
Hamilton Bland who has put together memorabilia for greats like Pele has compiled a special set for Sachin. ...

11:17 PM, May 06, 2008

Hobart: The controversial 'obstruction' incident in the match against Australia might have left India seething with anger but the man at the centre of the controversy, David Hussey on Monday justified his action saying he was just trying to protect himself. Hussey said he would have accepted the umpire's decision if he had been given out for sticking out his hand to stop a throw during the match at the ...

09:01 PM, Apr 28, 2008

New Delhi: The ICC Chief Executive Haroon Lorgat has admitted that the availability of technology has been an issue in the controversial Umpire Decision Review System and it is upto the Boards to decide on its use in the series among themselves. At present there are practical issues with the availability of technology and hence it is up to the respective Member Boards to decide if they wish to use...

12:05 PM, Feb 01, 2008

Cape Town: Gary Kirsten's family could hold the key to whether the former Test opening batsman becomes the next coach of South Africa. After a highly successful stint as coach of India, who won the World Cup and earned the number one ranking in Test cricket under his guidance, Kirsten would be hot favourite to play the same role for his native country -- if he wanted the job. Officials...

11:55 AM, Jan 25, 2008

London: Essex has signed South Africa pace bowler Lonwabo Tsotsobe as the English county's overseas player for the first part of the season. The left-arm seamer missed the county championship season opener against Kent on Friday, but he is set to make his debut against Middlesex next week. Essex head coach Paul Grayson says Tsotsobe "offers variation and we hope he will make a big impact for the start of...

08:09 PM, Jan 13, 2008

Ahmedabad: India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni insists playing in front of a sell-out crowd will inspire his side when they face Australia in the World Cup quarter-finals on Thursday. The Sardar Patel Stadium has a capacity of over 48,000 and there will be few spare seats to be had when co-hosts India play the defending champions. Dhoni is well used to shouldering the burden of the hopes of billions of...

03:00 PM, Jan 06, 2008

New Delhi: India's top order batsmen will need to find an effective counter to Australia's fast bowlers in Thursday's World Cup quarter-finals if they are to sustain a billion dreams. There is every possibility that Australia would unleash a three-pronged pace attack in Ahmedabad to exploit India's perennial weakness against the fast, rising deliveries that was so cruelly exposed in Chennai on Sunday even by the modest pace of West...

08:03 PM, Jan 05, 2008

The Andhra Police Commissioner has issued charge memos to four inspectors for mishandling the post-blast developments near Mecca Masjid. ...

08:33 AM, May 28, 2007

Two Cuban army recruits tried to hijack a passenger plane to escape to the United States. ...

01:58 PM, May 04, 2007
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The Manila Police District has filed criminal charges against hostage taker Armando Ducat Jr. ...

09:50 PM, Mar 29, 2007

After holding children and teachers hostage for more than eight hours, abductors in Manila released them on Wednesday. ...

04:38 PM, Mar 28, 2007

In the Phillippine capital Manila there is no end in sight to the trauma of 31 children held hostage in a bus by gunmen. ...

12:34 PM, Mar 28, 2007

Hostage-takers said they were demanding improved housing and education for 145 children in a day-care center. ...

08:53 AM, Mar 28, 2007

With the opening of Bharat Rang Mahotsav theatre festival, one would think that all theatre lovers would only be running in that direction. But that's not the case. ...

01:45 PM, Jan 08, 2007

The National School of Drama's two-week long annual theatre fest began with zest in Delhi on Saturday. ...

03:52 PM, Jan 07, 2007

After
Devdas and
Umrao Jaan, Aishwarya will now be seen in Ashutosh Gowariker's
Jodha-Akbar. ...

11:00 AM, Dec 08, 2006