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  • Inspirational Dhoni leads India to emphatic 126 run win

    A young India finally broke their prolonged losing streak as they trounced England by 127 runs in a lop-sided first cricket one-dayer in Hyderabad on Friday. India rode on Dhoni’s blistering 87-run knock and Suresh Raina’s 55-ball 61 to post a mammoth 330 for seven and then skittled out the visitors for only 174 runs […]

    Sahara Group buys stake in Force India F1 team

    With just 19 days to go for the inaugural Indian Grand Prix, Sahara Group on Wednesday bought 42.5 percent stake, worth USD 100 million, in the Vijay Mallya owned Force India F1 team, which has been re-christened as Sahara Force India. Sahara Group, headed by Subroto Roy, inked an agreement with Mallya’s UB Group, which […]

    Jonty Rhodes Launches “Jonty’s Way”

    by NR INDRAN / INT “You cannot teach a cricketer new fielding techniques once he crosses the age of 18, as his body is already accustomed to what he has been taught earlier and has been doing over the years, hence I want to catch them young and instill in them the right fitness, the […]

    India Red enter the final with 2nd win in a row

    Putting up a dominating all-round show, India Red stormed into the final of the NKP Salve Challenger Series after thrashing India Green by eight wickets in the rain-hit second match of the tournament in Nagpur on Tuesday. It was second win for India Red in as many days as they had defeated India Blue in […]

    Anand beats Vallejo Pons, avoids last-place finish

    World Champion Viswanthan Anand defeated Francisco Vallejo Pons of Spain in the 10th and final round to avoid a last-place finish at the fourth Final Masters chess tournament in Bilbao, Spain. Languishing at the bottom of the table at the start of the final round in the six-player double round-robin event, the onus was on […]

    Indian boxers return back to Delhi, 4 qualified for Olympics

    After a grueling but stupendous performance in the just concluded World Championship, Indian Pugilist arrived back in New Delhi Tuesday morning. Four Indian Boxers qualified for the Olympics. Teen superstar Vikas Krishnan, who became the 2nd Indian after Vijendra Singh to bag the bronze medal, along with teen sensation Devendro Singh, Jal Bhagwan and Manoj […]

    ICC makes U-turn, says DRS not mandatory

    In what came as a shot in the arm for the BCCI, the ICC Tuesday reversed its earlier decision of making the controverial Decision Review System mandatory by leaving its use subject to bilateral agreements between the participating boards. The ICC decision, reached at its Executive Board meeting in Dubai, was a reversal from the […]

    Somdev improves ranking by one spot, Sania unchanged at 88‎

    Somdev Devvarman rose a rung to 84 while out of action Sania Mirza was static on number 88 in the latest tennis ranking lists, issued on Monday. Somdev, who has been going through a poor patch, lost in the first round of the ATP Shanghai Masters on Monday. In the doubles ATP chart, there was […]

    Hyderabadi wins Rs 9 lakhs in Poker at World Gaming Festival

    Hyderabad: Young Hyderabadis are gaming with a vengeance. Due to aggressive combination of social networking and advance mobile technology, gaming in Hyderabad is taken a different level according to a top official of India’s biggest casino operation. The overwhelming response to a just conlcuded World Gaming Festival at Casino Royale is any indication, the gaming […]

    Vettel seals historic world title defence

    Germany’s Sebastian Vettel became Formula One’s youngest back-to-back world champion on Sunday when he finished third in the Japanese Grand Prix behind Jenson Button and Fernando Alonso. The Red Bull driver, 24, who needed just one point to clinch the title, joins Juan Manuel Fangio, Ayrton Senna and Michael Schumacher as one of only nine […]