Real will ease the pain by retaining their Champions League title, their only hope of salvaging a disappointing season.
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India's non-playing captain Anand Amritraj said that the doubles team's "shock" defeat on day two resulted in the hosts ultimately losing the Davis Cup World Group Play-off tie against Czech Republic.
Usain Bolt admitted to being surprised by Canadian sprinter Andre De Grasse's final burst of speed in Wednesday's Olympic 200 meters semi-final.
New Zealand are more excited than tense at the prospect of winning their maiden ODI series in India, in Kanpur, on Sunday, said pacer Tim Southee.
'As a player, the biggest question you ask yourself is whether you are good enough to be on the same ground as Gavaskar, Dev, Border and company.'
A civil war and the menace of militancy has prevented them from playing many matches in run up to the FIFA Under-17 World Cup but then Iraq have proved that they can conquer odds and perform well.
Deepika was not inside the 33-storey Beaumonde building in Prabhadevi area where the blaze emanated from the top floor, according to fire department officials and sources close to the actress.
'It's always a pleasure to come here and challenge ourselves against a very, very good team' 'We are concentrating on our strengths and jobs. If we execute them well, it will be a challenging series'R
Miami Heat forward LeBron James won his second successive NBA Finals Most Valuable Player (MVP) award after leading his team to victory over the San Antonio Spurs in Thursday's championship decider.
Spain's Nicolas Almagro beat top-seeded compatriot Carlos Moya 7-6, 3-6, 7-5 to claim his third ATP title.
The tournament will be Murray's third since hip surgery in January and mark his return to the hard courts for the first time since March 2017 at Indian Wells.
Alzain Tareq finished a distant last among the 64 competitors in the women's 50-metre butterfly, reaching the end of the pool in a time of 41.13 seconds but the Bahraini says she wants to swim at the Rio Olympics
David Verghese, who made it to the BBC1 show finals sailing through the heats, had the Jurassic Park trilogy his specialist subject.
Serena Williams made the most of a break in her match against 13th seed Svetlana Kuznetsova on Monday, when the Centre Court roof was closed after she threatened to sue organisers if she fell and injured herself on the slippery turf.
The 65-year-old South African says those who raise such obstacles are talking rubbish.
Sunrisers Hyderabad crashed out of the Champions League Twenty20 after their last Group B match against Brisbane Heat was called off due to wet ground conditions.
Top seed Richard Gasquet needed 41 minutes to beat Fognini and set up a clash with eighth seed Stefan Koubek at the Mumbai Open.
Sweden ended Germany's hopes of a third women's World Cup win, coming from behind for a surprise 2-1 quarter-final victory on Saturday thanks to goals from Sofia Jakobsson and Stina Blackstenius.
United youth product Gomes, 18, struck after Spurs' Lucas Moura cancelled out Anthony Martial's first-half opener and gave the 20-time Premier League champions another victory after they beat Perth Glory, Leeds United and Inter Milan.
American Vince Spadea celebrated his 33rd birthday with a dramatic fightback to beat Russian fifth seed Dmitry Tursunov 6-7 7-5 6-3 in the Los Angeles Classic second round on Thursday.
A night after becoming the first swimmer to go under the 'Magic 57' mark in the men's 100 metres breaststroke, Peaty cruised to his third straight gold in the event, though his time -- 57.14 -- was off his world record of 56.88 set in Sunday's semis.
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Any hopes of a Happy New Year will evaporate for Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal if his side fail to beat struggling Swansea City at Old Trafford on Saturday.
The defending champion will play eighth seed Marion Bartoli of France.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Thursday
In the medal standings, India were placed eighth with a compilation of seven gold, five silver and 17 bronze.
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Usain Bolt was beaten into bronze medal position by Justin Gatlin and Christian Coleman who won gold and silver respectively in the World Championships 100 metres final.
India are likely to give players like Ajinkya Rahane, Manish Pandey, Kuldeep Yadav and Shardul Thakur a look-in in the last two matches.
The BJP's Madhya Pradesh unit prefers the CM over the PM-designate.
All are welcome to campaign for the BJP candidate in Amritsar, except one.
Bring out your earthenware and clay pots, don your apron and get cooking!
Executive Chef Avinash Kumar of Novotel Imagica Khopoli shares three interesting recipes to try this Holi.