Venus sweeps past
Voegele in style
Five-time champion Venus Williams recovered from an early stumble in her opening match at Wimbledon on Tuesday to beat Stefanie Voegele of Switzerland 6-3, 6-2. It was Williams' first appearance on Ce |
AFC setback
for coaches
:Top club coaches,includ ing Karim Bencharifa,Subrata Bhattacharjee and Shabbir Ali, suffered setbacks when the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) refused to issue them Certificate of Competence to co |
Dhoni urges players not
to hide their injuries
Mahendra Singh Dhoni has urged his teammates not to hide any injuries or niggles ahead of the four-match ODI series against the West Indies
Dhoni felt it was important for everybody to be truthful |
Warne:Pakistan
is still not safe
Younis Khan's emo tional plea for teams to tour Pakistan notwithstanding, spin great Shane Warne reckons the trouble-torn country is still not safe for the visitors
Warne had sympathy for Younis, h |
Visa problem
for India trio
Three members of the Indian squad for the fourmatch ODI series in the Caribbean have had their departure delayed by a hitch in procuring transit visas
Abhishek Nayar, Murali Vijay and S. Badrinath |
Proteas looking
at the positives
South Africa are looking at the positives despite crashing out of the World T20 in the semi-finals
The most important un- doubtedly is the fact that they finally seem to be getting to grips with 'd |
Vaughan
axe no
surprise:
Ponting
Australia captain Ricky Ponting has said it was no shock to him that Michael Vaughan had been left out of England's 16-man Ashes training squad
Vaughan was England's captain when they last won the |
Max Mosley mulls
re-election
Motor racing chief Max Mosley made clear on Tuesday that he would not be forced out of office by teams and car manufacturers threatening to set up their own Formula One championship
In a combative |
SCORELINE GOLF
US OPEN Farmingdale:Monday, Final round - (US unless stated) 276 Lucas Glover 69, 64, 70, 73 q 278 Phil Mickelson 69, 70, 69, 70; David Duval 67, 70, 70, 71 q Ricky Barnes 67, 65, 70, 76 q 279 Ross Fi |
Sougata in
q Sougata Dutta is slated to replace pacer Laxmipathy Balaji when Mohun Bagan face Town Club in the P Sen Trophy final on Wednesday at the Eden.Town will miss Ravi Kant Shukla. |
Players leave
for camp
A temporary solu tion to the impasse, over the release of players by Mohun Bagan and East Bengal for the national camp, was found Tuesday with mediation by the Indian Football Association (IFA) secret |
Spain firm
favourites
Spain will be firm favourites to reach a major tournament final for a second successive year when they play the United States in Wednesday's Confederations Cup semi-final here.
The European champions |
Habibur in ICU
q Mohun Bagan player Habibur Rehman Mondal, who was admitted to a city hospital on Monday,was shifted to its intensive care unit on Tuesday.Habibur suffers from a fluid problem which leads to cramps a |
I've earned
my place:
Bopara
Ravi Bopara has hit back at Shane Warne for doubting his credentials for the highest level, stressing that he has earned his place in the England squad for the Ashes
"Over the last couple of months |
Akram advice
Mohammed Aamer,Pakistan's find in the Twenty20 World Cup, has all the attributes of a good pacer but needs to put on some weight to survive the rigour of international cricket, said former captain Was |
Afridi offer
s
Flamboy ant all-rounder Shahid Afridi,who guided Pakistan to glory in the World Twenty20 in England,may soon receive an offer to play in Sheffield Shield for the Australian domestic side New South Wal |
Sanjay's view
:Pakistan captain Younis Khan's decision to quit Twenty20 cricket is ill-timed and would end up being counterproductive for the game in his country, feels former Indian batsman Sanjay Manjrekar
"At |
Pak reception
Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gillani will host a grand reception in Islamabad Wednesday for the Twenty20 World Cup winning team
The Prime Minister's secretariat announced the Premier would b |
Fans angry
Thousands of fans returned home disappointed and angry from the Allama Iqbal airport in Lahore early Tuesday without getting a chance to catch a glimpse of their T20 World Cup heroes
The fans,who w |
Younis resolve set in stone
s res Pakistan captain Younis Khan on Tuesday made it clear that he will not go back on his decision to retire from Twenty20 cricket despite the growing pressure on him
"I had decided before going |
Afridi learns
to respect
bowlers
Giving respect to bowlers helped him be among runs in England, flamboyant Pakistan all-rounder Shahid Afridi said revealing the secret of his sizzling form at the just-concluded World T20
Afridi sa |
Ian Chappell
got it right
M ohammed Ashraful's removal as Bangladesh's captain has come within days of Ian Chappell telling The Tele- graph that he'd been "saddled" with a job he wasn't fit to handle
Speaking in London, on |
Never dreamt I'd lead
Bangladesh: Mortaza
It was late on Monday that vice-captain Mashrafe Mortaza was informed that he'd been promoted to lead Bangladesh
Given the circumstances (a first- round exit in the World T20) of his elevation, the |
Shrieker
out to
silence
critics
the sport's noisiest player turned down the volume in her first victory at WimbledonT But Michelle Larcher de Brito has promised her trademark ear-splitting shriek will be back and if the authoriti |
United target
costs a bomb
q Manchester United look set to be priced out of a move for Gremio midfielder Douglas Costa, according to the Brazilian's agent. Costa's representative, Cesar Bottega said that with a reported $21 mil |
Bhutia inks deal with EB
Bhaichung Bhutia was an emo tional man on Monday
Surrounded by truckloads of die-hard fans who had been waiting and cheering much before he arrived, Bhaichung, in a red T-shirt and blue jeans, step |
Afridi likely
for T20
captaincy
Flamboyant all rounder Shahid Afridi, who after guiding Pakistan to the World Twenty20 title in Sunday's final expressed willingness to lead the national team at least once before calling it quits, ma |
Sourav Ganguly - GUT TALK - Pak had hunger
to win the Cup
I t has been a massive victory for Pakistan
A country passing through turmoil will have heaps to rejoice and there will be smiles on the faces of people who must have been panic- stricken with all |
Sania tames Groenefeld
Sania Mirza tamed world No.51 Anna-Lena Groenefeld 6-2, 2-6, 6-2 to advance to the second round of the women's singles at the Wimbledon championships here on Monday
Sania next faces Sorana Cirstea |
Ecclestone: Not going to let F1 disintegrate
personal abuse to stage a British Grand Prix on Sunday that the nation could be proud of
F Almost 128,000 fans packed Silverstone to welcome home Jenson Button, the local hero leading the world cha |
Pirlo future
AC Milan owner Silvio Berlusconi has said the Serie A club is open to offers for Italy midfielder Andrea Pirlo.There is spec ulation that Pirlo could join former Milan coach Carlo Ancelotti at Chelsea |
Owen to leave
Former Euro pean Footballer of the Year Michael Owen said Monday he would leave relegated Newcastle United within weeks. "I'm still a Newcastle United player but only for a matter of weeks,"Owen told |
Real debuts
Cristiano Ronaldo and Kaka could make their debuts for Real Madrid in a friendly in Dublin against Shamrock Rovers on July 20. |
Roque in City
Paraguay striker Roque Santa Cruz has been reunited with manager Mark Hughes after joining Manchester City from Blackburn Rovers. Santa Cruz signed a contract with City on Monday in a deal that is re |
Glover claims US Open title
Lucas Glover held off late charges by fellow Americans Phil Mickelson and David Duval to claim his first major title at the weatherdelayed US Open on Monday
