Sehwag shines after Amla ensures massive total

Thu, 27 Mar 2008 08:17:36 -0700

Chennai: India's strength lies in their batting. After the bowlers had been hammered around for 680 minuites, as the South Africans were finally dismissed for 540, it was imperative that the batting came to the party. Virender Sehwag and Wasim Jaffer did just that, playing out 21 overs as India ended day two of the first Test at the MA Chambaram Stadium here at 82-0.

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SL 476/8 | WI 280/10 | SL 240/7 | WI 315/10 (Sri lanka won by 121 runs)
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RSA 540/10 | I ...

India VS South Africa Cricket match in march 2008

Thu, 27 Mar 2008 08:05:40 -0700

South Africa 540
India 82/0 (21.0 ov)

India trail by 458 runs with 10 wickets remaining in the 1st innings

Stumps ...

India win Commonwealth judo title with 14 medals

Wed, 06 Feb 2008 22:04:02 -0800

New Delhi, Jan 28: India won 14 medals, including seven golds, to clinch the seniors title while the juniors finished runners-up with six medals at the Commonwealth Judo Championship in Mauritius.
The junior team won four golds, one silver and one bronze in the competition that concluded Sunday, the Judo Federation of India (JFI) said here Monday.

A total of 23 judokas represented India in the 13-nation champion ...

Asian football chief said India is top priority

Wed, 06 Feb 2008 22:02:41 -0800
Sydney, Jan 29 : The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) announced that it would give top priority to India with a view to improving the game of football in the South Asian country.
"India is top priority for us (AFC) and we will invest more to improve the game there," AFC President Mohammed Bin Hammam, told reporters ahead of an award function here Tuesday.

He vowed AFC's full support to India through the ...

India suffer back-to-back defeats in Fed Cup

Wed, 06 Feb 2008 21:57:03 -0800
Bangkok, Jan 31 : India continued their miserable run at the Fed Cup tennis as they registered their second successive defeat, losing to New Zealand 1-2 at the National Development Centre here Thursday.
Isha Lakhani, who replaced Wednesday's lone winner against Indonesia, Shikha Uberoi, started the tie on a winning note for India as she fought hard to scalp Sacha Jones 6-7(7), 6-1, 6-4 in the Asia-Oceania Group I tie.
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Indian boxer wins gold at Asian Olympic qualifiers

Wed, 06 Feb 2008 21:55:00 -0800

New Delhi, Feb 2: Indian pugilist Akhil Kumar Saturday won the gold medal at the second Asian Olympic Boxing Qualifying Tournament at Bangkok by defeating Olympic silver medallist Worapoj Petchkoom of Thailand.
Akhil defeated Petchkoom with an impressive margin of 21-11 in the bantamweight category (54 kg) and earned the Best Boxer of the Championship award, an Indian Amateur Boxing Federa ...

Federation Cup football now on FA Cup pattern

Wed, 06 Feb 2008 21:53:06 -0800

New Delhi, Feb 2: The Federation Cup format has undergone a change and the tournament will now be conducted on the lines of England's FA Cup, the All India Football Federation (AIFF) announced here Saturday.
The tournament will be held in several stages - qualifying round, preliminary round, quarterfinals, semi-finals and the final - the AIFF said following its executive committee meeting here.

The dates ...

Sania needs to learn how to handle adversities

Wed, 06 Feb 2008 21:51:12 -0800
New Delhi, Feb 5 : India's Davis Cup captain Leander Paes Tuesday said Sania Mirza should be careful in managing her celebrity status since everything she does is constantly under public scrutiny
Paes was a little hesitant to react to Sania's Monday's bombshell that she is pulling out of next month's Women's Tennis Tour (WTA) Tier II event, but chose his words carefully to say that no celebrity in the world ca ...

Indian Masters: Delhi Golf Club made a par-71 course

Wed, 06 Feb 2008 21:46:29 -0800

By Abhishek Roy, New Delhi, Feb 5 : The Lodhi Course of the Delhi Golf Club (DGC) has been reduced by a par to par-71 for the inaugural $2.5 million EMAAR-MGF Indian Masters starting here Wednesday.
The 14th hole, which was par-5, has been reduced to par-4 and will surely challenge the golfers.

"Statistically there have been lot of birdies at the 14th hole. It was an easy par-5 hole and now to make it tough we have made it par-4. It will be ...

Somdev to play Davis Cup if Prakash Amritraj remains unwell

Wed, 06 Feb 2008 21:45:06 -0800

Feb 5: Young Somdev Varman might have arrived late in the capital for the Asia-Oceania Group I Davis Cup tie against Uzbekistan starting Friday, but non-playing captain Leander Paes Tuesday was impressed by the youngster's game.
Paes said Somdev has an even chance of making his debut in the world team event.

Somdev's chances of featuring in the singles brightened after Prakash Amritraj was taken ill with a stomach upset, which forced him to miss the team ...

