Johannesburg: A South African anti-doping organization says Proteas allrounder Rory Kleinveldt has failed a doping test. The South African Institute for Drug-Free Sport said on Thursday that Kleinveldt returned a positive sample for a banned substance, but declined to give further details. The South African Cricketers' Association had earlier said Kleinveldt, who has played two Twenty20 games for South Africa, should be withdrawn from upcoming domestic matches as a precaution....
02:58 PM, May 03, 2008
Pakistan are a team which have an element of surprise around them and are known to turn the tide when cornered. A year ago, marred by the infamous spot-fixing scandal, it appeared Pakistan cricket's downfall had started. But their players showed their character and bounced back to script a series of impressive wins, most notably a 3-0 Test whitewash of England in the UAE. By beating the No. 1 Test ...
08:57 AM, May 01, 2008
Melbourne: Shane Warne said on Tuesday he was almost certain to make his comeback in Australia's revamped Twenty20 competition as planned, despite burning his hand badly while cooking. Sporting a heavily bandaged hand, the former Test champion gave himself a 95 per cent chance of playing in the opening match for the Melbourne Stars in the Big Bash League against the Sydney Thunder in Melbourne on Saturday night. It should...
05:23 PM, Mar 29, 2008
Kolkata: India skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni conceded that his team was lucky to have scored a 270-plus total on a difficult Eden Gardens track in the fifth and final one-dayer against England here on Tuesday. It was, to some extent, an ugly looking wicket. You were never really set and it was difficult to score runs. We were fortunate to score 270 on a wicket like this; 240 to 245...
11:23 PM, Mar 12, 2008
Mumbai: Disappointed England skipper, Alastair Cook on Sunday expressed his frustration after his team's fourth successive loss to India in the ODI series but felt that it was not because of lack of effort from his players. Cook said his players could not execute their plans and failed to convert their starts to big scores and it lead to their six-wicket defeat to India in the fourth ODI at the...
02:40 PM, Mar 12, 2008
Dublin: Jonathan Trott returned from injury to hit 69 in England's 11-run win over Ireland in a rain-affected one-day international on Thursday. After missing England's last two test victories over India, Trott opened the batting at Clontarf Cricket Club Ground alongside Craig Kieswetter and top scored in 201-8 from 42 overs. Jade Dernbach then took 3-30 and conceded just 7 from a tight final over as England restricted Ireland to...
11:37 AM, Feb 25, 2008
Birmingham: India's reputation of being fearsome fighters that has been steadily built over the last decade will undergo the sternest test over the next five days as they prepare to deny England what they would hope is their tryst with destiny. England have long wanted to stake claim to the No. 1 Test rankings and the manner in which they have played their cricket off late has been not only...
11:33 PM, Feb 19, 2008
Former physio of the Indian cricket team John Gloster also said that Zaheer Khan is an honest athlete. ...
04:07 PM, Feb 19, 2008
London: With Chris Tremlett still recovering from a back injury, pacer Tim Bresnan is set to retain his place in the England team for the third Test against India starting August 10 in Edgbaston. Tremlett has admitted that the back injury is still troubling him. Every day my injury has felt a bit better. It's niggling a bit. I bowled a couple of times in the week, not at full...
01:15 PM, Feb 19, 2008
CNN-IBN's cricket experts talk about the upcoming World Cup clash between Australia and Zimbabwe. ...
04:16 PM, Dec 19, 2007
Mirpur: Virender Sehwag hit a career-best 175 and Virat Kohli smashed an unbeaten hundred as India steamrolled Bangladesh, winning the opening game of the 2011 World Cup by 87 runs at the Shere-e-Bangla stadium here on Saturday. Put into bat, India posted a mammoth 370/4 on a wicket where the dew was expected to play its part and where Bangladesh skipper Shakib Al Hasan was of the opinion at the...
01:35 PM, Dec 18, 2007
In 1993 he jumped 2.45 metres - a world record that has still not been broken. ...
12:09 PM, Oct 25, 2007
CNN's Morgan Neill reports on how Cubans are remembering the man and his legacy. ...
05:10 PM, Oct 09, 2007
The ailing Cuban leader spoke of his health by saying, “Well, here I am." ...
10:35 PM, Sep 22, 2007
IITs launch a unique initiative to help budding entrepreneurs on campus. ...
10:35 AM, Aug 07, 2007
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez made a surprise visit to Cuba on Tuesday to meet Cuban leader Fidel Castro. ...
01:02 PM, Jun 13, 2007
Fidel Castro is recovering from his prolonged illness after transferring power to his brother, 10 months ago. ...
12:40 PM, May 25, 2007
An astronaut of Mercury 7 dies, Cuban army recruits try to hijack a plane and Queen Elizabeth II arrives in US. ...
08:15 PM, May 04, 2007
Two Cuban army recruits tried to hijack a passenger plane to escape to the United States. ...
01:58 PM, May 04, 2007
From doing odd jobs that got them fifty to hundred rupees to adventure sports professionals who could be getting thousands a month. ...
06:54 PM, Apr 13, 2007
