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Cal boys cricket kings

Jan. 10: Cal Public School reigned supreme, defeating St Andrews High School by eight wickets to win the final of the cricket event at the Deccan Chronicle Inter-Schools Sports meet held at the Indus

The great Indian show

Jan. 9: By and large there were long moments of boredom as auctioneer Richard Madley read out the names with not even an iota of interest from the ten tables. It brings into question the IPL's decisio

IPL auction: Teams and list of players

The following is the list of IPL franchisees, players and their bid price auctioned at IPL-4.

Deccan Chargers
Dale Steyn: $1.2 million (200,000)
Cameron White: $1.1 million (300,000)
Kumar Sang

End of the road for Dada

Jan. 9: The most stunning aspect of the IPL-4 auctions was that it witnessed the end of a few cricketing careers. The re-auction of the unsold players was the last ray of hope for the likes of Sourav

English pay the price for being ‘too pricey’

Jan. 9: England players might have been on a high after winning the Ashes for the first time in Australia in 24 years. But their ‘high’ bid price at the IPL auction meant they lost out on the glitz an

Thrust on specialists, not all-rounders

Jan. 9: From its inception, the shortest form of the game was tipped to be the hunting ground of all-rounders. And the inaugural IPL auction only strengthened that belief.

But after three seasons and

Wanted young team: Mallya

Jan. 9: Having opted to overlook Rahul Dravid, Royal Challengers Bangalore owner Vijay Mallya pr-ovided an insight into their strategy saying they were focussing on a ‘young team’. Dravid didn’t have

Sethu scales GM peak

Winning the grandmaster title is a landmark in every chess player’s career. It is more than a mere seal of approval from Fide for completing three GM norms and crossing an Elo rating of 2,500. The sen

UK PM criticises banks for shelling out bonuses

Jan. 10: Britain is again debating the issue of bonuses being awarded to bankers as politicians and unions claimed that the huge cash awards were unjustifiable.

Prime Minister Mr David Cameron, tryin

Soaring prices pull down housing demand

Jan. 10: Soaring property prices and rising interest rates are likely to crimp consumer interest in housing during 2011, says rating agency Fitch. In some cities such as Mumbai, Delhi and Kolkata, rea

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