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Sharmila ends T-17 at Turkish Open

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Sharmila Nicollet played brilliantly on the final day of the Turkish Airlines Ladies Open to finish at tied 17 in Antalya on Sunday, according to information received here.

Football

Gai-tonne of interest

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As the 2012-13 season nears its end, European giants are busy firing managers and scouting players for the next. As has been the case for some years now, this transfer window too will be dominated by talks of potential moves by the Bales, and the Neymars.

Racing

MRF gear up for new season

Gaurav Gill steers his Team MRF car during the shakedown ahead of the first leg of the Asia-Pacific Rally Championship in Whanga

A new season, like the New Year, fosters hope. As the stage is set for the start of the Rally of Whangarei, the first of the seven-leg Asia Pacific Rally Championship, top drivers in the fray spoke of finishing the season on a high. The opening press conference on Friday was marked by a mixture of anxiety and optimism.

When I spent some 18 months in London in 1995-96 in the role of a foreign correspondent for an Indian newspaper, there was one issue that dominated “high politics” in Westminster: the European Union.

What Angelina Jolie did by declaring to the world on Tuesday that she had had bilateral prophylactic mastectomies — surgical removal of both breasts without evidence of breast cancer in either — is being seen by many as an act of courage. Her decision is sure to go a long way in creating awareness.