Karachi: Pakistan's young batsman Asad Shafiq on Monday apologised to the country's fans on arrival in Karachi after the side's disastrous outing in the ICC Champions Trophy in the United Kingdom. "I am sorry," Shafiq, the first Pakistani player to return home after the national team's depressing showing, said at the Karachi International Airport. They struggled in a one-day series against minnows Ireland besides losing all their three group matches...
01:32 AM, Jun 18, 2013
London: Sri Lanka will play India in the Champion Trophy semi-finals after ousting defending champion Australia by 20 runs and overtaking New Zealand in the group standings on Monday. Sri Lanka posted 253-8 on a turning pitch at The Oval due to Mahela Jayawardene's 84 from 81 deliveries and Lahiru Thirimanne's 57. That meant Australia needed to eclipse the target in 29.1 overs to advance, a prospect that always seemed...
01:13 AM, Jun 18, 2013
Cardiff: England may be looking ahead to defending the Ashes but off-spinner James Tredwell reckons winning the Champions Trophy would be an "absolutely massive" achievement in itself. Despite nearly four decades of trying, England have still to win an International Cricket Council (ICC) one-day international event. Graham Gooch, now the team's batting coach, appeared as a player in England's three losing World Cup finals -- in 1979, 1987 and 1992...
12:12 AM, Jun 18, 2013
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11:50 PM, Jun 17, 2013
Eastbourne: Veteran Indian tennis player Leander Paes celebrated his 40th birthday with a win in the men's doubles first round at the Aegon International here Monday. Third seeded Paes and Radek Stepanek proceeded to the quarter-finals winning 5-7, 7-6(5), 10-6 in one hour and 35 minutes against Croat-Brazilian pairing of Ivan Dodig and Marcelo Melo on the grass courts of Devonshire Park. After losing the close first set the Indo-Czech...
11:44 PM, Jun 17, 2013
Mamata Banerjee met the Barasat victim's family only for 5 minutes after protesters shouted slogans against her. ...
11:39 PM, Jun 17, 2013
The JD(U) walked out of the NDA alliance on Sunday, leaving the BJP with just Shiv Sena and Shiromani Akali Dal, while UPA is battling with a string of scams that has even dented the clean image of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. ...
11:10 PM, Jun 17, 2013
The CBI which is probing the quid pro quo investment case against YSR Congress chief YS Jaganmohan Reddy filed one more supplementary chargesheet on Monday. It is a supplementary chargesheet to the first chargesheet filed by the CBI in April 2012, having additional evidence (statements of witnesses) to make V Vijay Sai Reddy, an accused in the case and also an auditor of the Kadapa MP, over his role in...
11:08 PM, Jun 17, 2013
Hyderabad: A software engineer from Bangalore was arrested by Andhra Pradesh police on the charge of sending emails containing obscene photos of his wife who had sought divorce for allegedly hiding his first marriage. "Nanda Kumar Jai was arrested from his residence in Bangalore on June 14 by the Cyber Crime police of Andhra Pradesh CID after his role was established for sending objectionable photos of his current wife to...
10:50 PM, Jun 17, 2013
After their dramatic split, what does the future hold for the JD(U) as well as the NDA? CNN-IBN's Karan Thapar discusses the issue with a panel of experts. ...
10:37 PM, Jun 17, 2013
Rotterdam: India paid the price of poor defending as they conceded a goal four minutes from time to play out a 3-3 draw in a thrilling match in their last pool fixture of the FIH World League Round 3 match here Monday. India, who dominated the match throughout, fought back in a remarkable fashion from a goal down in the first half and took the lead twice only to be...
10:18 PM, Jun 17, 2013
Patna: A day after walking out of NDA, JD(U) President Sharad Yadav on Monday said his party could consider coming back to the alliance if veteran BJP leader LK Advani returns at the helm of the party. "We will consider rejoining NDA if LK Advani returns to helm of the party. We had fought 2009 elections projecting Advani as our Prime Ministerial candidate," the JD(U) chief said. The statement comes...
10:15 PM, Jun 17, 2013
Gurgaon: The Police on Monday detained a few people in connection with the gangrape of a five-year-old, which happened in Gurgaon last week. Though the identities of the accused are unconfirmed by the survivor, her nephew, who was with the child when she went missing, has identified them. Police had launched a massive manhunt to nab the accused and officials in plain clothes were also surveying the area to catch...
09:58 PM, Jun 17, 2013
Montreal: Canadian Grand Prix organisers say they are discussing a 10-year contract extension as Formula One seeks long-term deals with key races ahead of a possible flotation of the series. Francois Dumontier, promoter of the race in Montreal, told the espn.co.uk website that an extension to 2024 was on the table. He said that was the longest agreement ever proposed to Canadian organisers, with previous deals being for five years...
09:25 PM, Jun 17, 2013
New Delhi: The Maldives Anti-Corruption Commission has found that no misdeed was involved in awarding the Male International airport to Indian company GMR, according to media reports. The $500 million contract with GMR had been terminated by President Waheed in 2012 following the Maldivian coup. The deal had been signed by former President Nasheed in 2010. The Maldives government had cancelled GMR's airport project claiming that it was financially unviable....
09:25 PM, Jun 17, 2013
New Delhi: In perhaps the last reshuffle before the 2014 general elections, the United Progressive Alliance on Monday inducted new faces into its Cabinet, but it seems like a clear sign that a fatigued UPA-II has run out of options. A classic example was the return of 85-year-old Sis Ram Ola, who lost his Cabinet berth 4 years ago because he was seen to be too old for the task....
09:10 PM, Jun 17, 2013
At least 50 people have died in heavy rains that have lashed several parts of Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh. Thirty people perished in the monsoon mayhem in Uttarakhand alone while many more are still missing. ...
09:10 PM, Jun 17, 2013
Johannesburg: FIFA is investigating Ethiopia and Togo for allegedly fielding ineligible players in World Cup qualifying. Possible sanctions against the pair would significantly affect Africa's qualifying competition for Brazil 2014 and give boosts to South Africa and Cameroon. Ethiopia qualified for the final playoffs Sunday with a 2-1 win over South Africa, but potentially faces being stripped of its 2-1 win in Botswana on June 8 for allegedly fielding an...
08:43 PM, Jun 17, 2013
New Delhi: At the age of 40, Leander Paes has won everything that a tennis player dreams of but the Indian tennis legend wants to keep going and play in his seventh Olympic Games. Paes, who celebrated his 40th birthday on Monday, is considered one of the greatest tennis players in the world with 13 Grand Slam doubles titles. He is the only tennis player in the world who has...
08:39 PM, Jun 17, 2013
