Ishant Sharma Delivered When India Needed Him to: Zaheer Khan
Indian pacer Zaheer Khan is all praise for Ishant Sharma. The lanky Delhi pacer led from the front to guide India to only their second Test win at the Lord’s cricket ground on Monday. Zaheer, a veteran of 92 Tests and 200 ODIs was happy with the way all the Indians exploited the English conditions […]
India in England: Let Bat and Ball do the Talking, Says Sunil Gavaskar
The James Anderson-Ravindra Jadeja row, that took place on the second day of the Trent Bridge Test, has promised to spice up the second Test between England and India at Lord’s and even threatened to create a rift in relations between the BCCI and ECB, but former India skipper and NDTV expert Sunil Gavaskar said there should […]
Sania Mirza Enters Top-5 in Doubles for First Time in Her Career
New Delhi: Indian tennis ace Sania Mirza achieved a career-best rank of number five in the world as the new WTA doubles chart was released on Monday. Sania, who turned a pro in 2003 and overcame a career-threatening wrist injury in between, has entered the top-five for the first time in her career. Sania and her […]
India Complain Against James Anderson, England Fume as ICC Levels Charges
London: England paceman James Anderson has been the subject of an official complaint by India, it was announced on Tuesday — just two days before the teams meet for the second Test at Lord’s on Thursday. The International Cricket Council has taken note of the matter and charged him for a Code of Conduct’s Level Three […]
Day 2 report: Bhuvneshwar, Shami give India the advantage
Trent Bridge: Before the start of the series, there was a lot of talk about Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Mohammed Shami regarding their contribution with the ball. However, on day two of the first Test, England discovered that both these ‘bowlers’ are ‘batsmen’ and apparently very good batsmen. All the talk and all the focus on […]
Being Part of Team More Important Than Being Captain: Mahendra Singh Dhoni
Nottingham: Being instinctive is seen as Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s best attributes but the man who has captained India to unprecedented highs in the last seven years reveals that his often talked about gut feeling is backed by cold logic. In a rare interview on his 33rd birthday, Dhoni recollected the time he was made captain before […]
Ganguly predicts Germany-Holland final in World Cup
KOLKATA: Former India skipper Sourav Ganguly, who is set to fly off to England for commentary assignments, will miss celebrating his birthday with family at home when he turns 42 tomorrow but Bengal’s favourite son promises to be updated with all the football action. “That’s the way it is, can’t help,” Ganguly said before leaving […]
TCC Taped Ball Tournament Spring 2014 – Spartans Winners, HJCC Runners Up
HOUSTON: Spartans won the TCC Taped Ball Spring 2014 tournament defeating Houston Javelinas Cricket Club (HJCC) by 57 runs and maintained their perfect record of winning the final in all of their appearances. It was a highly competitive tournament involving 15 teams. On a day with good weather for playing cricket (06/14/2014), Spartans won the […]
Rahul Dravid Named Batting Consultant for England Tour
Rahul Dravid will assist chief coach Duncan Fletcher as Team India’s batting consultant on the current tour of England. Dravid was the only successful Indian batsman when MS Dhoni’s team were drubbed four-nil in the last Test series in England in 2011. Dravid, who is the coach of Rajasthan Royals in the Indian Premier League, […]
Facebook Scores Record 1 Billion Interactions for FIFA World Cup
Sao Paulo: With 1 billion posts, likes and comments in just the first half of the World Cup, the soccer tournament is already the most talked-about event in Facebook Inc’s decade-long history, data obtained by Reuters showed. The soccer conversation measured between June 12 and June 29 involved 220 million people and 1 billion interactions, the […]
FIFA World Cup: Injured Franck Ribery Included in France’s 23-man Squad
Deschamps named his squad last month, but officially submitted the list to FIFA late Monday, the French Football Federation said on its website. There were reports prior to the friendly against Paraguay on Sunday that Ribery could be doubtful for the tournament in Brazil. But Deschamps has already played down those fears, saying after the […]
Kolkata Knight Riders Beat Kings XI Punjab to Clinch Second IPL Title in Three Years
Bangalore: Manish Pandey’s innings made sure Wriddhiman Saha’s valiant knock of 115 not out went in vain as Kolkata Knight Riders beat Kings XI Punjab by three wickets to clinch their second Indian Premier League (IPL) title at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium here Sunday. Put in to bat, the Kings XI were powered to a […]
Hockey World Cup: India’s Loss to England Upsets Coach Terry Walsh
The Hague: India’s chief hockey coach Terry Walsh was left dejected after the team again conceded a late goal to go down 1-2 to England for their second consecutive defeat in the FIH Hockey World Cup on Monday. Though India were the better of the two teams, he said the reality was they are yet to open […]
Liverpool F.C. Slip increases Manchester City’s grasp on EPL title
With the top two neck-and-neck on 80 points and with two games to play each, City were braced for a repeat of the 2012 campaign, when they pipped Manchester United to the title on goal difference on the final day. However, Liverpool’s late capitulation at Selhurst Park on Monday, when they let a 3-0 lead […]
BCCI Suspends Rajasthan Cricket Association After Lalit Modi Elected President
Within hours of Lalit Modi being declared as the president of the Rajasthan Cricket Association in Jaipur on Tuesday, the Board of Control for Cricket in India has decided to indefinitely suspend RCA and appoint an ad-hoc body to run its cricket affairs. This is likely to trigger a new round of legal battle between the Board […]
Champions Challenge hockey: Indian women lose again, surrender 4-0 to Scotland
Glasgow: India women’s hockey team lost 0-4 to Scotland to slump to their second consecutive defeat in the Champions Challenge 1 at the Glasgow National Hockey Centre here. The Indian eves had earlier lost 2-4 to Korea in their opening Pool A match. India will next play Belgium on Wednesday. Scotland made a confident start […]
Kings XI Punjab’s Sandeep Sharma credits Virender Sehwag for success
On cloud nine after his Indian Premier League success against top batsmen such as Chris Gayle and Virat Kohli, Kings XI Punjab young medium pacer Sandeep Sharma has credited Virender Sehwag for helping him become a better cricketer and described him as a “gem of a person”. “Viru pa is an amazing person! In the nets, we […]
IPL scam: Mukul Mudgal panel agrees to continue investigation after Supreme Court rejects BCCI panel
The Supreme Court has entrusted the Justice Mukul Mudgal committee to further investigate theIndian Premier League spot-fixing and betting scandal. The court has asked Justice Mudgal to list the investigating agencies he needs help from. The ambit of the probe will be limited to the 13 names that figure in the sealed envelope that the Mudgal committee […]
IPL 7: Glenn Maxwell, Lakshmipathy Balaji star in Kings XI Punjab’s 72-run win over Sunrisers Hyderabad
Sharjah: Glenn Maxwell produced yet another blistering knock of 43-ball 95 before Lakshmipathy Balaji returned with a four-wicket haul as Kings XI Punjab notched up a crushing 72-run win over Sunrisers Hyderabad in their third IPL-7 match here on Tuesday. After scoring 95 and 89 in his last two innings, Maxwell once again produced a […]
Rafael Nadal reaches quarterfinal of Monte Carlo Masters with 300th career win on clay
The eight-time winner here became just the 11th man to crack 300 wins on the dirt: the last to do so was Spaniard Carlos Moya in 2007. Nadal began his formidable run on the surface with his first clay win in 2002 and has not looked back since. At the top of the all-time table […]
