The cheers had hardly died down as Gaurav Ghei walked off the course to submit his card of a brilliant seven-under 65, when the cruel rules of golf claimed yet another victim. One of the most admired and loved Indian golfers was struck off the leaderboard at the Johnnie Walker Classic at the DLF Golf and Country Club, with the two most dreaded letters - DQ -- against his name. Source: News from IndiaeNews.com | 1 Mar 2008 | 10:33 am
Reuters - Scoreboard after South Africa declared their innings on the second day of the second and final test against Bangladesh at the Birshresta Ruhul Amin Stadium in Chittagong on Saturday.
Reuters - South Africa declared their first innings on 583 for seven just after tea on the second day of the second and final test against Bangladesh in Chittagong on Saturday.
The defeat in the final league match against Sri Lanka will not derail Australia`s campaign in the tri-series finals and captain Ricky Ponting claimed the hosts were geared up to face India in the title clashes. Source: Zeecric : Cricket News | 1 Mar 2008 | 9:41 am
Australian vice-captain and wicketkeeper Adam Gilchrist came out in support of Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni`s stumping gloves saying they are the best in the world, the media reported. Source: Zeecric : Cricket News | 1 Mar 2008 | 9:41 am
Australian opener Matthew Hayden has admitted being "insensitive" in making the `obnoxious little weed` remark against Indian off-spinner Harbhajan Singh but said it was not against the spirit of cricket and did not warrant a reprimand. Source: Zeecric : Cricket News | 1 Mar 2008 | 9:41 am
India`s chief selector Dilip Vengsarkar has asked young fast bowler Ishant Sharma to remain focused on cricket and not let his new-found popularity affect his concentration. Source: Zeecric : Cricket News | 1 Mar 2008 | 9:41 am
The Indian Cricket League (ICL) today announced its forthcoming tournament `ICL 20s Grand Championship` which would be organised at three places - Panchkula, Gurgaon and Hyderabad from March nine to April seven. Source: Zeecric : Cricket News | 1 Mar 2008 | 9:41 am
GMR Group, the owners of the Indian Premier League (IPL) Delhi team, approached the cricketers` auction with a sound strategy - three options for each player they bid, a self-imposed monetary cap on each bid, and not to target current and unavailable Australians. Source: Zeecric : Cricket News | 1 Mar 2008 | 9:41 am
Cricket Australia has blamed its players for acquiring double standards by complaining of a lack of support from the board and charging the officials of bowing down to the BCCI might too often this season. Source: Zeecric : Cricket News | 1 Mar 2008 | 9:41 am
Former Australia fast bowler Jason Gillespie announced his retirement from first-class cricket in Australia on Friday. Source: Zeecric : Cricket News | 1 Mar 2008 | 9:41 am
Young Indian middle order batsman Rohit Sharma feels the youngsters in the team would need to rise up to the occasion to win the cricket tri-series finals against Australia starting Sunday. Source: Zeecric : Cricket News | 1 Mar 2008 | 9:41 am
Seam bowler Chris Tremlett has aggravated a side injury and is to return home from England`s tour of New Zealand, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) said on Friday. Source: Zeecric : Cricket News | 1 Mar 2008 | 9:41 am
India will seek to exploit the
batting slump of some of Australia's key batsmen when they
clash with the world champions in the first of the best-of-
three cricket tri-series finals on Sunday. Source: Sify.com Sports | 1 Mar 2008 | 9:32 am
Viswanathan Anand has maintained his lead in the Morelia-Linares Grandmasters chess tournament with a fairly short but not a dull draw against Lev Aronian in the ninth round. Source: Sify.com Sports | 1 Mar 2008 | 9:05 am
The Mukesh Ambani-owned Reliance company will venture into more sports-related activities, possibly sponsoring the 2011 cricket World Cup to be co-hosted by India, after investing well over $117 million in the lucrative Indian Premier League (IPL). Source: News from IndiaeNews.com | 1 Mar 2008 | 9:00 am
South Africa set up a title
clash against India in the Under-19 Cricket World Cup after
crushing defending champions Pakistan by 98 runs under
Duckworth/Lewis method in the rain-affected second semifinal
here today. Source: Sify.com Sports | 1 Mar 2008 | 8:50 am
Factbox on highest Test match first wicket partnerships after Graeme Smith
and Neil McKenzie hit 415 in the second Test against Bangladesh in Chittagong on
Saturday. Source: Sify.com Sports | 1 Mar 2008 | 8:42 am
CHITTAGONG, Bangladesh (Reuters) - Skipper Graeme Smith and Neil McKenzie set a world record for an opening wicket stand to help South Africa amass 509 for one at lunch on the second day of the second and final test against Bangladesh on Saturday.