Five strokes ahead of the field overnigh |
Fifa gesture
g: Fifa will commemorate the death of Cameroon midfielder Marc-Vivien Foe with a special event before the Confederations Cup final at Ellis Park on Sunday. |
Obama for WC
President Barack Obama has accepted an invitation to attend the opening ceremony of the World Cup finals in South Africa next year, Fifa president Sepp Blatter said on Monday. |
Flu fright
Hong Kong's footballers have become the second team at the Asian Youth Games here to be quarantined after three players got the H1N1 flu, Singapore's health minister said on Monday.A young Philippine |
Vintage Brazil
drub Italy 3-0
Brazil knocked world champions Italy out of the Confederations Cup with three quick goals just before halftime to earn a 3-0 victory on Sunday and in Rustenburg, the United States profited from the wo |
Deepak & Co. keep fingers
crossed
camp, the India players belonging to the two city majors faced uncertainty over their participation after their clubs warned them of a salary cut were they to go ahead and join the squad
To find a |
Sister act takes the centre stage
top ten have won Grand Slams and even the most seasoned tennis observer would struggle to name, say, the winners of the past five Grand Slam singles titles, something that most of us could manage with |
Federer tested briefly
The new roof wasn't test ed.Roger Federer was - briefly.The retractable roof stayed open on Monday for the first match on Centre Court at Wimbledon, and Federer fell behind early before charging past |
Somdev up
three spots
Sania Mirza,whose semi-final appearance at the Aegon Classic had seen her gain 20 spots on the last WTA singles chart, dropped seven places to No.85 in the latest chart, issued Monday. On the doubles |
Women up
Indian women stormed into the semi-finals of the Women's Champions Challenge hockey tournament after Ritu Rani's hattrick fashioned their 8-1 win over Canada Monday. |
Lifting bronze
The 16 member Indian weightlifting team ended their campaign with a bronze medal won by Sukhen Dey in men's 56kg in the junior world championships in Bucharest,Romania.Dey created history by becoming |
Inter ready
to sell
star duo
: Inter Milan's Sweden striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Brazil full-back Maicon are on the market if the right offer comes and there is a 50 per cent chance they will depart, president Massimo Moratti h |
No Nadal but lot at stake for Roger
Roger Federer is building something of a reputation as an on-court crier, and he remembers well the first time he wept after winning a match
It was July 2, 2001,at Wimbledon, the tournament that me |
Red Bull rule
Silverstone
Germany's Sebastian Vettel ran away with the British Grand Prix in a Red Bull one-two while championship leader Jenson Button struggled home in sixth place on Sunday
Mark Webber finished runnerup, |
A gift for the nation: Younis
Pakistan had much bigger names in 1992 and the World Cup was then the trophy to possess.Yet, the significance of the World T20 win, on Sunday, is probably greater
For one,it has come when suicide a |
Pakistan are peerless at Lord's
Lord's on Sunday
Younis Khan's boys gave their country, shunned by international teams due to its volatile condition, something to cheer about, winning the summit clash by eight wickets with eight |
Saina makes history on Jakarta jaunt
Saina Nehwal scripted history Sunday, becoming the first Indian to win a Super Series tournament after she clinched the Indonesian Open with a stunning victory over higher-ranked Chinese Lin Wang in J |
THE WILLIAMS SISTERS EMBARK ON FRESH QUEST FOR SUPREMACY
There is a sense of d�j� vu for Somdev Dev Varman as he gets ready for his Grand Slam debut at WimbledonDev Varman and South African Kevin Anderson take on Mahesh Bhupathi and Mark Knowles in the m |
Dipendu for
Md.Sp.
