New Delhi: Legendary Indian spinner Anil Kumble has got himself entangled in a controversy related to conflict of interest raised from the various top-level posts he has been holding at different levels, the outlook magazine reported in its new edition. Kumble is currently the president of the Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA), head of the National Cricket Academy (NCA) and is also the mentor of the Indian Premier League franchise...
08:25 AM, Mar 08, 2008
Karachi: Pakistan's chief selector and now interim coach, Mohsin Khan has said that senior players Misbah-ul-Haq and Younis Khan have set high fitness benchmark for others to achieve if they want to play for the national cricket team. The former Test opener said that Misbah at the age of 37 and Younis at 34 have set new benchmarks for fitness and selection in the national team. "I don't think age...
02:19 AM, Mar 07, 2008
Johannesburg: Hashim Amla will captain South Africa in this month's limited-overs series against Australia, Cricket South Africa (CSA) said on Monday. Opening batsman Amla, who will lead South Africa in two Twenty20 internationals and three one-dayers against the touring Australians, will take charge in place of AB de Villiers, who misses the series due to a fractured finger. Veteran wicket-keeper Mark Boucher, left out of the Proteas World Cup squad...
01:40 AM, Mar 06, 2008
New Delhi: After recording a drop in percentage of television audience for the better part of the fourth edition of the Indian Premier League, the TRP rating for the grand finale between Chennai Super Kings and Royal Challengers Bangalore was more compared to the rating of last year's final. According to aMap, a TV viewership measurement agency, the IPL-4 final between CSK and RCB held on Saturday scored a rating...
09:19 PM, Jan 30, 2008
Bangalore: Skipper Daniel Vettori and pace spearhead Zaheer Khan are set to return and boost the Royal Challengers Bangalore for their final round-robin IPL match against Chennai Super Kings here on Sunday. RCB coach Ray Jennings on Saturday said the duo are fresh and available for selection for their match against the Mumbai Indians, which would decide the final standing of the teams in the points table. Dan is a...
03:08 PM, Jan 28, 2008
Melbourne: Cricket Australia (CA) has admitted that it would take some time to make the Big Bash Twenty20 league a money spinner until its new TV rights deal is struck. The Age reported that CA has pinned its hopes for the game's future prosperity on the revamped Big Bash, which it is racing to launch with eight city-based teams in December. CA's current media rights deal with Channel Nine and...
12:56 PM, Jan 22, 2008
CNN IBN's panel of experts look back at Mumbai's resounding win over Pune. ...
10:39 AM, Jan 22, 2008
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12:03 PM, Jan 17, 2008
Mumbai: New Zealand stand-in skipper Ross Taylor said their 112-run loss to Sri Lanka will dent the team's confidence but hoped to take positives from the game ahead of the knockout stage. "The confidence would take a dent but we still played some good cricket over the last couple of days. We still got to think positively. We have got some days before the quarterfinals and once we get to...
12:43 AM, Jan 04, 2008
New Delhi: After a body blow loss to Pakistan, Sri Lanka took out thier frustration on a below par Kenyan side on Tuesday by decimating the Africans but the day belonged to the comeback man who did a clean-up job with his record second World Cup hat-trick. The Lankan tormentor-in-chief was the fiery Lasith Malinga who blazed his way into the history books. Bowling with lethal pace and toe-crushing yorkers...
01:13 PM, Dec 24, 2007
New Delhi: Bishan Singh Bedi, the former India captain and one of the selectors who picked the World Cup winning squad in 1983, says India will have to get "at least 50 more runs" in each match "to compensate for the lack of incisive bowling and sharp fielding". The outspoken veteran bowler of the famous spinning quartet of the seventies agrees that though the Indians can "destroy" any attack, their...
08:45 AM, Dec 13, 2007
Mumbai: His father was a poet, so is his elder brother, but Sachin Tendulkar feels that he is born only to wield the willow and not the pen. I haven't done that (writing) till now. I think God has given everyone some talent or the other. You have to appreciate the talent you get. I don't think I can create something of that level. I just have to sit back...
11:47 PM, Dec 03, 2007
Nairobi: Former South African batsman Jonty Rhodes has accepted to continue his coaching role with Kenya until the start of the Cricket World Cup, officials said on Tuesday. Rhodes, who first worked with the team during a three-week training camp in Pretoria last November, is expected to arrive in Nairobi this week to join the team, which is currently on a tour of India for a series of build-up matches....
10:29 AM, Dec 01, 2007
It says there have been several violations of the FEMA in the state. ...
10:11 AM, Oct 09, 2007
Increasing female foeticide in India could spark a demographic crisis. ...
03:21 PM, Aug 31, 2007
The foetal remains were stuffed in gunny bags and thrown in a dumpyard. ...
10:23 AM, Aug 06, 2007
The wives managed to escape from his clutches. ...
10:35 PM, Jul 29, 2007
Union Health Ministry has sought a detailed report from the state government about the issue. ...
03:12 PM, Jul 27, 2007
Naveen Patnaik says stringent action will be taken against the guilt. ...
10:30 PM, Jul 23, 2007
Foeticide is shockingly common in the state's Nayagarh district. ...
08:09 AM, Jul 23, 2007
