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India Beats Sri Lanka to Win Cricket World Cup
By not in system - AOL NewsMUMBAI, 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 lap. "It's the ultimate thing and I'm experiencing it," Tendulkar said. "I couldn't have asked for anything better. It's the proudest moment of my life." Saurabh Das, AP India's Sachin Tendulkar, center top, is carried by fellow team members after India beat Sri ...
India, Pakistan PMs Hold Court for Cricket
By not in system - AOL NewsMOHALI, 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 first with the visiting Pakistani team. They then switched positions, with Gilani and then Singh shaking hands with the Indian players before the two retreated to their seats in a private box. Their attendance at the at the World Cup semifinal coincides with a resumption in ...
India-Pakistan Cricket World Cup [PHOTOS]
By not in system - AOL NewsThe 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, coincides with the start of peace talks in New Delhi. ...
India and Pakistan Meet in Historic Cricket Showdown Amid Search for Peace
By Betwa Sharma - AOL NewsThe 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, coincides with the start of peace talks in New Delhi. In attendance will be Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani and his Indian counterpart, Manmohan Singh. Chirayu Chandani, a 25-year-old corporate lawyer in Mumbai, will watch the games with 15 of his friends on a big ...
No-Alcohol Beer Touted as Ideal Sports Drink for Athletes
By not in system - AOL NewsPORTLAND, 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 head. And it comes in one color -- a golden hue -- unlike conventional sport drinks. Several top athletes from Europe quaffed the beverage from giant mugs on the podium of the World Cup biathlons held this month in northern Maine. The company touts the beverage as an isotonic, ...
Ski Racing Circuit Sees Air Bags as Safety Solution
By not in system - AOL NewsGARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany -- What if Lindsey Vonn had been able to deploy an air bag before landing on her head in giant slalom training a couple weeks ago? Would the American have avoided the mild concussion that forced her out of the world championships? Vonn's fall was just the latest in a series of violent crashes that have marred ski racing lately, but it's questions like those that have forced the International Ski Federation into radical talks with Italian manufacturer Dainese about developing a complicated air bag system to curb career-threatening injuries in the sport. "It ...
In Honor of Tadanari Lee, A History of International Championship Winning Goals
By Brian Straus - AOL NewsLiverpool fans burned a Fernando Torres jersey on Monday night, furious that the striker their club pried from his hometown team in Madrid for tens of millions of pounds left Merseyside after three-plus seasons for Chelsea's tens of millions of pounds. Torres probably didn't grow up dreaming of playing for the Reds or the Blues. His favorite team was Atlético, and he played at his boyhood club for a dozen years. Those ties were loosened only when Rafael Benítez came calling in 2007. Liverpool fans may be angry, but Torres was never really theirs to begin with. The final day of the European ...
In Afghanistan, Cricket Is the New Revolution (And Women Play, Too)
By Matthew Hall - AOL NewsThink of Afghanistan and the first things to run through your mind would probably be war, Taliban, maybe Osama bin Laden. On a good day for the country's Ministry for Information and Culture, you might think of camels. All things considered, any of these would not be an unreasonable take on the troubled and complicated nation. But now, you can add the sport of cricket to your list. According to the Afghanistan Cricket Board, cricket is the fastest growing sport in the country with more than 70,000 male participants -- teams from Afghanistan's most unstable areas even participate in national ...
Lionel Messi Wins FIFA's Player of the Year Award Despite Poor World Cup
By Brian Straus - AOL NewsIt's hard to argue with anyone who claims that Lionel Messi is the best soccer player in the world. But was he the player of the year? For the first time since it was introduced in 1991, the FIFA player of the year award has gone to someone who did not lift the World Cup the preceding summer. Fifty-eight goals in 54 club matches can make people forget about one disappointing tournament. So, despite missing out on both the World Cup and UEFA Champions League finals, Messi won the FIFA Ballon d'Or on Monday over Barcelona teammates and World Cup champions Xavi Hernández and Andrés ...
Hilarious Irreverence: Fark's Headline of the Year Winners
By Tony Deconinck - AOL NewsOne thing you find out pretty fast working at Fark is that any news story -- no matter how grim -- can be turned into a joke. For those of you not familiar with Fark.com, it's a deeply irreverent social-media news site run by Drew Curtis, where even the most dreary headlines are churned into comedy. Each day, members of Fark find and submit news stories with a custom headline, the best of which are sharper than a scalpel and make us laugh out loud. Fark.com Curtis or one of the admins (and that includes me) digs through the roughly 3,000 daily submissions and publishes the best of ...
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