q Dipendu Biswas will play for Mohammedan Sporting in the coming season
Dipendu,who turned out for George Telegraph last season, agreed on terms and conditions Saturday.Meanwhile,the club will star |
Schools regatta
qLoreto House won the senior girls'event while South Point High School retained the junior girls'title beating Carmel High School in the finals of the 37th All India Invitation Schools Regatta.Lake Vi |
TODAY IN SPORT
CRICKET:P Sen T rophy , semi- final, Mohun Bagan vs Kalighat at the Eden |
Max upbeat
FIA president Max Mosley said on Sunday a deal is close to prevent eight Formula One teams forming a rival series and that legal action would be frozen to encourage a resolution
"There won't be any |
Pakistan unpredictable,
says Kumar Sangakkara
Younis Khan and Kumar Sangakkara embraced each other before and after the official photo shoot, at Lord's, featuring the World T20 trophy
The captains joked about its weight (12.5 kilos) and there |
A risk of overkill in Twenty20
I t's not that cricket has long been a concept we all understand.The implication that the most profound of all the team games is also the purest has, alas, been a myth from the days of W.G. Grace
B |
Sourav Ganguly - Pak need to play Murali, Mendis well
especially their two spinners - Ajantha Mendis and Muttiah Muralidharan. The Sri Lankans had a policy of winning the toss and batting right through the competition
Kumar Sangakkara did not I t was |
Vettel takes pole again
Red Bull's Sebas tian Vettel seized his second pole position in a row while Formula One leader Jenson Button could qualify only sixth for his home British Grand Prix on Saturday
Button's teammate a |
Lin test
for Saina
Shuttler Saina Ne hwal survived a gruelling battle with Chinese opponent Lan Lu, to advance to the final of the Indonesian Open Super Series in Jakarta on Saturday
Sixth-seeded Saina beat seventh-s |
Barnes burns bright
Ricky Barnes set the US Open 36-hole scoring record Saturday by finishing two trips around Bethpage Black in 8under 132
Tiger Woods, meanwhile, was trying to fight his way into contention as rain r |
Italy need to
win against
Brazil today
Struggling Italy meet an upbeat Brazil on Sunday in a decisive Group B match that could send the losers home from the Confederations Cup
Italy need a victory by two goals to secure a spot in the se |
Roger to open on
Centre Court
Roger Federer's match against Yen Hsun Lu will be the first on Centre Court at Wimbledon this year following the withdrawal
of Rafael Nadal
The defending champion tradi- tionally opens proceedings |
AIFF fears
govt bite
A day after Bob Houghton lashed out at the sports minister for poor football infrastructure, the ministry of sports, it seems, was rethinking its decision to sanction funds for the national team's tou |
Ebrahim sixth
Chennai driver Armaan Ebrahim showed some excellent control to negotiate a semiwet track and scored his first point of the championship by finishing sixth in the prestigious Formula Two racing in Brno |
India ninth
India went on a goal-scoring spree to trounce Poland 4-0 and finish a lowly ninth in the FIH Men's Junior World Cup Saturday
The Indian colts scored twice in each half through Mohammad Amir Khan (1 |
Blues to appeal
Chelsea has told the Uefa it will appeal against the European bans handed out to striker Didier Drogba and defender Jose Bosingwa resulting from their conduct during the Champions League semi-finals i |
Tevez to leave
United
Carlos Tevez will leave Manchester United after the club said Saturday he rejected a five-year contract that would have made him one of the highest paid players at the Premier League champions
The |
Sporting
in semis
Sen Trophy beating East Bengal by 59 runs at the Eden on Friday
Batting first, Sporting q Union rode Abhishek Banerjee's 102 to notch up 224. In reply, East Bengal were bundled out for 165
Ranad |
Club transfers
qMohammedan Sporting roped in 14 players on Friday
Besides, Air India's Bijoy Basfore and Zamir Ali Mondal,Mumbai FC's Rajib Shukla and 11 footballers signed for the black and white brigade. |
Regatta
q Sahapur Mathuranath High School beat St Xavier's Collegiate School in the junior boys' section of the 37th All India Invitation Schools Regatta at the Lake Club on Friday
OTHER WINNERS Govt. Girl |
Tiger hits 4-over
Tiger Woods swung away on the 18th tee on Friday,watched his ball fly into a bunker on the way to another bogey, and turned away in disgust. Little came easily for the world's No. 1 player after the r |
Bhutia move
Bhaichung Bhutia is likely to enter into an agreement with East Bengal on Monday
Club official Santosh Bhattacharjee said that the will complete a deal with Bhutia on Monday and then will wait for |
8 teams
mutiny;
FIA plans
action
Formula One plunged into its biggest crisis in 60 years on Friday with eight of the 10 teams announcing plans to set up their own championship prompting International Automobile Federation (FIA) to an |
