Germany defeated New Zealand to end the pool stage with three wins and two draws. ...
10:10 AM, Aug 19, 2008
Germany defeated Japan 1-0, joined the Netherlands in the semi-finals of women's hockey. ...
10:19 AM, Aug 18, 2008
World No. 2 Argentina registered a 4-0 win over defending champions Germany in pool B. ...
06:04 PM, Aug 16, 2008
Penalty corner specialist Maartje Paumen struck once in each half to seal the Dutch victory. ...
10:36 AM, Aug 16, 2008
Reigning champions Australia almost ended Pakistan's hopes with a 3-1 win in Pool B. ...
06:52 PM, Aug 15, 2008
Nistelrooy informed coach Bert van Marwijk that he wanted to concentrate on his role at Real Madrid. ...
11:30 AM, Aug 05, 2008
London: England coach Andy Flower on Friday said that Andrew Strauss was a great man and deserved to be remembered as one of his country's best captains. Flower, speaking publicly for the first time since Test skipper Strauss announced his retirement from all cricket on Wednesday, told Sky Sports: He's a great man. Very simply he's a great bloke, a very strong man with a good sense of what is...
03:16 AM, Jun 22, 2008
Hyderabad: Life after Rahul Dravid and VVS Laxman, the two stars of Indian cricket who retired in the aftermath of the 0-8 debacle overseas last season, may look difficult but Cheteshwar Pujara offers a ray of hope. Pujara was the obvious choice after Dravid's retirement in March. Now that Laxman too surprisingly retired ahead of the Hyderabad Test, the Saurashtra middle-order batsman feels the youngsters need to live up to...
09:27 AM, Jun 18, 2008
Johannesburg: Cricket South Africa (CSA) has lauded top-order batsman Hashim Amla and bowling allrounder Vernon Philander for their superlative effort, which saw the South Africa dethrone England from the top of the ICC Test ranking. Greame Smith-led South Africa won the final Test match against England by 51 runs at the Lord's last night to clinch the three-match series 2-0 to not only retain the prestigious Basil D'Oliveira Trophy but...
07:30 AM, Jun 18, 2008
Sachin Tendulkar's two captaincy stints for India are not laced with great success. But he'll never forget VVS Laxman’s 167 at Sydney in the final innings of that ill-fated Test series which ended 3-0 in Australia’s favour. He will also remember Laxman's valuable half century on debut against an Allan Donald-led pace attack in Ahmedabad 1996 which in a way helped Tendulkar win his second Test as captain. Laxman put...
06:42 PM, Jun 17, 2008
Kingston: Shivnarine Chanderpaul struck an unbeaten 43 and nightwatchman Kemar Roach hit an aggressive 41 on Sunday to guide the West Indies to a five-wicket victory over New Zealand early on the fourth day of the second Test. Resuming on 135 for 4 at Sabina Park, the hosts comfortably reached their target 40 minutes before lunch, finishing on 206 for 5. Roach led the way with his no-nonsense approach, spanking...
01:41 PM, Jun 14, 2008
Headingley: South Africa will dethrone England as the top-ranked Test side if they beat the hosts at Headingley in the second Test starting on Thursday when the tourists' bowling coach Allan Donald says his side will try to land a knockout blow. There's no way we are going to sit back and wait for things to happen, Donald said. We know what's coming our way and we know England will...
07:26 PM, Jun 13, 2008
By claiming the recently concluded Twenty20 series against Ireland, Bangladesh surpassed the top teams like Pakistan, Australia, New Zealand and India in the ICC Twenty20 rankings. They whitewashed Ireland in the three-match series and had risen to fourth place in the team's rankings. The Tigers' are now behind England, South Africa and Sri Lanka - the top three teams in the standings - respectively. Mohammad Ashraful was the pick of...
04:21 PM, Jun 11, 2008
London: Tim Wright, former chief executive of IPL team Deccan Chargers, has been awarded 10,533,478 pounds sterling, plus legal costs, after winning his case in the Royal Courts of Justice against breach of his employment contract. Wright had joined Deccan Chargers management after the first season of the IPL but was dismissed in January 2009. He began legal proceedings against its parent company, Deccan Chronicle Holdings, in February 2009. During...
02:09 AM, Jun 10, 2008
New Delhi: Tweakers world over are experimenting with what they claim to be new variations but Indian offspinner R Ashwin can't understand the hype around the 'teesras' and insists that there are just two basic deliveries to work with for an offspinner. For someone who has been a very successful exponent of carrom ball, Ashwin has a very simple take on the number of variations that any off-break bowler can...
02:15 PM, Jun 09, 2008
Johannesburg: The acting chief executive of Cricket South Africa (CSA), Jacques Faul, has tendered his resignation barely four months after sports minister Fikile Mbalula appointed him to restructure the embattled organisation. However CSA has asked Faul, who according to insiders was tired of the in-fighting within the ranks of CSA and its affiliates, to reconsider his decision. CSA's public relations manager, Altaaf Kazi, said that Faul would present his final...
04:16 PM, Jun 06, 2008
New Delhi: Middle-order batsman Mayank Tehlan has replaced Milind Kumar in the Delhi squad for their final Elite Group encounter against Bengal to be played Eden Gardens, from December 13-16. Tehlan has been out of favour this season after a couple of failures during the last edition of Ranji Trophy. Meanwhile, Milind will be leading the U-22 side in the Col CK Nayudu Trophy match against Tamil Nadu from December...
09:34 PM, Mar 28, 2008
New Delhi: It has taken coach Duncan Fletcher less than a fortnight into his job and an unassailable 3-0 lead in the five-match ODI series against a struggling West Indies for him to pronounce that world champions India will dominate international cricket for the next five to ten years. Fletcher's statement, as he himself admits, has been inspired by India's showing in the three one-day internationals where the team has...
12:36 AM, Feb 04, 2008
Watch expert opinion on the New Zealand-England match and all the action during the Netherlands-South Africa match. ...
09:56 AM, Mar 17, 2007
Herschelle Gibbs hit six sixes in one over against Netherlands on Friday, creating a first in international cricket. ...
08:44 AM, Mar 17, 2007
