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FIFA rejects Barca’s appeal against transfer ban

FIFA has rejected Barcelona’s appeal against a transfer ban that would unable the club to sign players until January 2016 once the current transfer window shuts. The Spaniards were given the 14-month ban after being found to have breached rules on signing international players under the age... read more »

Ryan Harris says Australia will keep up ...

Ryan Harris says Australia will keep up its aggression against India

Recovering Test paceman Ryan Harris has declared the Australians won’t temper their aggression as they seek to extend India’s woeful away-from-home record this summer. Apart from India’s meek surrender, which has put coach Duncan Fletcher’s job at risk, a feature of the side’s 3-1 series... read more »

Captain Cool Needs to be More Proactive ...

Captain Cool Needs to be More Proactive to Win Tests Abroad

It was a disappointing end to the series with another huge margin of defeat at the Oval, and what started with a fabulous win at Lord’s culminated in a sad end, a result which has taken aback a lot of Indian supporters.What has also taken aback a lot of us including me is the massive drop of the... read more »

Gavaskar backs Dhoni, hails appointment ...

Gavaskar backs Dhoni, hails appointment of Indian coaches

India’s cricket legend Sunil Gavaskar Tuesday backed beleaguered captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni for leading with example and also hailed the appointment of his former team mate Ravi Shastri as the team director for the ODI series against England starting Aug 25. Gavaskar said it would be wrong... read more »

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Why the 'e' after Sachin?: Dhoni

Why the ‘e’ after Sachin?: Dhoni

Kolkata – What’s in a name? A lot when the person in question is none other than batting great Sachin Tendulkar who will play his 199th Test match at the Eden Gardens here Wednesday. So... read more »

We have moved on after Sachin Tendulkar's retirement: MS Dhoni

We are not entertaining distractions: Dhoni

Kolkata – Notwithstanding the unending celebrations saluting Sachin Tendulkar in his farewell series, India skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni... read more »

Dhoni concerned over lack of all-rounders

Proteas wins over India in first ODI

Kolkata – India skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni Tuesday expressed concern over the lack of all-rounders in the side, saying the team needed to find someone... read more »

Tendulkar is much more than strokeplay and statistics

Tendulkar is much more than strokeplay and statistics

By Veturi Srivatsa Sachin Tendulkar is on the home stretch, playing his last two Test matches of an amazing career spanning almost a quarter century. Not many... read more »

Warne says Cook’s `negative captaincy` could cost...

Shane Warne says Tendulkar `best batsman of his generation`

London – Former Australian spinner Shane Warne has said that he thinks Alastair Cook’s negative captaincy will be the main reason why England will... read more »

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