Australia have enlisted the help of the former India coach Greg Chappell as they prepare to defend the Border-Gavaskar Trophy away from home. Chappell is travelling with the Australia squad as an assistant coach and he will pass on plenty of advice to the players and support staff about cricket and ...
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New Delhi: For the fifth consecutive year, no footballer has found a place in the annual list of Arjuna awardees, which was finalised on Monday.According to sources, the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports has decided to confer the prestigious Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award to Team India captain Mah...
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NEWDELHI/AHMEDABAD: The BCCI is angry over Harbhajan Singh's onfieldindiscretion and board sources said that the Nanavati probe is expected tosettle whether Bhajji had been provoked by Sreesanth. At the hearing on Friday,Singh did not deny slapping Sreesanth but said that he had been needled. ...
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Chennai : Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Tribunal on Sunday suspendedthe five-year ban on fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar for a month. The PCBmove will enable Akhtar to take part in the on-going Indian PremierLeague (IPL)."We have suspended the ban for a month. From June 4, the five-yearban will be effectiv...
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New Delhi : Delhi Daredevils put an end to the ChennaiSuper Kings victory wagon as they beat them by eight wickets in theirIPL match at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai.ChennaiSuper Kings, who had a hundred per cent winning record in thetournament, were outdone by the Daredevils in all departme...
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HYDERABAD : Deccan Chargers captain VVS Laxman on Wednesday said his team would concentrateon their strengths rather than worrying over their rivals' to win the IPL matchagainst Kings XI Punjab on Thursday. "We are keen to win the matchin front of home crowd and are not worried about our riva...
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New Delhi : Harbhajan Singh onFriday found himself embroiled in yet another controversy afterallegedly slapping Kings XI paceman S Sreesanth during their IndianPremier League encounter here today. The Kings XI team, led by Yuvraj Singh,is reportedly planning to lodge a complaint against the off-spin...
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NEW DELHI : Indian Hockey Federation (IHF) secretary K. Jothikumaranresigned on Monday following a ?sting operation' by news channel AaajTak that showed him accepting Rs. 2 lakh allegedly for inclusion of aplayer in the Indian team for the Azlan Shah tournament next month.This followed Union Spo...
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AMRITSAR,PUNJAB(INDIA) : India Blue would clash India Red in thefinals of the First South Asia Universities Hockey Men Championship tobe played Sunday(March 16) in the afternoon at the Guru HargobindAstroturf Stadium of the Guru Nanak Dev University. India Blue and India Red in a hard fought encount...
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New Delhi : With the 'sack Gill'move gaining momentum with Members of Parliament joining the campaign,the beleaguered Indian Hockey Federation chief KPS Gill on Saturdaysaid said he is open to "constructive suggestions" by the MPs to revivethe game. A day after more than 100 MPs joinedhands ...
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New Delhi : The Australians may tend to believe otherwise butvolatile Indian off-spinner Harbhajan Singh insists he is not arrogant,but just a fighter.The colourful off-spinner, who, along with Andrew Symonds, figuredprominently in the racism saga in Australia, said he was not arrogantbut asserted h...
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Ranchi : Team India's spectaculartri-series win over Australia sparked off celebrations in skipper M SDhoni's home town Ranchi with cricket fans taking the streets carryingphotographs of Dhoni and Sachin Tendulkar. "No doubt, for us the man of the momentis Mahi (Dhoni), but Sachin's cont...
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Brisbane:Though they managed to put up a challenging target of 259, India wouldbe somewhat disappointed with their effort in the second final of theCB series against Australia on Sunday. After defying the Australianpacers for a sizable passage of their innings, the visitors could notfully capitalise...
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NEW DELHI : Sri Lanka skipper Mahela Jayawardena won the toss and decided to bat first against India in the do or die eighth ODI of the CB tri-series at Adelaide Oval on Tuesday. Both the sides made one change, India rested their injured pacer Sreesanth for Praveen Kumar while Sri Lanka rested Nuwan...
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CANBERRA : Skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni came to the defense of hisbeleagured deputy Yuvraj Singh, saying his short innings on Tuesdaycannot be termed as a failure. Speaking at the post-match pressconference, Dhoni said: "You can't score a century off one ball. Yuvrajhas suffered failures in this...
