Ancient Olympia, Greece: The London 2012 Olympics torch was kindled by the sun's rays in ancient Olympia on Thursday, sparking a relay that will culminate with the lighting of the Olympic stadium's cauldron at the Games opening ceremony on July 27. On a warm and sunny day at the site of the ancient Olympics, an actress playing the high priestess needed only a few seconds to ignite the torch with...
03:26 PM, May 10, 2012
Akshay Kumar has been nominated as the sole torchbearer to represent India. ...
01:22 AM, Nov 17, 2009
Organisers don't want it to happen as it is very cost consuming. ...
03:01 AM, Apr 03, 2009
Torch relay will now be confined to inside the boundaries of host countries. ...
10:34 PM, Mar 27, 2009
She was selected to take part in the torch relay after an online contest. ...
03:27 PM, Jul 07, 2008
The Olympic games will be held in Beijing in August. ...
11:48 AM, Jun 21, 2008
Worcester: Worcestershire's hope of seeing Saeed Ajmal return for a second spell with the English county for their domestic Twenty20 campaign have been dashed by the Pakistan spinner's international commitments. The Midlands club, whose other overseas player is Australia batsman Phil Hughes, had hoped to have Ajmal, England's tormentor-in-chief during Pakistan's recent 3-0 Test series win in the United Arab Emirates, back at New Road. However, the confirmation of Pakistan's...
12:21 AM, May 14, 2008
Dubai: Sachin Tendulkar, besides eyeing his 100th international century in the Asia Cup, will love to improve upon his ICC ranking for the ODI batsmen that is currently 29th, just two positions higher than his lowest of 31 in December 1991. Tendulkar first reached the summit of ODI rankings in February 1996; however, the scorer of 51 centuries in Test cricket and 48 in ODIs hasn't reached the three-figure mark...
03:23 AM, May 02, 2008
CNN-IBN's sports correspondent Meha Bhardwaj explores the untouched shores of the beautiful country, Australia. ...
10:04 PM, Apr 27, 2008
Dubai: Rivals players Azhar Ali of Pakistan and Graeme Swann of England on Sunday showed confidence their teams can pull off a win in the third and final Test which was set for an interesting finish. England, set to chase 324 runs on an eased out Dubai Stadium pitch, were 36-0 but face an uphill task against Pakistan's threatening spin duo of Saeed Ajmal and Abdul Rehman, who orchestrated their...
03:07 AM, Apr 20, 2008
CNN-IBN cricket expert Maninder Singh analyses another disappointing display by the Indian team. This time in Twenty20. ...
07:42 AM, Apr 18, 2008
Dubai: A two-day high powered meeting of cricket's governing body which began here on Tuesday will consider the nomination of their next vice-president who will take over in two years time. The Executive Board of the International Cricket Council (ICC) in their first of four meetings annually, will also be presented with the independent governance review of the ICC by Lord Woolf, the former chief justice of England and Wales. ...
09:55 PM, Apr 17, 2008
Abu Dhabi: Despite starring in his comeback match after more than two years out, England spinner Monty Panesar is still hurting from the 72-run loss that sealed a Test series victory for Pakistan. Panesar took 6-62 for England to be set 145 to win the second Test on Saturday and level the three-match series, but Pakistan dismissed the visitors for 72 in 36.1 overs on the fourth day. England lost...
12:29 PM, Apr 17, 2008
Karachi: Pakistan on Sunday celebrated its extraordinary cricket series triumph over world number one Test side England, with former greats hoping the team build on their astonishing turnaround from virtual pariahs. Pakistan humiliated England by 72 runs in the second Test in Abu Dhabi on Saturday, to clinch an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series, a victory which sent the cricket-mad nation into a frenzy. Former captain Zaheer Abbas...
11:53 PM, Apr 16, 2008
Adelaide: A survey has revealed that a large number of Australian cricketers believe that spot-fixing still remains a problem in international cricket, but they are sure that their domestic game is clean. The survey was conducted by Inside Cricket magazine in conjunction with the Australian Cricketers' Association. Out of 110 cricketers who were approached for the survey, 48 percent thought spot-fixing existed in international cricket. However, not one suggested it...
06:27 PM, Apr 16, 2008
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