Intikhab: We can and will
win has been our motto
Former captain Intikhab Alam - n e r - a - - a t o e - d - e d - r - p s Emotions at this point in time (Laughs) I'm not a very emotional person, but I'm delighted... We've just had a very good win (o |
Waugh too busy to coach KKR
Steve Waugh feels coach ing the Kolkata Kinght Riders is a challenging prospect, though he ruled himself out of the job saying he had no time for it
Waugh is being seen as a possible replacement fo |
Physio report
puts BCCI
in a tight spot
TheBoard of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) was left grappling on Friday with a fresh controversy when it came to light that some key players, including captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni, were selected |
PUNTERS' CORNER BANGALORE Diego Rivera for CJ's Cup
Pesi Shroff-trained Diego Rivera (M.Narredu-up) is fancied to win the Chief Justice's Cup, the main event in Saturday's card
SELECTIONS 130pm: Savvy Concept 1. Siph Salar 2. Spark Of Joy 3
2pm: |
Brilliant Egypt
upset Italy 1-0
Egypt scored their greatest ever victory with a thoroughly deserved 1-0 win on Thursday over world champions Italy who had never previously lost to an African team
The shock result means Group B in |
AFRIDI AT IT AGAIN
AIN Pakistan's Shahid Afridi turns one to the leg on way to his 51 as Mark Boucher looks on during the ICC World Twenty20 semi-final against South Africa at Trent Bridge on Thursday.The all-rounder, w |
You can have only one
captain, says Gayle
On the eve of the World T20 semi-final against Sri Lanka, Chris Gayle wasn't at all prepared for a question on John Buchanan
"Has John been re- moved by the (Kolkata) Knight Riders? Oh, I didn't kn |
GUT TALK - Oval pitch will help WI pacers
surface in the tournament.The outfield there has always been a quick one because there are a lot of practice pitches, which always remain hard. Hence it is a fast-scoring ground
There will be bounc |
Knight Riders finally make it official
It's official. The Kolkata Knight Riders on Thursday formally announced their decision to sack head of cricket operations John Buchanan, claiming the parting of ways had been amicable
Co-owner Jay |
NZ brush aside Indian women
India's hopes of making the Women's World Twenty20 final went up in smoke after suffering a humiliating 52-run defeat against strong contenders New Zealand in the first semi-final here Thursday
New |
Sublime Brazil
outclass US
Brazil whipped up a storm against a hapless US Thursday, turning on the samba style as they sauntered to a 3-0 victory with goals from Felipe Melo, Robinho and Maicon
As storm clouds moved in durin |
Even Mourinho can't
help game here: Bob
After four years at the helm of Indian football and, a fair bit of success, Bob Houghton seems a disillusioned man
The 61-year-old British coach,who guided India to victories in the Nehru Cup and t |
Bagan could have
avoided spat with
Bhutia: Houghton
National coach Bob Houghton came out in support of Bhaichung Bhutia yet again Thursday saying it was a nonissuewhich could have been ignored easily
"It is a pity that the Mohun Bagan offi- cials ar |
Woods trails in
rain-hit Open
Play was suspended at the rain-lashed US Open on Thursday because of too much water on the greens, virtually ensuring the first round would spill over into Friday
Although squeegees were being used |
Roger, Andy
the men to
beat: Borg
Nadal's chances of defending his title, claiming Andy Murray and Roger Federer will be the men to beat at the All England Club this year
The Spanish world No. 1 W suffered a shock fourth-round defe |
Md.Sp. are
peeved
with IFA
q Mohammedan Sporting lashed out at the Indian Football Federation (IFA) on Thursday for not sending the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) representatives to their club.The representatives, who were |
Kalighat feat
qKalighat made it three in a row as they lifted the CAB senior knock out championship at the Eden on Thursday beating Mohun Bagan by 79 runs in the final. Kalighat had earlier pocketed the CAB two-day |
Torch run
q The Bengal Olympic Association, in association with the Indian Olympic Association, will be organising an Olympic Day Run on Sunday
The torch run will be flagged off at 9am from the Bally Deshban |
Hockey turf
q The state may get a new astroturf surface as the Bengal Olympic Association, in association with the Bengal Hockey Association, has plans to lay the turf at the Dumurjala Sports Complex in Howrah. |
Prakash qualifies
Prakash Amritraj qualified for the men's doubles event at Wimbledon but faltered in the singles Thursday .The seventh seed Indo-Pakistani pair of Prakash and
Aisam-ul Haq Qureshi beat Thai fourth seed |
Saina makes
quarter finals
:Saina Nehwal survived a battle of nerves to overcome Juliane Schenk of Germany to make the quarter finals of the Indonesian Super Series in Jakarta Thursday .
