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Americans hope to emulate their performance of four years ago, when they clinched a World Cup berth by beating El Tri.

Brazil have recovered their Confederations Cup-winning form in time for Tuesday's friendly against Portugal, coach Scolari said.

Bangladesh's cabinet on Monday decided to initiate legal action against noted economist and Nobel prize winner Muhammad Yunus for what it called "irregularities during his time as head of the Grameen Bank".

Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Monday said his government has decided to refer the issue of CDs, allegedly containing evidence of land scams in the state, released by the opposition to the Lokayukta for investigation.

Any decision on whether to go it alone or reach electoral understanding with federal front or third front for the 2014 elections will be taken after October, he said.

Merlin K Joseph's new national record timing in women's 100m dash was questioned by Rachita Mistry in whose name the record had stood since 2000.

Tuesday will be the judgment day for the four accused standing trial in a Delhi court for the December 16, 2012, gangrape that sparked nationwide protests and nudged the central government into enacting a stringent anti-rape law.

Kolkata: West Bengal government on Monday pleaded before the Calcutta High Court to ask the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) to pay Rs 69.163 crore as compensation for losses caused to public and private property during its agitation demanding a separate stat...

Thiruvananthapuram: Students of various colleges here have expressed solidarity with a woman, who has been staging a sit-in with her three children in front of the Secretariat here for the last two months seeking action against the sand mafia and mining.

Television actor Rohit Roy is eager to direct a love story soon.

Mumbai: Holding that a convict was a juvenile when he committed the offence, the Bombay High Court on Monday ordered his release from Thane Central jail where he has been serving a life term in a murder case.

'Shuddh Desi Romance' has struck the right chord with the audiences and has collected Rs 23.35 crore in three days.

More than 5 lakh Ganesh idols have already been sold in Bangalore and Hyderabad.

The indefinite bandh in three hill sub-divisions of Darjeeling was lifted for two days beginning from Monday with the Gorkha Joint Action Committee slated to review its future course of action.

The doctor was convicted of sexually assaulting a 19-year-old patient at Royal Perth Hospital and had served 18 months in jail.

The report did not say when the alleged spying took place, what data might have been gathered or what the agency may have been seeking.