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Paes-Bhupathi enter Oz Open final

NEW DELHI: Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi are on course for their maiden Australian Open title together as they advanced to the finals after a hard-fought victory over the combine of Max Mirnyi ( Belarus) and Daniel Nestor ( Canada) on Thursday. The third seeded Indian pair, who teamed up together after nine years in a bid to add the only Grand Slam title missing in their cupboard, defeated the second seeded pair 7-6, 4-6, 6-3 in the semifinals. The Indian Express got off to a good start registering the first set in their favour but went down fighting in the next set and came back strongly in the third and last set to win the match. The India duo will face the top seeded pair of Bryan Brothers of USA in the summit clash. Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan won the semifinal match with a straight set victory over Eric Butorac and Jean-Julien Rojer.
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ICC appoints umpires and match referees for Cricket World Cup

THE APEX body of cricket, International Cricket Council (ICC) has appointed umpires and match referees for the group stage of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011, which is going to be held between February 19 to April 2 in India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. The International Cricket Council has appointed Aleem Dar, who was ICC Umpire of the years 2009 and 2010, four-time ICC Umpire of the Year Simon Taufel along with Ian Gould, Billy Doctrove, Daryl Harper, Steve Davis, Marais Erasmus, Tony Hill, Asoka de Silva, Rod Tucker, Richard Kettleborough, Nigel Llong, Kumar Dharmasena, Bruce Oxenford, Asad Rauf, Amish Saheba and Shahvir Tarapore. ICC also appointed Ranjan Madugalle, Chris Broad, Jeff Crowe, Roshan Mahanama and Andy Pycroft as match referees for ICC Cricket World Cup 2011. Here is the full list of umpires and match referees for the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 until group stage. Saturday 19 Feb Bangladesh vs India (D/N), Dhaka- Steve Davis and Kumar Dharmasena, Billy Do...
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ICC World Cup 2011: Official song 'De Ghumaa Ke' creates buzz

ICC CRICKET World Cup 2011 official song is on the air now. Indian sub-continent including India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh are hosting the biggest Cricket event from February 19 to April 2. Fourteen nations will play total of fourty nine matches for the titan. Cricket fans in about 220 countries will watch the live coverage of the World Cup Cricket tournament. Indian music composer ShankarEhsaanLoy (Shankar Mahadevan, Ehsaan Noorani and Loy Mendonsa) composed the official song for the 2011 Cricket World Cup and Manoj Yadav has penned the official song of the ICC World Cup 2011. Shankar and Divya Kumar have given their voice for the song "De Ghumaa Ke". "De Ghumaa Ke" song was officially released on December 31th last year. The theme song has been recorded in three languages Hindi, Sinhalese and Bangla. The song will be performed during the opening ceremony of the tournament on February 17 to be held at Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur, Dhak...
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