Sachin Tendulkar may have hung up his bat about 17 months back, but the cheers that he received from a sea of fans at the Wankhede stadium here on Sunday showed the aura around the little master has not faded a bit. While cheers for those in the playing eleven is a normal scene, Mumbai […]
Middle-order batsman Deepak Hooda, who starred for Rajasthan Royals in an Indian Premier League (IPL) match against Delhi Daredevils on Sunday, credited the team management and mentor Rahul Dravid for his match-winning knock. In reply to Daredevils’ 184/3, Royals were struggling at 78/4 in the 11th over when Hooda joined opener Ajinkya Rahane in the […]
Jagmohan Dalmiya has seen it all. Pushing 75, the comeback man of the Indian cricket board now has little aspiration or drive to grapple with issues confronting the game. Circumstances conspired to put him in the saddle a decade after he was unceremoniously booted out by his detractors. It is a different matter that the […]
Kolkata, April 10 (IANS) Kolkata Knight Riders’ South African pace spearhead Morne Morkel on Friday said he was looking forward to create memories with the Indian Premier League team to get over world cup heart break. Talking to media on the eve of Knight’s Saturday encounter against the Royal Challengers Bangalore at the Eden Gardens […]
A Rajasthan Royals cricketer was approached a month ago for fixing 2015 Indian Premier League (IPL) matches, the team said on Friday. The Royals reaction comes in after the Indian Express reported on Friday that the Mumbai-based Royals player was approached by his Ranji Trophy teammate “with an offer of money if he followed a […]
Is it an emotion, wrath or anger? Yograj Singh, father of ace cricketer Yuvraj Singh, in a remark that could trigger a major controversy and war of words, has blasted India’s ODI captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni for his son’s exclusion from the ICC World Cup 2015 squad. An emotional Yograj also cursed the Indian captain […]
Since it began in 2008, the Indian Premier League cricket season has seen lines increasingly blurred between the sport and Bollywood, both of which are among the biggest cultural passions in the massive country. Six weeks long, and with a brand value of some $3.2B, the IPL has similarities to both the U.S.Super Bowl and […]
World No.1 shuttler Saina Nehwal went down 21-13, 17-21, 20-22 in her women’s singles semifinal to reigning Olympic champion Li Xuerui at the $500,000 Malaysia Open Superseries Premier here on Saturday. The Chinese beat the third seeded Indian in a marathon match that lasted an hour and eight minutes with the top seed prevailing at […]
Pune FC will aim to build on their unbeaten home run when they host Bharat FC in the first-ever Pune Derby in an I-League encounter at the Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex in Balewadi here on Saturday. The I-League Round-14 encounter will be an important game for both sides who will face off for the […]
FASA stands for Fiji Australia Sports Association and its emergence last year was inevitable due to a number of teams being frustrated with the manner in which the existing Fiji soccer body carried out its operations. Prior to Sanatan International Convention, teams were threatened with suspension if they participated in tournaments other than the soccer […]