The IPL auction in 2009 was rigged, former IPL commissioner Lalit Modi has revealed. Modi has claimed that the BCCI rigged the auction in favour of Chennai Super Kings which is owned by N Srinivasan who is the current president of the BCCI. Speaking to a television channel, on Tuesday, February 7, 2012, the former [...]
The 2012 Formula One season is due to begin on March 18, 2012, but this week has some excitement in store for F-One fans, as McLaren and Ferrari are set to reveal their new cars for the season ahead. McLaren’s launch at Woking, Surrey is set to happen before Ferrari unveil their new car, in [...]
Tottenham are due to host Wigan in match week 23, on Tuesday, January 31, 2011, in a match Spurs must win to keep their title bid alive. To find out at what time the match between Tottenham and Wigan is due to kick off, take a look at the EPL schedule. In match week 22, [...]
The test matches are over and the visitors will be looking forward to the two-match T20 series set to begin at Sydney’s Olympic Park, on Wednesday, February 1, 2012. With a new-look Australian team likely to feature against a relatively accomplished Indian eleven, the visitors must be considered favourites to win regardless of their poor [...]
The Australian Open men’s final is all set to begin on Sunday, January 29, 2012, between the world’s top ranked players. When world no. 1 Djokovic clashes with world no. 2 Rafael Nadal at Melbourne’s Rod Laver Arena, he will have the mental edge over the Spaniard whom he beat six times in a row, [...]
Manchester United are the defending champions and at the half-way stage of the Premier League, their title defence has taken a couple of rough knocks. That hasn’t prevented Sir Alex from looking forward to United’s next Premier League game with optimism. In match week 19, and ironically, on Sir Alex Ferguson’s seventieth birthday, the Old [...]
Manchester City are set to host rivals Manchester United in an FA Cup derby on Sunday, January 8, 2012. The clash is expected to be fraught with tension and riot police have been commissioned to patrol the game at the Etihad Stadium; an officer is said to have lost partial eyesight in one eye during [...]
Tottenham will be aiming for their seventh successive home win when they clash with Chelsea in a London derby in match week 17, on Friday, December 23, 2011. To find out at what time the match between Tottenham and Chelsea is due to kick off, take a look at the EPL schedule. In match week [...]
Howard Webb, who refereed last year’s world cup final between champions Spain and runners-up Holland, has been chosen as one of the 12 referees short-listed for Euro 2012. The complete list of referees named to do duty at the tournament to be hosted in Ukraine and Poland, from June 8 to July 1, 2012, is [...]
The Football association has handed Liverpool’s Luis Suarez an eight-match ban and a £40,000 fine after finding the Uruguayan striker guilty of racial abuse against Manchester United’s Patrice Evra. The verdict of the FA came at the conclusion of a six-day hearing, on Tuesday during which the Uruguayan had denied the allegations; he now has [...]
Arsenal host Tottenham, on Sunday, February 26, 2012, in match week 26, of the Premier League in what promises to be the biggest game of the weekend. To find out at what time the match between Arsenal and Tottenham is due to kick off, take a look at the EPL schedule. In match week 25, [...]
Man United take on Ajax in a round of 32 tie in the Europa League, on Thursday, February 16, 2012. This is an encounter between two sides that failed to make it past the group stage of the Champions League. Having been finalists in last year’s league, United’s fall was all the more disgraceful after [...]
Having been knocked out of the Champions League, Man City have an opportunity to redeem themselves in another arena of European contest – the Europa League – when they travel to Portugal to take on champions Porto FC, in a round of 32 tie, on Thursday, February 16, 2012. Porto were supremely successful last season, [...]
Back to back losses against India and Sri Lanka have left Australia shaky in the ongoing CB ODI series. And India will be looking to drive the stake home when the teams meet at Brisbane, on Sunday, February 19, 2012. By contrast with the hosts, India have been on the upswing, in recent matches. Having [...]
Sri Lanka will be chasing an elusive win at Sydney where they are due to take on Australia in the sixth ODI of the CB Series, on Friday, February 18, 2012. Australia will be led by Ponting, in the absence of the injured Clarke. While Australia began with a bang, winning their first game against [...]