South Africa skipper Graeme Smith and Neil McKenzie set a world record for the opening wicket partnership on the second morning of the second and final Test against Bangladesh on Saturday. Source: Sify.com Sports | 1 Mar 2008 | 5:39 am
WELLINGTON (Reuters) - South African-born all-rounder Grant Elliott has been called into an injury-hit New Zealand squad for the first test against England, starting in Hamilton on Wednesday.
Reuters - Factbox on the highest test match partnerships for any wicket after Graeme Smith and Neil McKenzie hit 415 in the second test against Bangladesh in Chittagong on Saturday.
Reuters - Factbox on highest test match first wicket partnerships after Graeme Smith and Neil McKenzie hit 415 in the second test against Bangladesh in Chittagong on Saturday.
It said in the 'Roll of Honour' on the opening page of the meticulously compiled statistics distributed at the Super Cup match on Wednesday that Mahesh Gawli of Dempo Sports Club was adjudged best defender of the ONGC I-League 2007-2008. But his name was missing in the line-up list for the match, and indeed the Dempo star was nowhere to be found on the refreshingly green pitch of the Devilal Sports Complex at Gurgaon. That Dempo won the Rs.10 lakh (Rs.1 million) winner-take-all Super Cup in spite of his absence emphasised the champion status of the Goan club. Source: News from IndiaeNews.com | 1 Mar 2008 | 4:30 am
Hyderabad: Among the 13 runners in the fray for the Deccan Bookmakers Association Sprinters’ Cup, last outing winner Oasis Star is likely to garner the maximum support while Woman On Top and Evatina should add pep to the finish. The ... Source: The Hindu - Sport | 1 Mar 2008 | 12:00 am
CHENNAI: The Southern Railway Sports Association will conduct the all-India Railway cricket championship (mini-league, Pool ‘D’) here from March 3 to 13. The six teams — Southern (Chennai), North Eastern (Gorakhpur), ... Source: The Hindu - Sport | 1 Mar 2008 | 12:00 am
Mysore: A century by P. Ashok (117, 18x4) helped BEML (Mysore) register a six-wicket win over The Mysore City Gymkhana in a league match of the Sri Gopalaswami memorial tournament played here on Friday. The ... Source: The Hindu - Sport | 1 Mar 2008 | 12:00 am
CHENNAI: M. Vijay’s 108 was instrumental in Tamil Nadu’s two-wicket win over Hyderabad on a day of close-fought third round matches in the South Zone Ranji one-day cricket league for the K.S. Subbiah Pillai Trophy. Chasing ... Source: The Hindu - Sport | 1 Mar 2008 | 12:00 am
HYDERABAD: Saidabad Football Club defeated Golconda Football Club 3-2 in the CCOB Cup football tournament at the Quli Qutub Shah Stadium here on Friday. Anwar struck in the 10th minute to give Saidabad a 1-0 lead at the break. In the ... Source: The Hindu - Sport | 1 Mar 2008 | 12:00 am
Bangalore: Ravi’s 56 and Raghavendra’s unbeaten 43 guided KPTCL Sports Organisation to a nine-wicket victory over MPM Bhadravati in a KSCA Group II second division league match here recently. The ... Source: The Hindu - Sport | 1 Mar 2008 | 12:00 am
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: An unbeaten century by Siyad enabled Zeros CC score a four-wicket win over Youngmen CC in the Canara Bank-TDCA ‘B’ division cricket league here on Friday. Siyad’s century (100 not out) saw Zeros ... Source: The Hindu - Sport | 1 Mar 2008 | 12:00 am
Melbourne: Australian opener Matthew Hayden has admitted being “insensitive” in making the ‘obnoxious little weed’ remark against Indian off-spinner Harbhajan Singh but said it was not against the spirit of cricket and ... Source: The Hindu - Sport | 1 Mar 2008 | 12:00 am
HYDERABAD: Professionals voice their opinion on the D.B.A. Sprinters’ Cup and the D.B.A. Stayers’ Cup. J. DHARIWAL: In the Sprinters’ Cup, I like Oasis Star over Woman On Top. My third choice is the local hope ... Source: The Hindu - Sport | 1 Mar 2008 | 12:00 am
