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India vanquishes England to clinch ICC Champions Trophy

June 24, 2013

India defeated England in the final match played at Edgbaston in Birmingham city of Englnad to clinch the ICC Champions Trophy which was tournament’s last edition. India defeated Egland by 5 runs, giving their skipper M S Dhoni, the unique record of being the first ..

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Rafael Nadal wins French Open 2013

June 12, 2013

Spanish tennis player Rafael Nadal defeated David Ferrer to win men’s French Open 2013 title. With this victory, Nadal now owns eight French Open titles. With 12 majors overall, the Nadal moves into a tie for third place with Roy Emerson. ..

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French Open 2013: Serena Williams won the women's title

June 11, 2013

World no.1 American tennis player Serena Williams defeated her Russian opponent Maria Sharapova to clinch the French Open 2013 women’s title. This victory brought up her 16th grand slam title, taking her to within two of the great 1980s duo of ..

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Vesnina, Makarova clinch French Open women’s doubles title 2013

June 11, 2013

Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina of Russia won their first Grand Slam title together by defeating defending champions Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci of Italy in the women’s doubles final of the French Open.

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HC directs ESPN to provide add free live signal of ICC Champions Trophy to DD

June 10, 2013

A bench of justices which is hearing a petition filed by ESPN TV channel which sought a direction to Prasar Bharati not to insist on the live signal of the ICC Trophy without any commercial, has directed ESPN to provide ..

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Bryan brothers clinch French Open men’s doubles 2013

June 10, 2013

American Twin brothers Bob and Mike Bryan bagged their record 14th major doubles title by vanquishing Michael Llodra and Nicolas Mahut of France in the French Open men’s doubles final.  The Bryans had won their only other French Open in 2003.

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