Perth: Ricky Ponting, one of the finest batsmen in contemporary cricket and Australia’s middle order bulwark for years, today announced his retirement from international cricket, bringing down the curtains on an illustrious career spanning 17 years. Ponting, who will retire after the third Test against South Africa beginning here tomorrow, told a hastily-called press conference [...]
New Delhi: The criticism against Sachin Tendulkar might be mounting rapidly after a string of poor performances but his former India teammate Rahul Dravid feels the senior batsman is needed “more than ever now”. Tendulkar has been a major disappointment in the ongoing four-Test series against England which is tied at 1-1 after the visitors [...]
Vettel became only the third driver in Formula One history to win three successive titles, equalling the feats of the great Argentine Juan Manuel Fangio and his own childhood idol Michael Schumacher, who finished seventh for Mercedes in his final race before retiring. Here’s the race-by-race guide to the 2012 Formula One season which finished [...]
The strategy of the Indian think tank to play to their strength and doctor pitches to suit spin boomeranged because of their inability to tackle the England spinners.
Mumbai: India’s ploy to prepare a spinning track might have backfired as England registered a 10-wicket win in the second Test, but host captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni said he would like to have a similar pitch for the third game, starting at Kolkata on December 5. “Of course, we want a similar track as that’s [...]
Sao Paulo: Sebastian Vettel’s triumph in the rain here Sunday ended one of the most exciting seasons in Formula 1 history, one in which records were smashed and legends battled emerging talents. Of the record six former champions on the grid, it was the youngest who triumphed, doing just enough at the final race showdown [...]
New Delhi: Indian Olympic Association vice-President Jagdish Tytler today lambasted the infighting that has marred the build-up to the December 5 IOA elections, saying that constant bickering has made the body a laughing stock for the entire country. “Today the whole election process is sadly in a mess which is created by us only. The [...]
Mumbai: England were comfortably placed at 298 for four with Kevin Pietersen unbeaten on138 during the morning session of the third day of the second Test match against India, here, today. Skipper, Alastair Cook and Pietersen tormented the Indian bowlers as they scored centuries on a pitch which provided a lot of turn and bounce. [...]
Andrew Flintoff Flintoff has set many tongues wagging after it became known that the Ashes hero has taken up professional boxing and is due to take on “Big Bad” Richard Dawson at Manchester Arena on November 30. Those who have met Freddie claim he is not “fluffy” anymore and the former cricketer’s dedication is there [...]
By juggling with aplomb the hectic activity one endures on the eve of a movie release and shouldering responsibility of the torchbearer of a new sporting venture, Akkineni Nagarjuna does justice to both superstardom and superbike racing. Hyderabad: “Have you ever known me to leave a job midway?” shot back Akkineni Nagarjuna to apprehensions on [...]
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Humorist Jaspal Bhatti, had he been alive, would have found stunning material for a flop show in the BJP’s behaviour of late. How the ‘national opposition party’ turned into a ‘notional’ party is a story worth caricaturing with potential for record viewing-rate.
Chinese president Xi Jinping is a chemical engineer. No wonder he knows the chemical formula to pursue his country’s global ambitions. If anybody in India believed Xi would extend a warm friendship to this country, he should be naive. He has been on a global Sino initiative to widen the Chinese visions of the century. [...]
“India is China’s important neighbour. (The purpose of) my current visit to India is three-fold — to increase mutual interest, intensify cooperation and to face the future,” said Chinese Premier Li Keqiang during his visit to India. To this the Indian prime minister’s response could n0t have been more fitting that “the rest of the [...]
Adopt and restore a lake is new mantra
It’s interesting that the Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA) has invited interested individuals, voluntary and corporate organisations to adopt lakes in and around the city in order to protect and preserve water bodies. Last week, HMDA Commissioner Neerabh Kumar Prasad said 176 lakes in the jurisdiction of the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) and another [...]
About Traditional Russian values
Russia has decided to review its adoption pact that it has with France after the latter legalised gay marriage. This is in the wake of the statement of the Russian president Vladmir Putin which he made last month that Russia could change its adoption agreements with the countries which allowed gay marriage that goes against [...]
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