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Dickason reviews security arrangementsECB?s CSO visits MAC Stadium, inspects ground and dressing room
Source : hindu.com | 04-Dec-2008 01:03
?Federer on course to break record?
Sampras feels Rafael Nadal may be able to do it as well
Source : hindu.com | 04-Dec-2008 00:48
Dhoni still on top
Dubai: Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni has maintained his spot in the ICC ODI rankings for batsmen while Zaheer Khan is just a step away from breaking into the bowler?s top 10. Apart from Dhoni, Yuvraj Singh, at sixth, is ...
Source : hindu.com | 04-Dec-2008 00:33
?It seemed as if Inzamam batted with a toothpick?
Melbourne: Legendary Australian spinner Shane Warne has drawn interesting profiles of the world?s leading international cricketers in his just released book. Sample this: ?Inzamam was a huge great bear of a man who looked ...
Source : hindu.com | 04-Dec-2008 00:18
Changes make Alonso ponder retirement
MADRID: Two-time World champion Fernando Alonso might ponder retirement if FIA goes through with plans for F-1 to have a sole engine and transmission supplier starting from 2010. ?If they approve a single engine, it would be the last ...
Source : hindu.com | 04-Dec-2008 00:03
Sohail Tanvir could face disciplinary action
Karachi: Sohail Tanvir has irked the PCB for holding an unauthorised press conference in Islamabad on Tuesday, following which the Board is contemplating a disciplinary action against the left-arm fast bowler. ? ...
Source : hindu.com | 03-Dec-2008 23:48
Kirsten keen to be back in India
It was not just the England team that left the Indian shores following the terror attacks in Mumbai. Team India's South African coach Gary Kirsten too left for home
Source : dnaindia.com | 03-Dec-2008 23:35
Ponting?s injury not serious
Melbourne: Australian cricket team physiotherapist Alex Kountouris has refuted speculations that skipper Ricky Ponting?s career could see a premature end due to a wrist injury, which has been operated upon. ?He?s got a ...
Source : hindu.com | 03-Dec-2008 23:33
SA coach seeks Kirsten?s tips
Melbourne: South African coach Micky Arthur is leaving no stone unturned in his ambitious bid to humble the World champion and has now turned to India coach Gary Kirsten to learn what it takes to tame Australia. Arthur?s ...
Source : hindu.com | 03-Dec-2008 23:18
Cup full of surprises?
Federation Cup is starting in Kolkata today and each of the 16 teams is wary of unpredictability the tournament's format can throw up
Source : dnaindia.com | 03-Dec-2008 23:13
Uphill task for Hyderabad
Hyderabad's reply to Mumbai's mammoth 602 for 6 received two early jolts in the last session of fifth round Ranji Trophy Super League match
Source : dnaindia.com | 03-Dec-2008 23:12
Gide overcomes Makharia to storm in Round Three
Rohan Gide is hoping this will be the year of reckoning for him on the domestic circuit. Having played both in India and abroad in an effort to garner useful points and experience
Source : dnaindia.com | 03-Dec-2008 23:12
Age is just a number for him
Uttam Chandarana is a sprightly jovial character who even at 89 lives his life to the fullest.
Source : dnaindia.com | 03-Dec-2008 23:11
Rizvi Springfield register big win
Former champions Rizvi Springfield HS (Bandra) registered their first win in Elite Division Harris Shield Boys U-16 Inter-School Cricket Tournament with a huge of 505-run victory
Source : dnaindia.com | 03-Dec-2008 23:10
Ray of light in times of terror
Mumbai faced gruesome terror attacks last week that brought the city to a standstill. But life is getting back to normal in the financial capital of India.
Source : dnaindia.com | 03-Dec-2008 23:09
Kumble's cameo keeps a tradition alive
Former skipper Anil Kumble isn't the first Indian cricketer to star in a Bollywood film. Sandeep Patil and Sayed Kirmani were pitted against each other as hero and villain in the 1985 flick Kabhi Ajnabi The.
Source : dnaindia.com | 03-Dec-2008 23:07
Mumbai posts a huge total
Mumbai: Mumbai amassed a first innings total of 602 for six declared and then took two early wickets of Hyderabad before the visitor recovered poise on the second day of the four-day Ranji Trophy Super League Group ?A? match here ...
