
US pushes Japan, NSG members to swifty approve India waiver. ...

04:09 PM, Aug 08, 2008

The short US Congressional calendar expires in September. ...

12:29 PM, Aug 02, 2008

IAEA Governors endorse safeguards agreement by consensus. ...

07:30 PM, Aug 01, 2008

ElBaradei's speech is expected to ensure smooth sail for India at IAEA. ...

04:59 PM, Aug 01, 2008

IAEA Board of Governors will seal the fate of safeguards agreement on Friday. ...

03:27 AM, Aug 01, 2008

Burns certainly hopes that the agreement should go through. ...

12:52 PM, Jul 31, 2008

US says the safeguards pact with IAEA is a net gain for global non-proliferation. ...

02:12 AM, Jul 31, 2008
New Delhi: India and England are gearing up for a grueling battle ahead. But when the majority of the focus is on spinners, it is the fast men who are expected to play an equally vital role in the four-Test series starting in Ahmedabad on November 15. Here,
Cricketnext looks at whether India have a pace attack capable of consistently troubling England’s batting line-up and how it stack ups against...

09:09 AM, Jul 18, 2008

Brisbane: Tony Greig and Bill Lawry are being missed in the commentary box with the first Test of the Australian cricket season beginning here on Friday. Greig is undergoing treatment for lung cancer while Lawry opted out of the first Test between Australia and South Africa due to personal reasons. What is missing most is their famous banter on air. "It's been an incredible journey so far - you have...

01:50 PM, Jul 17, 2008

Guwahati: Tripura were struggling at 72 for 3 after Assam captain Dheeraj Jadhav scored the season’s first double-century on Saturday. The former Maharashtra batsman now captaining his adopted state in his fourth season with them fell 17 short of his career-best as Assam lost their last five wickets for 30 runs to be bowled out for 450, but by stumps Tripura trailed by 378 runs. Jadhav, 33, resumed the day...

08:34 AM, Jul 15, 2008

Colombo: Sri Lanka cricket selectors on Thursday opted to rest Mahela Jayawardene and Lasith Malinga for one-off Twenty20 International, scheduled to be held in Pallekele on October 30, against the touring New Zealand. Both Jayawardene and Malinga are currently playing in the ongoing Champions League Twenty20 in South Africa. Mystery spinner Ajantha Mendis, meanwhile, has also been overlooked as he is nursing a side strain that he had suffered during...

07:11 AM, Jul 11, 2008

Centurion: A rampaging Sydney Sixers would look to maintain their winning momentum and book a berth in the final when they take on local side Titans in the second semi-final of the Champions League Twenty20 here on Friday. Sixers are the only side to have won all their four group matches and they are the most all-round team in the tournament with balance in batting, bowling and fielding departments. The...

01:55 AM, Jul 11, 2008

Colombo: Sri Lanka government will soon be framing anti-corruption laws to eradicate the possibility of match fixing in cricket, Sports Minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage has told the Parliament. Speaking at a late evening adjournment motion moved by the opposition legislator John Amaratunga, Aluthgamage, however, clarified that no Sri Lankan cricketer had ever been guilty of match fixing. He said the new laws would also be expanded to cover more regulatory powers...

11:51 PM, Jul 10, 2008

Cape Town: They have inched closer to the semifinals with Sunday's win but Delhi Daredevils skipper Mahela Jayawardene was not too happy with the way his players performed against Perth Scorchers, here. Chasing a small target of 122, Delhi just about managed a narrow three-wicket win with three balls to spare. Delhi had lost four batsmen at a score of 60 and had Virender Sehwag not scored a half-century and...

08:19 AM, Jul 10, 2008

Mumbai: The cash-strapped Deccan Chargers will remain terminated from the Indian Premier League (IPL) after the Bombay high court on Thursday set aside a status quo order passed by an arbitrator on cessation of its membership in the league. Hearing a petition filed by the Cricket Board, Justice R D Dhanuka quashed the status quo order passed by the arbitrator appointed by the High Court to resolve the dispute between...

02:39 AM, Jul 09, 2008

Colombo: Despite suffering a five-wicket loss to Pakistan in the World T20 warm-up match on Monday, Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni was not complaining, and said that his side got the chance to test which combination would be the right one for the tournament, starting on Tuesday. It was a good test for the main tournament and it was a good game. We could test which combination would be the...

11:05 AM, Jun 27, 2008

Banglore: Batting legend Sachin Tendulkar on Thursday indicated that he would not retire for now. As long as there is a reason to wake up with a reason in the morning, it makes sense in continuing (playing cricket). The day I don't enjoy wielding bat in my hands, I will think otherwise. But that moment hasn't come as yet. When I will get that feeling, I will confirm on that,...

01:14 PM, Jun 21, 2008

Mumbai: Sachin Tendulkar is all set to return to the Test arena after a break of two months but all eyes will be on another veteran VVS Laxman's future when selectors pick the squad for the two-match series against New Zealand starting on August 23. The selectors will also pick the final squad for the World Twenty20 Championship in Sri Lanka in September and Yuvraj Singh, who is training at...

12:26 AM, Jun 15, 2008

New Delhi: Terming Vinod Kambli's allegations that India's 1996 World Cup semi-final against Sri Lanka may have been fixed as irresponsible, ICC president Sharad Pawar said he would rather believe in what players like Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly have to say on the matter. I honestly feel that his allegations are irresponsible statements, Pawar said on a day when a defiant BCCI refused to give importance to Kambli's allegations...

07:12 PM, Mar 21, 2008