Monday, 22 April 2013

Gilchrist recalls Tendulkar's Sharjah knock

Gilchrist recalls Tendulkar

Gilchrist recalls Tendulkar's Sharjah knock

Two days ahead of Sachin Tendulkar's 40th birthday, Kings XI Punjab captain Adam Gilchrist recalled the veteran Indian's match-winning innings that had knocked the stuffing out of the Australian bowlers in 1998 at Sharjah. Chasing a stiff target, Tendulkar ...
NCA to join hands with MRF academy

NCA to join hands with MRF academy

The BCCI is all set to tie up with the MRF Pace Foundation. In a meeting held on Monday, the NCA agreed to take the assistance of the Chennai-based pace foundation to help with its pace bowlers. "We used to have an understanding with MRF before but it ...
Doubles Delight: Gopichand happy with new pairings

Doubles Delight: Gopichand happy with new pairings

It's been over 12 years since he beat China's Chen Hong of China to capture the All England title, but P Gopichand doesn't look a year older than 25. That he will turn 40 in November is, well, just academic. Gopichand leads by example. His fitness regime ...
Saina Nehwal hopes to be third-time lucky at Indian Open

Saina Nehwal hopes to be third-time lucky at Indian Open

NEW DELHI: Saina Nehwal does not have many happy memories of the Yonex-Sunrise Indian Open. For some reason, success has eluded the World No. 2 shuttler at the Open held at the Siri Fort Sports Complex these past two years. In 2011, she was still ...
IPL governing council asks Tamil Nadu Cricket Association to approach police

IPL governing council asks Tamil Nadu Cricket Association to approach police

No Sri Lankan player has plied his trade at the MA Chidambaram Stadium this IPL, but the governing council (GC) is still doing its best to ensure the playoffs are not moved out of BCCI president N Srinivasan's home turf. The GC, which met in Chennai on ...
Selangor

Selangor

Selangor will go into this match still without their import star striker, Francis Forkey Doe, and the absence of the powerful forward has been felt by the whole team in their recent fixtures in the M-League. The Red Giants were knocked out of the FA Cup by Johor ...
BAI playing shuttle with public money

BAI playing shuttle with public money

An Indonesian coach hired by the sports ministry to train shuttlers in national camps has instead been stationed in Lucknow to oversee trainees of the Uttar Pradesh Badminton Association's academy. The Babu Banarasi Das Badminton Academy is named ...
Kings XI send five domestic players home

Kings XI send five domestic players home

The dynamics of modern professional sport dictate that teams have to take a practical approach, or in other words take financial aspects into consideration as much as the quality of players in their ranks. This seems to be the prime objective for Kings XI Punjab ...