Belfast: Australia leg-spin hope and possible Ashes call-up Fawad Ahmed went wicketless in his first representative bowling stint for his adopted country on Sunday. The former Pakistani asylum-seeker, who did not bat in Australia's A first innings 312 for 9 declared against Ireland in Belfast, returned figures of none for 40 in 11 overs as the hosts made 186 for 4 declared on the third day of four at Stormont....
08:24 AM, Jun 17, 2013
Recife, Brazil: The scoreline may suggest otherwise, but Spain cruised to an easy 2-1 victory over Uruguay in their Confederations Cup opener on Sunday, winning with first-half goals by Pedro and Roberto Soldado. Spain had a little luck with the first goal, which may have been heading wide when it took a huge deflection off Uruguay defender Diego Lugano to beat goalkeeper Fernando Muslera. The second was perfect finishing by...
06:08 AM, Jun 17, 2013
Lucknow: Three policemen allegedly involved in smuggling of illicit arms and ammunition were arrested by the Special Task Force of Uttar Pradesh police in Hamirpur district, police said on Sunday. Satya Prakash Tiwari, Jahan Singh and Brijendra Singh were arrested and firearms, including two carbine and a rifle with cartridges, were recovered from their possession yesterday, they said. Tiwari is posted at police line in Kanpur Dehat, while Jahan and...
04:00 AM, Jun 17, 2013
Rio de Janeiro: Mario Balotelli scored the winner in Italy's 2-1 victory over Mexico on Sunday at the Confederations Cup. In the 78th minute, Balotelli collected a perfectly placed acrobatic pass from Emanuele Giaccherini and muscled in between two defenders to break the deadlock in the first official match at the renovated Maracana Stadium. Celebrating his 100th appearance with the national team, Andrea Pirlo had given Italy the lead with...
02:36 AM, Jun 17, 2013
Ahmedabad: A student has been nabbed from Gurgaon for threatening Jagrupsinh Rajput, the BJP MLA from Bapunagar in Ahmedabad, the police said in Ahmedabad on Sunday. "Mahesh Ambare was arrested from Gurgaon on Saturday. He is a second-year student, originally hailing from Karnataka. He seems to be mentally disturbed and Rajput does not want to go ahead with the case against him," Odhav police inspector MS Sheikh said. "He had...
02:01 AM, Jun 17, 2013
London: Top-seeded Andy Murray rallied to beat defending champion Marin Cilic 5-7, 7-5, 6-3 on Sunday to win the Queen's Club tournament for the third time. It was the 27th career title for the Briton, who also claimed the trophy in 2009 and '11, and his second of the season after winning at Miami in March. Murray held an early advantage, breaking to lead 2-0 and then fighting off three...
10:52 PM, Jun 16, 2013
Samui: A disastrous front nine saw Anirban Lahiri falter in the final round of the Queen's Cup and lose the chance of making a bid for his first Asian Tour outside his home turf. Lahiri with a final round of 75 totalled four-under 280 and finished in a tie for 10th place. Lahiri dropped no less than three bogeys and a double bogey in his five-over 41 for the front...
10:33 PM, Jun 16, 2013
Chief Economic Advisor Raghuram Rajan admitted that Indian economy suffers due to slow decision making processes in the government. Rajan also incised the Indian economic system for creating barriers to improve the business environment in the country while speaking to Karan Thapar on Devil's Advocate. Here is the full transcript of the interview: Karan Thapar: Hello and welcome to Devil's Advocate. How adequately has the government responded to the sharp...
09:05 PM, Jun 16, 2013
Kolkata: Fancied recurve archers including world No. 3 Deepika Kumari returned empty-handed as India finished a poor ninth in the World Cup Stage II that concluded in Antalya, Turkey on Sunday. According to information received here, India with a solitary silver medal in the mixed team event of the compound section finished ninth along with Austria in the medal standings. Korea reigned supreme with seven medals including three gold and...
