US President Barack Obama has appointed veteran agent Julia Pierson as the new Director of the Secret Service, making her the first female to head the elite commando unit responsible for the security of the first family. "Julia is eminently qualified to lead the agency that not only safeguards Americans at major events and secures our financial system, but also protects our leaders and our first families, including my own,"...
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11:52 AM, May 30, 2009
Mumbai: Mumbai Indians' fielding coach and former South Africa player Jonty Rhodes on Thursday said that it's still too early to say whether someone can match Sachin Tendulkar's landmark of hundred international tons although he conceded that records are meant to be broken. Records are meant to be broken. Who could have ever thought that Sachin or anybody will score hundred hundreds. I am impressed watching Virat Kohli bat, the ...
04:58 PM, May 07, 2008
Islamabad: Pakistan allrounder Shahid Afridi on Saturday apologised for hitting a fan at the Karachi airport, saying he lost his temper when he saw his little daughter getting almost trampled by enthusiastic autograph seekers. Afridi was returning home on Friday night after Pakistan won the Asia Cup by defeating Bangladesh when he was surrounded by hordes of fans at the airport seeking his autograph. He punched a fan in the...
03:42 PM, May 06, 2008
Bangalore: Former New Zealand cricket great Richard Hadlee believes that India should persist with the veteran trio of Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid and V V S Laxman for some more time. You can't be talking about Tendulkar, Laxman and Dravid's retirement. You can't afford to lose all these players in one go. You need to see the young players go through, Hadlee told PTI in an exclusive interview here on ...
10:46 AM, Apr 22, 2008
Perth: Manoj Tiwary was done in by a Brett Lee scorcher during his ODI debut in Brisbane back in 2007-08 and he wants to move on from that. Irfan Pathan won the man-of-the match award during the memorable Perth Test on that very tour and he too wants to move on. Both are in the ODI squad for the tri-series and they are keen to make every chance count during ...
12:30 AM, Apr 12, 2008
Durban: Basil D'Oliveira, the South African cricketer whose treatment at the hands of the white minority apartheid government sparked the international sporting boycott of the country in the 1960s, has been honoured by a provincial cricket board. D'Oliveira, who died last month aged 80, was forced to leave the country of his birth to play for England in 1960 because cricket was racially segregated then and the national squad allowed ...
06:49 PM, Apr 04, 2008
Cricket analyst Harsha Bhogle says it was a see-saw first day of the first Test between India and Australia. ...
04:11 PM, Apr 03, 2008
Melbourne: Australia wicketkeeper-batsman Brad Haddin says the team has put behind it the recent loss to New Zealand and is fully prepared to take on India in the four-Test series starting at the MCG on Monday. I think we are in a very good space. We have had a week to prepare. We couldn't be more prepared and more looking forward to the game, said Haddin ahead of the Boxing...
12:05 PM, Apr 03, 2008
Melbourne: Beleaguered Australian batsman Michael Hussey has vowed to give a tough time to Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni, who happens to be his captain in IPL franchise Chennai Super Kings, during the Test series starting here on December 26. He's a great guy to have around. He's very calm, relaxed and takes pressure off the players. He has enjoyed great success, but we would give him a very tough ...
04:19 PM, Apr 02, 2008
New Delhi: The man so many love to hate refuses to go away. That is potentially bad news for India. Two Tests ago, Ricky Ponting was a marked man. Going into the second and final Test against South Africa in Cape Town - following an embarrassing loss in Johanneburg - Ponting had gone 25 innings without a century while averaging under 30. He hadn't scored a Test fifty for 21 ...
04:07 PM, Mar 26, 2008
Chennai: Chennai Super Kings coach Stephen Fleming said a tired lot of players, including skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Suresh Raina, and the inability to adapt quickly on a new track were the reasons for the defending champions' early exit from the Champions League Twenty20. In terms of their form and what they have come up with, there is an element of fatigue. No doubt that they are playing a ...
01:59 PM, Mar 06, 2008
The former Pakistan bowler defended his recently launched book Controversially Yours. ...
02:57 PM, Mar 04, 2008
Lucknow: Former captain Kapil Dev on Friday said there is no reason why India cannot win the forthcoming series in England but warned the team against getting complacent. Deposing faith in the Mahendra Singh Dhoni-led team India, the legendary all-rounder said, "India won the recently concluded West Indies tour and there seems to be no reason for not continuing with the feat in England. India team will surely come back ...
03:59 PM, Feb 12, 2008
The India coach said the wicket was slow and scoring four runs an over isn't easy in a Test match. ...
06:21 PM, Feb 11, 2008
New Delhi: Indian captain MS Dhoni has slammed the quality of umpiring after India's victory in the first Test against the West Indies in Jamaica, thereby raising fresh questions on why the BCCI and Dhoni himself are against the Umpire Decision Review System. There were a series of poor decisions in the second innings of the first Test. Virat kohli was given out caught behind off Edwards when he appeared ...
06:34 PM, Feb 06, 2008
Barak Obama has finally admitted a big mistake in a memo questioning Hillary Clinton's ties with India. ...
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