Sunrisers Hyderabad, who have an unbeaten four win streak at home are set to clash with the Delhi Daredevils on the former’s turf. Both these teams have played against each other earlier this season and it was the Hyderabad side which proved to be victorious on that occasion. The Sunrisers who are playing their first [...]
Hyderabad: “That Sri Lankan players should not play in the Indian Premier League is the view of people in Chennai and Tamil Nadu, and that too, a few, not that of all Indians, and so we are comfortable playing in other parts of the country,” said Kumar Sangakkara. Speaking at the unveiling ceremony of the [...]
Hyderabad: Sunrisers Hyderabad, the new IPL outfit, have suffered a blow ahead of the tournament with star player Shikhar Dhawan being ruled out due to injury for at least their opening tie against Pune Warriors, to be held on April 5.
WELLINGTON: Troubled New Zealand cricketer Jesse Ryder was in a critical condition in hospital Thursday after an “extremely vicious” attack as he left a bar in Christchurch, police said. The 28-year-old was in an induced coma with a fractured skull and serious internal injuries, and his family were at his bedside.
The Indian captain had every reason to feel vindicated for ordering pitches to suit India’s strength, spin bowling.
With the Oz batsmen falling like a pack of cards in their second innings, a clean sweep for the hosts, for the Boder-Gavaskar Trophy looks very likely.
New Delhi: With spinners beginning the bowling attack from both ends on just the second day of the fourth Test at the Ferozeshah Kotla Ground here, an increased spectator attendance on Saturday got a glimpse of what to expect over the rest of this match between India and Australia. After getting to his fifty without [...]
New Delhi: Batting maestro and Rajya Sabha MP Sachin Tendulkar has expressed his desire to work closely with the government to integrate sports into the education system. 39-year-old Tendulkar, in a letter to HRD Minister Kapil Sibal last week, has stressed on honing the potential of the younger generation and nurturing their talent as he [...]
Hockey: Hockey demands speed, stamina and a mastery of intricate hand-eye coordination. Played by teams of 11 on an outdoor pitch, the sport is a long-time Olympic favourite, offering non-stop action over 14 days of competition. Field of play The hockey pitches are 91.4m long and 55m wide. The goals at each end are 3.66m [...]
Abdur Rahman was not even born when Muhammad Ali was at the helm of boxing. But that has not stopped the young boxer from drawing inspiration from The Greatest Eleven-year-old Abdul Rahman wakes up at 5 in the morning. He then gets ready and goes to the LB stadium with his father and brother Habeeb [...]
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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