My first encounter with Sachin Tendulkar was at the age of 11, in the year-1987. As a child growing up with cricket, it was inevitable that I'd be thrust into mourning with Sunil Gavaskar leaving our cricketscape.
Pacer Ishant Sharma might have struggled to get his rhythm in the just-concluded series against Australia but former India captain Sourav Ganguly said the Delhi pacer is the future of Indian bowling.
Paying tribute to Sachin Tendulkar on his reaching the milestone of 20 years in international cricket, former India captain Sourav Ganguly described the Mumbai maestro as the greatest batsman of his generation on Saturday.
Tiger Woods lived up to eight months of anticipation in Australia by running off three straight birdies late in his round of a 6-under 66 that put him atop the leaderboard in the Australian Masters on Thursday.
World number one Roger Federer sank to a surprise 3-6, 7-6 (7/4), 6-4 second-round defeat against unseeded Frenchman Julien Benneteau in the ATP Paris Masters.
Internet giant Google has been ordered to pay USD 500,000 in damages to Formula 1 racer Rubens Barrichello for hosting fake online profiles of him on its social network Orkut.
Pakistan captain Younis Khan feels the "jaded and tired" Indian team is a perfect example of how non-stop cricket can affect a side's performance, highlighting an urgent need to "reinvent" the international calendar.
Toyota's exit from Formula One racing is imminent, Japanese media reported Wednesday. Toyota was widely expected to follow Honda as the second major Japanese automaker to withdraw from the sport. Honda pulled out last December, citing a slowdown in the global economy. Brawn GP, which took over the old Honda team, won the 2009 F1 championship.
England midfielder David Beckham will return to AC Milan on loan in January after the Italian club reached an agreement with Los Angeles Galaxy on Monday.
Chris Gayle was reinstated as West Indies captain to lead a full-strength squad on a three-test tour of Australia later this month.
Japanese tyre maker Bridgestone Corp said on Monday it would quit Formula One next year, dealing a further blow to the sport after the recent withdrawal of other high-profile firms due to the global downturn.
It was 7 in the morning on October 25 and I was merrily biding my time at the hotel in Vadodara waiting for the clock to strike 8 am before leaving for the ground.
In an article in the November issue of The Wisden Cricketer magazine, the chief executive of the Professional Cricketers Association for England, Sean Morris, has made a desperate call for action to protect international cricket from "unsustainable" fixture scheduling.
While Indian Olympic Association (IOA) president Suresh Kalmadi reiterated that Commonwealth Games Federation's chief executive Mike Hooper must be recalled from India, the New Zealander continued to work from the Organising Committee (OC) office and even held discussions with senior IOA officials on Monday.
He turned down the chance to play in Indian Premier League's first two seasons, but Michael Clarke has had a change of heart now and wants to be a part of IPL III to gain experience for his stint as Australia's Twenty20 captain.
Hampered by injuries to key players, the Australian cricket team took off for India to play a seven-match ODI series with skipper Ricky Ponting conceding that despite their Champions Trophy debacle, Mahendra Singh Dhoni's men would be hard to beat in home conditions.
The turnout belied the insignificance of this match, with the crowds filling up the stands to primarily watch the cricketers more than the cricket.
As the inaugural edition Airtel Champions League T20 (CLT20) comes to the end of its second week, the tournament seems to be struggling to keep up with viewer expectation.
Argentina ended an embarrassing campaign by qualifying for the World Cup with a 1-0 win over Uruguay on Wednesday.
They might have won the hearts of fans with their free-spirited cricket, but Trinidad and Tobago (TandT) turned party-poopers on Wednesday.
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