Net Rinse

Frankfurt, July 22: With just about two weeks to go for the Beijing Olympics to begin, anti-doping experts have been stunned by a German television report on the availability of gene doping in China.
 In a documentary broadcast late on Monday by ARD television, a Chinese doctor offers stem-cell therapy to a reporter posing as an American […]

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New Delhi: Completing a phase-out of its aging cricket brand ambassadors, soft drinks major Pepsi has dropped master blaster Sachin Tendulkar, whose long-standing contract with the company expired in May.
Dropping Tendulkar comes on the backdrop of Pepsi axing the other two members of the Indian batting trioka - Rahul Dravid and Sourav Ganguly - earlier […]

DHAKA: India snapped Pakistan’s winning streak by inflicting on them a crushing 140-run defeat in the second match of the One-day tri-series at Sher-e-Bangla stadium on Tuesday.
An all round performance ensured an Indian victory as their batsmen and bowlers fired in unison to stop Pakistan’s march towards 13th consecutive win.
Indians, having elected to bat, piled […]

SALZBURG: Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored his first international goal for more than two and a half years to send Sweden on the way to a 2-0 Euro 2008 victory over champions Greece on Tuesday.
The striker, who last found the net for his country in October 2005, combined with partner Henrik Larsson to drive in a superb […]

INNSBRUCK: David Villa notched the first hat-trick of the tournament to help Spain hammer Russia 4-1 in their Euro 2008 opener on Tuesday.
Villa grabbed his first when he steered the ball into an open goal after fellow striker Fernando Torres drew goalkeeper Igor Akinfeyev out of his net in the 20th minute.
The 26-year-old Villa added […]

DUBAI: With detained pacer Mohammad Asif’s fate in limbo, senior Pakistan Cricket Board official Nadeem Akram, rushed to bail out the detained cricketer, will return home on Tuesday leaving behind a mission unaccomplished.
After yet another day of no action from either the Dubai Attorney General or the Public Prosecutor’s office on Asif’s fate, Akram said […]

IPOH (Malaysia), May 15: India thwarted a series of late charges from Pakistan to notch up a stunning 2-1 win over the arch-rivals and stay in contention for the title in the Azlan Shah hockey tournament on Thursday.
Indian drag-flickers Sandeep Singh (6th minute) and Diwakar Ram […]

NEW DELHI: IPL Commissioner Lalit Modi on Thursday rubbished reports that Rajasthan Royals’ skipper Shane Warne - along with teammates Shane Watson and Graeme Smith - was quitting the tournament due to the bomb blasts in Jaipur, saying the trio was already on its way to the Pink City for […]

NEW DELHI, IANS: There are countless young cricketers in India chasing a dream and waiting patiently for their day in the sun. Until recently, not many have been able to make it to the top, with the Tests and One-Day Internationals being the only avenues.
But now the game has opened up and its latest version, […]