The IPL 5 auction had its share of surprises. Often we feel that some player has fetched a price that’s higher than his real worth. But the true worth of the player can only be judged when you take a look at the composition of the final team after he has been included. Take a [...]
Novak Djokovic is the world number one among men’s singles tennis players. The Serbian star had a dream run on the ATP circuit in 2011, during which he won 10 titles including three Grand Slams. With his marathon victory over Rafael Nadal in the recent Australian Open finals, the Djoker is the monarch of all [...]
The Australian Open men’s final is all set to begin on Sunday, January 29, 2012, between the world’s top ranked players. When world no. 1 Djokovic clashes with world no. 2 Rafael Nadal at Melbourne’s Rod Laver Arena, he will have the mental edge over the Spaniard whom he beat six times in a row, [...]
World no. 4 Andy Murray has yet to win a Grand Slam and if he wants to right that record at the ongoing Australian Open, the Brit will need to cross, not one, but two giant hurdles. If he manages to beat Novak Djokovic in Friday’s semi-final, he will have to contend with Rafael Nadal [...]
The IPL auction in 2009 was rigged, former IPL commissioner Lalit Modi has revealed. Modi has claimed that the BCCI rigged the auction in favour of Chennai Super Kings which is owned by N Srinivasan who is the current president of the BCCI. Speaking to a television channel, on Tuesday, February 7, 2012, the former [...]
Mario Balotelli has become a legend of Premier League football in a a very short span of time and not just for his on-field antics of which there is no dearth. In this article I take a look at the top five off-field controversies that Manchester City’s star Italian striker was involved in during the [...]
The 1996 ODI World Cup semi-final that India lost to Sri Lanka was fixed, according to former Indian cricketer Vinod Kambli who played in that match and was left in tears, after the game was abandoned following crowd disturbance at Kolkata’s Eden gardens. Kambli whose career came to an end following that debacle claimed while [...]
Sit in your time machine and zoom ahead to May 27, to the IPL 5 finals. Kings XI Punjab have won the tournament, and Preity Zinta is giving a speech on the occasion, a speech that she herself wrote, without any help from scriptwriters. Here’s an advance copy of the speech, in case you miss [...]
Vijay Mallya has done his bit to revolutionise cricket in India. It was the King of Good Times who brought in the idea of cheerleaders, and at least 50% of people (mainly those who don’t watch cricket) thought that was a great idea. Mallya, like other IPL franchisees, is busy as ever, and SportingAttitude has [...]
At SportingAttitude, we know Shahrukh Khan is a busy man, and may not have the time to write a speech, a speech that he may be required to give, without prior warning, such as if and when Kolkata Knight Riders win IPL. To save KKR’s owner the time and trouble, we have devised the speech [...]
In a meeting held in Hong Kong on June 27, the Central Executive Committee of the ICC has ratified several controversial recommendations made by the ICC. These include making DRS mabndatory for all international matches. This had apparently been held up because of objections raised by India. But the Borad for Control of Cricket in [...]
Ever since the so-called hawk-eye came into use, home-grown cricket experts have been quick to condemn perceived umpiring errors. But purists would argue that cricket is about playing the game, not just about getting the right umpiring decisions. Getting down to specifics, the LBW rule, as proclaimed by the ICC manual has the phrase, ‘would [...]
In a recent IPL match, Tendulkar ‘caught’ Dravid in the slips. Dravid stood his ground; a review by the third umpire vindicated Dravid, as replays showed that the ball had touched the ground before being scooped up by the fielder. There have been no dearth of controversies, in respect of umpiring decisions with which one [...]
Bayer Leverkusen are set to host Barcelona on Valentine’s day in a last-16 tie, the UEFA Champions League, in what is likely to be a one-sided encounter. All speculation is centered around the margin of Barcelona’s expected win. Barcelona will be smarting from the shock loss to Osasuna which has hurt their title hopes in [...]
Barcelona travel to the Reyno de Navarra, in Pamplona, to take on Osasuna, in the Spanish La Liga, on February 11, 2012. The sides last met in January in a Copa del Rey encounter, and Barca won that match 2-1 on the back of goals by Alexis Sanchez and Sergi Roberto. Ahead of the game, [...]
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