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The 2010 World Cup Golden Ball winner Diego Forlan landed in Kolkata, India on Friday, July 30 on a three-day tour to take part in a soccer reality show organised by a private channel.

Mizoram enter the Quarterfinal of Santosh Trophy for the first time in history after beating Kerala, one of the best teams in India at their pre-quarterfinals clash at Salt Lake stadium, Kolkata on Wednesday by one goal (1-0). Congratulations to Mizoram Team!

Kolkata, July 7 (Times of India ePaper News): Karnataka needed an extra-effort from Ngurneilal Hmar to book a berth in the Santosh Trophy quarterfinals, beating Maharashtra 1-0 at the Salt Lake Stadium on Wednesday.

Oh My! What a performance! Chandigarh, Jul 17 (UNI) – Bolstered by a seven-goal haul by Lalsang Kimi, Mizoram routed Gujarat by 14-0 in a Cluster III round match in the 9th Junior National Girls Under-19 Football Championship being held here this evening.

British Tennis No. 1 and the only hope  at Wimbledon Andy Murray (spell or pronounce mûr’ē : click here to hear) bowed yet again to his opponent Rafael Nadal of Spain, dashing off the hopes of his countrymen once again. Nadal won 6-4, 7-6 and 6-4 at their semifinal encounter.

The Netherlands came from behind to break Brazilian hearts as Felipe Melo’s own goal and Wesley Sneijder’s header secured a 2-1 quarter-final win in Port Elizabeth.

The King of Tennis, Roger Federer of Switzerland had bowed down to Tomas Berdych of Czech Republic 6-4, 3-6, 6-1, and 6-4 in their Wimbledon quarterfinals meet at Centre Court on Wednesday.

LONDON – Taiwan’s Lu Yen-Hsun sent Andy Roddick crashing out in the 4th round at Wimbledon on Monday with a stunning 4-6, 7-6 (7/3), 7-6 (7/4), 6-7 (5/7), 9-7 win over the three-time finalist. Lu is the first Asian man to reach the quarterfinals of any Grand Slam since Shuzo Matsuoka of Japan did it [...]

In another World Cup shocking defeat, the reigning World Champions Italy were humiliated by Slovakia in their last Group F match with the Azzurris losing to the latter 3-2 on Thursday. Italy is now out of World Cup 2010.

The result of Wednesday World Cup matches means that one of the United States, Uruguay, South Korea or Ghana are guaranteed to be semi-finalists. That’s what it would have meant to England had they won the group.