Washington: The International Monetary Fund has announced that it is recognising Somalia's new government after a 22-year break in relations with the once-chaotic country, part of a general push by the United States, United Nations and the West toward encouraging rehabilitation there. The US formally recognised the African nation's new government in January the first time the US had recognised a Somali government since 1991, when warlords overthrew longtime dictator...
10:30 AM, Apr 13, 2013
New Delhi: The Indian cricket team will play three Tests, seven ODIs and two Twenty20 matches during their tour of South Africa, slated to start at the end of this year. Cricket South Africa and the Indian Cricket Board were contemplating accommodating one more Test but things could not materialise as both boards decided to stick to ICC's Futures Tour Programme (FTP) The Indian team will be short on Test...
08:21 PM, Apr 12, 2013
There is no question about it. Twenty20 cricket is a game of confidence. When we look at the way Chris Gayle bats in T20, this ...
11:38 AM, Apr 11, 2013
London: Kevin Pietersen has come under sharp attack in the 150th edition of Wisden Almanack, which has described the star batsman's behaviour as "arrogant" during South Africa-England series last year when the SMS saga led to his ouster from the national side. Lawrence Booth, in his Notes by the editor in the latest Almanack, said the big money which Pietersen had secured with his contract to play in IPL, made...
05:26 PM, Apr 10, 2013
Mumbai: South African cricket player Wayne Parnell, who is out on bail in connection with a 'rave party' case in the Indian city Mumbai, appeared before police to record his statement, as per court directives. Parnell appeared at the Juhu police station as per the special NDPS court order, a police official said. "His statement is being recorded," the official added. The cricketer had surrendered before the court on Monday...
04:31 PM, Apr 10, 2013
Somewhere in the enormous amount of words inspired by the IPL this year, there was a line from a report that has gone under the ...
08:09 AM, Apr 09, 2013
Johannesburg: Former South African president Nelson Mandela left hospital on Saturday after more than a week of treatment of pneumonia that raised global concern about the health of the 94-year-old anti-apartheid leader. "(He) has been discharged from hospital today ... following a sustained and gradual improvement in his general condition," the South African presidency said in a statement. A military ambulance pulled into Mandela's spacious Johannesburg home before the statement...
08:28 PM, Apr 06, 2013
Mumbai: India A team is set to tour South Africa in June but the number, types of matches or the opposition have not been decided yet. "The tour to South Africa by India A in June has been finalised. But the dates and types of matches during the tour have not been decided. It could be a combination of limited overs and four-day games," said Prof Ratnakar Shetty, Indian cricket...
02:59 PM, Apr 05, 2013
Johannesburg: Former South African President and anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela is making "continuous improvement" in a hospital where he was admitted last week for pneumonia, President Jacob Zuma said after visiting the revered statesman on Thursday. "President Jacob Zuma visited former President Nelson Mandela in hospital on Thursday, 4 April 2013, and received a briefing from doctors which indicate continuous improvement in his condition," Zuma's office said in a statement....
08:48 PM, Apr 04, 2013
The 54-year-old 'Like a Prayer' hitmaker has flown to Africa with her kids so that they can reunite with their family and well-wishers. ...
02:17 PM, Apr 03, 2013
The PCB chairman said that the board has no plans to sack captain Misbah-ul-Haq or coach Dav Whatmore after Pakistan's Test series whitewash in South Africa. ...
09:11 AM, Apr 02, 2013
India's new batting sensation Shikhar Dhawan reckons the bouncy tracks in South Africa will suit his batting style. ...
04:17 PM, Apr 01, 2013
The condition of South Africa's former President Nelson Mandela has improved further, the government said on Sunday, as the 94-year-old anti-apartheid hero spent a fourth day in hospital receiving treatment for pneumonia. ...
10:50 AM, Apr 01, 2013
South Africa's anti-apartheid hero Nelson Mandela is comfortable and able to breathe without problems as he continues to respond to treatment in hospital for a recurrence of pneumonia, President Jacob Zuma's office said on Saturday. ...
12:25 AM, Apr 01, 2013
South Africa's anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela remained in a hospital on Easter on Sunday after being admitted for a recurrence of pneumonia four days ago, but doctors said the former president was making steady progress. ...
07:20 PM, Mar 31, 2013
Revered anti-apartheid icon and former South African President Nelson Mandela was "breathing without difficulty" after being treated for pneumonia, the Presidency said on Saturday as the 94-year-old leader spent a third day at an undisclosed hospital. ...
06:50 PM, Mar 30, 2013
South Africa might have had an Indian-origin First Lady if Amina Cachalia had agreed to a proposal of marriage from the country's first democratically elected President Nelson Mandela. ...
04:21 PM, Mar 30, 2013
Former South African president Nelson Mandela is in good spirits and making progress, his doctors said on Friday. The 94-year-old anti-apartheid leader has been hospitalised for a lung infection. ...
08:20 AM, Mar 30, 2013
Former South African president Nelson Mandela is "responding positively" to treatment for a recurring lung infection after being admitted to hospital overnight, the government said on Thursday. "He remains under treatment and observation in hospital," it added in a statement, without giving further details about the health of the 94-year-old anti-apartheid leader. ...
12:20 PM, Mar 29, 2013
Former South African president Nelson Mandela's condition is said to be improving. Doctors say he is responding well to treatment. The 94-year-old anti-aparthied leader was hospitalised on Thursday following a relapse of his lung infection. US President Barack Obama has also sent his good wishes to the leader. ...
10:40 AM, Mar 29, 2013
