Ace Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal played her heart out but eventually ran out of steam as French Hongyan Pi beat her in a gruelling quarterfinal encounter of the Malaysian Super Series on Friday. The World number 10 Indian went down 17-21 26-24 16-21 to Pi, whom she had beaten in the World Super Series last [...]
Batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar urged cricket administrators to allow young fans free entry for Test matches to put a brake on the dwindling interest in the longer version of the game. “My suggestion is that a couple of stands in the stadium should be thrown open, absolutely free, to the school and college students on [...]
The New Zealand Cricket (NZC) has said that they would decide on the Board of Control for Cricket in India’s (BCCI) request for an an extra Test during their March tour of New Zealand by next week. The (NZC) will decide on the BCCI’s request of an extra Test match during India’s tour to New [...]
The flip flop over controversial Pakistan pacer Mohammad Asif’s hearing in the Indian Premier League doping case still continues with the IPL drugs tribunal contemplating of shifting back the venue of the hearing to India. Asif’s was scheduled to appear before the drugs tribunal in London on January 24 following a request from the pacer [...]
Young India pacer Ishant Sharma has credited his recent exploits with the red cherry to his senior pace colleague Zaheer Khan. Ishant said it was Zaheer who helped him immensely during the last year which which saw him torment top batsmen around the world with both new and old balls. “No one expected us to [...]
Sachin Tendulkar was felicitated on Friday evening for becoming the world’s highest run-scorer in Test cricket. The master batsman crossed Brian Lara’s record against Australia recently. A host of dignitaries including the BCCI top-brass, Mumbai Ranji team, politicians and socialites gathered at the function hosted by the state cricket association to recognize Tendulkar’s feat . [...]
Champions Compaq Cup, 2009 Sri Lanka vs New Zealand, 1st Match R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, September 8, 2009 Match Information Umpires: Billy Doctrove (WI) & Asoka De Silva (SL) Third Umpire: Kumar Dharmasena (SL) Match Referee: Chris Broad (Eng) Toss: Sri Lanka (Elected to bat) Match Status: New Zealand need 160 runs Batting: New Zealand [...]
Off-spinner Ramesh Powar polished off the Saurashtra tail with a four-wicket haul but it was Mumbai’s 258-run first innings lead which propelled them to the Ranji Trophy final after the drawn semi-final match here on Wednesday. In reply to Mumbai’s mammoth first innings total of 637 for six declared, Saurashtra were all out in the [...]
World No. 5 Russian star Nikolay Davydenko will miss the upcoming Australian Open after pulling out of this week’s $450,000 Chennai Open due to a heel injury. Davydenko, who was the top seed in Chennai, pulled out of his scheduled second-round match on Wednesday, citing inflammation in his left heel. He was supposed to meet [...]
Former Indian captain Sourav Ganguly, who is popularly known as the Prince of Kolkata, will pick new cheerleaders for his Indian Premier League team, the Kolkata Knight Riders. Ganguly is all set to make his small screen debut in Shahrukh Khan’s show, Knights and Angels. But unlike other cricketers he will not be seen participating, [...]
Ace Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal started her season on a winning note, dispatching little known German Nicole Grether in straight games to enter the second round of Malaysian Super Series badminton tournament here on Wednesday. World number 10 Saina took just 26 minutes to sent Nicole packing 21-15, 21-8 in the first round to set [...]
Indian tennis ace Sania Mirza, making a comeback from a wrist injury, went down fighting against her nemesis Ana Chakvetadze, resulting in team Asia-Pacific’s 0-2 defeat against Team Russia at World Team Challenge tournament on Thursday. All the hopes of the Asian team making a comeback in the tie rested on Sania after Asia-pacific captain [...]
Shivakant Shukla remained unconquered on a patient 178 to pilot Uttar Pradesh into the final of Ranji Trophy for the third time in four years in Nagpur on Wednesday. Shukla’s knock came off 569 balls, and in 821 minutes, earning him the distinction of fourth longest stay by a batsman in the middle. His effort [...]
If sources close to the selection committee are to be believed, allrounder Ravindra Jadeja may well make his way into the Indian team before Cheteshwara Pujara does. There’s a possibility of a three-match one-day series against Sri Lanka before the New Zealand tour in March and Jadeja is in the reckoning to make his way [...]
Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan is looking for cheerleaders for his Indian Premier League (IPL) team. The star will pick six cheerleaders for his Kolkata Knight Riders for the upcoming second season through his TV show “Knights & Angels”. The show is being produced by Shah Rukh’s Red Chillies Entertainment and will air on NDTV [...]
Kolkata Knight Riders on Wednesday signed up Haryana all-rounder Sachin Rana after the end of their three-day trials at the Eden Gardens here. With team owner Shah Rukh Khan away in the US and coach John Buchanan leaving the camp midway to honour his personal commitments, Kolkata Knight Riders would announce the detailed list of [...]
Kolkata Knight Riders are in no mood to retain controversial Pakistani speedster Shoaib Akhtar for the Indian Premier League’s second season and today put him “up for trade” in the transfer window which is open till January 22. “Shoaib is up for trade… We cannot have room for two pacers (that includes Umar Gul),” KKR [...]
Batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar is not happy with the use of neutral venues for the knockout stages of the Ranji Trophy after a rare appearance in the tournament by the leading batsman drew a very small crowd. “I’m not in favour of neutral venues,” Tendulkar has been quoted as saying by the media. “I feel [...]
Australian skipper Ricky Ponting is lined up for sale in the upcoming IPL players’ transfer and auction. Ponting was all smiles on Wednesday after he led his side to victory in Sydney over South Africa. But his joy may prove to be short-lived as he could soon be up for trade by his IPL team. [...]
After a day’s hectic activity following the twin-letter threat to his family, India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni on Thursday wished a Happy New Year to all his fans before boarding a flight, apparently to reach outstation assignments. Sporting a pair of jeans, a T-shirt and a pullover, the wicketkeeper said “Happy New Year to you [...]