Hambantota: Already assured of their places in the Super Eight stage of the ICC World Twenty20, both Sri Lanka and South Africa would be eyeing a win to top their pool when they play against each other in the marquee Group C clash here tomorrow. Both hosts Sri Lanka and South Africa had easy outings [...]
Colombo: Electing to bat, Ireland scored 123 for seven against Australia in the second cricket match of the World Twenty20 at R Premadasa Stadium here today. With 25 for three even before the sixth over was complete, George Bailey’s boys had complete command over the situation. Soon it became 33 for four when Gary Wilson [...]
London: Controversial batsman Kevin Pietersen rejected a four-month contract offer from the England and Wales Cricket Board, hours before his ouster from the 16-member squad for the Test tour of India. According to ‘The Daily Telegraph’, the contract included waiving his rights to any future legal action in employment disputes with the ECB, issuing another [...]
London: Kevin Pietersen’s name was missing from the English squad for India tour that was announced by the selectors Tuesday, who looked to the future with call-ups for Nick Compton of Somerset and Yorkshire opener Joe Root. Pietersen will now have to wait for the ODI tour to India in early January or the trip [...]
Colombo: Languishing at the bottom half of the ranking table, Australia would like to start their World Twenty20 campaign on a positive note when they take on “giant killers” Ireland in their tournament opener here tomorrow. Australia has so far failed to tame the shortest format of the game and it will be a test [...]
Colombo: In a throwback to the Gary Kirsten days when the then India coach would always help Sachin Tendulkar with throwdowns, the Nondescripts Cricket Club (NCC) ground here today witnessed Yuvraj Singh going through the same routine with fielding coach Trevor Penney. It was an optional session but the likes of skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni, [...]
Colombo: India will have to quickly decide on their team combination as they launch their ICC World Twenty20 campaign against minnows Afghanistan here tomorrow, hoping to get into the groove for the tougher battles ahead. A win will ensure a Super Eights berth for champions of the 2007 edition even before they take on England [...]
Colombo: Kamran Akmal smashed a blistering unbeaten 92 as Pakistan dented arch-rival India’s confidence ahead of the ICC World Twenty20 with a thrilling five-wicket win in their last warm-up game here today. India posted a competitive 185 for three riding on Virat Kohli’s unbeaten 75, but their listless death bowling allowed Pakistan to overhaul the [...]
The Big Bash fest gets under way from Tuesday in Sri Lanka with the T20 World Cup up for grabs to the team which masters the slow and low conditions of the island nation.
The BCCI today sought to justify the decision to terminate the IPL contract of debt-ridden Deccan Chargers, saying it was compelled to take action after the beleaguered franchise claimed that it had not committed any breaches and threatened to take legal recourse.
It’s David vs Goliath as Rajasthan take on Mumbai’s might
Kolkata: They have shown remarkable fighting spirit despite the demoralising spot-fixing scandal and the Rajasthan Royals will now look to upstage the mighty Mumbai Indians in the second qualifier here tomorrow to book, what would be, a dream final berth in the Pepsi IPL. On paper, Mumbai Indians may appear stronger but Rajasthan will be [...]
21 lawmakers back Chandigarh-born as top US judge
Washington: Ahead of an expected Senate vote on the nomination of Chandigarh-born Indian-American legal luminary Srikanth ‘Sri’ Srinivasan to a top US court, 21 lawmakers have penned their support for him. Srinivasan, 46, currently principal deputy solicitor general of the US last week won unanimous approval from the Senate Judiciary Committee for his nomination as [...]
It was like bereavement: Dravid on spot-fixing
New Delhi: Rajasthan Royals skipper Rahul Dravid says dealing with the turmoil caused by the spot-fixing scandal, which has left his team’s reputation in tatters, has turned out to be as tough as handling “bereavement in some ways”. “I would not lie it was a very tough phase for us. It was a blow to [...]
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The final kick-off for passion
Tonight the football season will finally come to a close with the Champions League final being played at Wembley stadium. It’s been a tumultuous season for all the wrong reasons. The four big leagues were wrapped up early: Manchester United in the EPL, Bayern Munich in the Bundesliga, Juventus in Serie A and Barcelona in [...]
Earlier this week, I received an email about the Gayatri Mantra being proven to be the most divine and powerful hymn in the world. An American scientist called Dr Howard Steingeril is said to have collected hymns, prayers, mantras and invocations from all over the world and from all religions. He tested these for sound [...]
Reporter’s diary: Waste not flowers
A flower is most beautiful when it is in the garden, like a deer or a lamb seen in its natural habitat. If this wisdom is known to the mayor and the GHMC, they would not have wasted several hundred lovely flowers at the function declaring the GHMC’s plan to open 14 biodiversity parks on [...]
Reporter’s diary: Bravo, Naidu
TDP leader Chandrababu Naidu is a visionary. Few will doubt this considering what he did to give Hyderabad a modern face, and many of his welfare schemes are now implemented (of course, renamed after Rajiv Gandhi or Indira Gandhi). But many could not understand his logic of asking for a ban of `500 and `1,000 [...]
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