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Leeds, England: Captain Alastair Cook wants his England team to mark the appointment of new coach Trevor Bayliss by completing a series win against New Zealand with victory in the second test starting at Headingley on Friday. Cook, who scored a meticulous second innings century as England won the firstRead More
Kingston: West Indies batting legend Brian Lara has severely criticised the Cricket Board’s (WICB) move to axe Shivnarine Chanderpaul from the national team and has called for an honourary send-off to the veteran batsman by including him in two-Test home series against Australia. The selectors, led by former West IndiesRead More
Paris: World number one Novak Djokovic and defending champion Rafael Nadal stayed on course for a French Open quarter-final Thursday as teenager Thanasi Kokkinakis provided a glimpse into the sport`s future. Top seed Djokovic survived a worrying injury scare to reach the third round with a 6-1, 6-4, 6-4 winRead More
Sydney: Ace shuttler Saina Nehwal notched up a hard-fought three-game win over China’s Sun Yu to emerge as the lone Indian survivor in Australian Open Super Series badminton tournament, here on Thursday. World No. 1 Saina continued her rampaging run in world badminton and staved off a challenge from Sun,Read More
Melbourne: The success in the Indian Premier league (IPL) with Mumbai Indians notwithstanding, former Australian skipper Ricky Ponting would not be tempted into abandoning his Big Bash League (BBL) commentary commitments for a more involved move into coaching. Trevor Bayliss’s move to England as their head coach has created twoRead More
Paris: Roger Federer continued his seamless progress at the French Open on Wednesday by ousting Marcel Granollers of Spain 6-2, 7-6 (7/1), 6-3 to reach the third round. The Swiss second seed got the job done in one hour, 47 minutes before a packed crowd on Court Suzanne Lenglen, althoughRead More
Bridgetown (Barbados): Chief selector Clive Lloyd says allowing Shiv Chanderpaul to continue playing in order to surpass Brian Lara as the highest run-getter in West Indies cricket was not a good enough reason to retain the veteran left-hander. Chanderpaul was on Sunday axed from the West Indies squad for nextRead More
Ostrava (Czech Republic): Six-time Olympic gold medallist Usain Bolt registered a facile win in his first race of the year in Europe, but the Jamaican failed to break 20 seconds in the 200m at the Golden Spike meet in Ostrava. In wet conditions, Bolt clocked 20.13 seconds, well outside hisRead More
New Delhi: One-day cricket resumed in style at the Gaddafi stadium on Tuesday as Pakistan broke Team India’s seven-year-old record of highest team total in 50-over format on Pakistan soil. In the first ODI against Zimbabwe, after winning the toss, Pakistan decided to bat first and put up a mammothRead More
Kolkata, The BCCI secretary, Anurag Thakur, on Monday extolled the virtues of the IPL and the T20 format. In an encouraging sign to the top performers of the IPL, he made it known that the players doing well here have a good chance of getting the national selectors’ nod for TeamRead More
