The Chennai Super Kings added the 2010 Champions League Twenty20 title to their Indian Premier League crown after a comprehensive eight-wicket victory over the Warriors in Johannesburg. The two sides had met in the group stages and the final saw the same result, albeit with the Super Kings batting second and making reasonably light work [...]
In an injury scare, Indian opener Gautam Gambhir was on Sunday rushed to a local hospital here after being hit on his right wrist by a delivery during Board President XI’s game against Australia only to be discharged later without any problem. At nearby PCA Stadium at Mohali, which is to host India’s first Test [...]
Taking a U-turn, CGF CEO Mike Hooper on Sunday owned up the responsibility for the mess around the Commonwealth Games after blaming India’s central and state governments for all the problems. Hooper told New Zealand media that the Commonwealth Games Federation cannot be held responsible for the Organising Committee’s failure to meet deadlines but later [...]
The Warriors brought an end to South Australia’s undefeated Champions League run by handing them a 30-run defeat to ensure South African representation in the final. The Warriors set up a clash with the Indian Premier League champions Chennai Super Kings by first posting 175 for six and then restricting the South Australians to 145 [...]
Under attack from all quarters but defiant nonetheless, Commonwealth Games Organising Committee chairman Suresh Kalmadi on Sunday said his enthusiasm for the event remains intact and he can’t wait for it to get started come October 3. “I am a satisfied man. I am excited about the Games and can’t wait for it to start [...]
The Chennai Super Kings brushed aside the challenge of the Royal Challengers Bangalore to book their place in the Champions League Twenty20 final with a 53-run win in the first semi-final in Durban. Suresh Raina’s explosive unbeaten 94 guided them to a score of 174 for four in 17 overs after an early interruption due [...]
Memorabilia belonging to 25 top sportspersons from India and overseas, including tennis star Roger Federer, batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar and chess ace Viswanathan Anand, will go under the auctioneer’s hammer on October 29. Six of the precious memorabilia, including the gold medal won by Anand after beating Vladimir Kramnik in a World Championship match in [...]
Chennai Super Kings beat the Warriors by ten runs in Port Elizabeth but both teams still qualified for the semi-finals of the Champions League. Batting first, the Super Kings scored 136 for six with Michael Hussey scoring the only half-century of the match before the Warriors managed 126 for eight in reply. Hussey hit four [...]
Wayamba ended their Champions League campaign with a crushing 74-run victory – their only success of the tournament – over Central Districts, who slumped to a fourth straight loss. After making a competitive score of 144 for six, in which captain Jehan Mubarak top scored with 30, Wayamba dismissed Central Districts for a meagre 70 [...]
The Bangalore Royal Challengers booked their place in the semi-finals of the Champions League Twenty20 with a six-wicket win over the Lions in Johannesburg. Virat Kohli’s unbeaten 49 steered the Challengers into the last four with an over to spare after they had been asked to chase 160 for victory. Batting first, the Lions closed [...]
Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan is expected to attend the opening ceremony of the Commonwealth Games on October 3. The actor, who is a sports enthusiast, would sure lend some positive energy to the mega event, which has received plenty of bad press. Sources in the Games organising committee say that Shah Rukh Khan will [...]
South Australia maintained their dominant form in the Champions League, making it four wins out of four with a 15-run victory over Guyana in their final group game in Johannesburg.Sout Batting first, the Redbacks posted 191 for six before Guyana, despite 70 from captain Ramnaresh Sarwan, were held to 176 for seven in reply. Callum [...]
Out-of-form Yuvraj Singh was on Monday dropped while young Saurashtra batsman Cheteshwar Pujara was selected in the 15-member Indian squad for the two-Test series against Australia, starting October 1 in Mohali. Pujara was the lone new face in the team announced by the Cricket Board selection committee. Selection committee chairman Krish Srikkanth said the criteria [...]
Sachin Tendulkar and Virender Sehwag of India, Hashim Amla of South Africa and England’s Graeme Swann have all been short-listed for the top honour at the LG ICC Awards 2010. The votes have now been cast by the independent 25-person academy and these four men are the ones in the running to receive the Sir [...]
Kenya’s athletics squad for the Commonwealth Games was further decimated Tuesday by the late pull-out of Olympic 1500m champion Asbel Kiprop and women’s world 10,000m champion Linet Masai. Officials said the athletes were suffering from fatigue and injury respectively. Kenya’s squad is already missing men’s 800m world record holder, David Rudisha, and Olympic 5000m bronze [...]
Australian discus world champion Dani Samuels has pulled out of the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi next month because of security and health concerns, her coach was quoted as saying on Tuesday. Her decision follows a gun attack on a tourist bus outside a famous mosque in New Delhi on Sunday, which has added to [...]
he Australian cricketers, who arrived on Monday for a two Test series against India, have been provided with more than 100 security guards in military-style uniforms, who will be guarding them round the clock. The corridors of hotel where the players checked in were filled with security guards and patrols were being conducted throughout the [...]
Victoria raced to an emphatic eight-wicket win over Wayamba that kept their hopes of progressing in the Champions League well and truly alive at Centurion Park. After bowling the Sri Lankan champions out for just 106 in 16.3 overs, Victoria reached their victory target in 13.2 overs with captain David Hussey leading the way, unbeaten [...]
The Mumbai Indians beat the Royal Challengers Bangalore by two runs as the two Indian Premier League sides clashed in the Champions League, but the victory was not enough to keep them in the competition. They make their exit despite holding their nerve to restrict Bangalore to 163 for five having themselves posted 165 for [...]
Unbeaten half-centuries from Richard Cameron and Alviro Petersen and four wickets from Ethan O’Reilly set up a comprehensive nine-wicket Champions League victory for the Lions over Guyana in Johannesburg. Guyana’s problems in the tournament continued as they were held to a modest 148 for nine as O’Reilly returned four for 27, Steven Jacobs top scoring [...]