Did The Pacers Make The Right Call By Bringing Paul George Back This Season?
When Paul George broke his leg last summer during a Team USA scrimmage, the thought was that he probably wouldn’t be able to play at all during the 2014-15 NBA season. And even if he was able to go, most people believed that the Indiana Pacers would be so bad without him that it wouldn’t make much sense for him to come back towards […]
Saina Nehwal reaches Malaysia Open semifinals
KUALA LUMPUR: Newly-crowned World No. 1 Saina Nehwal on Friday edged out China’s Sun Yu to reach the women’s singles semifinals of the $500,000 Malaysia Open Super Series Premier badminton tournament. The third seeded Indian eked out a 21-11, 18-21, 21-17 win over Sun in a quarterfinal battle that lasted an hour and 11 minutes […]
Respect Virat and Anushka’s personal lives: Yuvraj Singh
NEW DELHI: Out-of-favour India all-rounder Yuvraj Singh has appealed to the cricket fans to respect Test captain Virat Kohli and his actress girlfriend Anushka Sharma’s personal lives. Anushka, who was in attendance at the Sydney Cricket Ground during India’s World Cup semifinal against Australia, was blamed for Kohli’s failure in the match which the team […]
New Zealand v South Africa: A dream semi-final
This is it. New Zealand versus South Africa at the semi-final stage of the 2015 ICC Cricket World Cup. Brendon McCullum against AB de Villiers. Potential versus performance. Hope against hope. Nerves against the nervous. Neither country has ever won a World Cup semi-final. One of them will go to the summit for the first […]
After World Cup Exit, Misbah-ul-Haq Admits Pakistan Not International Class
Misbah-ul-Haq is a broken man after Pakistan crashed out of the World cup, losing by six wickets to Australia in Adelaide on Friday. Pakistan’s batting failed them again and to make matters worse, the fielders dropped simple catches at crucial moments. Misbah admitted that Pakistan’s shortcomings and said that the team was far from world […]
World Cup 2015: We will have to bat better against India, says Clarke
ADELAIDE: Australia saw through one of the fierce fast bowling spells by Wahab Riaz to set up a cricket World Cup semifinal clash against India but the home team skipper Michael Clarke said his players will have to bat much better against the defending champions. India and Australia will fight it out for a […]
World Cup 2015: Bangladesh lose to New Zealand, likely to meet India in quarterfinals
HAMILTON: Opener Martin Guptill smashed a brisk century before New Zealand huffed and puffed to a thrilling three-wicket win over Bangladesh to sign off their league engagements unbeaten in pool A of the ICC cricket World Cup here on Friday. Chasing a competitive 289 to win, New Zealand rode on a 131-run third-wicket partnership between […]
World Cup 2015: India beat West Indies to reach quarterfinals
NEW DELHI: Reaffirming his status as one of the best finishers of the game, captain MS Dhoni led India to a four-wicket victory against the West Indies in their World Cup Pool B match at the WACA in Perth on Friday. With this victory, India booked their quarterfinal berth in the World Cup, as Mohammed […]
Anirban Lahiri Hasn’t Looked Back since a Meeting with Tiger Woods Last Year
The best golfer in India played before an enormous gallery with the kind of buzz that is rare for his country. Anirban Lahiri wound up the winner, a day he won’t forget. Except that he wasn’t the star that day. Tiger Woods was in town. Lahiri and Shiv Kapur, who played college golf at […]
World Cup 2015: MS Dhoni hurt at nets while batting
PERTH: Skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni was on Friday hurt while batting in the nets at the WACA here ahead of India’s ICC World Cup 2015 league match against the United Arab Emirates on Saturday. It happened while Dhoni was facing a net bowler whose delivery kicked up suddenly and brushed his forearm. Dhoni was […]
Andy Murray climbs above Rafael Nadal to third in world rankings
Andy Murray has swapped places with Rafael Nadal to move to third in the ATP world rankings. The Scot, 27, climbed to his highest ranking since occupying second place after beating Serbia’s Novak Djokovic in the 2013 Wimbledon final. He had dropped to 12th in September 2014 after missing three months following back surgery on a […]
World Cup 2015 is fixed, WhatsApp message claims
NEW DELHI: In what may serve as a big blow to cricket enthusiasts, a message on WhatsApp that has gone viral claims that the ongoing ICC World Cup 2015 is fixed. The shocking fact about this message is that all the results of the World Cup 2015 matches so far have come true and […]
World Cup: All Eyes on India-Pakistan Tie
Adelaide, Australia: When India plays Pakistan at the Cricket World Cup, it’s no cliché when both captains say they’re not looking beyond their first game of the tournament. World Cup organizers are tipping Indo-Pak VI to draw the biggest television audience for a cricket match when the teams meet Sunday in Adelaide in their opening […]
110 Houston Kids Enjoy Triggers Colts Cricket’s Winter League
HOUSTON: Triggers Cricket Club (TCC), a Houston-based non-profit organization, took initiative aimed at giving young children an opportunity to formally learn and play cricket in a fun-loving environment of camaraderie, respect and sportsmanship. In May 2014, TCC, in partnership with sponsors and in association with local youth cricket clubs, created a platform for youth to […]
TCC Taped Ball Tournament Fall 2014: Spartans Winners, SLCC Runners Up
HOUSTON: It was a perfect game of Finals (10/18/2014) to end another highly competitive tournament with 18 participating teams. Spartans won the toss and elected to bat first. Spartans openers Manne (29) and Kaushik (20) gave a great start and added 36 runs in 4 mandatory power play overs. Srini joined Manne and both of […]
Women’s Cricket Club
SUGAR LAND: Women’s Cricket Cup II took place in New Territory, in August. With a “Best of Three” format tournament, the two participating teams were Team Pink and Team Blue. On Saturday the Women played and two of the three games came down to the last ball. Very exciting performances were seen all around. The tournament standings: 1st Place […]
Ishant Sharma’s Return Will Boost Indian Confidence: Sunil Gavaskar to NDTV
Former skipper Sunil Gavaskar said Ishant Sharma’s return to the bowling attack against England in the fifth and final Test at The Oval will give India the much needed confidence. India had stormed to a historic victory at Lord’s last month, after Ishant had wrecked England with career best figures of 7/74 at the Mecca of cricket. However, he […]
Rahul Dravid Says Wrong to Let James Anderson Off the Hook
Manchester: Former India skipper Rahul Dravid has slammed the ‘not guilty’ verdict given to James Anderson in the ‘pushgate’ incident and said the administrators of the game have sent out a “wrong message” by letting off the England pacer without any punishment. Dravid has said that Anderson, who allegedly pushed Ravindra Jadeja, warranted some reprimand as […]
KYCC SuperKings Champions of Summer-2014, TCC Colts Cricket League-Houston
HOUSTON: Triggers Cricket Club (TCC), Houston based non-profit organization, took initiative aimed at giving young children an opportunity to formally learn and play Cricket in a fun-loving environment of camaraderie, respect and sportsmanship. To introduce and develop interest for Cricket amongst children of greater Houston area, TCC organized an inaugural TCC Colts Cricket League (TCCL) […]
Sania Mirza Receives Rs 1 Crore Grant from Telengana Government
Hyderabad: Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao on Monday announced a grant of Rs 1 crore to tennis star Sania Mirza for her training and coaching. “Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao has announced a grant of Rs 1 crore to tennis star Sania Mirza, who is number five in the world (in doubles ranking), towards […]
