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F1 returns to US in 2012, race in Texas
Formula One will return to the United States in 2012 with a 10-year deal for a race in the Texas state capital Austin, commercial supremo Bernie Ecclestone announced on Tuesday.
‘Cricketer offered bribe to fix game’
In a shocking revelation, a seasoned English county player on Wednesday claimed that an Indian businessman had approached him to fix one-day domestic matches, a development which sent alarms in the cricket fraternity.
Pride at stake for Bangladesh in opener
Bangladesh have another chance to confound critics of their Test status when they face England in the first of a two-match series starting at Lord’s on Thursday.
Since their promotion to the five-day format a decade ago, the Asian side have won just three out of a possible 66 matches and lost all six of their Tests with England, including two in Bangladesh earlier this year.
Mobile no. that rings death knell?
A jinxed Bulgarian mobile phone number — +359 888 888 888 — has been suspended after three users died in the last 10 years, the last owner being gunned down outside an Indian eatery in Sofia, a media
PIOs in £37.5m tax fraud jail
Indian-origin Britons were part of 21-member crime gang involved in a £37.5 million tax fraud in the UK.
Briton sues mom for failing to protect him
A 32-year-old Briton has sued his mother for failing to protect him from his father’s beating.
Fergie may face House inquiry
Barely three days after she was filmed offering to sell access to UK’s trade envoy and her ex- husband Prince Andrew for £500,000, the Duchess of York has been urged to come clean or face a parliament
Tamim ready to play in pain for Bangladesh
Bangladesh opening batsman Tamim Iqbal expects to play against England in the first Test at Lord’s starting here on Thursday despite struggling with a wrist injury that could yet require surgery.
Newbie Morgan eager to be put to the Test
Eoin Morgan has insisted he will have no problems adjusting to the tempo of Test cricket should he make his debut in the five-day format against Bangladesh at Lord’s on Thursday.
And he even joked Brian Lara’s world record score of 400 not out might be under threat, such was the Ireland-born left-hander’s new-found discipline.
Johnson wonder strike lifts England
A spectacular solo strike from Glen Johnson lit up an otherwise workmanlike performance from England as Fabio Capello’s side notched up a 3-1 win over fellow World Cup qualifiers Mexico at Wembley on Monday.