Twenty20 become the Professional Cricketer's Semi Retirement Plan

Wed, 06 Feb 2008 21:43:18 -0800

Could Twenty20 become the Professional Cricketer's Semi Retirement Plan?
It's rumoured the cashed up IPL and ICL are offering contracts worth up to $1,000,000 to some of the world's finest. It's no wonder some of the biggest names in the game have signed on the dotted line. If the money wasn't incentive enough, knowing that a Twenty20 tournament lasts only a few weeks, makes the proposition even more alluring.

Both organizations have ...

New Zealand v England 2nd Twenty20

Wed, 06 Feb 2008 21:40:49 -0800
New Zealand v England
Date: Thursday, 7 February
Start: 0600 GMT (day-night match)
Venue: Lancaster Park, Christchurch
BBC Coverage: Live on 5 Live Sports Extra, BBCi and the BBC Sport website
England will look to build on their impressive start to their tour when they take on New Zealand in the second Twenty20 international on Thursday.
England won the first m ...

India v Sri Lanka - Played at Brisbane Cricket Ground 5 February 2008

Wed, 06 Feb 2008 21:38:30 -0800

Played at Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane (neutral venue), on 5 February 2008 - day/night (50-over match)
Result No result

Bucknor replaced; Harbhajan can play

Tue, 08 Jan 2008 23:34:35 -0800
Australian Tour for Indians

BONDING SESSION: The Indians, leaving behind the controversies surrounding them, relax with a game of beach volleyball at the Bondi beach in Sydney on Tuesday.

Canberra: The International Cricket Council (ICC) softened its stance on Tuesday, removing umpire Steve Bucknor ...

Sports deptt officer misbehaves with journo covering PHL

Tue, 08 Jan 2008 22:54:27 -0800
CHANDIGARH, December 29: A senior officer of Chandigarh's sports department allegedly misbehaved with a news agency journalist covering the Premier Hockey League (PHL), leading to protests by scribes here on Saturday.

Journalists were up in arms against Joint Director Sports J P S Sidhu for his alleged "misbehaviour" with a journalist from a premier news agency last night.

The incident took place after Chandigarh Dynamos beat Sher-e-Jalandhar last night. ...

Steve Bucknor has been playing against India

Tue, 08 Jan 2008 22:45:39 -0800
Steve Bucknor has been playing against India for a long time"
"They should use technology more and allow batsmen to ask for the third umpire"
"The Australian fielders, more or less, they cheated"

CHENNAI: "Atrocious... A horror show... The Australians are playing with thirteen players. It seems like the umpires are also on their team."
The city's cricket enthusiasts are ...

Bucknor would not be - umpire third Test in Perth

Tue, 08 Jan 2008 22:44:01 -0800

Bucknor won't umpire third Test in Perth
January 8, 2008 - 5:21PM
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Umpire Steve Bucknor will not stand in the third cricket Test between Australia and India in Perth, International Cricket Council (ICC) chief executive Malcolm Speed said on Tuesday.
Bucknor will be replaced by New Zealand's Billy Bowden.
India had demanded Bucknor be stood down from the Test following t ...

End of Steve Bucknor Cricket Umpiring Career

Tue, 08 Jan 2008 22:35:33 -0800

End of Steve Bucknor Cricket Umpiring Career
SYDNEY: Removal of Steve Bucknor from the remainder of the India-Australia series marks a low in the career of cricket's senior most international umpire known as "Mr Slow Death".

Now approaching 62, the West Indian who has officiated in 120 Tests, the most by an umpire, and 167 ODIs, has umpired all the five World Cup finals since 1992.

The Jamaican who was a football referee before ...

Ailing Federer withdraws from Kooyong

Tue, 08 Jan 2008 22:21:03 -0800
MELBOURNE, January 7: World number one Roger Federer has withdrawn from the Kooyong Classic, the warm-up event for next week's Australian Open, because of a stomach virus.

In a statement, the Swiss said he had to miss the event in order to recover in time for the defence of his Australian Open title at Melbourne Park.

"After arriving in Australia last Friday, I came down with a terrible stomach virus on Saturday and it continued to get worse over the weekend, ...

Womens World Cup Qualifier shifted from Pak to SAfrica

Tue, 08 Jan 2008 21:56:42 -0800

Women's World Cup Qualifier shifted from Pak to SAfrica

DUBAI, January 8: Security concerns and impending elections in Pakistan forced the ICC to shift the Women's cricket World Cup qualifiers from Lahore to Western Cape, South Africa.

The Qualifier event, scheduled to be staged in Lahore Pakistan from February 18-24, will now take place in the Stellenbosch district of the Western Cape on the same dates.

"The decision was arrived at ...

Pakistan to host Zimbabwe

Tue, 08 Jan 2008 21:40:54 -0800

Pakistan Vs Zimbabwe Cricket Match Schdule
KARACHI, January 8: Pakistan will host Zimbabwe for a five-match One-day series and a four-day game later in January, the Pakistan Cricket Board announced on Tuesday.