Finance Minister P. Chidambaram Friday allocated Rs.1,111.81 crore (Rs.11.12 billion/$280 million) as the total sports budget for 2008-09, with a special provision of Rs.624 crore (Rs.6.24 billion/$156 million) for preparations for the 2010 Commonwealth Games. Source: News from IndiaeNews.com | 29 Feb 2008 | 5:02 pm
Svetlana Kuznetsova reached the final of the Dubai Championships by beating
Serbian fourth seed Jelena Jankovic 5-7, 6-4, 6-3. Source: Sify.com Sports | 29 Feb 2008 | 4:34 pm
Unable to recall when he last led into the weekend rounds, Shiv Kapur was a tired but happy man as he trudged back to the recorder's room to turn in his card of seven-under 65 that gave him a share of the lead. Source: News from IndiaeNews.com | 29 Feb 2008 | 3:00 pm
If the country is looking to the shooters to win medals at the Beijing Olympics, then the budgetary allocation for sports is not enough to send them for quality training overseas, feels National Rifle Association of India Secretary Baljit Singh. Source: News from IndiaeNews.com | 29 Feb 2008 | 3:00 pm
Birdies acted as 'energy boosters' for flu-hit Shiv Kapur as he put to good use a tip from India's amateur champion of yesteryears Vikramjit Singh and shot a flawless seven-under 65 to rocket up the leaderboard into the tied first at 10-under at the midway stage of the Johnnie Walker Classic Friday. Source: News from IndiaeNews.com | 29 Feb 2008 | 2:31 pm
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Adam Gilchrist produced a scintillating 83 off 50 balls before a batting collapse by Australia gave Sri Lanka a consolation 13-run victory in their triangular series one-day international on Friday.
The rebel Indian Cricket
League (ICL) will stage its second Twenty20 tournament from March 9 to
April 7 with more former internationals. Source: Sify.com Sports | 29 Feb 2008 | 2:25 pm
MUMBAI (Reuters) - The rebel Indian Cricket League (ICL) will stage its second Twenty20 tournament from March 9 to April 7 with more former internationals.
World Champion Viswanathan Anand scored a clinical
victory over Alexei Shirov of Spain in the eighth round of the
Morelia-Linares International chess tournament underway here. Source: Sify.com Sports | 29 Feb 2008 | 1:35 pm
Australian opener Matthew Hayden has admitted being "insensitive" in
making the 'obnoxious little weed' remark against Indian off-spinner
Harbhajan Singh but said it was not against the spirit of cricket and
did not warrant a reprimand. Source: Sify.com Sports | 29 Feb 2008 | 1:32 pm
Finance Minister P. Chidambaram Friday allocated Rs.1,111.81 crore (Rs.11.12 billion/$280 million) as total sports budget for 2008-09, an overall raise of Rs.254.34 crore over last year, with a special provision for the 2010 Commonwealth Games. Source: News from IndiaeNews.com | 29 Feb 2008 | 1:00 pm
Golf tournaments often offer a luxury car as a prize for an ace - a hole-in-one. This time around at the Johnnie Walker Classic, Xerox, one of the sponsors, have put up an Audi for a hole-in-one. Source: News from IndiaeNews.com | 29 Feb 2008 | 12:02 pm
Jyoti Randhawa who is playing the Johnnie Walker Classic at the club where he is attached - the DLF Golf and Country Club - is attempting to become only the third player to win a European Tour event at the club they are attached to. The two previous players are Graeme McDowell (2002 Scandinavian Masters, representing Kungsängen Golf Club) and Markus Brier (2006 BA-CA Golf Open, presented by Telekom Austria, representing Fontana Golf Club). Source: News from IndiaeNews.com | 29 Feb 2008 | 12:01 pm
MUMBAI, India (Reuters) - The Indian Premier League (IPL) will look to reschedule its calendar in future to accommodate England players in the multi-million dollar Twenty20 tournament.
