Mumbai beat Kolkata by 7 wkts
NEW DELHI: Chris Gayle (75) slammed maiden IPL fifty to help Kolkata Knight Riders post 155/3 against Mumbai Indians in the Indian Premier League encounter at Brabourne stadium, Mumbai on Monday. Chris Gayle hit seven fours and two sixes in his 60 balls inning. Gayle completed his maiden fifty in…
IPL to re-issue tender for new franchises, relaxes conditions
MUMBAI: Bowing to criticism of the $1 billion net worth criterion for the bidders, the Indian Premier League, on Sunday, cancelled the existing tender for two new franchises and decided to re-issue a new one on March 9 with relaxed pre-conditions. (more…)
India out of semi-finals contention, lose 2-3 to England
Day in Pics: March 5NEW DELHI: India’s marginal hopes of entering the semi-finals of the hockey World Cup went up in smoke as England thrashed the home team 3-2 to secure their place in the last-four stage of the mega-event on Saturday. The defeat not only saw India go out…
Happy Holi! India rout Pakistan 4-1 in Hockey World Cup
Ace drag-flicker Sandeep Singh rose to the occasion and converted two penalty corners as hosts India outplayed Pakistan 4-1 in a thrilling Pool B match of the Hero Honda FIH World Cup at Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium on Sunday. With this victory India had avenged their 3-6 Champions Challenge…
Maharashtra govt wants Bharat Ratna for Tendulkar
The Maharashtra government will convey to the Centre that master blaster Sachin Tendulkar, who scored a landmark double ton against South Africa, be honoured with the country’s highest civilian award Bharat Ratna. “We will ask the central government to award Bharat Ratna to Sachin, who has mesmerised cricket lovers the…
Paes returns in Davis Cup squad, Sanam replaces Yuki
Day in Pics: February 17 NEW DELHI: Leander Paes made a return while Yuki Bhambri was left out of a five-member Indian squad picked on Thursday for the Davis Cup World Group first round tie against Russia in Moscow from March 5-7. Sanam Singh was included in the squad…
2nd Test: India beat SA to level series, retain No.1 spot
Day in Pics: February 17 KOLKATA: India just about managed to thwart a stubborn resistance from South Africa’s Hashim Amla and the tailenders to clinch a series-levelling innings and 57 runs victory in the final Test to retain their No.1 Test ranking on Thursday. The hosts, who needed to pick…
Australia win One-day series in India
GUWAHATI: India’s gamble to bat first on a tricky wicket backfired heavily as they suffered a six-wicket defeat against Australia in the sixth More Pictures One-dayer to allow the visitors to clinch the seven-match series by taking an unasailable 4-2 lead on Sunday. Scorecard | In Pics India captain Mahendra…
Somdev makes early exit from doubles event of Seoul Challenger
New Delhi Somdev Devvarman’s doubles campaign at the ATP Challenger event in Seoul, Korea ended with a straight-set first round defeat along with the American partner Todd Widom. The unseeded Indo- American duo did their best to make a comeback after being outplayed in the first set but lost 1-6…
Lalit Modi to check KKR-Royal Challengers match video
The IPL chairman and commissioner Lalit Modi has said that he would look into the footage of the match between Kolkata Knight Riders and Royals Challengers Bangalore to see if the game was fixed. Knight Riders surprisingly dropped their top-run getter Australian Brad Hodge for the match against Royal Challengers….