Mumbai: Did you know the BMC has a dedicated squad of 100 people in each ward to clear water-logged roads during heavy rains? No surprise if you didn't, as they are nowhere to be seen during floods. On Monday evening, the city witnessed torrential rains for a good 15 minutes, and life came to a halt. Flooding, power cuts, tree collapses and traffic jams were in evidence in various wards....
12:32 PM, Jul 04, 2012
The duo replace legspinner Samuel Badree and paceman Fidel Edwards, who were in the squad for the T20s against NZ. ...
03:39 AM, Jul 02, 2012
New Delhi: Hockey India on Monday announced India's 16-member men's hockey squad for the London Olympics, ending days of speculation. But as expected, the squad is without any major surprises. To be led by goalkeeper Bharat Chetri, only two changes were made from the squad that finished third in the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup tournament in Malaysia, with striker Yuvraj Walmiki and defender Rupinderpal Singh being left out for Gurwinder...
12:49 PM, Jun 12, 2012
Frankfurt: Brazil-born striker Cacau was dropped from Germany's squad for the European Championship in Poland and Ukraine on Monday. Cacau struggled in his Bundesliga club Stuttgart and was mostly coming off the bench during the season. He was in the Germany squad at the World Cup in South Africa two years ago. "It was my great goal to be able to play at the Europeans after being at the World...
02:49 PM, May 29, 2012
Florence, Italy: Italy coach Cesare Prandelli has trimmed his provisional squad for the European Championship to 25 players. Prandelli will cut another two before submitting his final 23-man list to UEFA by mid-day local time on Tuesday. Zenit St. Petersburg defender Domenico Criscito was left out after he was placed under investigation for possible match-fixing during his time at Genoa. Emiliano Viviano, Davide Astori, Salvatore Bocchetti, Luca Cigarini, Ezequiel Schelotto...
02:31 PM, May 29, 2012
Athens: Greece coach Fernando Santos dropped midfielders Alexandros Tziolis and Panagiotis Kone from his final 23-player squad for the European Championship on Monday. Santos announced the move after both players had competed in a warm-up game against Slovenia on Saturday. The match ended in a 1-1 draw and was held in Kufstein, Austria, near Greece's pre-tournament training camp. Kone, who plays for Bologna, had been widely expected to be cut...
02:23 PM, May 29, 2012
Amsterdam: Netherlands coach Bert van Marwijk on Saturday included 18-year-old defender Jetro Willems and winger Luciano Narsingh in his final 23-man European Championship squad that has a wealth of attacking options but could be frail in defence. The squad includes the topscorer from the English Premier League, Arsenal captain Robin van Persie, and the German Bundesliga in Klaas-Jan Huntelaar of Schalke. Van Persie will be hoping to carry his league...
03:52 PM, May 28, 2012
Warsaw: The Borussia Dortmund trio of Robert Lewandowski, Jakub Blaszczykowski and Lukasz Piszczek lead the European Championship squad for co-hosts Poland. Coach Franciszek Smuda on Sunday also named Arsenal goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny to his final 23-man roster for the competition, which starts from June 8 in Warsaw with Poland taking on Greece. Lewandowski, who scored 22 goals for German champions Dortmund, will spearhead Poland's attack. Smuda had few obvious choices...
03:42 PM, May 28, 2012
Schruns (Austria): Striker Roberto Soldado was left out of Spain's squad for Euro 2012 on Sunday, despite his scoring exploits this year, as coach Vicente del Bosque lamented the absence of "irreplaceable" David Villa. There were no major surprises as Del Bosque discarded the younger players who have been part of the world and European champions' provisional squad at a training camp in the Austrian Alps. Instead, he included 19...
08:59 PM, May 27, 2012
Awana played for Kings XI Punjab in IPL 5, impressing with figures of 17 wickets in 11 games, with a best of 4 for 34. ...
03:27 PM, May 26, 2012
Moscow: CSKA Moscow defender Kirill Nababkin was picked for the first time while Lokomotiv Moscow midfielder Magomed Ozdoyev and Spartak Moscow striker Artem Dzyuba were dropped for Russia's final squad for the European Championship on Friday. The 23-man squad was announced by coach Dick Advocaat for the tournament in Poland and Ukraine after Russia held Uruguay to a 1-1 draw in their first of three warm-ups. "The reason I've called...
08:46 AM, May 26, 2012
Pakistan and Sri Lanka will play two T20 games in southern Hambantota on June 1 and 3, followed by five ODIs. ...
06:22 PM, May 24, 2012
Madrid: Coach Vicente del Bosque recalled Fernando Torres along with fellow Chelsea teammate Juan Mata for Spain's warm-up matches ahead of the upcoming European Championship. The struggling Torres had been dropped for Spain's most recent friendly, but the striker managed to make the squad after Chelsea won the Champions League on Saturday. Torres said on Sunday that he had had the worst moments of his career with Chelsea this season...
08:46 PM, May 21, 2012
The Pakistan Cricket Board named Mohammad Hafeez as captain of the national Twenty20 team last week. ...
11:52 PM, May 18, 2012
Paris: France coach Laurent Blanc included uncapped defender Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa and out-of-form midfielders Yoann Gourcuff and Alou Diarra in a 26-man provisional squad for the European Championship on Tuesday. Yanga-Mbiwa contributed to Montpellier's strong title run in the French league this season and benefited from Mamadou Sakho's lacklustre season. Sakho lost his starting spot at Paris Saint-Germain under coach Carlo Ancelotti. "He's a very good defender, very tough in his...
05:01 AM, May 17, 2012
London: Former captain John Terry was included in England's European Championship squad on Wednesday despite facing trial immediately after the tournament for racially abusing an opponent. The Football Association's decision to strip Terry of the England captaincy in February over the alleged racial abuse of Queens Park Rangers defender Anton Ferdinand led to coach Fabio Capello quitting. But Capello's replacement, Roy Hodgson, has included the Chelsea defender in the 23-man...
06:48 PM, May 16, 2012
Stockholm: Sweden will be without their most promising young striker for the European Championship, as John Guidetti will miss the tournament because of a thigh problem. Coach Erik Hamren announced a 23-man squad without any major surprises, but could find himself relying more than ever on Zlatan Ibrahimovic in attack because of injury problems. The 20-year-old Guidetti scored 20 goals in 23 games this season while on loan at Feyenoord...
11:58 PM, May 15, 2012
Mumbai: The stamp of 'special' seems to have failed to screen several Mumbai police units from the curse of corruption. Citing allegations of corruption, Police Commissioner Arup Patnaik has ordered the dismantling of at least six such squads in the force. These squads were formed by various deputy and additional commissioners in their respective regions to crack down on street crime and provide protection to builders. Last week, Patnaik issued...
12:40 PM, May 14, 2012
Dublin: Ireland coach Giovanni Trapattoni picked his 23-man squad for the European Championships on Monday, leaving out James McCarthy so the midfielder can stay home with his seriously ill father. The Scottish-born McCarthy was likely to be included in the squad for the June 8-July 1 tournament in Poland and Ukraine but asked to be withdrawn from contention. "I have made the very difficult decision to withdraw my name from...
10:42 AM, May 08, 2012
A cricketer in India sleeps with a dream and wakes up with a purpose, but selectors in India sleep with a purpose, only to wake ...
01:25 PM, May 01, 2012
