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Ganguly to retire after Australia seriesBANGALORE (Reuters) - Former captain Saurav Ganguly announced on Tuesday that he will retire after the test series against Australia that starts this week.Source: Reuters: Cricket News | 7 Oct 2008 | 12:43 pm Chowrasia hopes to overcome wrist injurySpending more time with the doctors than at the golf course or the driving range, Shiv Shankar Prasad Chowrasia, who came up with a sensational triumph at the same course in February, is simply hoping to be able to play four rounds as he tees off at the US$ 1 million Hero Honda Indian Open Thursday.Source: News from IndiaeNews.com | 7 Oct 2008 | 12:30 pm Sourav has taken the right decision: SrikkanthChairman of selectors Krisnamachari Srikkanth said Sourav Ganguly's decision to retire from international cricket is a right move.Source: Sify.com Sports | 7 Oct 2008 | 12:24 pm Threat to kidnap Ganguly's daughterFor Sourav Ganguly, daughter Sana means the world and thus it came as a shock when the former India skipper revealed the family had received a threat to kidnap his daughter.Source: Sify.com Sports | 7 Oct 2008 | 12:18 pm Ijaz Butt named new Pakistan Cricket Board chiefFormer Pakistan Test cricketer Ijaz Butt has been appointed new chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), sources in the sports ministry said Tuesday.Source: Sify.com Sports | 7 Oct 2008 | 12:07 pm Ganguly to retire at the end of the Australia seriesIt's official. The upcoming Test series against Australia is set to be Sourav Ganguly's last.Source: Sify.com Sports | 7 Oct 2008 | 12:04 pm Sourav Ganguly to retire after the series against AustraliaSourav Ganguly has announced his retirement from international cricket, saying the four-Test series against Australia, starting here Thursday, will be his last.Source: News from IndiaeNews.com | 7 Oct 2008 | 12:02 pm Sourav has taken the right decision: SrikkanthChairman of selectors Krisnamachari Srikkanth said Sourav Ganguly's decision to retire from international cricket is a right move.Source: News from IndiaeNews.com | 7 Oct 2008 | 12:00 pm South Africa drop Ntini and Nel from ODI squadSouth Africa dropped fast bowlers Makhaya Ntini and Andre Nel from the One-day squad to play Kenya and Bangladesh later this month, with an eye on the 2011 One-day World Cup.Source: Sify.com Sports | 7 Oct 2008 | 10:43 am Indo-Pak rivalry still the greatest: KumbleTheir upcoming Test series against Australia may be the flavour of the season, but Indian skipper Anil Kumble said nothing can supplant the traditional rivalry that India and Pakistan share.Source: Sify.com Sports | 7 Oct 2008 | 9:47 am India look favourites against AussiesIt is always dangerous to underestimate an Aussie side. Moreover, they have not done badly in the last couple of years since the superstars called it a day.Source: Sify.com Sports | 7 Oct 2008 | 9:41 am Ferrari to use lollipop after Singapore fiascoFerrari will use the 'lollipop' to tell drivers when to leave the pits in Sunday's Japanese Grand Prix after their traffic light system caused chaos in Singapore.Source: Sify.com Sports | 7 Oct 2008 | 9:03 am South Africa drop Ntini, Nel from one-day squadJOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa dropped fast bowlers Makhaya Ntini and Andre Nel from the one-day squad to play Kenya and Bangladesh later this month, with an eye on the 2011 one-day World Cup.Source: Reuters: Cricket News | 7 Oct 2008 | 8:57 am PCB to stop use of mobile phone in players' dug-outThe Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is taking stringent measures to stop the use of mobile phone in and around the players' dug-out during the ongoing National Twenty20 Cup in Lahore in a bid to minimise any possible match-fixing.Source: Sify.com Sports | 7 Oct 2008 | 8:29 am Physio says Ronaldo ready to return inside a monthBrazilian striker Ronaldo is set to return inside a month from the knee injury that has sidelined him since February, his physio Bruno Mazziotti said on Monday.Source: Sify.com Sports | 7 Oct 2008 | 7:28 am Chetan Anand makes historyNew Delhi: It was a memorable day for Indian badminton as Chetan Anand became the first Indian to win the men’s singles title in a Grand Prix event and the pair of V. Diju and Jwala Gutta claimed the honours in the mixed doubles event in ...Source: The Hindu - Sport | 7 Oct 2008 | 12:00 am Easy win for Quaid-e-MillathCHENNAI: Quaid-e-Millath whipped Chellammal 75-14 in the State-level inter-collegiate kabaddi tournament for women at Queen Mary’s College here on Monday. The results: SDNB Vaishnav bt ...Source: The Hindu - Sport | 7 Oct 2008 | 12:00 am Indian team in second positionChennai: The Indian