Sixth seed Saina came from behind to win |
Monfils pulls out
France's Gael Monfils has pulled out of the Wimbledon Championships due to a wrist injury Thursday , tournament organisers said .His place in the men's singles draw
will go to a lucky loser from the q |
Wrestler penalised
The union sports ministry Thurs day stripped wrestler Jagdish Singh, who was recently arrested for carrying narcotics, of the Arjuna award and asked all state gov
ernments and sports federations to re |
No papers, no flight
The Russia-bound senior women's hockey side were turned back from the airport for not having the necessary travel documents.The women's team
was scheduled to fly to Kazan, in Russia Wednesday to take |
Usain Bolt wins
Usain Bolt won the 100 metres in 9.77 seconds at the Golden Spike meet on Wednesday .Jamaican Bolt, who set a world record of 9.69 seconds in the Beijing final last year, was assisted by a following w |
Zidane
confident
:Franck Ribery's move from Bayern Munich to Real Madrid is moving closer to reality dane was quoted as saying on Thursday , Zinedine ZiAsked about the talks over the French interna
tional, Zidane, |
Charlton
view
:Man chester United director Bobby Charlton has described Real Madrid's transfer payment for Cristiano Ronaldo as "vulgar"but says there is no ill feeling towards the player for leaving.Charlton said |
Security check
New Zealand Cricket officials
will visit Sri Lanka later
this month to assess security
arrangements for a
scheduled tour in August
|
Nehra makes comeback
The 'bounce-India out' strategy, successfully employed
by the West Indies and
England in the World T20, encouraged
the national selectors
to pick Subramaniam
Badrinath and Murali Vijay,
batsmen strong |
Betting
causes
fresh
worries
men's tennis was embroiled in
fresh gambling revelations
Tuesday nightSeveral bookmakers voided
bets on a grass-court match
in the Netherlands on Monday
when the odds on one player
shortened from |
GUT TALK - Proteas have been the best
T
he World T20 now moves into
the knock out phase, where
any one of the four sides can
win on their day by turning
up and performing well. The
beauty of T20 cricket is its unpredictable
nature, and th |
Younis wants
to win it for
Woolmer
Pakistan skipper Younis Khan, is determined to claim the Twenty20
World Cup for their former coach
Bob Woolmer, who died in mysterious
circumstances after the team's loss to
Ireland during the 2007 Wo |
Unbeaten SA vs resurgent Pak
A
n immensely confident South Africa
will look to continue their unbeaten
run against an unpredictable but
resurgent Pakistan in the first semifinal
of the ICC World Twenty20 at
Trent Bridge Thursday. |
Woods has major
goals for US Open
: Tiger Woods is often asked about the knee surgery he
had after his triumph at the 2008 US OpenA different procedure was on his mind
Tuesday. "I need to have a sex change? Is
that what you're sa |
Top billing for Rafa,
Safina at Big W
Defending champion Rafael Nadal was named Wimbledon
top seed on Wednesday ahead of
five-times winner Roger FedererWimbledon officials employ a
unique seeding system where they
take into account p |
Drogba
banned for
4 matches
Union of Euro pean Football Associations
(Uefa) banned Chelsea
striker Didier Drogba for
four matches on Wednesday
because of his foulmouthed
rant at the referee
after Chelsea's semi-final
elimination |
Ronaldo salary
Cristiano Ronaldo will earn 13 million
euros a year with Real
Madrid to become the
world's highest-paid footballer
once the finishing
touches are put to his 93
million-euro move from
Manchester United |
EPL opener
English Pre mier League new boys
Birmingham City face the
toughest possible test on
the opening day of next sea
son after being handed a
trip to play Manchester
United at Old Trafford on
August 15.The |
Bhutia affair
IFA secretary Utpal Ganguli had a meeting
