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Dhoni is ready for Test captaincy: KirstenMahendra Singh Dhoni's leadership qualities on Tuesday got a thumbs up from India's coach Gary Kirsten who said the ODI skipper was now ready to take over the Test captaincy from Anil Kumble.Source: Sify.com Sports | 3 Sep 2008 | 7:14 am Greg Chappell to coach young Australia playersSYDNEY (Reuters) - Former test captain Greg Chappell has been appointed as the new head coach of Australian cricket's Centre of Excellence.Source: Reuters: Cricket News | 3 Sep 2008 | 6:51 am Robinho eyes Premier League title for Manchester CityManchester City's new Brazilian forward Robinho has already set his sights on the Premier League title, he told the club on Tuesday.Source: Sify.com Sports | 3 Sep 2008 | 6:37 am Roddick breezes into US Open quartersAmerican favourite Andy Roddick marched into the quarter-finals of the US Open with a 6-2, 6-4, 6-1 victory over Chilean 11th seed Fernando Gonzalez on Tuesday.Source: Sify.com Sports | 3 Sep 2008 | 6:35 am Qualifier Muller sends Davydenko crashing outFifth seed Nikolay Davydenko crashed out of the US Open on Tuesday, losing 6-4, 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 to qualifier Gilles Muller of Luxembourg.Source: Sify.com Sports | 3 Sep 2008 | 6:32 am Greg Chappell to nurture Australia's emerging playersFormer Test captain Greg Chappell has been appointed as the new head coach of Australian cricket's Centre of Excellence.Source: Sify.com Sports | 3 Sep 2008 | 6:28 am Australia crush Bangladesh in second ODIAustralia crushed Bangladesh by eight wickets in the second one-day international at Darwin on Wednesday to take an unassailable 2-0 lead in their three-game series.Source: Sify.com Sports | 3 Sep 2008 | 6:26 am Australia crush Bangladesh in second one-dayerSYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia crushed Bangladesh by eight wickets in the second one-day international at Darwin on Wednesday to take an unassailable 2-0 lead in their three-game series.Source: Reuters: Cricket News | 3 Sep 2008 | 6:16 am Shoaib given permission to play for SurreyREUTERS - The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has given pace bowler Shoaib Akhtar permission to play for English county Surrey for the rest of the season.Source: Reuters: Cricket News | 3 Sep 2008 | 5:54 am Jankovic cruises into US Open semisSecond seed Jelena Jankovic cruised into the semi-finals of the US Open with a 6-1, 6-4 win over 29th seed Sybille Bammer on Tuesday.Source: Sify.com Sports | 3 Sep 2008 | 2:48 am Federer holds on to avoid major upset at US OpenHis strokes awry, his emotions laid bare for all to see, Roger Federer figured out a way to stay in the US Open.Source: Sify.com Sports | 3 Sep 2008 | 2:45 am National tennis event postponedNEW DELHI: The DCM Shriram Consolidated Limited (DSCL) has announced that it would host the National tennis championship in the next season, as it was unable to conduct the event at the DLTA Complex owing to the heavy construction work at the ...Source: The Hindu - Sport | 3 Sep 2008 | 12:00 am Inter-school basketball for kidsTHIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Kerala Basketball Association is starting an all-Kerala kids’ inter-school basketball tournament for boys and girls this season. The tournament will be held at the Infant Jesus School (Mavelikkara) from October 17 ...Source: The Hindu - Sport | 3 Sep 2008 | 12:00 am Three-wkt. win for NorthPERINTHALMANNA: North beat South by three wickets in the State under-22 inter-zone cricket championship here on Tuesday. North got five points for its win and South none. The scores: South 161 and 183 in ...Source: The Hindu - Sport | 3 Sep 2008 | 12:00 am Malik denies reports about a coup by seniorsKarachi: Shoaib Malik has dismissed reports about a move by some senior players to oust him from the skipper’s job. Referring to reports that senior players such as Mohammad Yousuf, Younis Khan, Shahid Afridi and even vice-captain ...Source: The Hindu - Sport | 3 Sep 2008 | 12:00 am Afridi tones down criticism about LaxmanKarachi: Pakistan player Shahid Afridi on Tuesday denied undermining the authority of V.V.S. Laxman, his captain at Deccan Chargers, but maintained that the Indian lacked aggression. He started a war of words with Laxman with his ...Source: The Hindu - Sport | 3 Sep 2008 | 12:00 am Southern Railway stuns Indian BankChennai: Southern Railway shocked the top notch team, Indian Bank, in the men’s section of the Champions Trophy volleyball tournament at the Mayor Radhakrishnan Stadium here. Sivarajan and Prabhakar were outstanding for the ...Source: The Hindu - Sport | 3 Sep 2008 | 12:00 am Harika to play tie-break gamesNEW DELHI: World junior girls’ champion, D. Harika, will be involved in the second-round tie-break rapid games with 11th seeded Slovenian Anna Muzychuk on Wednesday following a well fought draw in the second game at Nalchik, Russia, on ...Source: The Hindu - Sport | 3 Sep 2008 | 12:00 am Symonds asked to seek helpMelbourne: Australian all-rounder Andrew Symonds has been urged to seek a psychologist’s help as he deals with the uncertainty surrounding his international cricket career and a bitter fall out with teammates. A disillusioned ...Source: The Hindu - Sport | 3 Sep 2008 | 12:00 am Manjunath scalps five wicketsBangalore: Manjunath’s five for 30 spell helped Vikram CC defeat National United CC by 79 runs in a KSCA Group I, fourth division league cricket match here recently. The scores: ...Source: The Hindu - Sport | 3 Sep 2008 | 12:00 am Secret Song in fine nickMYSORE: Secret Song, who is in fine nick, may score in the K. Thammanna Gowda Memorial Cup (1,400m), the main event of the races to be held here on Thursday (Sept. 4). The following are the acceptances and selections. •KUMARADHARA ...Source: The Hindu - Sport | 3 Sep 2008 | 12:00 am Ailing Djokovic battles into quartersAn ailing Novak Djokovic battled past Spaniard Tommy Robredo 4-6, 6-2, 6-3, 5-7, 6-3 in an energy-sapping fourth-round clash at the US Open on Tuesday.Source: Sify.com Sports | 2 Sep 2008 | 9:01 pm Laxman needs to be more aggressive: AfridiPakistani all-rounder Shahid Afridi on Tuesday denied undermining the authority of VVS Laxman, his captain at Deccan Chargers, but maintained that the Indian lacks aggression.Source: Sify.com Sports | 2 Sep 2008 | 7:45 pm Former England batsman Hick to quit county sceneLONDON (Reuters) - Former England batsman Graeme Hick will retire from county cricket at the end of the season, his Worcestershire team said on their website (www.wccc.co.uk) on Tuesday.Source: Reuters: Cricket News | 2 Sep 2008 | 3:23 pm CA ponders over Aussie No. 6!A day after star all rounder Andrew Symonds announced his possibility of quitting cricket Team Australia`s coach Tim Nielsen indicated that Oz will be prepared in that eventuality. Nielsen was quoted by media saying, "I don`t think we can at the moment, I don`t think we can bank on much at all at the moment, the only thing we can bank on is providing as much support as we possibly can for him to make the right decision for him and for us, to come back into the group 100% committed.”Source: Zeecric : Cricket News | 2 Sep 2008 | 1:44 pm CA asks Symonds to seek `psychological` help!Embattled Australian all-rounder Andrew Symonds has been urged to seek a psychologist`s help as he deals with the uncertainty surrounding his international cricket career and a bitter fallout with teammates.Source: Zeecric : Cricket News | 2 Sep 2008 | 1:44 pm Hurt Laxman questions Afridi`s ethics; Modi remains silent !Controversies and Indian Premier League are proving to be good bedfellows. This time it surrounds around two cricketers with exact contrasting characters. VVS Laxman and Shahid Afridi are two players of exact opposite characters and unfortunately they are leaving no stone unturned to carry on the rivalry even of the field.Source: Zeecric : Cricket News | 2 Sep 2008 | 1:44 pm Four decades and still Nash is asked about that over!Forty years since the incident and Malcolm Nash has shifted his base to another continent as well, but he still is asked how Gary Sobers walloped him for six sixes in that eventful over in 1968.Source: Zeecric : Cricket News | 2 Sep 2008 | 1:44 pm Batting up the order helped gain rhythm: Flintoff!England all-rounder Andrew Flintoff believes his promotion to number five has boosted his form with the bat. Flintoff starred in Sunday`s seven-wicket win over South Africa in the fourth one-day international at Lord`s, scoring 31 not out to add to half-centuries at Headingley and the Oval.Source: Zeecric : Cricket News | 2 Sep 2008 | 1:44 pm Laxman retaliates, says Afridi lacks team ethics!Stung by Shahid Afridi`s remarks that he lacks leadership qualities, Deccan Chargers captain VVS Laxman on Monday retaliated, accusing the flamboyant Pakistani all-rounder of breaching team ethics.Source: Zeecric : Cricket News | 2 Sep 2008 | 1:44 pm Nash can`t live down Garry Sobers` six sixes!It has been 40 years when Garry Sobers whacked Englishman Malcolm Nash for six sixes in an over but Nash says he is still being asked about the six balls he bowled that day at the St Helen`s Ground in Swansea.Source: Zeecric : Cricket News | 2 Sep 2008 | 1:44 pm
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