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