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Madrid, May 5: As soon as the final whistle confirmed Real Madrid's berth in the Champions League final against local rivals Atletico with a 1-0 aggregate victory over Manchester City on Wednesday, memories of 2014's all-Spanish final came flooding back. Sergio Ramos headed in a 93rd-minute equaliser in Lisbon to crush Atletico's dreams of a first ever continental crown and put Real on their way

Madrid, May 5: Real Madrid will face Atletico Madrid in the Champions League final for the second time in three years after overcoming Manchester City 1-0 in their semi-final second leg on Wednesday. Brazilian midfielder Fernando deflected Gareth Bale's cross into his own net after 20 minutes at the Santiago Bernabeu for the only goal of the tie after the first leg ended goalless. Fernandinho came

New Delhi, May 4: Ace tennis star Sania Mirza has documented her journey to become the World No. 1 in the women's doubles rankings in an autobiography set for release this July, according to publishers Harper Collins. Titled, 'Ace Against Odds,' the book has been penned by Mirza with her father Imran Mirza. "Sania's is an extraordinary achievement and her autobiography is as compelling as it is

Kabul (Afghanistan), May 4: The family of a 5-year-old Afghan boy who received autographed shirts from his soccer hero Lionel Messi was forced to leave Afghanistan amid constant telephone threats, the boy's father said on Tuesday. Mohammad Arif Ahmadi - whose son grabbed headlines when he was photographed wearing a homemade Argentina shirt with No. 10 on the back - said they have moved to

New Delhi, May 4: An unprecedented seven Indian shuttlers are set to qualify for the Olympics Games at Rio de Janeiro when the official BWF rankings are released on Thursday. The cut-off date for BWF rankings is May 5, the day will be used to allocate 34 individual quota places for men and 34 individual quota places for women to the highest ranked athletes in singles event. London Olympics bronze

May 3: Lionel Messi spoke for the great and the good of world soccer, not to mention millions of grassroots fans, when he acclaimed Leicester City's extraordinary Premier League triumph by tweeting: "The reason why we all love football. Congratulations" FIFA president Gianni Infantino echoed the most common and apt description of the "beautiful story" as a "fairytale" after the 5,000-1 outsiders

London, May 3: Leicester winger Marc Albrighton says the secret to his side's astonishing Premier League title triumph was their bloody minded refusal to accept defeat. Claudio Ranieri's team were crowned English champions on Monday after Tottenham's 2-2 draw against Chelsea completed one of the most unlikely sporting success stories of all time. Just 12 months ago, the Foxes barely avoided

New Delhi, May 2: Indian weightlifters earned two quota places for Rio Olympics -- one each in men's and women's sections -- at the recently-concluded Senior Asian Championships at Tashkent, Uzbekistan. Indian women lifters collected 100 points and stood third, while men earned 129 points and finished sixth at the Championships, by virtue of which the country earned two berths for the Rio Games

London, May 2: Yet another knockout win in his kitty, ace Indian boxer Vijender Singh said he couldn't have asked for a better buildup to his much-anticipated homecoming to India next month. Vijender hammered Frenchman Matiouze Royer in a six-round super middleweight contest which was stopped in the fifth round. The 30-year-old Indian will next be seen in action on May 13 in Bolton against a yet

Madrid, May 1: Barcelona remain on top of La Liga with two games remaining as goals from Ivan Rakitic and Luis Suarez earned a 2-0 win over 10-man Real Betis. On a day of high tension when all three title contenders were at one point top of the table, Antoine Griezmann came off the bench to score the winner in Atletico Madrid's 1-0 win over Rayo Vallecano to remain behind Barca solely due to their