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Left-arm spinner Akshar Patel added to I...

Left-arm spinner Akshar Patel added to India’s ODI, Twenty20 squad fo...

Left-arm spinner Akshar Patel was on Tuesday named in the Indian squad for the remaining two one-dayers against the West Indies and was also picked in the 14-strong team announced for the one-off Twenty20 against the Caribbeans. The selectors did not make any changes to the ODI squad apart from... read more »

Mary Kom voted as India’s Most Val...

Mary Kom voted as India’s Most Valuable Player in Asian Games 2014

Olympic bronze medalist MC Mary Kom on 13 October 2014 was chosen as the Most Valuable Player (MVP) of India’s Incheon Asian Games campaign at a felicitation of the medal winners by contingent sponsors, Samsung India. Kom, the first Indian woman boxer to win a gold medal in Asian Games was named... read more »

Padmini Rout maintains joint lead in wor...

Padmini Rout maintains joint lead in world junior girls

Pune: Woman Grandmaster Padmini Rout played out a hard-fought draw with Russian girl Daria Pustovoitova to remain in joint lead after the end of seventh round of World junior girls’ chess championship on Sunday. It was a pretty tense game which was fought till the last nail and past the half... read more »

Star Sports bags 8-year rights deal with...

Star Sports bags 8-year rights deal with ICC

Less than a year after parting ways with ESPN-dubbed the Worldwide Leader in Sports-Star Sports strengthened their standing as the leader of world sports coverage in India on Sunday after retaining the broadcast rights for all ICC events over the next eight years. While the exact value of the... read more »

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Shikhar Dhawan to lead Sunrisers Hyderabad in IPL 7

New Delhi: Indian opener Shikhar Dhawan has been announced captain of Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH), while Caribbean T20 skipper Darren Sammy has been appointed his... read more »

World Twenty20: Former Pakistan coach predicts Ind...

ormer Pakistan coach Geoff Lawson has tipped arch rivals India and Pakistan to play the final of the 2014 World Twenty20. Lawson, who was in charge... read more »

India to take on Pakistan in the ICC World Cup T20 open...

The ICC World Cup Twenty20 is all set for a grand opening with the India vs. Pakistan match scheduled today. While India has a strong record of never losing... read more »

Inzamam-ul Haq fears warm-up loss could affect Pakistan...

Karachi: Furious with the Pakistan cricket team after its heavy loss against South Africa in a warm-up match, former captain Inzamam-ul Haq feared the defeat... read more »

George Bailey to lead Kings XI Punjab in IPL 7

ew Delhi: Australia’s T20I skipper George Bailey will lead the Punjab team in the seventh edition of the Indian Premier League. Bailey becomes the second... read more »

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Is the Hockey India League losing its financial viability?

Two hasty announcements have followed the pull-out of Ranchi Rhinos from the Hockey India League (HIL) last week. The quick introduction of Pune and the change in ownership of Mumbai, all... read more »

Players to watch out for in CLT20

Many call it a sidekick to the Indian Premier League. But for individual players, the Champions League Twenty20 is another platform for players to make a mark in the shortest format of the game. As... read more »