New Delhi: South Africa cricket captain Graeme Smith is keeping his fingers crossed on the nature of the fresh pitch and the dew factor at the Feroze Shah Kotla, ahead of the team's tournament opener against the West Indies here on Thursday. Smith's concern was understandable as the tie will be the first international match at the venue after it was suspended by International Cricket Council (ICC) in January 2010....
08:09 PM, Dec 20, 2007
Ahmedabad: Australia will use injury-prone Shaun Tait in short, sharp spells to help him stay fit right through the World Cup, captain Ricky Ponting said. The fiery speedster, one of the fastest bowlers in contemporary cricket, has grappled with injuries throughout his career, which even forced him to take a sabbatical from the game in January 2008. His slinging bowling action, which helps him generate the extra bit of pace,...
01:21 PM, Dec 20, 2007
Mumbai: The website selling just 1000 tickets for the Cricket World Cup final in Mumbai's Wankhede Stadium on April 2 crashed seconds after they went on sale on Monday sparking furious complaints from fans. Tickets were put on sale at 1300 (IST) via the International Cricket Council's (ICC) official ticketing partner Kyazoonga.com but the website buckled under the pressure of huge traffic. Of the 31,000 seats at the Wankhede Stadium,...
09:03 PM, Dec 19, 2007
The two carriers have a combined fleet of 71 aircraft and a 33% market share. ...
07:03 PM, Nov 28, 2007
The incident highlights the increasing number of accidents at the airport. ...
05:40 PM, Nov 19, 2007
New Delhi: Suspended IPL chairman Lalit Modi on Thursday said his ouster as the IPL boss was part of a witch-hunt by people who are jealous of his success and that he will return to India only when he is convinced of his security. In his first major interview since his unceremonious exit, Modi defended himself of any wrongdoing and said his family and friends had invested in IPL teams ...
03:05 PM, Nov 08, 2007
Brisbane: Australia batsman Michael Clarke is fit to start the first Ashes Test against England on Thursday but fast bowler Doug Bollinger will miss out, captain Ricky Ponting said on Wednesday. Clarke, who has been suffering from a recurrence of a back problem that has dogged him for much of his career, missed a Sheffield Shield match last week and training on Monday, throwing into doubt his participation in the...
11:12 PM, Nov 07, 2007
Karachi: A three-man ‘fact-finding' committee has completed its initial report on the fleeing of the Pakistan wicket-keeper Zulqarnain Haider from Dubai to London earlier this month. Intikhab Alam, the former Pakistan captain who is now the national team manager, has said that the committee will soon send the report to the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB). We have finalised our report and will send it to the PCB. However, the issue...
01:15 PM, Nov 07, 2007
Police may have zeroed on the car that killed Deccan employee Sanskriti. ...
11:24 PM, Oct 30, 2007
Kochi: India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni was on Saturday non-committal on dashing batsman Yuvraj Singh playing Sunday's first ODI against Australia but gave indications that youngster Saurabh Tiwary could make his international debut. Asked if Yuvraj, who returned to the ODI squad after being dropped from the Test series, would play on Sunday, Dhoni replied cryptically, You will have to wait and watch. Dhoni said, Every series is important irrespective...
11:13 PM, Oct 24, 2007
Mumbai: The Income Tax department has received financial details of more than Rs 150 crore in overseas accounts from some tax haven countries of non- residents who invested in the IPL. The department had few months ago approached an exclusive cell in the Finance Ministry dealing with the subject, as it wanted to establish the money trail of investments by various IPL franchises in its ongoing investigations into the foreign ...
01:42 AM, Oct 24, 2007
Sinha's post-mortem reports say she may have been injured before her death. ...
08:13 PM, Oct 23, 2007
An Air Deccan employee was found dead under mysterious circumstances. ...
04:09 PM, Oct 23, 2007
An Air Deccan employee was found dead under mysterious circumstances. ...
12:00 PM, Oct 23, 2007
Low-cost airlines have seen a dip of over five per cent in demand. ...
01:11 AM, Oct 11, 2007
Kingfisher's stake in Air Deccan will soon be 46 per cent. ...
04:14 PM, Aug 22, 2007
At the beginning of this year Indian had only 17.1 per cent as compared to Jet Airway’s 23.7 per cent. ...
02:37 PM, Jun 28, 2007
After getting Air Deccan in his kitty, UB Group's Vijay Mallya is now eyeing yet another low-cost carrier, SpiceJet Ltd. ...
05:34 PM, Jun 15, 2007
GR Gopinath, MD, Deccan Aviation said the airline will not dilute the low-cost model and will continue to compete in that space. ...
10:56 PM, Jun 14, 2007
UB Group chief, who has 26 percent stake in airline, says it has to make money. ...
11:21 PM, Jun 12, 2007
