Manchester: Manchester United begin the defence of their Premier League title this week with a youthful zest in their step and some evidence to suggest victory in the Community Shield could be more significant than just a minor trophy. Alex Ferguson’s youngsters, who helped to overturn a two-goal deficit in Sunday’s 3-2 win over Manchester [...]
Hyderabad: Ajay Jayaram and the women’s doubles duo of Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa got the Indian campaign off to a roaring start at the BWF World Championships in London on Monday. While Jayaram upset 15th seed Kenichi Tago of Japan to advance to the men’s singles second round, Jwala-Ashwini drubbed Eva Lee and Paula [...]
Harare:Zimbabwe celebrated in style after ending their six-year absence from Test cricket with a 130-run victory over Bangladesh here on Monday. The jubilant home team had set the tourists a daunting target of 375 to win, and secured the victory when Kyle Jarvis trapped Robiul Islam lbw for 12 to end Bangladesh’s second innings on [...]
Top teams and players never rest on their laurels; they keep improving all the time, trying to scale greater levels of excellence. They keep coming up with novel things too, which at times only show their sense of humour if not their rising confidence. On Monday afternoon, just after India’s lacklustre training session, it was [...]
Birmingham: After being at the top for two years, India may not have expected their world to turn topsy-turvy in just two weeks; but the defeats at Lord’s and Trent Bridge have done exactly that, leaving them virtually down in the dumps. It showed rather alarmingly in their body language here at the Edgbaston ground [...]
Edgbaston: Like most Indian cricketers, Ravi Bopara too emerged on England’s landscape as a prodigy. As a tender 17-year-old, he was offered a contract with Essex and marked for future greatness. But that is where the similarities end. For nearly 10 years now, he has struggled to seal a place in the England side. He [...]
Hyderabad: Fully fit and confident, Saina Nehwal intends to dish out an aggressive brand of badminton in the prestigious World Championships. The Indian ace, who will be featuring in the Worlds for the third time, expects to reap dividends of the hard work she has put in in the run-up to the premier event. Never [...]
South African skipper Graeme Smith married Irish singer and model Morgan Deane at a private ceremony in Cape Town, media reported on Sunday. The Sunday Timesnewspaper said the couple exchanged vows at an intimate ceremony at St Bernard Catholic Church in Claremont on Saturday and afterwards joined family and friends at a reception overlooking [...]
Northampton: As if injuries and back-to-back Test defeats were not enough, the Indian cricket team’s tour of England has taken another disastrous turn as pacer Praveen Kumar reportedly got into a spat with fans after the practice match against Nothamptonshire here. According to a report on pakpassion.net, “large groups of Indian fans encircled the tourist’s [...]
Edgbaston: Three youngsters in India’s One-Day squad would be looking at veteran Rahul Dravid’s inclusion with little amusement and enormous anxiety, come next month. One in Suresh Raina, Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma ought to lose his place in the forthcoming One-Day series against England due to Dravid’s inclusion in the squad for the limited [...]