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DAMBULLA: India's cricketers are not known for upholding high standards of professionalism when it comes to media commitments. But even going by the usual, what transpired at the Rangiri International Stadium after one of their worst ODI defeats would constitute as peculiar.The team kept the media waiting for one-and-a-half hours ...
Sri Lankan Thissara Perera (second right) celebrates with his teammates after he dismissed unseen Indian Ishant Sharma during the fifth ODI of the tri-series in Dambulla. (AFP Photo)DAMBULLA (Sri Lanka): A spineless India crashed to their biggest ODI defeat in terms of balls remaining as Sri Lanka stormed into the final of the ...
LONDON: The England and Wales Cricket Board(ECB) is planning to ban English cricketers from social networking sites such as Twitter andFacebook while on national duty."England's cricketers are facing a ban from social networking websites Twitter and Facebook," a 'Daily Mail' report said on Sunday.England players such as Graeme Swann, James Anderson, Kevin Pietersen and Steven Finn have been ...
DUBAI: Dashing opener Virender Sehwag is the highest-ranked Indian batsman at the second spot in the latest ICC Test rankings issued on Sunday.ICC Test Batting Rankings ICC Test Bowling RankingsICC Test All-Rounder Rankings Sri Lanka captain Kumar Sangakkara leads the batting table with Michael Clarke of Australia on the third spot.In the bowling list, Pakistan's fast bowler Mohammad Amir has rocketed to a career-best 17th after playing ...
For long, boxers from India were dismissed simply as street-fighters equipped with haymakers, who led with one's chin and left the ring with a mouse on their face.Boxing: CWG Medals won by India With the 2002 gold at the Manchester Commonwealth Games along with a silver and a bronze, India made an attempt to erase ...
LONDON: A tournament for declaring the world's best team in Test cricket may finally become reality. The International cricket Council will decide on a two-yearly tournament-like world Test championship - as opposed to the current rolling format - at a meeting of chief executives of cricket boards at Cape Town next month.England in the summer of 2013 is among ...
MASON: Roger Federer ended his mini-vacation with another Masters title, winning the Cincinnati championship by beating Mardy Fish 6-7 (5), 7-6 (1), 6-4 in the final on Sunday.A well-rested Federer was barely on the court all week because his opponents got hurt and his game was so good.For the first time, the world's second-ranked ...
Atwal becomes first Indian to win on PGA TourSee photoGREENSBORO: Arjun Atwal won the Wyndham Championship by one stroke Sunday, becoming the first Monday qualifier to win on the PGA Tour in 24 years.Atwal, who led or shared the lead after each of the first three rounds, shot a 67 in the final round. He finished ...
HYDERABAD: It is redemption time for Saina Nehwal as the World Badminton Championshipskick off in Paris on Monday. A few weeks back, she was the toast of the nation after achieving a rare hat-trick of titles.The country celebrated the dominance of an Indian shuttler after a long time and she was justly rewarded with the ...
COLOMBO: Sachin Tendulkar has looked a driven man throughout this tour. He has trained intensely, played aggressive mentor to the juniors after the defeat in Galle, scored his fifth double-hundred to help India avoid possible defeat at the SSC, and is now going to get his 169th Test cap: the ...
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