World Cup

Syndicate content

Shame, no Indian was found competent to coach Team India: Sangakkara

sangac_1.jpg.crop_display.jpg

Former Sri Lankan captain Kumar Sangakkara on Sunday said it is a ‘shame’ that no Indian was found competent to coach the World champions.

Sangakkara was surprised that despite so many exceptional In

BCCI increases prize money for Indian WC winning players

Amid speculation that Indian cricketers are unhappy with the prize money announced for their World Cup triumph, the BCCI on Wednesday increased it from Rs 1 crores to 2 crores each.

BCCI rubbishes report of players demanding Rs5 cr for WC win

WCc.jpg.crop_display.jpg

The BCCI on Wednesday dismissed media reports that players demanded monetary reward to the tune of Rs5 crore each for winning the World Cup.

Cricket board secretary N. Srinivasan said the report of p

Pakistani missing after Mohali match? Police don't think so

All Pakistani cricket fans who had come to watch last month's World Cup semifinal here have gone back, say police but they are still looking into reports that one of them did not return.

Gurpreet Sin

Mohali match improved Pakistan-Indian ties: Gilani

Gilani.jpg.crop_display.jpg

The cricket World Cup semifinal match between India and Pakistan in Mohali has proved to be a catalyst for improving ties between the two countries, says Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani.

Gilani mad

Sachin presented with silver World Cup trophy replica

Sachin_1.jpg.crop_display.jpg

A city-based jewellery firm on Tuesday presented a gold-plated silver World Cup trophy replica to batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar.

The replica is made of 4.5 kgs of silver with 60 gm of gold platin

Ireland may play 15 ODIs against full-members over five years

Ireland.jpg.crop_display.jpg

With their 2015 World Cup hopes shattered, fast improving Ireland can now look forward to play 15 One-day Internationals against the full-member nations in the next five years.

Ireland and other asso

World Cup leaves Sri Lanka with $23mn debt

lanka fan.jpg.crop_display.jpg

Sri Lanka Cricket said on Monday it is saddled with a $23-million debt after cost overruns and hefty bills incurred building stadiums for the recent World Cup.

"We spent a lot of money to host the Wo

Indian cricketers may have to share goodies with taxman

They are being showered with rewards, titles and honorary doctorates after bringing cheer to 1.2 billion Indians by winning the World Cup after a 28-year gap, but the star cricketers will not find the

Former Goa minister gets Pakistani 'bookie' SMS

Former Goa sports minister Francisco Silveira on Friday told the state assembly that he received an SMS, which allegedly originated in Pakistan, and it detailed how Sahid Afridi's team would crumble a

No Articles Found

No Articles Found

No Articles Found

I want to begin with a little story that was told to me by a leading executive at Aptech. He was exercising in a gym with a lot of younger people.

Shekhar Kapur’s Bandit Queen didn’t make the cut. Neither did Shaji Karun’s Piravi, which bagged 31 international awards.