A battle raged as government troops closed in on Kilinochchi from two sides. ...
06:29 PM, Nov 24, 2008
Army sources say most of the LTTE cadres killed or captured are minors or teenagers. ...
09:48 PM, Nov 07, 2008
Civilians are caught in the fighting between LTTE and the Sri Lankan army. ...
10:02 AM, Oct 20, 2008
The Sri Lankan army has stepped up its offensive on the LTTE strongholds. ...
01:47 PM, Oct 07, 2008
Ghaziabad: In its bid to make home pitches pacer-friendly, the Board of Control for Cricket in India has asked all curators to make green tops for the Ranji Trophy. Arvind Dogra, chief curator of the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium here, said that he had been asked by the BCCI to prepare fast wickets for the ongoing Ranji Trophy tie between Delhi and Uttar Pradesh. We were instructed by the board to ...
10:22 AM, Jul 15, 2008
Kings XI Punjab: 17th over: 123 for 4. Third ball Mahmood pulls it for four to clinch it for Punjab. At the end a comfortable chase on the part of Punjab, led by Gilchrist with an unbeaten 64 and some valuable contribution from other batsmen. 16th over: 119 for 4. Hilfenaus removes Chitnis, but too late now. Then Hilfenaus pitches outside off and Mahmood slaps it for a boundary. Punjab ...
02:50 PM, May 24, 2008
New Delhi: Australian spin legend Shane Warne pleaded for an end to the talk of Sachin Tendulkar's retirement as he joined the international chorus of appreciation for the iconic Indian cricketer who scripted history by completing a century of international tons on Friday. Apart from his close friend Warne, cricket legends such as Sir Vivian Richards, former Australian captain Ian Chappell, Ian Botham, Rahul Dravid, Kevin Pietersen and Tony Greig...
11:15 AM, May 04, 2008
Jamaica: Former West Indies captain Chris Gayle has been left out of their preliminary squad for the limited overs series against Australia in the Caribbean as the Jamaican's row with the regional cricket board rumbles on. The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) plans to meet Jamaica's Prime Minister to discuss the damaging dispute which has resulted in strong criticism from fans, media and politicians in the Caribbean island over the...
12:17 AM, Apr 30, 2008
Abu Dhabi: Pakistan's Misbah-ul Haq on Tuesday cautioned against a drastic overhaul in personnel after one-day and Twenty20 losses against England, warning that change for change's sake could be damaging in the long-run. Misbah failed to guide Pakistan to victory from a winning position in the third and final T20 on Monday, as England fought their way to a sensational five-run win to take the three-match series 2-1. That followed...
08:01 AM, Apr 29, 2008
Mumbai: After plenty of deliberation on both sides, the BCCI and Sahara India could be heading towards a settlement of their differences, sources told CNN-IBN on Wednesday. Sahara could get their franchise fee reduced as per demand as BCCI are looking to reconsider their stand, sources added. Sahara had earlier wanted a reduction of 27 percent in their franchise fee since they paid $370 million based on a 94-game Indian...
10:45 AM, Apr 24, 2008
New Delhi: India's effigy sellers are licking their lips at the prospect of booming business as the national cricket team continue to struggle on a shambolic tour of Australia and fans back home lose patience with Mahendra Singh Dhoni and his men. After a thumping defeat in the first Test in Melbourne, India are staring at another humiliating loss in Sydney where the hosts racked up a mammoth 659-4 before...
12:03 AM, Apr 08, 2008
Four years on from the controversial second Test between Australia and India, during which tensions reached an all-time high as a result of poor umpiring, debatable catches, excessive appealing and the ugly 'Monkeygate' row, the two teams return to the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) for the second Test of the ongoing series. With Australia up 1-0 in the series following a resounding win in Melbourne, the advantage lies with the...
10:23 PM, Apr 05, 2008
New Delhi: Former Pakistan captain Wasim Akram on Monday said that India's youngsters "wasted" their opportunity by their inconsistent performances in the One-day series against the West Indies. India won the series 3-2 but the West Indies did well to reduce the margin of victory. It was a good chance for the likes of Subramaniam Badrinath, Shikhar Dhawan, Parthiv Patel and Manoj Tiwary but they all ended the series with...
09:18 PM, Feb 05, 2008
Mumbai: International Cricket Council on Wednesday refused comments on whether it was investigating Indian cricketer Suresh Raina accompanying a woman allegedly linked with illegal bookies, saying even if any report had been sent to it on the issue, the matter will remain under wraps. We don't disclose the details of the financial deals with our commercial partners. Equally, we also don't disclose the sending of reports by the Cricket Boards ...
08:30 PM, Oct 28, 2007
Visakhapatnam: Australia captain Michael Clarke on Wednesday said the wicket was slow initially and dew played a role as they suffered a five-wicket loss to trail 0-1 in the ODI series against India. I thought 289 was a pretty good score. But Indians scored freely in the initial overs and that became the difference between the two sides. It was easy to score when dew sets in. It was really...
01:28 AM, Oct 26, 2007
New Delhi: Sachin Tendulkar tried to make up for some stupid captaincy with yet another excellent batting display, but you can't always make up for the kinds of error you are not expected to make after having been in the business for 20 years. Ryan McLaren sent down a perfectly good first over against the Lions, giving away just four runs, considering another four came off leg byes. Yet for...
02:17 PM, Oct 13, 2007
A recent research says this phenomena is called the Nocebo effect. ...
06:14 PM, Sep 28, 2007
Fifty-nine people died in the Uphaar fire tragedy due to a faulty transformer. ...
11:53 AM, Sep 05, 2007
Laila Ali didn't waste time in retaining her WBC and WIBA world titles, knocking out O'Neil of Guyana in 56 seconds. ...
07:31 PM, Feb 04, 2007
The world’s first rhinoceros conceived by artificial insemination has been born in Budapest Zoo. ...
07:48 PM, Jan 26, 2007
