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Sports News  Rossi Among Top Five Most Paid AthletesWho says motorcycle racing isn't a paying career? The recent figures from Sports Illustrated reveal that MotoGP star, Valentino Rossi is the fifth most paid athlete in the world. His earnings stand at a staggering US$ 3,50,00,000 or 170 crore rupees per annum! Schumacher Back In F1In a turn of events that is set to eclipse every thing else that has occurred in F1 2009 , the recent BMW pull out news included, seven-times Formula One champion Michael Schumacher is to make a shock return to the sport at the European GP in Valencia.The German will stand in for Ferrari's Felipe Massa, who is recovering in hospital after sustaining life-threatening injuries in a freak accident during qualifying for last weekend's Hungarian GP. Mumbai Indians Beat Kolkata Knight Riders By 92 RunsThe kind of powerful opening partnership the likes of Sachin Tendulkar and Sanath Jayasuriya could combine to provide for Indians has been speculated for long, and it was here in the IPL on Monday that the duo finally provided a rare feast to savour. In the process, they also set up a mammoth 92-run victory over the Knight Riders, whose IPL campaign seems to be derailing fast. Injured Sreesanth to Miss IPL Season TwoFast bowler S. Sreesanth will miss the Indian Premier League’s (IPL) season two in April-May due to a stress fracture in his lower back, his IPL team Kings XI Punjab announced Wednesday. First Test Preview - New Zealand Vs IndiaThirty-three years ago in Auckland the spinning talents of Erapalli Prasanna and Bhagwath Chandrasekhar oversaw an eight-wicket hammering of New Zealand; the last time India won a Test on New Zealand soil. Pollock With New Role in IPLThe South African fast bowler and former captain was a key player for the Mumbai Indians last year but had scrapped a three-year contract after quitting competitive cricket. Younis Khan Falls On 313Younis Khan hit 313 and Kamran Akmal chipped in with an unbeaten century to help Pakistan achieve a record total as the first Test against Sri Lanka ended in a draw on Wednesday. S Sreesanth is SorryThe slaps on the pitch may resonate louder than his howzzat! and his emotional antics may be the talking point after every match, but then S Sreesanthone can’t deny the fact that S Sreesanth has often been one of the architects in Team India’s success. Muralitharan claims record 503rd 1-day wicketTop Test wicket-taker Muttiah Muralitharan claimed a world record 503rd one-day international victim but finished on the losing side against India in Colombo on Thursday. Kp, Flintoff Become Highest Paid Cricketers In The WorldEnglishmen Kevin Pietersen and Andrew Flintoff became the costliest players of the Indian Premier League (IPL) after they both were sold for an identical figure of $1.55 million in the auction for the second season in Panaji on Friday.
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