Rome: Napoli tightened their hold on second place and a direct Champions League berth with a last-minute 3-2 win over visiting Cagliari on Sunday. Lorenzo Insigne, a 21-year-old forward born in Naples, scored the winner with a long, angled shot four minutes into added time at the San Paolo stadium.
Victor Ibrabo had given Cagliari the lead in the 18th before Napoli struck back with an own goal from Davide Astori in the 48th and a close-range effort from Edinson Cavani in the 64th.
Marco Sau equalized for Cagliari in the 71st and the match appeared headed toward a draw until Insigne launched his well-placed shot from near the left sideline.
Napoli moved seven points ahead of third-place AC Milan, who were visiting Serie A leaders Juventus later. Juventus, who are eight points ahead of Napoli, are cruising towards their second consecutive title....
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09:28 PM, Apr 21, 2013
New Delhi: In wake of the rape of a five-year-old girl in Delhi, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Saturday proposed the setting up of a special citizen force for women while demanding removal of union Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde and the Delhi Police commissioner. "The Delhi Police should be given two months time to rectify its past failures and regain the faith of people, else Aam Aadmi Party proposes...
12:11 AM, Apr 21, 2013
Indore: Reigning world champion Rupesh Shah added another feather to his cap by clinching the 12th Asian Billiards Championship beating compatriot Alok Kumar in a fiercely fought final here on Sunday. After winning the lag, Kumar asked Shah to start with white but went on to lose the first game in the best-of-11 final. Kumar recovered from that in the second game and levelled the match 1-1 but Shah rebounded...
09:17 AM, Apr 08, 2013
A young Manipuri, serving as a Lieutenant in the British Royal Maritime Auxiliary Service, Khwairakpam Robin Singh, will receive the Star of Gallantry and the Conspicuous Gallantry Cross from the United Kingdom, for his exceptional bravery in week long fierce battle against the Al Qaeda in interior Afghanistan in 2011. The 27-year-old lead scout was part of a 47 member special force team, including 40 commandos, called in as a...
07:58 AM, Mar 25, 2013
I am hoping that I'll get the required support to be able to go out there and play the whole season, said Pankaj Advani. ...
02:54 PM, Mar 03, 2013
The government seems to have major hopes attached to archery, boxing and shooting - increasing their budget by almost 100 percent. ...
04:48 PM, Mar 01, 2013
Pankaj Advani is all set to skip the Asian Billiards Championship to take part in the World Championship Qualifiers. ...
07:55 PM, Feb 20, 2013
Mario Balotelli earned and converted a late penalty as AC Milan drew 1-1 at 10-man Cagliari in Serie A. ...
10:30 PM, Feb 10, 2013
Italian Serie A club AS Roma sacked manager Zdenek Zeman after a 4-2 loss at home to Cagliari. ...
09:18 PM, Feb 02, 2013
Gigi Del Neri has been sacked as coach of Genoa after his side lost 0-2 to fellow strugglers Cagliari in Serie A. ...
02:15 PM, Jan 21, 2013
Second-place Lazio rallied to beat visiting Cagliari 2-1 in a controversial finish. ...
08:50 AM, Jan 06, 2013
Juventus are now 10 points ahead of second-placed Inter Milan, who face Genoa on Saturday, ahead of the winter break. ...
12:33 PM, Dec 22, 2012
New Delhi: As filmmaker Ang Lee's visual wonder 'Life of Pi' creates a new generation of fans of his cinema, it's worth remembering the original "spark of life" or the story that influenced Booker-winning Canadian author Yann Martel's book about an Indian boy adrift in the Pacific ocean on a small boat with a Royal Bengal tiger to keep him company. It is said that Martel read a critical review...
05:00 PM, Nov 23, 2012
Turin: Juventus are poised to reach the last sixteen of the Champions League for the first time in four seasons but their erratic strikers could undermine their chances of launching a serious bid for the title. Although their 3-0 win over Chelsea on Tuesday was ultimately emphatic, Juve's final pass was rarely up to the superb approach work of an Andrea Pirlo-inspired five-man midfield. Both opening goalscorer Fabio Quagliarella and...
05:43 PM, Nov 21, 2012
Turin: Juventus took a giant step toward qualifying for the Champions League knockout stages on Tuesday with a 3-0 win over Chelsea, who could become the first reigning titleholder to fail to progress past the group stage. Fabio Quagliarella and Arturo Vidal " who were both on target for Juventus in the 2-2 draw at Stamford Bridge " again scored against Chelsea. Substitute Sebastian Giovinco sealed the result in the...
02:00 AM, Nov 21, 2012
London: Fantastic fibbers vied at a remote pub in northwestern England on Thursday for the title of world's biggest liar. Judges were deliberating into the night after two hours of competition at the Bridge Inn in the Lake District hamlet of Santon Bridge. Contestants had five minutes to impress the judges with a whopping but convincing lie. Last year's winner was nuclear power plant worker Glen Boyland, for an improbable...
02:55 PM, Nov 16, 2012
Milan: Juventus moved on from their first Serie A loss in two seasons in the best way possible by crushing Pescara 6-1 with a Fabio Quagliarella hat trick on Saturday. Arturo Vidal and Quagliarella put Juventus in front before Emmanuel Cascione pulled one back for Pescara shortly after Juan Quintero hit the post. However, a sensational overhead kick from Kwadwo Asamoah and goals from Sebastian Giovinco and Quagliarella gave Juventus...
08:15 AM, Nov 11, 2012
Rome: A defensive blunder by Napoli allowed a stoppage-time equaliser in a 1-1 draw with Torino on Sunday, hurting the southern club's title chances. Lazio also dropped back after getting beat 4-0 by Catania, while Fiorentina were the day's big winner after beating Cagliari 4-1 to jump ahead of Lazio into fourth place. After sitting out Napoli's last two matches with a minor injury, Edinson Cavani celebrated his return by...
09:05 AM, Nov 05, 2012
Bangalore: Ace cueist Pankaj Advani said there's nothing bigger than the World Billiards Championship, which he won after defeating reigning champion and seasoned Englishman Mike Russell in the Time format final. "The world billiards is held once in a year and there is no bigger event than that. As I said in the beginning of the year, I wanted to play both billiards and snooker equally. If I didn't play...
06:06 PM, Nov 04, 2012
New Delhi: The youngest Indian sportsperson to win eight world titles, ace cueist Pankaj Advani says his recent World Billiards Championship triumph was a "special" one as he had to wait for three years to regain it. "It's a special win for me. It's been a long wait for me, I waited for three years. To be able to keep your motivation level high, to win against a great player...
06:02 PM, Nov 02, 2012
