ICL players’ dues yet to be paid by BCCI

"Banned by the BCCI for having signed up with the Indian Cricket League (ICL) in 2007, 64 Indian cricketers are still waiting to be paid dues worth millions of rupees they claim the Indian board owes them for matches played on the official domestic circuit before they joined...

Dhoni ready for test captaincy: Kirsten

"Gary Kirsten, the India coach, has said that Mahendra Singh Dhoni is “ready” to captain India in all forms of the game but added that there was no immediate need for change because Anil Kumble was doing “an exceptional job” leading the Test side."

Paes in double doubles’ finals at US Open

"India tennis icon Leander Paes continued his dazzling US Open doubles run on Tuesday, posting two victories in one day to remain in the hunt for a pair of titles, the mixed doubles and the men’s doubles. The 35-year-old veteran teamed with Czech Lukas Dlouhy to reach the...

Beckham turns to hippy beads to boost sex skills!

" London: Soccer ace David Beckham has started wearing mystical hippy beads to pep up his sex life. According to pals, the Man U star has turned to gems and crystals to score more in the bedroom with wife...

Tatas shut down Singur plant, preparing plan for Nano relocation

" Kolkata: With no hopes of the stalemate ending in Singur, Tatas on Tuesday said it was considering shifting the low-cost Nano car project from West Bengal to some other State, on which a decision may be taken...

Laxman lacks aggression: Afridi

"Pakistani all-rounder Shahid Afridi on Tuesday denied undermining the authority of VVS Laxman, his captain at Deccan Chargers, but maintained that the Indian lacks aggression. The flamboyant all-rounder started a war of words with Laxman with his unflattering remarks that...

Deccan Chargers to make wholesale changes

"Deccan Chargers are making significant changes to their top management in an effort to reverse their fortunes. The most expensive team in the IPL finished last in the eight team competition. Shishir Hattangadi, the head of cricket, and manager Vijay Mohan Raj won’t be...

No additional warm-up game for Australia

"The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) will not be accommodating another extra warm-up match during the Aussies tour of India for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy starting next month as requested by the Cricket Australia (CA) so that their players get acclimatised better...

Symonds shouldn’t quit ‘cos of IPL: Watson

"Shane Watson hopes that Andrew Symonds comes back to international cricket after his rehabilitation. Andrew Symonds was chucked out of the team after he went fishing instead of attending a team meeting ahead of Australia’s first ODI againt Bangladesh. Due to the...

Paes in mixed doubles semis

"Leander Paes continued his winning run to advance to the mixed doubles’ semi-finals but it was curtains for Mahesh Bhupathi at the US Open. Paes, already through to the men’s doubles quarter-finals with partner Czech Lukas Dlouhy, teamed up with Zimbabwean Cara Black in...

Afridi has no team ethics: Laxman

"Deccan Chargers skipper VVS Laxman has hit back at Pakistan all-rounder Shahid Afridi, who blamed his captaincy for the team’s failure in the Indian Premier League. Afridi’s outburst prompted an angry reaction from Laxman, who said: “Afridi has no team ethics. He...

Australia planning India tour sans Symonds

"Australia coach Tim Nielsen is working on a plan to deal with the feisty all-rounder’s absence in the forthcoming India tour. After Symonds was sent home for missing a compulsory team meeting, when he went fishing instead, Nielsen said he could not assume that the...

Vijay Singh wins Deutsche Bank Championship

"Vijay Singh, helped by three monster birdie putts, eased to his third PGA Tour title in five weeks with a commanding five-shot victory at the Deutsche Bank Championship on Monday. Three off the pace overnight, the Fijian world number five fired a superb eight-under-par 63 in...

Bhupathi out of US Open

"Mahesh Bhupathi crashed out of the US Open with a stunning loss in the men’s doubles third round. The Indian and his Bahamian partner Mark Knowles, seeded fourth, squandered a set’s advantage to go down 6-2 4-6 4-6 to unseeded Argentines Maximo Gonzalez and Juan Monaco...

Bhupathi out of mixed doubles

"India’s Mahesh Bhupathi’s lost out in the US Open mixed doubles came to an end when he and Australian Samantha Stosur went down to Swede Robert Lindstedt and Australian Rennae Stubbs 6-2, 3-6, 10-12 in the opening round."

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