Exciting Test match after that
stupid one sided test match ......
Good to see Test bowlers doing
good again & batsmen struggling
out there.
As long as such contests exists &
result orientated Test matches
exists...Test matches will survive
for many more years.
Hats off to Indian
Bowlers...specially Zaheer
Khan & Harbhajan Singh at
his...
Seven Indian cricketers in fray for ODI dream team
Dubai, Dec 22 (IANS) Seven
Indian cricketers, including
Sachin Tendulkar, are among 48
players in the fray for the dream
One-day international (ODI)
team being selected to mark the
40th anniversary of ODI cricket.
The International Cricket
Council's (ICC) official website is
asking supporters from across
the globe to select a dream team
from a shortlist...
The saga of Sachin's 50 Test centuries
New Delhi: Cricket saw one of
the most famous chapter added
to its history book on Sunday
when another record fell to the
feet of arguably the greatest
player to play the game - Sachin
Tendulkar - when the legend
scored his 50th Test hundred at
the Centurion.
While it might turn out to be a
century...
Group Lotus to take Renault stake in long term deal
Group Lotus has confirmed its
much-rumoured partnership
with Renault F1 from 2011, with
the team to be renamed Lotus
Renault GP. The deal is for seven
years to the end of the 2017
season and will see Group Lotus
inject title sponsorship in excess
of £100m over that period.
The new partnership has been
enabled by Renault selling its
remaining 25% share...
Hulkenberg eyes Force India seat
Nico Hulkenberg admits that
Force India is the team he is
most likely to land a race-seat
with.
Having been let go by Williams,
Hulkneberg is on the lookout for
a new drive, and the young
German spoke earlier in the
week of his strong belief that he
would be successful in his quest.
The 23-year-old now reveals that
he is in talks with Force India
about...
People's choice for IPL dream team: Sachin best as captain
Though the auction for the
fourth edition of the Indian
Premier League (IPL) is yet to be
kicked off, few teams have
already grabbed their favourite
players, thus saving them from
the auction bid.
However, as per the rules of the
IPL Governing Council, no team
is allowed to retain more than
four players. According to the
rules, among the retained
players,...
Wife expecting, Anderson returns to England
Sydney: England fast bowler
James Anderson has returned
home to be present at the birth
of his child but plans to return
to Australia in time for the third
Ashes test in Perth, coach Andy
Flower said on Wednesday. It’s
not ideal, it’s not perfect but we
try to get the balance right
between our commitments to
England and our responsibility to
the individual...
MI Retain Sachin, Pollard, Malinga and Harbhajan
Mumbai: Mumbai Indians have
informed the BCCI-owned Indian
Premier League that they were
retaining four players Sachin
Tendulkar, Harbhajan Singh,
West Indian Kieron Pollard and
Sri Lanka's Lasith Malinga for the
next two seasons. An MI official
also claimed that the franchisees
have the option of retaining
more than one foreigner in their
squad as...
IPL 4: Dravid, Ganguly, Gambhir up for grabs
New Delhi: The players'
retention deadline that ended on
Wednesday night threw few
surprises as many iconic players
for various franchisees in the first
three seasons were left to go
under the hammer.
Yuvraj Singh and Gautam
Gambhir are among the top
players not retained by their
franchise. In fact, Delhi
Daredevils only held back
Virender Sehwag for...
New CBA season tips off
China's basketball league has
never been more popular after a
number of former NBA players
jump on Marbury's bandwagon
and sign up to play. China Daily
reports.
High-profile former NBA players
will enhance the competitiveness
and expand the influence of the
2010-2011 Chinese Basketball
Association (CBA) season, which
will tip off with a game between
Zhejiang...
Pathan magic seals win for India
BANGALORE, India — Yusuf
Pathan hammered a career-best
123 not out off just 96 balls as
India pulled off a thrilling five-
wicket win in the fourth one-day
international against New
Zealand on Tuesday.
The all-rounder clubbed seven
fours and seven sixes on the way
to his maiden one-day century to
help the hosts overhaul New
Zealand's challenging 315-7...
