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Four bats signed by cricket great Sir Donald Bradman have been stolen from a sports venue in the far northern city of Darwin.

The phenomenal success of Twenty20 notwithstanding, Tests would remain the ultimate challenge for a cricketer, says Indian skipper Anil Kumble.

Like Greg Chappell, Ric Charlesworth too came to India with the sole objective of making money and the Australian should not be reinstated even if the International Hockey Federation (FIH) insists, said angry Olympians.

Barcelona's Brazilian forward Ronaldinho will sign for AC Milan on Wednesday, the Italian club has said.

The Indian hockey team at the Junior Asia Cup finds itself in the eye of a storm with rival sides from Singapore and Malaysia accusing it of fielding at least six over-age players.

Sachin Tendulkar remained the highest-ranked Indian batsman at the joint 13th spot even as Rahul Dravid, Virender Sehwag, Sourav Ganguly and VVS Laxman slipped a rung each in the ICC Test Rankings issued on Tuesday.

Pakistan's beleaguered pacer Mohammad Asif will seek a 'B' sample test after flunking a dope test during the Indian Premier League and has hired a top lawyer to prove his innocence.

The BCCI on Tuesday hit back at the England Cricket Board for criticising its choice of venues for the English team's winter tour to India, saying it was the home board's prerogative to finalise the itinerary.

One of the five cricketers tested for banned substances by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) during the Indian Premier League (IPL) has been found positive.

India's Olympic contingent just got larger with Surendra Singh improving his one month old national record in the men's 10000 m run en route to a fourth place finish in the Spanish Olympic trials 'Campeonato De Espana de 10000' at Vigo, Spain.

We are officially half way through the golf season around the world — two majors have been played and the Open Championship and the USPGA Championship remain.

Recently, the Indian cricket world was divided down the middle in reaction to a simple comment made by skipper Mahendra Dhoni.

It's been billed as the "Green Olympics", but does the showpiece venues that will host the Games' key events live up to the theme? The record is mixed, experts say, with the best venues for the Beijing Games setting a standard for energy-efficient building while others betray the promise of environmental sustainability.

Ian Bell reached his highest test score on Friday by hitting 199 before England declared at 593-8 to effectively shut South Africa out of the first test at Lord's.

Sri Lanka has allowed its cricketers to play in next year's Indian Premier League at the expense of their Test series against England, prompting a word of caution from ICC advising players not to fall for the lure of easy money.

Clearly not convinced by Shoaib Malik's leadership abilities, former captain Wasim Akram feels the present Pakistan skipper is weak and has failed to back his players.

A fuel system failure and an accident marred Force India's final day of pre-German Grand Prix testing, curtailing Giancarlo Fisichella's stint to 74 laps at Hockenheim in Germany.

Cristiano Ronaldo believes FIFA president Sepp Blatter was right to controversially describe him as being treated like a 'modern-day slave' by current club Manchester United.