Source : hindu.com | 03-Dec-2008 23:03
Big win for KE Board?s School (Dharwad)
HUBLI: KE Board?s School (Dharwad) registered a big win in the opening match of the KSCA U-16 inter-school cricket tournament at the Karnataka Gymkhana Ground here on Wednesday. Batting first KE Board?s piled up a mammoth ...
Source : hindu.com | 03-Dec-2008 22:48
Will Yuvi be back?
A discussion on Yuvraj Singh will dominate the selection committee meeting in Chennai on Thursday.
Source : dnaindia.com | 03-Dec-2008 22:37
England coming
England team is set to return to India. After dilly-dallying for over a week, the England and Wales Cricket Board has virtually decided to send its team.
Source : dnaindia.com | 03-Dec-2008 22:36
Big win for U.P.
KOLKATA: Uttar Pradesh won the C.K. Nayudu Trophy pre-quarterfinal cricket match against Tamil Nadu by 10 wickets here on Wednesday. The scores: TN 226 and 289 (Gopinath 32, K. Sriram 45, M. Prabhu 43; ...
Source : hindu.com | 03-Dec-2008 22:33
AMU in final
ALIGARH: Host Aligarh Muslim University entered the final with a seven-wicket victory over Ram Manohar Lohia Avadh University in the North Zone inter-University cricket tournament here on Wednesday. The scores ...
Source : hindu.com | 03-Dec-2008 22:18
ECB puts rookie bowlers on stand-by
London: Fearing that a number of senior players may opt out in case England actually embarks on the Test tour of India, the cricket board has decided to keep three rookie bowlers on stand-by. According to a report in the ...
Source : hindu.com | 03-Dec-2008 22:03
Won?t let terrorists dictate cricket, says ECB chief
London: England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) Chairman Giles Clarke has indicated that Kevin Pietersen and his men will be back in India for next week?s Test series, insisting he would not let terrorists dictate cricket. ...
Source : hindu.com | 03-Dec-2008 21:48
Double hundred by Wasim Jaffer
Mumbai: Mumbai?s Wasim Jaffer sent the first ball of the day to the square leg fence, but the sixth ball caused the downfall of Ajinkya Rahane and Hyderabad enjoyed a better start on the second day of the Ranji Trophy Super League match ...
Source : hindu.com | 03-Dec-2008 21:33
Match drawn
Margao: Tamil Nadu gained three points by the virtue of its first innings lead as the under-16 South Zone Vijay Merchant Trophy cricket match against Hyderabad ended in a tame draw, here on Tuesday. Tamil Nadu now has four points from ...
Source : hindu.com | 03-Dec-2008 21:18
Sreesanth back in Kerala squad
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: S. Sreesanth has been recalled to the Kerala Ranji Trophy team for the plate league match against Jharkhand to be held in Jamshedpur on December 12. Sreesanth, who passed his fitness test at the NCA in Bangalore, ...
Source : hindu.com | 03-Dec-2008 21:03
PCB decides not to punish Asif
Karachi: The Pakistan Cricket Board has decided not to take any disciplinary action against troubled pacer Mohammad Asif, even if he is penalised by the drugs inquiry tribunal of the IPL for his alleged doping offence in the inaugural edition ...
Source : hindu.com | 03-Dec-2008 20:48
CSA planning to end quota system
Melbourne: Cricket South Africa (CSA) plans to do away with its selection policy of having a quota for coloured players in the next three years. The policy, which allegedly drove away players like Kevin Pietersen will be discarded for a ...
Source : hindu.com | 03-Dec-2008 20:33
ECB confirms India tour
LONDON: England?s cricketers will fly to Abu Dhabi on Thursday before embarking on their Test tour of India, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) announced on Wednesday. ?After spending the last 72 hours consulting ...
Source : hindu.com | 03-Dec-2008 20:18
Indian team selection today
Chennai: A 15-member Indian squad for the two-Test cricket series against England will be picked here on Thursday. The BCCI, expecting the ECB to clear the tour, will go ahead with the selection process for the series. Yuvraj Singh is ...
