Manmohan’s cricket diplomacy gets US thumps up
The US on Thursday welcomed the cricket diplomacy of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, saying expansion of dialogue between India and Pakistan is a welcome and encouraging development for the region and
Afridi blasts Shoaib for abrupt retirement announcement
Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi criticised speedster Shaoib Akhtar for abruptly announcing his retirement from the sport midway through the World Cup.
The 35-year-old Shoaib, who has had a rocky inter
ICC bars TV channels from covering World Cup final
ICC has returned to their policy of barring TV channels from the Wankhede World Cup final between India and Sri Lanka.
Last week, the cricket authority had banned the electronic media from covering t
India are favourites, but we are not underdogs: Sanga
While conceding that India were the favourites to lift the World Cup on Saturday, Sri Lanka captain Kumar Sangakkara refused to term his own band of men as the underdogs in the mega event's summit clash at the Wankhede Stadium here.
Security ramped up for World Cup final
A massive security operation has been mounted for Saturday's cricket World Cup final in Mumbai – the highest-profile sporting event to be held in the city since the deadly 2008 militant attacks.
India v Sri Lanka – strengths and weaknesses
Following is a look at the strengths and weaknesses of India and Sri Lanka, who meet in the World Cup final on Saturday.
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* Overall: Too close to call
-India have scored more runs overall (2
'Afridi's speech won millions of hearts'
Pakistan cricket team captain Shahid Afridi "was able to win millions of hearts across the border", a Pakistani daily said on Friday, adding that his post-match speech and press conference was gracefu
Poonam Pandey, Vijay Mallya dragged to court on nudity
Model Poonam Pandey, who has vowed to strip naked if India wins the World Cup cricket title, has been dragged to court here, with a lawyer accusing her of depicting Brahmins in poor light.
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Why no 'cricket diplomacy' with Sri Lanka, asks Thackeray
Attacking Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for inviting his Pakistani counterpart to the Cricket World Cup semi-final match between India and Pakistan, Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray today asked if the '
Dhoni may pick Sreesanth in place of Nehra
Pacer Shanthakumaran Sreesanth may be brought into the Indian team in place of injured Ashish Nehra for the summit clash against Sri Lanka in the World Cup cricket final on Saturday.
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