Veteran batsman Michael Hussey’s brilliant run in IPL-6 has played an critical role in Chennai Super Kings reaching their fifth final and the humble Australian is all fired up to do it one last time in the final against the Mumbai Indians in the final here on Sunday.

Rajasthan Royals skipper Rahul Dravid experienced a mixture of emotions after their loss to the Mumbai Indians in Qualifier 2 of IPL-6 at the Eden Gardens here on Friday. While disappointed at missing out on the final, the former India captain said he was happy that the uneasy situation he was in since the spot-fixing row broke out was over for him in some way.

Despite the pressure for his resignation mounting, cricket control board president, N. Srinivasan remains defiant and seems in no mood to resign at least before the IPL final between the Chennai Super Kings and Mumbai Indians. “I cannot be bulldozed or railroaded into resigning by the pressure being applied,” Srinivasan said here on Saturday. “Somebody wants to replace me, let him get elected,” he added while hinting at some members in the BCCI who want him out.

Former Board of Control for Cricket in India president Shashank Manohar has emerged as the leading candidate to be take over as interim board president in case N. Srinivasan has to make way after the arrest of his son-in-law Gurunath Meiyappan by Mumbai Police.

Vivek Agnihotri, known for films such as Chocolate and Hate Story, is now ready with his next, Freedom. The film features Dance India Dance winner Salman Yusuf Khan in the lead. Vivek started out as an ad filmmaker before moving into filmmaking.

Playing aggressive golf, Manu Gandas shot a second successive three-under 69 and romped home a comfortable winner by three shots at the Usha Karnataka junior golf tournament in Bengaluru on Friday.

Sporting Club will take on KN Colts in the inaugural match of the 37th Lala Raghubir Singh hot weather cricket tournament that gets under way at the Modern School, Barakhamba Road grounds in the capital on Sunday.

“It’s a very sad day for cricket. The prestige of BCCI has been brought down to its lowest level,” says A.C. Muthiah, former president, BCCI. He was responding to a request for an interview which he had been steadfast in refusing in the past on the grounds that he had retired from public life and also because he was no more involved with the game of cricket.

The International Olympic Committee on Friday set India a September 1 deadline for new elections to facilitate the country’s return to the Olympic fold. As per the IOC directice, the Indian Olympic Association will have to amend its constitution before July 15 and elect new office bearers by September 1, both under the watchful eyes of the international body.

The Indian women’s football team put up a spirited show but could not avoid their second consecutive loss, going down 1-2 to Chinese Taipei in a Group D encounter of the AFC Women’s Asian Cup qualifiers at the Faisal Al Huseni Stadium in Ramallah, Palestine, on Thursday.