London: The pavement outside a tapas bar in London's Old Brompton Road is a far cry from a bullring in Spain. But that doesn't stop British writer, actor and amateur matador Alexander Fiske-Harrison from leaping to his feet mid-conversation and demonstrating a series of sweeping passes. "There is no winning. It's not a fight," he says of the bloody Spanish spectacle. "It's a tragic play in three acts". Fiske-Harrison, an...
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Colombo/New Delhi: The possibility of a bitter showdown between the BCCI and Sri Lanka Cricket appears to have been averted with the island nation's government hinting that the deadline for its players' return from the IPL could be extended by a few days. After weeks of wrangling over top Sri Lankan players' return from the IPL for their tour of England starting May 10, a compromise appears to be in...
11:53 PM, Jan 17, 2008
Colombo: In what could strain the relations between the BCCI and Sri Lanka Cricket, the Lankan government and SLC have decided to stick to their decision of calling back national cricketers playing in the IPL by May 5. Early this month, they had ordered the players to return to the country to prepare for the upcoming England tour. Though no meeting took place between the BCCI and SLC, Indian officials...
11:29 AM, Jan 17, 2008
Mumbai: India's World Cup winning hero Harbhajan Singh has put the process in place for a proposed state-of-art sports academy in his native state of Punjab. "Yes, we have moved in this respect and submitted a detailed project report to the state government," said Harbhajan ahead of his IPL team Mumbai Indians match against Kochi Tuskers here on Friday. The Punjab government is presently in an overdrive to improve the...
10:37 PM, Jan 15, 2008
Hyderabad: Johan Botha smashed his way to an unbeaten half—century as Rajasthan Royals kicked off their campaign in the fourth edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) with a comfortable eight—wicket win over Deccan Chargers here on Saturday. Electing to field after skipper Shane Warne won the toss, Rajasthan rode on Siddharth Trivedi’s three for 15 and Amit Singh’s three for 35 to restrict Chargers to none —too impressive 137...
11:15 PM, Jan 13, 2008
Mumbai: The just-concluded ICC 2011 World Cup topped the average run rate of more than five runs per over for the first time in its 36-year-old history. The tenth edition of the tournament averaged 5.03 per over, compared to the previous highest of 4.95 per over in the 2007 competition in the West Indies. The scoring rate has changed since the first three editions in 1975, 1979 and 1983 during...
03:47 PM, Jan 11, 2008
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