08:39 PM, Jun 16, 2013
Munich: Jupp Heynckes has ruled out coaching again and says he's had a worthy farewell with an unprecedented treble for a German club with Bayern Munich, including the Champions League trophy. After Bayern completed the treble earlier this month, Heynckes left his future open, saying he was taking time off. But now he's told Spiegel news magazine he was through. "I can assure you that I'm not going to coach...
06:50 PM, Jun 16, 2013
Jakarta: Legendary Indonesian shuttler Taufik Hidayat bade a tearful goodbye to his loyal fans and his country's badminton association (PBSI) here on Sunday at the end of a 17-year-long spectacular professional career. "After 25 years of playing badminton, in which 17 years (were) as a professional player in national and international tournaments, this time is probably the best time for me to retire," a teary-eyed Taufik said in front of...
06:17 PM, Jun 16, 2013
Jakarta: Malaysia's top seed Lee Chong Wei won the Indonesia Open Super Series Premier men's singles title for the fifth time, beating German Marc Zwiebler 21-15, 21-14 here Sunday. Unseeded Zwiebler was no match to Lee, who had won the tournament in 2007, 2009, 2010 and 2011, as the 30-year-old Malaysian wrapped up the final match in just 40 minutes, reports Xinhua. "I hope I'll come back here next year....
02:59 PM, Jun 16, 2013
Jakarta: Bao Yixin and Cheng Shu upset their Chinese compatriots Wang Xiaoli and Yu Yang in a tough three-game match to win the women's doubles title at the $700,000 Indonesia Open Super Series Premier here on Sunday. Bao-Cheng won the match 15-21, 21-18, 21-18 and received $55,300 for their victory, reports Xinhua. "We never thought about the results before the competitions. And we just tried to focus on our game...
01:54 PM, Jun 16, 2013
Mumbai: Actor Akshay Kumar is set to take his passion for martial arts a step further by making a full-fledged movie based on it. "We are making a film on martial arts. This is something which is very close to my heart. It is still in scripting stage. We are trying to make the film as authentic as possible," Akshay told PTI over phone from UK. Before joining the film...
01:47 PM, Jun 16, 2013
Los Angeles: Actor Henry Cavill, the new on screen 'Superman', had auditioned to play secret agent 007, but says Daniel Craig was a far better choice The 'Man of Steel' actor was upset at missing out on the part after getting down to the final audition, but admits 45-year-old Craig, who has portrayed the iconic charter in 'Casino Royale', 'Quantum of Solace' and 'Skyfall', has been 'fantastic' in the role....
01:40 PM, Jun 16, 2013
London: Indian tennis pair Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna lost their men's doubles semifinal clash to top seeds Bob and Mike Bryan of the US in straight sets at the Aegon Championships. The Bryan brothers won 6-4, 6-2 in 41 minutes and will take on Austro-Brazilian fourth seeds Alexander Peya and Bruno Soares in the final at the Queen's Club grass courts. The Indian third seeds were clearly not in...
01:14 PM, Jun 16, 2013
New Delhi: Union Ministers Ajay Maken and CP Joshi have resigned ahead of the Cabinet reshuffle on Monday. President Pranab Mukherjee on Sunday accepted both the resignations. Meanwhile, UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi, Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi and Congress leader Ahmed Patel met on Sunday ahead of the reshuffle. Sources said that more ministers are set to resign in the next 24 hours which also includes Jairam Ramesh. The ministers...
12:59 PM, Jun 16, 2013
Recife, Brazil: Veteran midfielder Xavi said Spain will not accept anything less than victory at the Confederations Cup as the reigning World Cup champions begin their quest for the only major trophy that has eluded them. La Roja start their Group B campaign against Uruguay at the Arena Pernambucoon Sunday and Xavi says his team will not be short of motivation, reports Xinhua. "I'm not getting any younger and you...
12:27 PM, Jun 16, 2013
