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 […]
N. Srinivasan taking ‘unilateral’ decisions on IPL scam case, ‘rebel’ Board members want BCCI emergency meeting
In spite of being suspended by the Supreme Court, is N. Srinivasan still remote controlling the Board of Control for Cricket in India’s affairs as far as the Indian Premier League scandal case in Supreme Court is concerned? A letter from Rajasthan Cricket Association written to acting BCCI president Shivlal Yadav on Wednesday clearly reflects a clear […]
Can Indian Premier League 2014 rise above scams?
No other edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) would have been cause for as much pressure as the seventh, set to start from April 16. For no matter how many denials the players make and irrespective of how brave they act, the dark cloud of the spot-fixing scandal will loom large over the tournament. […]
Pakistan Cricket Board expecting six separate Test series against India between 2015-2023
New Delhi: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is expecting to play at least six home and away Test series against India in the next eight-year FTP cycle between 2015 and 2023 which will also include an “off-shore” home series in the United Arab Emirates. According to an ESPNCricinfo report, “The PCB is now waiting for […]
Davis Cup may bring Novak Djokovic to India
New Delhi: India will take on Serbia at home in the Davis Cup World Group play-offs to be held from September 12-14, raising the possibility of multiple-time Grand Slam winner and world number two Novak Djokovic touching down in the country. Bogdan Obradovic-led Serbia will face India for the second time in three years in […]
Yuvraj Singh is still India’s greatest match-winner, says Gautam Gambhir
New Delhi: Senior opener Gautam Gambhir says “had there been an Indian Premier League auction today, he would have still gone” for Yuvraj Singh and called him India’s “greatest match-winner” in limited overs cricket. “I don’t think any cricketer has criticised Yuvraj. It is the media which has attacked him and we need to be […]
BAN vs WI: Santokie double-blow rattles Bangladesh
NEW DELHI: Chasing a 172-run target, Bangladesh got off to a bad start as they lost three quick wickets in the World T20 Super 10 match at the Shere Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur on Tuesday. Samuel Badree dealt first blow to the host by scalping Tamim Iqbal (5) in the third over. Krishmar Santokie […]
Virat Kohli can be better than Sachin Tendulkar: Kapil Dev
KUALA LUMPUR: Former captain Kapil Dev on Tuesday said that Indian batting’s mainstay Virat Kohli will rewrite more records than anyone else in world cricket and believed the Delhi batsman has realistic chances of “bettering” even Sachin Tendulkar’s career graph if he remains injury-free. “Without any doubt Kohli will make more records than anybody else. […]
Nauseating that N. Srinivasan continued as BCCI chief: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has asked N. Srinivasan to step down as BCCI president to ensure a fair probe of the Indian Premier League fixing and betting scandal. Srinivasan’s son-in-law Gurunath Meiyappan, who was a team official of Chennai Super Kings, has been indicted by a Supreme Court appointed inquiry committee of betting and sharing team information. […]
Indian hockey coach Terry Walsh aims at top-8 finish in FIH World Cup
New Delhi: Indian hockey chief coach Terry Walsh is aiming for a top-8 finish at the upcoming FIH World Cup to be played in The Hague from May 31 to June 15. “Our first target is to set realistic goals for the World Cup and it is to be in the top-8. Going further from […]
World Twenty20 warm-up: Virat Kohli, Suresh Raina set up India’s 20-run win over England
Riding on a cavalier unbeaten 73 off 47 balls from Virat Kohli and an equally entertaining 54 off 31 balls from Suresh Raina, India scored an imposing 178 for four in 20 overs. It was a good enough total for the bowlers to restrict the opposition to 158 for six. Mahendra Singh Dhoni used seven […]
Twenty20 World Cup: Victory versus India is like tonic, says Pakistan skipper Misbah-ul-Haq
In recent times, very rarely has the Pakistan cricket team been welcomed home by a shower of rose petals. It was different on Monday. When the team flew into Lahore from Dhaka, the Asia Cup runners-up received a very warm welcome. So what if Misbah-ul-Haq’s men did not win the title, they haddefeated arch-rivals India and […]
Sandeep Singh among India’s 33 probables for FIH World Cup
New Delhi: Drag-flicker Sandeep Singh and defender Gurbaj Singh were amongst the 33 core probables announced by Hockey India (HI) today for the FIH Hockey World Cup to be held in The Hague, Netherlands from May 31. The players will undergo a preparatory camp from March 9 at Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium here. Both […]
Asia Cup: India crash out after Pakistan beat Bangladesh by 3 wickets
Mirpur: Pakistan on Tuesday, pulled off a thrilling three-wicket victory over hosts Bangladesh to storm into the finals of the Asia Cup cricket tournament, completely knocking India out of the title race. Opener Ahmed Shehzad blasted a 123-ball 103 to set the foundation for a record chase but it was Shahid Afridi’s blistering 59 off […]
