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Medal hopes fade as top stars opt out of Asian Games

Sports September 11, 2014 at 5:46 pm 0 comments

New Delhi, Dealing a severe blow to India’s medal hopes, top stars Leander Paes, Sania Mirza and Rohan Bopanna withdrew from the 2014 Asian Games to protect their rankings in their bid to qualify for the World Masters to be held later this year. The pullouts, announced by All India TennisRead More

No Asian Games for Paes, Mirza, Bopanna

No Asian Games for Paes, Mirza, Bopanna

Sports September 10, 2014 at 5:55 pm 0 comments

New Delhi,Indian tennis stars Leander Paes, Sania Mirza and Rohan Bopanna will skip the Asian Games being held in the South Korean city of Incheon from September 19 to October 4, to focus on the professional circuit. The participation of these players had remained a big question mark after top singlesRead More

Bangladesh pacer reported for suspect action

Sports September 10, 2014 at 5:52 pm 0 comments

Dhaka,Paceman Al-Amin Hossain has become the second Bangladeshi bowler to be reported for a suspect action on the team’s disastrous tour of the West Indies, cricket’s world governing body said on Wednesday.  A day after Pakistan’s top off-spinner Saeed Ajmal was suspended over his action, the International Cricket Council saidRead More

Rohit Sharma will not play CLT20: John Wright

Sports September 10, 2014 at 5:52 pm 0 comments

Defending champions Mumbai Indians head coach John Wright today said that skipper Rohit Sharma will not play in the Champions League T20 tournament. Sharma sustained a fracture in the middle finger during the second ODI against England at Cardiff and missed the remaining 3 ODIs and the one-off T20 thatRead More

Cricket needs to be patient for wearable sensors to detect chucking, says ICC

Sports September 10, 2014 at 5:50 pm 0 comments

The ICC is cautiously optimistic that wearable sensors can provide the technological breakthrough needed to stamp out illegal bowling actions but does not expect them to be ready for trial in matches before mid-2015. Geoff Allardice, the International Cricket Council’s general manager of cricket, told Reuters in an interview onRead More

Banned Ajmal vows to return with clean action

Sports September 10, 2014 at 5:49 pm 0 comments

Karachi,Banned Pakistani off-spinner Saeed Ajmal has vowed to correct his illegal bowling action and return to cricket before next year’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand. The International Cricket Council (ICC) banned the 36-year-old earlier on Tuesday after biomechanic tests revealed all his deliveries breached the permissible limit forRead More

Pakistan’s Saeed Ajmal suspended for illegal action

Pakistan’s Saeed Ajmal suspended for illegal action

Sports September 9, 2014 at 5:47 pm 0 comments

Islamabaad, The International Cricket Council (ICC) suspended Pakistan off-spinner Saeed Ajmal on Tuesday from bowling in international matches after his bowling action was found to be illegal. The ICC said analysis of the bend and straightening of Ajmal’s bowling arm revealed “all his deliveries exceeded the 15 degrees level ofRead More

Ministry prunes Asian Games contingent to 679, football teams cleared

Sports September 9, 2014 at 5:46 pm 0 comments

New Delhi, The All India Football Federation (AIFF) heaved a sigh of relief as Sports Minister Sarbananda Sonowal, in consultation with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Tuesday cleared the football teams but the Indian contingent for the Incheon Asian Games, slated for Sep 19-Oct 4, was pruned to 679 from 942 thatRead More

Will think about future once I return to India : Shastri

Sports September 9, 2014 at 5:45 pm 0 comments

New Delhi, Former cricket captain and now team director Ravi Shastri said he had plenty of one-on-one chats to lift the Indian cricketers bounce back in style and win the ODI series after suffering a humiliating 1-3 loss in the Tests in England. “I had a plenty of one-on-one chats.Read More

Would rather be a mean winner than polite loser : Gambhir

Sports September 9, 2014 at 5:45 pm 0 comments

New Delhi,Winning is all what matters to Kolkata Knight Riders captain Gautam Gambhir as he intends to be “mean winner than a polite loser” when the reigning IPL champions take part in the upcoming Oppo Champions League Twenty20. “We always take the field thinking that we will win and thisRead More