Old back injury will force Olympic Gold medallist and India's ace shooter, Abhinav Bindra out of the game for sometime. ...
11:37 AM, Jun 20, 2013
London: Bubbling with confidence after an emphatic semi-final triumph, England captain Alastair Cook is hoping that it his team's turn to lift the ICC Champions Trophy come Sunday. "I've got no doubt that the guys in our dressing room will turn up on Sunday. You know, I'm fully confident in the lads that they can do that. I just hope it's our turn," Cook said after the seven-wicket win over...
11:13 AM, Jun 20, 2013
Mumbai: Producer-director Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra, who is all set to release his film, 'Bhaag Milkha Bhaag', based on the life of former athlete Milkha Singh, said that the film was not based on sports and could have been on anybody in an endeavour to show the human spirit. "I will like to clarify that the film is not based on sports or about a sportsman. It is about the triumph...
10:15 AM, Jun 20, 2013
The ICC Champions Trophy has pitted two familiar foes against each other in India and Sri Lanka in the second semi-final. Deja vu, you could say, as the giants from the subcontinent will meet for the first time in an ODI tournament since the monumental 2011 World Cup final. So far, India have steamrolled their way in to the semi-finals with an unbeaten record whereas Sri Lanka produced their best...
10:10 AM, Jun 20, 2013
And so, not to the surprise of a whole lot of people, South Africa have exited another ICC tournament in the knock-out stage. And, almost expectedly, their seven-wicket defeat to England at The Oval in Wednesday's ICC Champions Trophy semi-final has brought out the c-word again. For the initiated, that's 'choke'. It's a word that's been associated with South African cricket teams since the 1990s. It's a word that has...
08:13 AM, Jun 20, 2013
London: South Africa cricket coach Gary Kirsten admitted his team deserved the tag of chokers after crashing to a seven-wicket defeat by England in the Champions Trophy semi-final on Wednesday. "We need to be honest with ourselves. I think we did choke again today," Kirsten said after the disappointing one-sided game at the Oval that lifted England into their second Champions Trophy final. "It's a horrible word but we have...
08:11 AM, Jun 20, 2013
Bhubaneswar: The Crime Branch of Odisha Police on Wednesday arrested the CMD of Seashore Group, Prasant Das from Mumbai on charge of duping small investors of crores of rupees, a senior police officer said. Das, who was on the run after several cases were made against him and his company, had come to meet someone at the Fort area in Mumbai when the special team of the Crime Branch nabbed...
11:31 PM, Jun 19, 2013
London: South Africa skipper AB de Villiers offered no excuses for the crushing defeat against England and simply blamed their elimination from the Champions Trophy on below par performance. South Africa continued to live with the tag of chokers in the ICC events as they failed to defend a modest 175 after their top and middle batting order collapsed. De Villiers said his bowlers tried hard but could not do...
10:42 PM, Jun 19, 2013
London: England eased into the Champions Trophy final after finishing off South Africa in a semifinal at The Oval on Wednesday that had all the tension of a practice session. Tasked with 176 for victory, England could afford to take their time before a subdued, near-capacity crowd to bag the runs in 37.3 overs with seven wickets to spare. Jonathan Trott and Joe Root combined for 105 from 126 balls...
09:52 PM, Jun 19, 2013
New Delhi: With Yamuna crossing the danger mark in Delhi and threat of low-lying areas being flooded looming large, Reliance-owned discoms BRPL and BYPL have suspended electricity supply to the areas falling along the river bed. "Advised by Delhi government, BRPL has suspended power to the residents in low-lying areas along the river bed. Electricity has been suspended in areas, like Vishkarma Colony, Jaitpur, Dhobi Ghat, Near Masjid Khallilullah Batla...
09:00 PM, Jun 19, 2013
CNN-IBN's cricket expert Maninder Singh previews the second Champions Trophy semifinal between India and Sri Lanka on Thursday. ...
08:14 PM, Jun 19, 2013
Cardiff: Sri Lanka captain Angelo Mathews on Wednesday said his team is physically and mentally ready for the challenge that will be posed by a formidable Indian side in the semi-final of the ICC Champions Trophy. "India are a strong team to beat, but we are prepared physically and mentally," the young Lankan skipper told reporters here on Wednesday. For the talented allrounder, it will be a big achievement if...
08:12 PM, Jun 19, 2013
London: Wicketkeeper Jos Buttler on Wednesday became the seventh cricketer to effect six dismissals in an ODI and the third from England to achieve the feat, during their ICC Champions Trophy semi-final against South Africa here. All his dismissals came in the form of catches at the Kennington Oval. The 22-year-old stood like a rock as he joined Australian great Adam Gilchrist, South Africa stumper Mark Boucher, India captain MS...
07:52 PM, Jun 19, 2013
Cardiff: Former captain Sanath Jayasuriya said Sri Lanka will target the Indian bowlers during the Champions Trophy semifinal slated for Thursday at the Sophia Gardens here. "Their (India) bowling isn't the best, so we need to have a very good plan. The goal was to make the semifinals. Anything can happen now," Jayasuriya told the BBC. Jayasuriya, who led Sri Lanka when it shared the Champions Trophy with India in...
07:17 PM, Jun 19, 2013
Cardiff: India captain MS Dhoni rated Sri Lanka as "a dangerous team" ahead of their ICC Champions Trophy semi-final here on Thursday, saying they were not just focussing on "a Mahela Jayawardene or a Kumar Sangakkara". Thursday's semi-final will be the fifth meeting between India and Sri Lanka in the United Kingdom. Except for the shock defeat in the 1979 World Cup, India have easily won the remaining four. But...
06:53 PM, Jun 19, 2013
The chairman of the holy shrine of Kedarnath said that around 19 people working in the temple are missing. Kedarnath-Badrinath Committee Chairman Ganesh Godiyal also added that over 1100 people have been evacuated already, while 400-500 still waiting to be rescued. ...
06:48 PM, Jun 19, 2013
Will the Cabinet reshuffle be able to infuse some enthusiasm into the Union government? Or have these been effected only keeping the upcoming Assembly polls in mind? Former JNU professor Pushpesh Pant joined IBNLive readers for an interaction on the issue. Q. Does Modi has that magical pull to attract voters or is the situation in our country so bad that people will forget caste, creed, sub caste and vote...
05:48 PM, Jun 19, 2013
Kolkata: Around 60 state government women employees on Tuesday went on a protest march along the main corridors of the Writers' Buildings, the state secretariat, against spurt in sexual violence and atrocities against women across West Bengal. Officials sources said the protesters, all pro-left women employees, held placards decrying the state government's "apathy" to sternly deal with the offenders. The protesters paraded the corridors except the VVIP and protected areas...
04:46 PM, Jun 19, 2013
New Delhi: Senior BJP leader LK Advani was indisposed on Wednesday and put off by a day his meeting with RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat. Sources close to Advani said that all his engagements for the day have been cancelled. He will now have a meeting with Bhagwat on Thursday, the sources said. Advani also skipped a public meeting on Ganga river issue organised by BJP vice president Uma Bharati. Thursday's...
04:31 PM, Jun 19, 2013