IPL 2011 Season 4: BCCI Facing Jittery Phase
A special meeting has been
called for by Board of Control
for Cricket in India, BCCI, to be
attended by all officials
comprising of its general body.
Meeting is to be held in Mumbai
on coming Saturday with an
agenda of reformation of the
disciplinary committee of the
Board.
As evident the current
committee...
'Super Dan' focused on London 2012
The handsome face and
muscular figure of Lin Dan make
him an ideal candidate for the
big screen.
However, the Chinese badminton
superstar says any speculation
about a career in the
entertainment industry will have
to wait until his on-court career
ends.
"Right now, I'm just focused on
the 2012 Olympic Games. I will
not think about the possibility (of
acting)...
7 ex-CFA officials to face bribery charges
The seven detained former
officials from the Chinese
Football Association (CFA) will
stand trial early next year, said
Monday's Soccer News, after a
year-long sweeping probe into
Chinese football's gambling and
match-fixing.: By Liu Shanshan
(chinadaily.com.cn)
All seven sacked officials - ex-
CFA head Xie Yalong, his
successor Nan Yong and Nan's
deputy...
Taylor says U.S. headed for recession
(Reuters) - The U.S.
economy is headed for a
new recession, said John
Taylor, chairman and chief
investment officer of FX
Concepts, which should
likely benefit the dollar
and weigh on commodity
prices.
"It's a new recession. We're
already growing, but the
numbers show that the U.S.
government is still the primary
creator of this growth," Taylor
said...
NBA to buy Hornets
(Reuters) - The National
Basketball Association said
it agreed to buy the New
Orleans Hornets from
majority owner George
Shinn after a deal to sell
the team to minority
owner Gary Chouest fell
through.
The league said on Monday that
Chouest decided not to buy the
team because of economic
uncertainty in New Orleans and
Louisiana.
"In the absence of...
Aus vs vs Eng Eng – – 2010 2010 - - 11 11 : : England England wins wins the the second second test test by by an an innings innings and and 71 71 runs runs
Australia vs England – Second
Test at Adelaide in Dec 2010 :
England won by an innings and 71 runs,
Australia won the toss and
elected to bat first providing
the 131st occasion of Australia
doing so against England. It
also provides the 74th
occasion of Australia doing so
on home soil.
SM Katich was run out for
zero in the first innings of this
test...
Mumbai: The BCCI today allowed the squabbling Kochi franchisee to participate in the fourth edition of the Indian Premier League, ending the suspense over the fate of team.
The IPL Governing council, which
had given a third deadline to
Kochi last week after the
consortium's investors reached a
last-minute agreement over their
shareholding pattern, today
approved their ownership
structure and took it in its fold.
"At their meeting today, the IPL
Governing Council confirmed
that the Kochi Franchisee had
satisfactorily responded...
A Pakistan television news program has aired video of allegedly corrupt players agent Mazhar Majeed incriminating four more Pakistan cricketers in spot- fixing.
In the footage _ obtained and
released by Geo television on
Tuesday night _ Majeed claims
the Akmal brothers _ Kamran
and Umar _ fast bowler Wahab
Riaz and opening batsman Imran
Farhat were also involved.
The International Cricket Council
has already suspended
Mohammad Asif, Salman Butt
and Mohammad Amir after a
British tabloid newspaper
accused them...
New Delhi: indian cricket team captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni signed one of the largest single endorsement deals with the liquor to airlines conglomerate, the UB Group, valued at approximately Rs.26 crore for three years, according to a person privy to the deal.
The deal puts the Indian captain
in the select league of top
Bollywood stars such as Shah
Rukh Khan and Aamir Khan who
charge anywhere near Rs.6 crore
to Rs.8 crore per product's
endorsements in a year.
A official with the talent
management firm Rhiti Sports
Management, through which the
deal was struck, told IANS: 'Yes,
Dhoni has entered into a deal
with...
Kolkata: Former India all- rounder Bapu Nadkarni described Sachin Tendulkar as an all-time great cricketer.
