
The legendary allrounder believes players are putting their self-interest ahead of the team. ...

11:25 AM, Jan 05, 2013

"I think I am mentally and physically much stronger now after having gone through the worst phase of my life." ...

11:04 PM, Oct 10, 2012

Time has come to put an arm around Dhoni and ask how he is feeling about leading India in three different formats. ...

01:23 PM, Oct 04, 2012

Sources say the BCCI wants to stick to the current ODI outfit because India won the 2011 World Cup wearing it. ...

08:10 PM, Sep 13, 2012

"You guys made us proud by raising that beautiful trophy," said Sachin Tendulkar. ...

06:08 PM, Aug 26, 2012

He's the new kid on the block, fun, fabulous, fearless ... and all of 23. Sporting spiked hair and a sexy swagger, this hot and happening Delhi boy is the new super nova of the cricketing world, the undisputed Khiladi No. 1 for his club, state and country. Three years ago captain of the Under-19 team which won us the World Cup was certainly a kid to watch out for,...

02:56 PM, Aug 02, 2012

The retired batsman's recent comments about coaching have sparked off plenty of speculation. ...

08:34 AM, Jul 05, 2012

Team India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni refused to speculate on who can be his successor. ...

08:31 PM, Jun 03, 2012

After struggling to make his way out from the Chandigarh Airport where a media contingent and eager fans made it difficult for him and other passengers from the same flight to exit, Yuvraj Singh reached his duplex home on May 1 in Mani Majra in a Mercedes car. Returning to Chandigarh for the first time after coming back from the US where he had received chemotherapy for a germ cell...

07:01 PM, May 02, 2012

Srinagar: The tainted Jammu and Kashmir Cricket Association chief Aslam Goni has been promoted and named the manager of Team India for the South Africa tour. Aslam Goni was named in the Jammu and Kashmir Cricket Association scam, in which officials allegedly embezzled crores of BCCI funds. Team India's tour of South Africa is a one-match tour and the T20 match will be played on Friday. The BCCI is yet...

09:10 AM, Mar 30, 2012

New Delhi: Two years in to her career, Poonam Pandey has taken the call to stand strong by one image " the boldest one. Churning out promises to strip if Team India wins to posting videos online and her well-known, oft-downloaded bikini pictures " Poonam Pandey has no qualms about who she is. The lady who spoke to IBNlive made one thing very clear " she was here to do...

03:19 PM, Mar 15, 2012

New Delhi: If it is a film role she is vying for " it is not working. No product endorsements seem to be coming her way either. If one checks the comments on the pictures she tweets " the fans seem to want one simple thing. Sleaze. The potential directors who might be remotely impressed by the skin show is Ram Gopal Varma and the Bhatts. Poonam Pandeys tweets fill...

05:31 PM, Mar 09, 2012

New Delhi: The 22-year-old has alleged that Anna Hazare's aides have insulted the sentiments of Indians by shifting their focus to a single party rather than concentrating on the issue of corruption. A 22-year-old student pursuing law from Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University (GGSIU) has served a legal notice to Anna Hazare and his team for 'misguiding the people of the country'. The legal notice sent to all the members...

10:24 AM, Oct 12, 2011

Mumbai: Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan today played down former England skipper Nasser Hussain's controversial "donkey" remarks against some Indian players, saying they should not be taken at face value. "Some of the expressions in English language are different. They should not be taken at face value," said the actor at a media conference relating to Nokia Champions T20 League here today. Hussain's comments on TV during the course of...

09:53 PM, Sep 10, 2011

New Delhi: She had promised to strip if Team India won the World Cup and didnt live up it. So, to motivate the struggling Men in Blue in England this time round, Poonam Pandey has gone ahead to strip partially. She posted her partially nude picture on Twitter building they hype around it for days with posts like - Coming Soon Motivational Surprise and time for Men in Blue to...

03:50 PM, Sep 05, 2011

Mumbai: Just as the World Cup madness was settling in, the Indian Premium League (IPL) is about to begin. As season 4 of IPL starts on Friday, ad rates are skyrocketing thanks to India winning the World Cup. "Endorsement is not something a cricketer should think aboutbut I will happily accept what comes and hopefully there are many more to come," said Team India skipper MS Dhoni. The world cup...

08:09 AM, Apr 07, 2011

New Delhi: Lifting the ICC World Cup trophy has lifted MS Dhoni's brand value too. He is now expected to get almost double his current rates post the win. The ad campaign for a LED television set featuring Dhoni has cost Sony Rs 100 crore. But Sony says it was worth the while. The company has sold more than 2,40,000 sets in the last three months, a jump of over...

11:07 AM, Apr 06, 2011

New Delhi: Several governments have already showered crores of rupees as prize money on the World Cup winning squad, but that's not the end of the windfall for the cricketers. The win also means that more endorsements could come their way. Its India's biggest cricketing moment and the cup has brought along with it prize money, rewards and now more brand opportunities for the Men in Blue. This is a...

08:34 PM, Apr 04, 2011

Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan's belief that India loses a cricket match whenever he watches has finally been broken, thanks to the World Cup final that he watched on TV and saw India defeating Sri Lanka. "Yesterday (Saturday), that age old superstitious finicky belief, that if I were to watch a game it would result disfavourably for us, broken and shattered for good I would imagine," Amitabh posted on his blog...

12:44 PM, Apr 04, 2011

New Delhi: It's raining rewards for the winning squad. Not only a 10 million largesse from BCCI, state governments are also queuing up to shower the cricketers with big money. Rajasthan has announced a complimentary trip on "Palace On wheels" for all the players. Kapil Dev and MS Dhoni have led Team India in contrasting styles, but the end result has been the same - the ICC cricket World Cup....

07:05 AM, Apr 04, 2011