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  • Ganguly, Gavaskar return to boost Bengal IE - Tue, Nov 24

    Manoj Tiwary had led from the front to ensure Bengal a draw in the last match against Karnataka and will be in charge once again against Saurashtra at the Eden Gardens on Tuesday as regular captain Laxmi Ratan Shukla was left out after failing a fitness test.

  • Sangakkara backs his legend, says attack will always revolve around Murali IE - Tue, Nov 24

    After the drawn first Test in Ahmedabad, questions were raised about the spin bowlers in general and the highest wicket-taker in Test cricket, Muttiah Muralitharan, in particular.

  • 'Watching Kartik bowl inspired me' IE - Tue, Nov 24

    bai's 19-year-old left-arm spinner Abdulla credits his 11 wickets in 3 innings in the Ranji season so far to mentor Murali On November 12 — Day Three of the Mumbai vs Orissa Group A match — Iqbal Abdulla watched videos of Murali Kartik bowling in the nets over and over again, as the evening wore on into the night.

  • Minefield awaits Delhi, UP IE - Tue, Nov 24

    Away from the hustle bustle of people squeezed into share-autos and two-wheelers vying for space with HMVs on single-lane highways, the Dr Akhilesh Das Stadium stands in relative tranquility inside an educational institution on the Faizabad highway.

  • Junior golf from Nov 25 IE - Tue, Nov 24

    The inaugural Albatross International Junior Golf Championship 2009, to be staged at the par-72 Classic Golf Resort in Gurgaon from November 25-27, will see the participation of at least 25 girls in five different age categories.

  • Jude, Samson win it for Youngs IE - Tue, Nov 24

    Simla Youngs registered a 2-1 victory over Sports College, Dehradun in the 31st in the North Zone qualifying round for the Federation Cup played at the Tau Devi Lal Stadium in Gurgaon on Monday.

  • Vadodara Marathon: Gill fires salvo at organisers, meeting on Friday to scrutinise drawbacks IE - Tue, Nov 24

    Following the chaos towards the end of the Vadodara Marathon on Sunday, the organisers have decided to have different venues for the beginning and the end of the run for the next year's edition.

  • Confident Mumbai take on Railways IE - Tue, Nov 24

    Standing in between the two sets of bowlers steaming into adjacent nets, Mumbai coach Praveen Amre formed the focal point of the 'V' between Rohit Sharma and Mumbai skipper Wasim Jaffer, carefully scrutinising the echo effect provided by his frontline batsmen.

  • Teams look past Kanpur pitch IE - Tue, Nov 24

    Dhoni, Sangakkara mull over combination as attention shifts to the drawing board With the sun starting to warm an exceptionally cold November morning at the Green Park Stadium, Sri Lanka captain Kumar Sangakkara placed his hands on the pitch, trying to gauge the moisture hidden below its hard exterior.

  • PNB top Pool B after 1-1 draw with Army XI IE - Tue, Nov 24

    It was a day of draws in the senior Nehru hockey tournament on Monday, the last day of the league stage.

  • Around the bend IE - Sun, Nov 22

    The Indian cricket board's crackdown on bowlers with suspect actions has become the talking point of the new Ranji season, with officials patting themselves on the back and players complaining that they're being victimised.

  • Lifting world body says action on India to be strong IE - Sun, Nov 22

    Chances of India escaping a ban slimmed further on Saturday with the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) saying it will take a "strong action" against the Indian body after six of its lifters tested positive for banned substances recently.

  • Sandeep out for 3 weeks: Hockey India IE - Sun, Nov 22

    Drag-flicker Sandeep Singh has been ruled out of the Champions Challenge I hockey tournament next month due to a back injury and will be replaced by Diwakar Ram in the 21-member squad, a Hockey India media release said on Saturday.

  • No public sale of tickets for Eden one-dayer IE - Sun, Nov 22

    When India take on the visiting Sri Lankans in the one-day international at the Eden Gardens next month, the stadium will achieve a first in Indian cricket history.

  • Mongia's story: Fighting cancer, sailing to hope IE - Sun, Nov 22

    When sailor Nitin Mongia takes his yacht out to the sea, it's not always with an Olympic or Asian Games medal in mind.

  • No end to bowling worries IE - Sun, Nov 22

    Not surprisingly, the Motera pitch has been the butt of all criticism after a high-scoring drawn Test, in which 1,598 runs were scored.

  • Sharath knocked out in third round IE - Sat, Nov 21

    India's top paddler Achanta Sharath Kamal proved no match to Japanese world No 11 Mizutani Jun and went down 4-0 in the third round as India's challenge in singles at the Asian Table Tennis Championships came to an end on Friday.

  • Harmeet spins Mumbai to hard-fought victory IE - Sat, Nov 21

    It has been a discouraging period for spinners in India. Over the last two weeks, it's not their flight or guile but the legality of their actions and the degrees of their arms while bowling that have been under the spotlight. The BCCI has taken a stern view of the chucking issue this season, and if ever spin in India required an antidote it was now.

  • Archery team win Asian compound gold IE - Sat, Nov 21

    The Indian archers had an impressive outing in the 16th Asian Archery Championship in Bali, Indonesia on Friday, bagging a gold medal and two silver medals in the team event.

  • Confusion turns into chaos IE - Sat, Nov 21

    India's chief coach Jose Brasa and Hockey India president A K Mattoo on Friday continued to spar with each other over the fitness, availability and leadership role of defender Sandeep Singh in the team bound for the Champions Challenge in Argentina from December 6.


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