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Indian Premier League (IPL) points table after Rajasthan Royals beat Mumbai Indians here Thursday. MP W L NR P Delhi Daredevils 10 8 2 0 16 Chennai Super Kings 11 6 4 1 13 Rajasthan Royals 12 6 5 1 ... Full story

Helen Philips, 48, retired retail manager and mother of two from Sterling Heights, Mich., took home $250,000 and a brand new confidence when she was announced the winner at the season finale of The Biggest Loser: Couples. Philips lost 54.47% of her previous 257 pounds to weigh 117 pounds, followed by Mike Morelli, who dropped 53.35% to get to 181 pounds from 388 pounds and ... Full story

Paris, May 11 (IANS) French tennis player Richard Gasquet admitted he tested positive for cocaine in a drug test held in a tournament in Key Biscayne, Florida, in March. Gasquet, World No. 23, confirmed Saturday’s report in French sports daily L’Equipe, which said his urine samples taken at the Sony Ericsson Open in Key Biscayne both tested positive. French media reports said the 22-year-old player is unlikely ... Full story

Bhubaneswar, May 9 (IANS) Sudarsan Patnaik, who won a special prize in Moscow for a sand sculpture of the Taj Mahal, was greeted by hundreds on his return Saturday to his Puri hometown in Orissa. “The 15-foot high Taj Mahal created by me at the Kolomenskoe Museum Reserve in Moscow won a special prize,” Patnaik told IANS by phone from Puri, 56 km from here. “There were ... Full story

Scoreboard of the Indian Premier League (IPL) match between Deccan Chargers and Kings XI Punjab at the De Beers Diamond Oval here Saturday. Deccan Chargers Adam Gilchrist c Powar b Sreesanth 20 (16 balls) Herschell Gibbs c Jayawardene b Chawla 13 (13) Tirumalsetti Suman c Jayawardene b Mota 27 (17) Rohit Sharma c Sangakkara b Lee 9 (15) Andrew Symonds not out 60 (36) Yalaka Venugopal Rao run out (Katich/Sangakkara) 32 (25) Extras ... Full story

Werder Bremen coach Thomas Schaaf refused to comment Saturday on a report he was being lined up to take over at Bundesliga leaders Wolfsburg. “I have never commented on such things and won’t be doing so now,” he said. According to Saturday’s Bild newspaper, 48-year-old Schaaf has had “first negotiations” with Wolfsburg, who are seeking a successor to Felix Magath from the next season. Schaaf Saturday celebrated his ... Full story

Kimberley, May 9 (IANS) Rajasthan Royals skipper Shane Warne won the toss and opted to bat against Chennai Super Kings in their Indian Premier League (IPL) match at the De Beers Diamond Oval here Saturday. Full story

Brussels, May 9 (DPA) Former cycling world champion Tom Boonen has been suspended by his Quick Step team and faces a criminal investigation after again testing positive for cocaine, Belgian news reports said Saturday. The reports said that Boonen tested positive at an out-of-competition test in late April, around two weeks after April 12 winning the Paris-Roubaix Classic for the third time in his career. The 2005 ... Full story

Melbourne, April 8 (IANS) Michael Clarke will lead Australia in the five match One-day series against Pakistan in Dubai and Abu Dhabi starting April 22. The selection committee decided to rest Ricky Ponting, Michael Hussey and Mitchell Johnson in view of the forthcoming Ashes and Twenty20 World Cup. Cricket Australia’s (CA) National Selection Panel (NSP) also recalled Andrew Symonds, Brett Lee and Shane Watson in the ... Full story

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is skeptic about the International Cricket Council (ICC) giving clearance to players who sided with the rebel Indian Cricket League (ICL) to play in the World Twenty 20 Championship scheduled to be held in England in June. The PCB has included three rebel cricketers Abdul Razzaq, Rana Naved-ul-Hasan and Imran Nazir in the list of 30 probable for the T20 World ... Full story