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Hyderabad :Battlingcontroversies ranging from her on-court attire to off-courtappearances, tennis star Sania Mirza today pulled out of the WTABangalore Open, scheduled to be held from March 3 to 9."Everytime I have played in India, there has been some kind of problem. So, Ijust thought it was better...
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Chandigarh : A top of theworld feeling has encapsulated this duo from the Panjab University, whohave been selected to represent the US baseball team in the OregonScientific Phoenix Cup being organised by Hong Kong BaseballAssociation from February 14 to 18. Ekta Khullar and Pallavi Sharma,will be a ...
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Mumbai : Glamour, sport and business made for a headycocktail at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai, where franchise bids forthe Twenty20 Indian Premier League (IPL) were won by diversepersonalities such as film actor Shah Rukh Khan and industrialists MrMukesh Ambani and Mr Vijay Mallya.IPL, promoted b...
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Perth : India recorded one of their most amazing Test triumphsoverseas when they beat Australia by 72 runs in the thrilling thirdcricket Test to snap the champion team's record 16-match winning streakhere today.Set 413 to win a world record 17th Test insuccession, the Australians were dismissed ...
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The evasive silence was there after the racial slur, Australiantumbled down one by one at Perth on the second day of third Test Matchon Thursday.The one who emerged tall was Indian Captain Anil Kumble who took his600th wicket of Andrew Symonds, the ball he edged after hitting Dhoni'sglove reache...
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The first round is about survival, finding that little bit extrawhen things aren't going great and there's an unseeded player acrossthe net, hungry for an upset. Serena Williams and Justine Henin handledit, but Rafael Nadal, Jelena Jankovic and Lindsay Davenport struggledto find top form on ...
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New Delhi : Sania Mirza will be seen in the exclusively designed 'Edge' range of Adidas gear at the Australian Open, starting Monday.The attire also includes the fifth generation 'Barricade', theworld's largest selling Tennis shoes. Updated with the latest infootwear technology, ...
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NEWDELHI : The rising decibel levels of protests against the blowsdealt to the Indian cricket team by unfair umpiring in Australia were reflectedby the political class as well with some leaders calling for the immediatesuspension of the tour. Congress leader and senior counsel KapilSibal advised ...
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HarbhajanSingh has been banned for 3 Tests following charges of racialabuse during Day 3 play of the second Test match at Sydney . Thedecision comes on Sunday (January, 6) after the hearing of the chargetook place earlier in the day. ICC is expected to soonannounce its decision after the ban impose...
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New Delhi, Jan 6 Exasperated by the erring umpires, the Indian CricketBoard today said they have conveyed their 'strong' views to theInternational Cricket Council about the bad officiating, whichinfluenced the second Test match between India and Australia in Sydney. BCCI President Sharad Pawar said ...
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SYDNEY:Matthew Hayden continued to be a thorn in India's flesh as the towering opener's29th century laid the platform for Australia to push for a record-equalling 16thTest win in the second cricket match here on Saturday. Hayden (123) once againfeasted on the visitors' attack as he s...
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Melbourne : India captainAnil Kumble said his five-wicket haul on the opening day of the firstTest against Australia today was the best of his career.Kumble's five for 84 off25 overs dragged his side back into the match after Matthew Hayden andPhil Jaques posted a daunting unbroken century partn...
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HYDERABAD :Ever since she shot into limelight, Sania Mirza has faced one peculiar problem. A section of her own communitytreated her as the villain of her religion. From issuing fatwas on her sportinggear to the recent allegation that she has hurt the sentiments of the communityby trespassing in...
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New Delhi : In the eye of thestorm for his stand-off with the BCCI, chief selector Dilip Vengsarkarsaid he has not received any response to his letter to the Board whilekeeping mum on whether he would put in his papers on Tuesday. "I don't want to comment on anything," said the chief selector. M...
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The ifs and buts aside, India appear poised to win the second Testagainst Pakistan at Kolkata beginning Friday and any other resultshould be considered a surprise. While the Pakistanis are dealing withfitness issues involving key players like Shoaib Akhtar and skipperShoaib Malik, the Indians have a...
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