with Mohun Bagan officials
on Wednesday.The
club will get back to Ganguli
after an executive committee
meeting to be held in
a couple of days. Meanwhile,
East |
Saina advances
Saina Nehw al and Aditi Mutatkar advanced
to the women's second
round in Indonesian
Super Series in Jakarta
Wednesday. Sixth seed
Saina beat Bulgarian Petya
Nedelcheva 21-18, 21-12
while Aditi defeate |
TODAY IN SPORT
CAB knock out final at Eden Gardens from 10am;P
Sen T
pus, Salt Lake from 10am
REGA
rophymatch at JU CamTT
A:37th All India
Schools meetat the Lake Club
|
Sania out
of doubles
Sania Mirza's doubles campaign in the
$600,000 Aegon International
in Eastbourne ended in the
first round when she and
Taipei partner Chia-Jung Chuang
lost 5-7, 4-6 to fourth seeded
Australian pair of |
D/L method
The Duck worth-Lewis method in
rain-marred cricket matches
will be reviewed for
the Twenty20 format after
its appropriateness was
questioned following England's
loss to the West Indies
in the ongoing |
Kevin to cheer
Kevin Pietersen is likely to root
for Force India in the Sunday's
British Grand Prix,
chairman of the Formula
One outfit Vijay Mallya
said.With the team unveiling
a new aero package for
its home race, |
Appointments
Steve Davis and Billy Bowden will be
the on-field umpires at the
World Twenty20 first semifinal
between South Africa
and Pakistan at Trent
Bridge on Thursday.According
to an International
Cricket Coun |
Five-wkt
haul for
Chawla
: Indian leg-spinner Piyush Chawla continued
his brilliant form in the
English county circuit
grabbing a five-wicket
haul for Sussex against
Somerset in the County
Championship Division
One first clas |
We weren't 100 per cent
on the field, admits Dhoni
Mahendra Singh Dhoni, the Team India captain, was rather sombre
during his interaction with the media
(at Trent Bridge) on Tuesday eveningThe following are excerpts
Having been booed during the c |
Wrong to use fatigue as an excuse: Smith
G
raeme Smith, the South Africa
captain, also spoke to the
media at Trent Bridge. Later,
he briefly talked to The Telegraph
separately
Having successfully defended a
moderate total (130 for |
John's KKR stint all but over
Kolkata Knight Riders, for all intents
and purposes, is all but over. A formal
announcement, though, is awaited and
may not be made till principal owner Shah
Rukh Khan returns from the US next
month. |
Jhulan & Co face NZ test
On a roll with consecutive wins in their last
two matches, India eves will
face an uphill task of disrupting
the applecart of unbeaten
New Zealand when the two
teams lock horns in the first
semi-final |
Lanka bank
on spinners
Sri Lanka expect the spinners to pick up another rich haul
when they take on the West Indies in
the World Twenty20 semi-final at the
Oval on FridayThe Sri Lankans have bulldozed
their way through |
The India
scorecard
T
he following is the scorecard
of the India vs South
Africa match on Tuesday: |
Ashish Nehra
grateful to
friend Zaheer
A
shish Nehra's performance
in the Indian
Premier League
has finally paid dividendsThe left-arm pacer,who along
with Dirk Nannes formed a
lethal strike force for the
Delhi DareDevils in South
Afr |
PUNTERS' CORNER MYSORE -'Sunrise'wins again
T
rainer M. Bobby's mare Hawaiian
Sunrise (S. John-up) posted yet another
victory, her third in-a-row,
when she beat a good field in the 1,200m
Indraprastha Cup on Wednesday
RESULTS
(With in |
ICL is low quality
cricket: Razzaq
Back in the national side after snapping ties with
the Indian Cricket League
(ICL), Pakistan allrounder
Abdul Razzaq said he had a
torrid time adjusting to mainstream
cricket after playing in
the "low |
Spain in
last four
Spain earned their record-tying 14th straight
win and a spot in the Confederations
Cup semi-finals by
beating Iraq 1-0 on WednesdayDavid Villa slipped be-
tween two defenders and beat
Iraq goalke |
