en-us http://www.newsique.com/tags/sports/ahead/ Get Informed. Choose Your News. http://www.newsique.com/sports/ipl_launch_signals_cricketing_re/ The lucrative Indian Premier League will be launched on Friday with an elaborate opening ceremony ahead of the inaugural match between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Kolkata Knight Riders. Organizers of the eight-team Twenty20 competition have promised s news sports 2008-04-18 08:17:08 http://www.newsique.com/sports/ipl_launch_signals_cricketing_re/ CNN http://www.cnn.com/2008/SPORT/04/18/cricket.ipl/index.html http://www.newsique.com/sources/cnn/ 94 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/sports/ipl_launch_signals_cricketing_re/#comments http://www.newsique.com/sports/serena_lifts_us_to_hopman_final/ Serena Williams showed she is in good form ahead of her defense of the Australian Open as she paired with Mardy Fish to help the United States reach the final of the Hopman Cup in Perth on Thursday. The U.S. finished with a 3-0 round-robin record in Group news sports 2008-01-03 08:14:10 http://www.newsique.com/sports/serena_lifts_us_to_hopman_final/ CNN http://www.cnn.com/2008/SPORT/01/03/tennis.serena/index.html http://www.newsique.com/sources/cnn/ 94 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/sports/serena_lifts_us_to_hopman_final/#comments http://www.newsique.com/sports/real_and_barca_stay_neck_and_nec/ Two goals from Ruud van Nistelrooy rescued a point for Real Madrid at Real Zaragoza and kept them top of the Spanish Primera Liga ahead of Barcelona who owed their 2-2 home draw against Espanyol to a controversial opening goal from Lionel Messi. With h news sports 2007-06-09 17:52:16 http://www.newsique.com/sports/real_and_barca_stay_neck_and_nec/ CNN http://www.cnn.com/2007/SPORT/football/06/09/spain.title/index.html http://www.newsique.com/sources/cnn/ 94 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/sports/real_and_barca_stay_neck_and_nec/#comments http://www.newsique.com/sports/united_malaysia_game_gets_go-ahe/ Manchester United's controversial pre-season match in Malaysia is set to go ahead in defiance of world governing body FIFA and the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). The Malaysian national football association (FAM) said on Monday that they will sanct news sports 2007-05-14 08:17:42 http://www.newsique.com/sports/united_malaysia_game_gets_go-ahe/ CNN http://www.cnn.com/2007/SPORT/football/05/14/malaysia.united/index.html http://www.newsique.com/sources/cnn/ 94 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/sports/united_malaysia_game_gets_go-ahe/#comments http://www.newsique.com/sports/popovych_pulls_clear_for_stage_w/ Ukraine's Yaroslav Popovych, of the Discovery Channel team, won the fifth stage of the Paris-Nice cycling race in Manosque on Friday, crossing the line just ahead of the main bunch. Italian Davide Rebellin, who rides for Gerolsteiner, retained the lead news sports 2007-03-16 14:23:57 http://www.newsique.com/sports/popovych_pulls_clear_for_stage_w/ CNN http://www.cnn.com/2007/SPORT/03/16/cycling.paris/index.html http://www.newsique.com/sources/cnn/ 94 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/sports/popovych_pulls_clear_for_stage_w/#comments