New York: Wimbledon winner Petra Kvitova crumbled in the first round of the US Open on Sunday, as Maria Sharapova showed her championship mettle with a battling victory. Kvitova tumbled out at the hands of unheralded Romanian Alexandra Dulgheru 7-6 (7-3), 6-3 while Sharapova eked out a 3-6, 7-5, 6-3 win over Heather Watson. On [...]
Kolkata: The sports ministry’s bid to bring the BCCI under the umbrella of the National Sports Federations (NSFs) through the proposed National Sports (Development) Bill 2011 may have been stymied by the Union Cabinet on Tuesday, but the BCCI still reacted strongly, defending its autonomous status. For the record, to achieve its objective, the sports [...]
SO, the Tests are behind us, and India will no doubt heave a sigh of relief that the whitewashing is done. This appears increasingly tobe a team that isfar more comfortable with the shorter versions of the game. So Indian fans can at last expect some cheer, probably. However, there are still plenty of problems. [...]
Manchester: It’s the world ODI champions versus the world Twenty20 champions when India take on England in the one-off T20 match here at theOldTraffordon Wednesday. The Indian team is licking its wounds after the humiliating Test series loss to the English. But three wins against Sussex, Kent and Leicestershire in warmup games have given the [...]
Bangalore: Veteran Australian goalkeeper Damon Diletti may be roped in as a goalkeeping consultant, albeit for a short period, to boost the standard of goalkeeping in the national team. “The goalkeeping situation causes concern. The four goalkeepers I’ve seen at the trials aren’t as good as the Australians. We have to spend more time training [...]
Melbourne: Australia’s cricketers relationship with national talent manager and full time selector Greg Chappell has broken down to such an extent that he has been banned from their dressing room, especially when the team goes out to bat. According to the Daily Telegraph, so bad are the vibes, that Chappell is in danger of becoming [...]
London: Former England allrounder Andrew Flintoff has questioned the fitness level of Indians and also criticised the visiting team for their “shabby” warm-up routines. India, who are hoping to salvage some pride and avoid a humiliating whitewash, has been ravaged by the injuries to it’s key players and has not looked its usualself in thetournamentso [...]
London: An Australian businessman bulldozed his way into all beer, coffee and cricket conversations here at the Oval on Friday.Don Argus, a former CEO of a multi-national company Down Under, suggested brave and sweeping changes to arrest Australia’s dramatic decline in thelastfew months. Among other things, he and his five-member panel wanted a complete revamp [...]
Melbourne: Australia’s coach and captain are to be brought into an expanded national selection panel on the recommendation of a report into the humiliating Ashes defeat, Cricket Australia (CA) said on Friday. The seven-month “full, frank and fearless review” of Australian cricket in the wake of the 3-1 series loss to England would also result [...]
London: BBC Radio is in trouble with Britain’s home ministry after hiring Sunil Gavaskar, former India captain, opener extraordinaire and now cricket commentator, as an expert on their panel for the ongoing India-England Test series without the Indian having a UK work visa for this purpose. Andrew Bate, a spokesman for BBC, told TOI: “Due [...]