Media, fans call time on Symonds` career!

Media and fans on Friday called for the end of troubled allrounder Andrew Symonds` international cricket career after his latest disgrace in being ordered home from Australia`s tour to England on disciplinary grounds.
Source: Zeecric : Cricket News | 5 Jun 2009 | 12:35 pm

Tamim Iqbal relishes India confrontation!

Bangladesh opener Tamim Iqbal has every reason to look forward to his side`s opening Twenty20 World Cup match against defending champions India on Saturday.
Source: Zeecric : Cricket News | 5 Jun 2009 | 12:35 pm

Cameron White to replace disgraced Symonds!

Big-hitting middle order batsman Cameron White was called up by Australia to replace the disgraced Andrew Symonds.
Source: Zeecric : Cricket News | 5 Jun 2009 | 12:35 pm

India have the world to play for!

Two years back when Mahendra Singh Dhoni led India in the inaugural Twenty20 World Championships in South Africa, nobody gave his team a hope in hell to win.
Source: Zeecric : Cricket News | 5 Jun 2009 | 12:35 pm

Accidental designer eyes Mongoose revolution!

Next thing to be abandoned will be the long-standing design of the bat.
Source: Zeecric : Cricket News | 5 Jun 2009 | 12:35 pm

I`m impressed by Yuvraj`s big-hitting: Pietersen!

Kevin Pietersen is impressed by Yuvraj Singh and feels players like him are taking T20 to the next level.
Source: Zeecric : Cricket News | 5 Jun 2009 | 12:35 pm

Shakib excels on field and in classroom!

According to his national coach, Shakib Al Hasan is Bangladesh`s "best batsman, best bowler and best fielder".
Source: Zeecric : Cricket News | 5 Jun 2009 | 12:35 pm

Kumble to start new innings a commentator!

Former India Test captain Anil Kumble will join his former teammate Sourav Ganguly behind the microphone as an expert analyst in the ICC World Twenty20 which begins in England.
Source: Zeecric : Cricket News | 5 Jun 2009 | 12:35 pm

Tamim relishes India confrontation

NOTTINGHAM, England (Reuters) - Bangladesh opener Tamim Iqbal has every reason to look forward to his side's opening Twenty20 World Cup match against defending champions India on Saturday (1700GMT).

Source: Reuters: Cricket News | 5 Jun 2009 | 5:11 am

INTERVIEW - Shakib excels on field and in classroom

NOTTINGHAM, England (Reuters) - According to his national coach, Shakib Al Hasan is Bangladesh's "best batsman, best bowler and best fielder".

Source: Reuters: Cricket News | 5 Jun 2009 | 5:11 am

Accidental designer eyes Mongoose revolution

LONDON (Reuters) - Twenty20 has made a virtue of challenging cricket convention and if an English inventor is right the next thing to be abandoned will be the long-standing design of the bat itself.

Source: Reuters: Cricket News | 5 Jun 2009 | 2:18 am

Sehwag to raise awareness about HIV

London: India opener Virender Sehwag, Sri Lanka captain Kumar Sangakkara and South Africa skipper Graeme Smith will raise awareness about HIV as part of an ICC initiative which coincides with the World Twenty20 Championships, starting on ...
Source: The Hindu - Sport | 5 Jun 2009 | 12:00 am

Vijender leads Indian challenge

NEW DELHI: Olympics bronze medal-winning boxer Vijender Singh will lead the Indian challenge in the forthcoming Asian boxing championships to be held in Zhuhai, China, from June 6 to 14. Besides Vijender, World Cup bronze winner Jitender ...
Source: The Hindu - Sport | 5 Jun 2009 | 12:00 am

England meets the Netherlands in the opener


Source: The Hindu - Sport | 5 Jun 2009 | 12:00 am

Manipur holds Bengal

CHENNAI: Luck failed to favour 29-time National champion Bengal. Manipur held it 1-1 for its second draw and Bengal is now on slippery ground in terms of earning a place in the semifinals from Group ‘A’ of the Santosh Trophy ...
Source: The Hindu - Sport | 5 Jun 2009 | 12:00 am