According to a revised itinerary, the Zimbabwean team will arrive in Pakistan on January 12 and will now play one four-day game and five One-day matches. A three-day match earlier scheduled was scrapped to shorten the tour.

The tourists ...

How Australia bribes cricket umpires to reign the world of cricket

Tue, 08 Jan 2008 21:36:52 -0800

The Indian team has finally exposed Aussie vulgarism and umpire bribing infrastructure. India went down 2-0. But Australia finally got exposed as a racist cricket team without any sense of real ‘cricket'.
Bribing the umpires and playing illegal cricket is nothing new for Aussies. The country has shown the white supremacy characteristics in dealing with terrorism, bribed cricket umpires to win matches, stole world cup cricket through match fixing.
The way Aussie cop ...

Pennetta stops Sania in Hobart

Tue, 08 Jan 2008 21:34:12 -0800
January 09, 2008 10:48 IST
India's Sania Mirza was knocked out of the Moorilla Hobart International, as she went down in three sets to Flavia Pennetta of Italy on Wednesday.
Sania, seeded sixth, lost 5-7, 6-1, 3-6 to Pennetta in the quarterfinal of the WTA tournament.
The 21-year-old Indian had reached the final four of the event in 2007, losing to top seed Anna Chakvetadze 6-4, 6-1 in the semi-final.
Pennetta will play the winner of the quarterfinal match ...

Phoenix say goodbye to playoffs - Soccer News

Tue, 08 Jan 2008 20:50:31 -0800

The Wellington Phoenix's slim chances of making the A-League playoffs were extinguished in Wellington last night when Sydney FC beat them 2-0.
The result put Sydney level with Queensland Roar and Central Coast at the top of the table, although the other two teams can go ahead again in their matches this weekend.
The Phoenix needed to win all three of their remaining matches to make the top four.
Despite creating plenty of chances last night, they cou ...

Soccer - Upsets in FA Cup

Tue, 08 Jan 2008 20:48:09 -0800

High-flying Everton were knocked out of the FA Cup 1-0 by third division Oldham Athletic in the third round this morning (NZ time), becoming one of four Premier League sides to go out to lower league opposition.
Birmingham City, Blackburn Rovers and Bolton Wanderers were the other upset victims, while Havant & Waterlooville carried the minor league flag into Monday's fourth-round draw after snatching a late 1-1 draw at third division leaders Swansea.
Holders Chelsea be ...

second-string Arsenal side proved strong enough to secure a 2-0 victory

Tue, 08 Jan 2008 20:42:28 -0800
A second-string Arsenal side proved strong enough to secure a 2-0 victory at Championship (second division) club Burnley overnight (NZ time) and with it a place in Monday's FA Cup fourth-round draw. The Premier League leaders won with goals by in-form striker Eduardo da Silva and Dane Nicklas Bendtner after Burnley had a man sent off on the hour. Liverpool, though, were held to a 1-1 draw at cash-strapped third division side Luton Town, while Derby County and Fulham both came from behi ...

Soccer - Chelsea grab late winner

Tue, 08 Jan 2008 20:37:25 -0800

LONDON - A last-minute own goal by Joleon Lescott handed holders Chelsea a 2-1 win over Everton in the first leg of their League Cup soccer semifinal last night (NZT).
Chelsea went ahead in the 26th minute when France winger Florent Malouda, playing his first game after two months out injured, threaded the ball to Shaun Wright-Phillips and the winger curled it into the net off the post.
But Chelsea midfielder John Obi Mikel, who leaves this week to join Nigeria's squad in ...

Tennis - Federer and Henin rule in a bizarre year

Tue, 08 Jan 2008 20:27:55 -0800

Federer Photos Sports T ...

Murray confident of standing the heat in Australian challenge

Tue, 08 Jan 2008 20:21:20 -0800
Murray confident of standing the heat in Australian challenge
By Derrick Whyte
Published: 09 January 2008
Andy Murray hopes a revamped training programme will help him cope with the searing heat in Australia over the coming month.

East Fife 1-2 Brechin City A late Charlie King goal gives Brechin victory in the Scott ...

Defiant Luton force Reds replay

Mon, 07 Jan 2008 04:34:33 -0800

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Tussle ... Luton's Calvin Andrew and Liverpool's Sami Hyypia . Pic: AFP
Defiant Luton force Reds replay

January 07, 2008
NERVOUS isn't a word one associates with Glenn McGrath, but the legendary paceman admits feeling a few butterflies as he prepares to make his swansong for NSW in their Twenty20 match against Queensland.
McGrath has logged almost 1,000 days of international cricket prior to his retirement from top flight competition after last year ...

India suspend tour of Australia

Mon, 07 Jan 2008 04:21:44 -0800

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Heat ... Effigies and pics of Bucknor and Benson burn in India. Pic: AFP
India suspends tour of Australia

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