Cameron hosts talks on football racism
British Prime Minister David Cameron will hold talks at 10 Downing Street on Wednesday to discuss racism in football following several high profile incidents in the English Premier League. “We simply cannot brush this under the carpet,” Cameron said, writing in The Sun newspaper. “I’ve no doubt that football will crack this problem More...
Kapil wants Sachin to retire immediately
New Delhi: India’s 1983 World Cup winning captain Kapil Dev feels that the time has run out for Sachin Tendulkar and the batting maestro should immediately retire from international cricket. Kapil believes More...
Yusuf Pathan confident of making a comeback
Mumbai: Discarded India cricketer Yusuf Pathan on Monday expressed optimism that he would be able to make a comeback into the national squad like his brother Irfan, who is presently playing in the triangular ODI More...
KP’s second ton in a row completes clean sweep
Dubai: Kevin Pietersen scored his second century in as many matches as England beat Pakistan by four wickets on Tuesday to sweep the one-day international series 4-0. Pietersen hit 130 off 153 balls, his highest More...
Villas Boas – Chelsea owners backing me in private
Under-fire Chelsea manager Andre Villas-Boas has again confirmed he has the full backing of the club’s owners — although he admitted his tenure would be easier if they publicly supported him rather than More...
Under-19 World Cup brings back sweet memories for Virat Kohli
The ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup is all set to be staged in Queensland, Australia in Brisbane, Townsville and the Sunshine Coast from August 11-26, 2012. Former Under-19 players like Virat Kohli, Angelo Mathews More...
The contrasting attitudes of Cricket Australia and the BCCI
The recent press conference given by Cricket Australia CEO James Sutherland demonstrates the openness and the refreshingly candid attitude of the Board. He does not sidestep questions, but tries to answer them More...
Messi scores four as Barcelona rout Valencia; AC Milan cruise
Lionel Messi scored four times as Barcelona routed Valencia to keep alive their slim chances of overhauling Real Madrid at the top of Spain’s La Liga. The Argentina striker took his tally for the league season More...
Ponting dropped from Australian ODI squad
Ricky Ponting has been dropped from the Australian squad after a disappointing run in the ongoing CB Series. Ponting failed to reach double digits in Australia’s first five games of the series, making 2, 1, More...
Indians were in a hurry to be back in the dressing room
Having lost two back to back matches the Australians were aware that they needed to stop the rot soon. It wouldn’t have been easy for them to have arrived in Brisbane just a day after losing to Sri Lanka, More...
