Umpire drunk, say SA players
Dec. 30: South African cricketers have alleged that they spotted umpire Steve Davis drunk on the eve of India’s series-levelling Durban Test and are now mulling lodging a complaint against the Austral
Botham lashes out at Oz, basks in England success
Dec. 30: Ecstatic after England’s Ashes triumph, former skipper Ian Botham said he does not care where the once number one Australia is headed now but lashed out at host skipper Ricky Ponting for his
No Punter in Sydney, Clarke captain
Dec. 30: Michael Clarke will captain Australia for the first time and Usman Khawaja will make an historic debut in next week’s final Ashes Test at the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG), in the absence of in
Laxman ends year on a high
Dec. 30: He doesn’t drag the team out of crises, he cajoles it. When VVS Laxman’s strokes start to flow and the Zen-like concentration takes over, you know everything’s going to be all right. The pres
Sachin features in IAF calendar
New Delhi: Sachin Tendulkar, an inspiration for millions of Indians because of his feats in cricket, can now be seen in IAF fatigues along with the Sukhoi fighter aircraft in the force's 2011 calend
IHF takes a leaf out of ICL’s book
The foundations for a rebel league in hockey have been laid. The Indian Hockey Federation, which doesn’t have the approval of the game’s international body, FIH, on Tuesday announced plans for a money
Money should not be bigger than the game
It is an eye-opener in more ways than one to compare the days when I started playing the game and the way youngsters go about their job today.
Kings of Kingsmead
Durban, Dec. 29: Living up to the number one rank has been a burden India have had to carry for the whole of 2010. Their status was first questioned when the South Africans inflicted an innings-defeat
Ashes like holy grail: Strauss
Melbourne, Dec. 29: England captain Andrew Strauss on Wednesday said retaining the Ashes on the Australian soil was like winning a holy grail and credited the team’s success to months of meticulous pl
Ponting past expiry date, says Chappell
Melbourne, Dec. 29: Ian Chappell feels that Australian captain Ricky Ponting has crossed his “use-by-date” as a leader and he should step down as skipper after the cricket World Cup, which starts in F