"Cricketers like (Don) Bradman,
(Brian) Lara are born once in a
while. Tendulkar is one of them,
he is an all-time legend, a gem,"
the 77-year-old said while
attending a programme at the
Thakurpukur Cancer Hospital
here on Saturday.
Asked how would he have
bowled to Tendulkar if he was
there, the former left-arm
spinner known for his tidy and
economical...
London Chess Classic 2010
The field for the 2nd London
Chess Classic has been
strengthened again this year with
the addition of World Champion
and number one Viswanathan
Anand. Returning is world
number two Magnus Carlsen,
former World Champion
Vladimir Kramnik, US Number
One Hikaru Nakamura and the
top English players Michael
Adams, Nigel Short, Luke
McShane and David Howell.
There...
London Chess Classic 2010
The field for the 2nd London
Chess Classic has been
strengthened again this year with
the addition of World Champion
and number one Viswanathan
Anand. Returning is world
number two Magnus Carlsen,
former World Champion
Vladimir Kramnik, US Number
One Hikaru Nakamura and the
top English players Michael
Adams, Nigel Short, Luke
McShane and David Howell.
There...
I'm the no-panty girl: Yana Gupta
Right after she
was caught
offguard, Yana
Gupta tags herself
as the 'no-panty'
girl and the day
as the officially
funniest day of her life.
What do you expect after a
wardrobe malfunction? Shock
or embarrassment? Item girl
Yana Gupta, who was recently
caught on camera without
panties, has chosen to...
President greets Asian Games heroes at Rashtrapati Bhavan
President Pratibha Patil admires
the gold medal of Ashwini
Akkunji as other athletes look on
during a meeting with medal
winners of the recently
concluded 16th Asian Games in
China, at Rashtrapati Bhavan in
New Delhi on Saturday.
President Pratibha Patil today
hailed the efforts of Indian
athletes,...
Liverpool Linked With Bolton Striker
Liverpool boss
Roy Hodgson is considering
making a move for Bolton
striker Johan Elmander.
Elmander is in the last year of his
contract and could be purchased
for around £5million.
However, earlier this month
there were rumors that Bolton
were trying to work out a new
deal with the 29-year-old strik...
NBA - Garnett, Rondo pace Celtics over Bulls
(Reuters) - Kevin Garnett
and Rajon Rondo led all
five Boston starters into
double-digit scoring as the
Celtics eased to a 104-92
victory over the Chicago
Bulls on Friday.
The Atlantic Division-leading
Celtics have won six consecutive
games to improve to 15-4, while
the Bulls have lost two in a row
to slip to 9-8 for the season.
Garnett had 20 points...
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Arsene Wenger blasts outdated FIFA
ARSENE WENGER has branded
FIFA's decision to snub
England's 2018 World Cup bid
as one from the "Middle Ages".
The Arsenal boss was an official
supporter of the England 2018
campaign and a video message
from him was shown to FIFA
committee members as part of
our presentation.
But Wenger insists football's
governing body must now drag
their decision-making...
Obama: Qatar wrong choice for 2022
Barack Obama, the US
president, has said that Fifa, the
world governing football body
erred in awarding the 2022
World Cup to Qatar instead of
his country.
"I think it was the wrong
decision," Obama told reporters
at the White House on
Thursday.
He said he remained optimistic
that the US team would make it
to the finals.
Fifa selected Qatar over bids
from...
Russia hosts 2018 World Cup, Qatar for 2022
Football's governing body, Fifa,
has announced Russia and
Qatar as hosts of the 2018 and
2022 World Cup tournaments
respectively.
FIFA President Sepp Blatter
announced the verdicts at a
gathering of the football
hierarchy in Zurich moments
ago.
Russia beat rival bids from
England, Portugal-Spain,
Netherlands-Belgium to host the
football mundial for...
FIFA member: Media ruined England bid
The Japanese FIFA executive
committee member has said
England's World Cup bid failed
so utterly because of the
country's media investigations
into the world governing body.
Junji Ogura, who was thought to
favour England's bid to host the
2018 tournament, was
impressed by a presentation in
Zurich that included David
Beckham, Prince William and
prime...