open team (Sunit Choksi, Rajesh Dalal, Kiran Nadar, Subhash Gupta, Bachiraju Satyanarayana and K. Raman Venkataraman) with a tally of 175 Victory Points is in the second position in Group B in the Beijing Bridge Olympiad. ...Source: The Hindu - Sport | 7 Oct 2008 | 12:00 am Leander Paes moves up to sixth placeNew Delhi: Leander Paes gained two spots to be placed sixth in the ATP doubles World rankings issued on Monday. Paes now has 3,060 points, while another Indian, Mahesh Bhupathi, remains at the 12th position with 2,680 points. Meanwhile, Sania ...Source: The Hindu - Sport | 7 Oct 2008 | 12:00 am Rare And Precious pleasesBANGALORE: Rare And Precious, Chilli Chocolate and Dazzling Honour pleased when the horses were exercised here on Monday morning (Oct. 6). Inner sand: 800m: Dazzling Honour (S. John) 51, 600/38.5. Impressed. Gris ...Source: The Hindu - Sport | 7 Oct 2008 | 12:00 am Jeev Milkha Singh finishes joint 24thSt. Andrews (Scotland): Jeev Milkha Singh sizzled with a final-round five-under 67 to sign off tied 24th at the Alfred Dunhill Links golf championship. Jeev ended his campaign with a total of three-under 285. Swede Robert Karlsson clinched ...Source: The Hindu - Sport | 7 Oct 2008 | 12:00 am New Zealand ‘A’ wins, series drawnIndia ‘A’ was bowled out for 100 in pursuit of 234 from at least 60 oversSource: The Hindu - Sport | 7 Oct 2008 | 12:00 am A wall for ‘The Wall’Bangalore: It’s a nickname that perhaps evokes mixed feelings in Rahul Dravid as he is not comfortable being stereotyped. But there is no running away from ‘The Wall’ which is intrinsic to the Dravid legend and on a warm ...Source: The Hindu - Sport | 7 Oct 2008 | 12:00 am Hans Club beats St. Columba’sNEW DELHI: Umesh Bora and Vipin scored a goal apiece as Hans Club defeated St. Columba’s Club 2-0 in a preliminary round match of the Delhi Soccer Association ‘B’ division football league here on Monday. In another ...Source: The Hindu - Sport | 7 Oct 2008 | 12:00 am Raj Kumar posts winBangalore: D. Raj Kumar defeated Vinay Katrela 35-68, 76-46, 66-26, 51-53, 62-54 in a State senior snooker league match at the KSBA Hall here on Monday. Other results: Duncan Mackenzie bt Arvind Savur ...Source: The Hindu - Sport | 7 Oct 2008 | 12:00 am Suresh, Ashish leading in Raid-de-Himalaya rallySuresh Rana and Ashish Moudgil were leading on Day Six of the tenth edition of one of the world's toughest motor rallies, Maruti Suzuki Raid-de-Himalaya in the car and bike categories respectively, an organiser of the rally said Monday.Source: News from IndiaeNews.com | 6 Oct 2008 | 4:31 pm Dravid's mother engraves Karnataka's cricketers in a muralA massive mural of 45x20 feet created by Pushpa Dravid, mother of former Indian skipper Rahul Dravid, with portraits of six famous cricketers of Karnataka was unveiled Monday at the Chinnaswamy Stadium here.Source: News from IndiaeNews.com | 6 Oct 2008 | 3:01 pm Bangladesh include three uncapped players in ODI squadDHAKA (Reuters) - Bangladesh named three new caps on Monday in a 14-man squad weakened by the loss of rebel players for the one-day international home series against New Zealand starting this week.Source: Reuters: Cricket News | 6 Oct 2008 | 2:24 pm Sachin unveils 'Wall' to mark Dravid's 10,000 Test runsRahul Dravid's 10,000 Test runs were celebrated here at Chinnaswamy stadium with Sachin Tendulkar unveiling a wall of 10,000 bricks.Source: News from IndiaeNews.com | 6 Oct 2008 | 2:02 pm I have proved my critics wrong: ChetanChetan Anand's critics had written him off, but he is thrilled to prove them wrong by winning his first Grand Prix title, the Bitburger Open in Germany Sunday. The national champion demolished the inner demons and ignored stinging barbs of critics to get his focus back to win four tournaments this year.Source: News from IndiaeNews.com | 6 Oct 2008 | 2:02 pm Offside: Child labour rampant in football stitchingNext time you take to playfield and kick a football, remember that in all possibility it was created by tender yet wounded pair of hands in an obscure village in north India.Source: News from IndiaeNews.com | 6 Oct 2008 | 2:01 pm Paes moves up two places to sixth on ATP chartsIndia's Leander Paes moved up two places to be at sixth position in the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) men's doubles rankings announced Monday.Source: News from IndiaeNews.com | 6 Oct 2008 | 11:33 am India A succumb to humiliating defeat against New Zealand AIndia A committed hara-kiri to gift wrap a 133-run victory to New Zealand A on the fourth and concluding day of the second Test at the MA Chidambaram Stadium here Monday.Source: News from IndiaeNews.com | 6 Oct 2008 | 11:31 am
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