Dubai | 10 days ago
Looking forward to ICC Champions Trophy: De Villiers
Dubai, May 8 - South Africa captain AB de Villiers has admitted that the upcoming Champions Trophy is a golden opportunity for the side to lay its hands on a piece of International Cricket Council - silverware, a feat the country has not achieved since 1998.We are really looking forward to the ICC Champions Trophy in England and Wales. This is another opportunity for us to win that elusive ICC tro ... read more

Mumbai | 14 days ago
Karthik back; selectors dump Gambhir, Yuvraj
Mumbai, May 4 - Dinesh Karthik earned a recall to the India ODI squad after a gap of three years while the selectors dumped Gautam Gambhir and Yuvraj Singh as they picked a 15-member squad for next month's Champions Trophy in England and Wales.Besides Karthik, Shikhar Dhawan, Murali Vijay, Irfan Pathan, Umesh Yadav and Vinay Kumar also made their way into the side.Apart from Gambhir and Yuvraj, th ... read more

London | 15 days ago
Bopara recalled to England squad for Champions Trophy
London, May 3 - All-rounder Ravi Bopara returned to the England ODI squad as the selectors picked him up in the 15-man squad for the last ICC Champions Trophy 2013 commencing June 8. The same squad will also play in the three-match NatWest ODI series against New Zealand from May 31.Alastair Cook will captain the side that includes two additions from the squad that defeated New Zealand 2-1 in Febru ... read more

New Delhi | 18 days ago
Champions Trophy: India first play South Africa
New Delhi, May 1 - India will open their campaign in the the last edition of the ICC Champions Trophy with their Group B match against South Africa at Cardiff on June 6. The biennial tournament is being would wound up as the ICC is unable to slot it in the crowded cricket calendar.Indian play their second group game against the West Indies at the Oval on June 11 before running into neighbours Paki ... read more

Kolkata | 23 days ago
'Flying Sikh' Milkha Singh to get lifetime achievement award
Kolkata, April 25 - Legendary Indian athlete Milkha Singh, also known as The Flying Sikh, will be awarded the Bluechip CSJC lifetime achievement award here Saturday.The 77-year-old former sprinter had missed a 400 meter bronze by a whisker at the 1960 Rome Olympics. He won golds at the 1958 Cardiff Commonwealth Games, 1958 Tokyo Asian Games and the 1962 Jakarta Asian Games.Milkha will be here to p ... read more

Dubai | 4 months ago
India can regain No.1 spot in ODIs
Dubai, Jan 9 - World champions India can regain their No.1 spot in the International Cricket Council - ODI Championship table if they can whitewash England in the five-match One-day International - series starting Jan 11 in Rajkot.While India play Pakistan in the five-match series, South Africa will play New Zealand in a three-match series starting Jan 19 in Paarl.But India, who are ranked world N ... read more

Dubai | 4 months ago
India can regain No.1 spot in ODIs
Dubai, Jan 9 - World champions India can regain their No.1 spot in the International Cricket Council - ODI Championship table if they can whitewash England in the five-match One-day International - series starting Jan 11 in Rajkot.While India play Pakistan in the five-match series, South Africa will play New Zealand in a three-match series starting Jan 19 in Paarl.But India, who are ranked world N ... read more

Paris | 4 months ago
At 50, Bon Jovi shows perfect abs
Paris, Jan 5 - He is 50, but rocker Jon Bon Jovi still flaunts a six pack.He has been showing off his washboard abs during a winter trip to St. Barts.The frontman, who turned 50 in 2012, is on the Caribbean island soaking up some sun with wife Dorothea and their kids Romeo, eight, and 10-year-old Jacob, reports thesun.co.uk.Post the getaway, he will head out for a world tour with his band.Bon Jovi ... read more

London | 5 months ago
British TV actor held for rape
London, Dec 18 - A former British soap opera actor who claimed he was sleepwalking when he had sex with a 15-year-old girl has been found guilty of rape.Simon Morris, 42, claimed he had the sexsomnia sleep disorder and had no recollection of the attack. But a jury disbelieved him and convicted him of raping the drunk girl at a house party in Newport, South Wales, in 2011, The Sun reported.Prosecut ... read more

5 months ago
Shuttler Murgunde loses in quarters
Cardiff -, Dec 1 - Indian shuttler Trupti Murgunde went down in the quarterfinals of the Welsh International badminton tournament against Swiss Nicole Schaller here Saturday.Third seed and World No.66 Nicole beat the 30-year-old Trupti 22-20, 21-7 in half hour at the Sport Wales National Centre to win their first ever encounter.World No. 297 Trupti, who has had a topsy-turvy year, gave a good figh ... read more