AIDFI's Ram Pump Project Wins prestigious World Challenge 10 competition
London, 4 December 2010. This
Saturday, BBC World News
broadcasts the final programme
of the World Challenge 10
series, announcing The Only
Way is Up the Alternative
Indigenous Development
Foundation Inc. ’s (AIDFI) Ram
Pump Project as the winner.
Based in the Philippines the
initiative uses the power of a
river ’s flow to literally push
water uphill...
Sreesanth, Raina rested for last three ODIs
Jaipur: Pace spearhead Zaheer
Khan, who missed the first two
matches due to a injury, on
Thursday returned to the Indian
team for the next three games of
the ODI series against New
Zealand while the selectors
decided to rest batsman Suresh
Raina and pacer Sreesanth
ahead of the upcoming South
Africa series.
The selectors announced two
separate teams...
India Vs New Zealand, 3rd ODI: India Won by 9 Wickets, Lead Series by 3-0
VADODARA: India won the 3rd
ODI against New Zealand being
played at Reliance Stadium,
Vadodara by 9 wickets in 39.3
overs. Now, India lead the five-
match series 3-0 following easy
victories in the matches in
Guwahati, Jaipur and Vadodara.
Captain Gautam Gambhir once
again led from the front with the
bat to give India victory.
Gautam Gambhir was once...
2nd Test: England 90/1 at lunch on Day 2
ADELAIDE:
Australia struck
early to take the
prize wicket of
England captain
Andrew Strauss but Alastair
Cook and Jonathan Trott eased
the tourists to 90-1 at lunch on
the second day of the second
Ashes Test on Saturday.
Scorecard
Cook (35) and Trott (39)
enjoyed a record unbeaten
stand of 329 in the first Ashes
Test and again looked a
formidable partnership...
China funded Indian team to win water polo gold
BANGALORE:That China never let go even a
single medal
winning
opportunity at the just
concluded Asian Games is no
secret. They successfully lobbied
for the inclusion of popular
Chinese sports like Weiqi and
Xianqqi in the 16th edition of
the Games. They even denied
entry to a strong Indian
equestrian team to help the
Chinese riders.
But as strange...
Harbhajan needs to find himself afresh
Harbhajan Singh's twin centuries
were a joy to watch, evidence
that he can bat, and proof to
himself, more than to anyone
else, that he was selling himself
short sometimes. They don't tell
you anything more, and indeed,
like most good things, they come
with a warning.
India now have a more confident
No. 8, someone who can stand
up to the bowling and...
India v New Zealand, 2nd ODI, Jaipur Gambhir, bowlers make it 2-0
India 259 for 2 (Gambhir 138*,
Kohli 64*) beat New Zealand 258
for 8 (Guptill 70, Styris 59,
Sreesanth 4-47) by eight wickets
Gautam Gambhir's bowlers
responded well to his call of
bowling first, restricting New
Zealand with smart, accurate
bowling, and the captain
reciprocated with a fluent 138
off...
Previous World Cup Cricket Finals Results, Champions
Cricket World Cup 1975 "West
Indies"
Venue : Lords, England
Result : West Indies beat
Australia.
West Indies won by 17 runs.
Scored 291 runs in 60 overs for 8
wickets.
Australia scored 274 in 58.4
overs all out.
Cricket World Cup 1979 "West
Indies"
Venue : Lords, England
Result : West Indies beat England
West Indies won by 92 Runs &
scored 286...
ICC World Cup Cricket History,
The Cricket World Cup was first
held in 1975 in England, with
eight teams participating:
Australia, England, the West
Indies, Pakistan, India, and New
Zealand (the six Test nations at
the time), with Sri Lanka and a
composite team from East Africa.
The first three tournaments were
held in England. N. K. P. Salve,
President of the BCCI (Board of
Control...
DHONI Biography
Personal information
Full name: Mahendra Singh
Dhoni
D.O.B: 7th July, 1981
Place of Birth: Ranchi, Bihar
Nickname: Mahi
Cricketing information
Role: Captain of the Indian ODI
and Twenty20 team and Vice
captain of the Test team
Batting style: Right hand batsman
Bowling style: Right arm medium
Field...
