Virender Sehwag’s 219 triggers an old and familiar question in my head: why could nobody, until Sachin Tendulkar in 2010, manage a single double century in One-Day Internationals? I have heard varying views on the subject that cite everything from middling fitness to sheer bad luck as the main factor. My own simplistic take is […]
Yuvraj Singh is seeking treatment for a non-malignant tumour on his left lung, it was learnt today. The Indian cricketer, who won the Man of the Tournament award during India’s World Cup triumph, had earlier voluntarily withdrawn himself from the Mumbai Test which ended today. His mother Shabnam released a statement today stating he had […]
NEW DELHI : Sachin Tendulkar on Tuesday 8 November 2011, India – West Indies Test Series achieved another milestone as he became the first cricketer in the history of the game to cross 15000 runs mark in Test cricket. Playing in his 182nd match, Tendulkar reached the mark on the third day of the first […]
New Delhi, Nov 12 : Cricket, considered as a religion in India, people go crazy talking about cricket and cricketers. They admire, follow also treat them as role models. There are a few cricketers who have extended their support to fight against Cancer and other deadly diseases, here is a cricketer, Gautam Gambhir who has […]
Ferrari driver Fernando Alonso insists there is still plenty to race for in the remainder of this season despite Sebastian Vettel’s world title victory. The Spaniard took a fighting second place to McLaren’s Jenson Button in Japan as Red Bull’s Vettel wrapped up the championship with third place. But Alonso said: “We [still] have a […]
* Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi was Born in 1941 in Bhopal. * He was son of former India captain and the eighth Nawab of Pataudi, Iftikhar Ali Khan, who also played for England, and Sajida Sultan, second daughter of the last ruling Nawab of Bhopal. * Pataudi spent his formative years at Welham Boys’ School […]
America will have a home finalist at the big sporting event in New York on an emotional day for the city, the tenth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. Serena Williams overpowered Caroline Wozniacki to reach the final of the 2011 US Open, where she will meet Australian Samantha Stosur. Williams, seeded 28 but the bookmakers’ […]
NEW YORK : Rafael Nadal must overturn a five-match losing streak against Novak Djokovic this year if he is to successfully defend his US Open title and clinch an 11th career Grand Slam title. Nadal confronts the toughest challenge in men’s tennis on Monday when he tries to derail the red-hot Serb’s campaign to add […]
Former West Indies fast bowler Michael Holding feels Test cricket will become “insignificant” in five years time and cited the ever-gaining popularity of the Twenty20 format for the bleak future of the longer version. “I definitely fear for Test cricket,” Holding was quoted as saying in the New Zealand Herald. “Test cricket may be around […]
Sardara Singh and Sandeep Singh were handed two-year bans from international hockey on Saturday on disciplinary grounds. The two, members of the Indian team to play in the Asian Champions Trophy, had left the training camp in Bangalore recently without permission. The team was scheduled to leave for China on Sunday. The decision was taken […]