Source : hindu.com | 03-Dec-2008 20:03
Parekh enters quarterfinals
HYDERABAD: S. Parekh of Maharashtra defeated Muthu Kumara Swamy of Tamil Nadu 6-3, 6-1 in the 65 years & above singles pre-quarterfinal of the 13th GVK-AISTA senior national (veterans?) tennis championship at the SAAP Tennis Complex ...
Source : hindu.com | 03-Dec-2008 19:48
Ponting's slow game pinching where it hurts
Ricky Ponting's over-rate woes after spin wizard Shane Warne's retirement have cost the Australian cricket team a hefty $130,000 in fines so far.
Source : dnaindia.com | 03-Dec-2008 19:41
SA coach seeks Gary's tips
South Africa coach Micky Arthur is leaving no stone unturned in his ambitious bid to humble the World champions and has now turned to India coach Gary Kirsten
Source : dnaindia.com | 03-Dec-2008 19:40
Vijayant Malik rules over Prashant
Source : hindu.com | 03-Dec-2008 19:33
Vishvesh Sinha enters semifinals
GURGAON: Qualifier Vishvesh Sinha continued his good run and outwitted Anton Korchevskyy of Ukraine 4-6, 6-2, 6-2 in the quarterfinals of the boys? section in the ITF grade IV junior tennis tournament at the NTA Complex here on ...
Source : hindu.com | 03-Dec-2008 19:18
Burnley knock out Arsenal
Burnley's winning run against teams from London continued on Tuesday with a 2-0 defeat of Arsenal to reach the semifinals of the English League Cup.
Source : dnaindia.com | 03-Dec-2008 19:14
Federer to cut down clay-court tournaments
Source : hindu.com | 03-Dec-2008 19:03
BPCL triumphs
GURGAON: Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited was hardly tested as it defeated Indian Oil 2-0 to win the 19th Lal Bahadur Shastri hockey tournament at the Nehru Stadium here on Wednesday. BPCL dominated without having to exert itself at ...
Source : hindu.com | 03-Dec-2008 18:48
MSSSMS blanks Mt. Abu PS
NEW DELHI: Host S.S. Mota Singh Senior Secondary Model School (MSSSMS) defeated Mt. Abu Public School (Rohini) 7-0 in the senior boys? section of the 26th S.S. Mota Singh memorial hockey tournament on Wednesday. Amanpreet Singh (3), ...
Source : hindu.com | 03-Dec-2008 18:33
Coach Bansal sounds optimistic
Source : hindu.com | 03-Dec-2008 18:18
Dempo meets SBT
KOLKATA: Squeezed between the two phases of the I-League, Federation Cup ? the premier inter-club knockout tournament of the country ? is being treated as a breather by most of the teams that have gone through the rigours of ...
Source : hindu.com | 03-Dec-2008 18:03
Maradona to conduct clinic
KOLKATA: Diego Maradona will be spending the afternoon of his trip?s second and final day (December 6) here in a clinic hosted by Mohun Bagan for sub-junior footballers. The iconic Argentine would offer tips to some of the ...
Source : hindu.com | 03-Dec-2008 17:48
Gorkha Heroes posts win
NEW DELHI: A goal each by Sachin Rawat and Deepak helped Gorkha Heroes score a 2-0 win over Rohini Club in the DSA ?A? division football super league here on Wednesday. It was the third victory in three matches for Gorkha ...
Source : hindu.com | 03-Dec-2008 17:33
LRDE wins
Bangalore: LRDE (Bangalore) emerged champion in the DRDO South Zone football tournament at the ADE Ground here on Wednesday. LRDE topped with nine points and defeated runner-up ADE, Bangalore (6 points) 3-1 in its last league match. C. ...
Source : hindu.com | 03-Dec-2008 17:18
Salgaocar wins
Bangalore: Salgaocar SC won the Nike MUPC football tournament at Margao on Wednesday. According to a press release, Salgaocar defeated Raghav FC 2-0 in the final and has become the first team to gain a direct entry into the global finals of ...
Source : hindu.com | 03-Dec-2008 17:03