Ferrari looking to challenge Brawn

ISTANBUL: The Turkish Grand Prix offers Ferrari a chance to prove it is ready to challenge Brawn GP and put the brakes on Jenson Button’s drive for the Formula One championship. Ferrari is well-positioned to fight for the podium ...
Source: The Hindu - Sport | 5 Jun 2009 | 12:00 am

Thapar shines

NEW DELHI: Praveen Thapar picked up three wickets to guide Malviya Club to a nine-wicket win over Global XI in the East Delhi Cup cricket tournament at the DDA ground (Laxmi Nagar) here on Thursday. DDCA Young Cricketers thrashed Eleven ...
Source: The Hindu - Sport | 5 Jun 2009 | 12:00 am

Arjit hits hundred

NEW DELHI: Arjit Gupta slammed a stroke-filled century as Chandana Marbles Jaipur outclassed Gush Club by 220 runs to enter the quarterfinals of the Goswami Ganesh Dutt Memorial cricket tournament at the St. Stephen’s College ground here ...
Source: The Hindu - Sport | 5 Jun 2009 | 12:00 am

Nanda scalps five

NEW DELHI: Chetanya Nanda’s five-wicket haul helped Sonnet Club beat Malik Sports by six wickets in Lala Raghubir Singh cricket tournament at the Modern School (Barakhamba Road) ground here on Thursday. In another match, ...
Source: The Hindu - Sport | 5 Jun 2009 | 12:00 am

Bond likely to be back in team

Wellington: New Zealand Cricket (NZC) cleared the way for fast bowler Shane Bond to return to international cricket by announcing on Thursday it would reinstate players who have severed all ties with the rebel Indian Cricket League ...
Source: The Hindu - Sport | 5 Jun 2009 | 12:00 am

Ashbeer Singh widens lead

COIMBATORE: Ashbeer Singh Saini of Kapurthala posted his second successive round of two-over 74 to extend his lead to five shots after the third round of the Lalit Suri Southern India junior golf championship at the Coimbatore Golf Club course ...
Source: The Hindu - Sport | 5 Jun 2009 | 12:00 am

Symonds sent home for breaking alcohol rules

LONDON(Reuters) - Australia all-rounder Andrew Symonds is being sent home from the World Twenty20 tournament in England for disciplinary reasons, Cricket Australia (CA) said on Thursday.

Source: Reuters: Cricket News | 4 Jun 2009 | 8:47 pm

Commonwealth Games countdown: Three hotels, including Ashok, to play host

With 486 days left for the Commonwealth Games, India Thursday named three hotels that will play host to top VIPs who would be in the national capital.
Source: News from IndiaeNews.com | 4 Jun 2009 | 4:00 pm

Santosh Trophy: Manipur rally to hold Bengal

Tenacious Manipur fought back from a goal down to force a 1-1 draw with Bengal in a Group A quarter-final league match and maintain their unbeaten run in the 63rd National Football Championship for the Santosh Trophy, here Thursday.
Source: News from IndiaeNews.com | 4 Jun 2009 | 3:01 pm

NEWSMAKER - Symonds in sad exit from international stage

SYDNEY (Reuters) - If Australia all-rounder Andrew Symonds never plays international cricket again, it will be a sad end to the career of a gifted player who never really fulfilled his true potential.

Source: Reuters: Cricket News | 4 Jun 2009 | 2:25 pm

State hockey units up in arms over new set-up

Indignant superseded state units of the Indian Hockey Federation (IHF) condemned the Indian Olympic Association's move to form another ad hoc body after what they call running the game through proxy for over a year and termed it 'illegal, unconstitutional and reprehensible.'
Source: News from IndiaeNews.com | 4 Jun 2009 | 12:02 pm

Ankita storms into ITF semis

Top seed Ankita Bhambri is the lone Indian in the semi-finals of the International Tennis Federation semi-finals and she beat her compatriot Parija Maloo 7-5, 6-2, at the DLTA complex here Thursday.
Source: News from IndiaeNews.com | 4 Jun 2009 | 11:00 am