanni Moreno turned up for practice flanked by police and accompanied by the president of the players union on Wednesday.

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Lewis Moody, England World Cup Winner, Loses Dignity In Elastoplast Advert (VIDEO)

"I'm begging you! I'm a human being! Let me have my dignity back!"

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On This Day: Roy Keane Walks Out Of Ireland World Cup Camp After Blazing Row With Mick McCarthy In 2002 (VIDEO)

At the Republic of Ireland's 2002 World Cup training base, in the Saipan heat, Roy Keane's fuse lit and blew as explosively as one had come to expect of the Irishman's temper.

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Silver Spoon Socialists Flex Muscles In Brazil

With Argentina and Bolivia expropriating big energy firms and Brazil nationalizing strike and scandal plagued World Cup projects, Latin America's often convoluted take on socialism has created a money-hungry cookie monster that's desperate for dollars to cover social costs and palliate restless workers.

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Hernandez selected for Mexico World Cup qualifiers

Javier Hernandez has been selected in Mexico's squad for World Cup qualifiers against Guyana and El Salvador next month.

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05/31/12 MessiÂ´s Argentina look to pull away in World Cup qua... Source: Maktoob Business - UAE BarcelonaÂ´s serial hat-trick scorer Lionel Messi will be looking to take up where he last left off as Argentina captain when he leads his country against Ecuador in a 2014 World Cup qualifier on Saturday.
05/31/12 Soccer: New winners at football awards Source: New Zealand Herald Winston Reid and Hannah Wilkinson collected multiple honours as Ali Riley and Chris Wood set new records at New Zealand Football's 2011 awards dinner in Hamilton last night.
05/31/12 ONE World Sports Secures Rights to World Cup Asian... Source: PrimeZone Media Network Final Battle for World Cup Asian Qualifiers Exclusively on One World Sports in North America SINGAPORE and DALLAS, May 31, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- ONE World Sports (OWS), North America's leading Asian sports provider, has secured an exclusive agreement for the North American multi-platform rights to a wide-ranging series of soccer matches from the fourth round of qualification for the 2014 FIFA World Cup from World Sport Group (WSG).
05/31/12 Philly women named to go to final tryouts for 2012-14... Source: Philly Lacrosse US Lacrosse has selected the group which will compete to earn a place on the 2012-14 U.S. women's national team at the second and final round of tryouts, to be held July 27-29 on the campus of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County in Catonsville, Md.
05/31/12 Life as a bike jockey: Going, going, went for it Source: VeloNews It was World Cup #4, and the last of the UCI races that USA Cycling would be using to make their selection for the 2012 U.S. Olympic Mountain Bike Team. It's been a week, a trans-Atlantic flight and more than a few handfuls of Ibuprofen since the race.