Auckland, Nov 20(ANI): New Zealand fast bowler Shane Bond and batsman Peter Fulton have been included in the 13-man squad for the first of Three tests against Pakistan, starting in Dunedin ...

Karachi, Nov 19 (IANS) Eminent Pakistani cricket umpire Aleem Dar Thursday said the new umpire referral system will help minimise errors. The Umpire Decision Review System (UDRS) in which each side is allowed ...

London, Nov 19 (ANI): Chelsea coach Carlo Ancelotti has ruled out cutting short his stay at the club to coach the Italian national team. With Italy boss Marcello Lippi expected to ...

Ahmedabad, Nov 19 (ANI): Sri Lankan batsman Mahela Jayawardene has become only the seventh batsman in Test cricket to score six or more double hundreds. He made 204 not out against India ...

London, Nov.19 (ANI): All-rounder Paul Collingwood has said that his best is yet to come despite becoming England's most capped one-day player today when he faces South Africa in his 171st one-day ...

Zenica (Bosnia), Nov 19 (DPA) Porto midfielder Raul Meireles was the hero for Portugal as his side beat a 10-member Bosnia-Herzegovina 1-0 to qualify for next year's football World Cup finals in ...

London, Nov.18 (ANI): Despite refusal of several countries, Australia has decided to go ahead with the new video review system for umpires in the coming season. While both India and South Africa have ...

Washington, Nov 18 (ANI): Singer/actress Jennifer Hudson has been roped in to play the lead role in a new film 'Winnie', which is about the former wife of South Africa's first black ...

Melbourne, Nov 17 (IANS) A study conducted by the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), the custodian of the game, has raised fresh doubts on the future of Test cricket. The study revealed that only ...

By Arun Kumar Washington, Nov 17 (IANS) India is among five nations that have emerged as key educational destinations for US students wanting to study abroad, a new survey said. With a record number ...

Johannesburg, Nov.17 (ANI): England have been fined for a slow over rate during the second Twenty20 in Centurion. Stand-in skipper Alastair Cook has lost 20 per cent of his match fee for ...

Brisbane, Nov 16(ANI): West Indies skipper Chris Gayle has said his team has the ability to defy expectations and win their first Test series in Australia since 1992-93. "Australia and every team is ...

Karachi, Nov 16 (ANI): Pakistani fast bowler Mohammad Asif has said that he wants to help the team win in New Zealand and prove the bad times are behind after his career ...

London, Nov.16 (ANI): Brazil coach Dunga has described England as a bunch of dribbling fools after his side swamped the Three Lions one nil in a friendly in Doha on Saturday. The Sun ...

London, Nov.16 (ANI): Former South African cricketer Clive Rice has claimed that England's best batsman Kevin Pietersen almost gave up playing cricket for surfing. Rice claims he more than anyone persuaded KP to ...

Johannesburg, Nov.16 (ANI): England have been hit by a growing injury crisis, with four players sitting out training on Saturday. T20skipper Paul Collingwood has a stiff back, James Anderson's sore right knee has ...

Zurich, Nov 15 (DPA) Argentina's coach Diego Maradona was handed a two-month ban Sunday by FIFA's disciplinary body as punishment for post-match comments made after his side's World Cup qualifier against Uruguay ...

Ahmedabad, Nov. 15 (ANI): Ahead of India's three-match test series against Sri Lanka, Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni has expressed optimism over the team's bowling and batting prowess. "I am not worried ...

Ahmedabad, Nov. 15 (ANI): Ahead of their first test match against Sri Lanka in Ahmedabad, Indian cricket squad spent a couple of hours practising hard at the nets on Sunday. The match ...

Dubai, Nov 15 (ANI): After failing to replace Australia at the top of the Reliance Mobile ICC ODI Championship table earlier this month, India gets a shot at the number-one spot ...

Doha, Nov 14(ANI): England manager Fabio Capello has blocked plans for a lavish party before the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, saying he doesn't believe there is anything to celebrate. The ...

London, Nov 14(ANI): Manchester City striker Carlos Tevez has said he is tired of the football and may hang up his boots after next year's World Cup in South Africa. Tevez said ...

New Delhi, Nov. 13 (ANI): South African Foreign Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane met his Indian counterpart S M Krishna here on Friday. Nkoana-Mashabane, a former South African High Commissioner to India, is on a ...

Johannesburg, Nov 13(ANI): England spinner Graeme Swann has said the series against South Africa is going to be tough, but his team has the potential to beat the world's top-ranked Test team. ...

Johannesburg, Nov 13(ANI): South African skipper Graeme Smith has said that he is amazed by England's Test and 50-over captain Andrew Strauss not being part of the national Twenty20 squad. Strauss has ...

Knoxville (Tennessee), Nov 12 (IANS) India's Somdev Devvarman and Prakash Amritraj lost their opening round matches in the ATP Challenger tennis here. Somdev, seeded sixth, went down to Roko Karanusic of Croatia ...

London, Nov.12 (ANI): England fast bowler Stuart Broad should model himself on former Australian fast bowler Glenn McGrath, feels former captain and fast bowler Ian Botham. In an article for The Mirror, Botham ...

Melbourne, Nov.12 (ANI): The chairman of selectors for the Australian cricket team, Andrew Hilditch, has said that middle order batsman Mike Hussey has secured his Test career with his outstanding one-day form. ...

Washington, Nov 12 (IANS) The earth's climate was far cooler -perhaps more than 50 degrees - billions of years ago, suggesting the advent of life could have been earlier than believed. Mike Tice, ...

London, Nov 12 (ANI): England's premier batsman Kevin Pietersen insists the seven weeks remaining in 2009 are long enough to prevent it from being a total nightmare of a year. In January, ...