Dennis Lillee served the organisation with distinction for 25 years and 56 bowlers who trained under him went on to play for India. ...
01:35 PM, Sep 02, 2012
Michael Clarke is fed up with Australia's slide down cricket's world rankings. ...
11:12 PM, Aug 21, 2012
Virginia Water, England: European Ryder Cup captain Jose Maria Olazabal announced three of his four vice captains on Thursday, picking Irishmen Darren Clarke and Paul McGinley and Thomas Bjorn of Denmark for the match against the United States. The 46-year-old Olazabal, who played in seven Ryder Cup matches, was a vice captain alongside his three picks for the 2010 event at Celtic Manor, which Europe won 14 1/2 - 13...
07:44 PM, Aug 16, 2012
Sourav Ganguly says that Indian bowlers lack the 'attitude' and 'strength' to bowl fast. ...
08:41 PM, Aug 10, 2012
New Delhi: Cigarettes to FMCG and hotels major ITC's profit after tax grew a tad higher than expected by 20.2 per cent year-on-year to Rs 1,602 crore in the quarter ended June 2012 while analysts on an average had expected around Rs 1,581 crore. Net sales rose by 15 per cent to Rs 6,652 crore during the same period, which were in-line with expectations of Rs 6,685 crore. Earnings before...
12:57 PM, Jul 26, 2012
Australia need to take a cue from England, who are the Test No. 1 as well as the reigning T20 champions. ...
02:20 PM, Jul 11, 2012
He's been in comics, cartoons, on TV and in movies, but when Spider-Man swings into theaters next week for new film 'The Amazing Spider-Man,' its makers bring out a more brooding and human web-slinger than fans have seen before. Director Marc Webb, known for low-budget film romance '500 Days of Summer,' explores not just the origin of how Peter Parker becomes crime-fighting superhero Spider-Man. He and the writers craft a...
03:47 PM, Jun 30, 2012
Belfast: Britain's Queen Elizabeth shook the hand of former IRA guerrilla commander Martin McGuinness for the first time on Wednesday, drawing a line under a conflict that cost the lives of thousands of soldiers and civilians, including that of her cousin. The meeting with McGuinness, who is now the deputy first minister of Northern Ireland, comes 14 years after the Irish Republican Army ended its war against British rule in...
11:30 PM, Jun 27, 2012
Washington: President Barack Obama's ambassadorial nominee for Iraq has withdrawn from running for the top diplomatic position in Baghdad mainly because of opposition from a group of Senators. In his resignation letter, Brett McGurk said that his withdrawal "is in the best interests of the country" because "Iraq urgently needs an ambassador." McGurk said the most difficult part of this process was watching my wife become a part of it....
10:27 AM, Jun 19, 2012
Two is company and three's a crowd on any TV show schedule but September will see the launch of four new daytime talk shows - all on the same day - forcing producers to start early with innovative ways of finding and engaging audiences. Ricki Lake, Katie Couric, "Survivor" host Jeff Probst and comedian Steve Harvey all kick off their daytime ventures on September 10. They will enter a female-dominated...
01:29 PM, Jun 01, 2012
The England bowling coach likened the England pair to the legendary duo of Glenn McGrath and Shane Warne. ...
10:49 AM, May 30, 2012
New Delhi: Budget 2012 presented by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Friday, March 16, makes eating out and phone bills and other comforts of life costlier, pinching the common man. Increase in service tax will increase one's mobile bills by 2 per cent every month. Two and four wheelers will get more expensive and so will refrigerators, air conditioners (ACs), washing machines, watches, cosmetics and tobacco products. The FMCG industry...
08:58 AM, Mar 17, 2012
Mumbai: The FMCG industry on Friday said they will be forced to increase prices even though sales are already muted and margins are under immense pressure. Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee increased excise duty to the pre-crisis level of 12 per cent from 10 per cent. "I expect this Budget to have a slightly inflationary effect due to the cascading effect of companies passing on the excise duty increase to consumers,"...
10:59 PM, Mar 16, 2012
Los Angeles: British singer Adele stood her ground atop the Billboard album chart with '21' on Wednesday despite seven new entries vying for No. 1 this week, including stiff competition from country music singer Tim McGraw. '21', which has sold more than 6 million copies in the United States since its release in February 2011, notched its 18th week in the top spot of the Billboard 200 chart. Adele, who...
03:39 PM, Feb 03, 2012
Cast: Gina Carano, Ewan McGregor Director: Steven Soderbergh Gina Carano, the 29-year-old star of Steven Soderbergh's Haywire is not someone you want to get into an argument with. This mixed martial-arts fighter who punches, kicks, slams, smashes, and whacks her rivals into pulp, was cast by the filmmaker when he reportedly watched her in the ring on sports television. In her first movie outing, Carano plays Mallory Kane, a highly...
10:39 PM, Jan 27, 2012
New York: Apple Inc unveiled a new digital textbook service called iBooks 2 on Thursday, aiming to revitalise the US education market and quicken the adoption of its market-leading iPad in that sector. The consumer electronics giant has been working on digital textbooks with publishers Pearson PLC, McGraw-Hill and Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, a trio responsible for 90 per cent of textbooks sold in the United States. The move pits the...
12:35 AM, Jan 20, 2012
Mumbai: Indian equity benchmark Nifty snapped 8-day losing streak on Tuesday - bouncing back above the 4800 mark - led by technology, banks, metals and auto (four-wheeler) stocks. But the market was extremely volatile during the day due to choppy trade in rupee. Both the benchmarks trimmed gains in late trade following cut in gains in European markets and downward spiral in the rupee. The 30-share BSE Sensex rose 119.32...
09:03 AM, Nov 22, 2011
New Delhi: Bradley Cooper is the latest Hollywood heartthrob to be named People's sexiest man alive, the magazine announced on Wednesday. In choosing Cooper, who has enjoyed box office success most notably in The Hangover films, the magazine said there was more to the actor than his dazzling baby blues and a killer smile. The 36-year-old is also a Georgetown University graduate, can cook, rides a motorcycle and is fluent...
10:10 AM, Nov 17, 2011
St Simons Island: Indian golfer Arjun Atwal missed the cut at the McGladrey Classic after returning a disappointing two-over 72 in the second round here. Atwal ended three-over overall, four shots off the cut which came at one-under. Webb Simpson shot a three-under 67 and at 130, he was two shots behind leader Billy Horschel (64), who picked up four shots in his last four holes. Simpson and Luke Donald...
02:22 PM, Oct 15, 2011
St Simons Island, USA: Arjun Atwal got off to a disappointing start as he shot one-over 71 to be placed tied 91 after being two-under at one stage here at the McGladrey Classic on the PGA Tour. Atwal, who is now on 92nd position in the Money List and needs to stay inside top-125 to keep his card for 2012, had two birdies and two bogeys on the front nine...
05:58 PM, Oct 14, 2011
