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India Look For Revenge Against Australia In CB Triangular ODI Series

| February 5, 2012 | 0 Comments

The 4-0 whitewash of India in the recently concluded test series is history and the visitors’ win in the second T20 international was proof of that. The ODI tri-series featuring Australia, India and Sri Lanka, three of the four top ranked sides, is due to begin on Sunday, February 5, 2012, when Australia clash with [...]

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Formula One: McLaren, Ferrari Set To Reveal New Cars Ahead Of 2012 Season

| January 31, 2012 | 0 Comments
Formula One: McLaren, Ferrari Set To Reveal New Cars Ahead Of 2012 Season

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 [...]

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Spot Fixing: Butt, Amir Lose Appeals To Reduce Sentences

| November 24, 2011 | 0 Comments
Spot Fixing: Butt, Amir Lose Appeals To Reduce Sentences

Mohammad Amir and Salman Butt will have to complete the jail terms awarded to the players in the spot fixing trial, three weeks ago, after their appeals to reduce their sentences failed on Wednesday. The lord chief justice cited the two former international cricketers as being guilty of “criminal conduct of a very serious kind”, [...]

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Eden Gardens Curator Mitra Agrees With Kambli’s Match Fixing Claim

| November 19, 2011 | 0 Comments
Eden Gardens Curator Mitra Agrees With Kambli’s Match Fixing Claim

Kalyan Mitra, the then ground curator at the Eden Gardens, has come out in support of Vinod Kambli’s allegation that India’s 1996 world cup semi-final against Sri Lanka was fixed. Kalyan Mitra has said that he would have to chosen to bat first on winning the toss, and expressed suspicion about the “sudden turning of [...]

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Berdych, Tsonga, Fish Complete ATP World Tour Finals Line-Up

| November 10, 2011 | 0 Comments
Berdych, Tsonga, Fish Complete ATP World Tour Finals Line-Up

All eight names of players qualifying for the ATP world Tour Finals are now known. They are Novak Djokovic, Rafa Nadal, Andy Murray, Roger Federer, David Ferrer, Tomas Berdych, Jo-Wilfred Tsonga and Mardy Fish, with the top five already having qualified before the start of the ongoing competition in France. The Paris ATP Masters was [...]

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India Can Beat South Africa To No 2 Test Ranking

| November 10, 2011 | 0 Comments
India Can Beat South Africa To No 2 Test Ranking

India can leapfrog over South Africa in the ICC Test rankings to second place, behind top-ranked England. A series win against the West Indies would suffice for India to improve their ranking among test playing nations provided South Africa didn’t win their ongoing two-test series with Australia. In order to improve their chances of achieving [...]

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England Tour Of India 2011-12: 2nd ODI Match Report

| October 18, 2011 | 1 Comment

The hosts went 2-0 up, in the five match ODI series currently underway between England and India, on the back of a brilliant century by Virat Kohli, at Ferozeshah Kotla, in Delhi. Chasing a modest 238 to win, the hosts achieved the target, with eight wickets and nearly 14 overs to spare. England began the [...]

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CLT20: Gayle Powers RCB to Final

| October 7, 2011 | 0 Comments

We have witnessed a cracker of a CLT20 semi-finals with Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) comfortably beating New South Wales Blues (NSW) by 6 wickets and 9 balls to spare. T20 fans were expecting an exciting Warner vs. Gayle contest and they were certainly not disappointed. In a fire powered batting performance, David Warner became the [...]

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Euro 2012 Qualifier Preview: Serbia Vs Italy

| October 7, 2011 | 0 Comments

Serbia are set to host Italy at Belgrade’s Red Star Stadium, on Friday, October 8, 2011, in a rematch of the Group C Euro qualifier that got abandoned after six minutes , a year ago, following crowd violence, and Italy were handed a 3-0 win by the UEFA. That decision was subsequently reversed and it [...]

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Cincinnati Masters 2011: Murray Vs Fish Semi-finals Match Time

| August 20, 2011 | 0 Comments

Britain’s Andy Murray and USA’s Mardy Fish will meet in the semi-finals of the Cincinnati Masters tennis tournament, on Saturday, August 20. Murray beat France’s Simon in straight sets 6-3, 6-3 in the quarter-finals, while Fish stunned Rafael Nadal 6-3, 6-4, in another quarter-final encounter, on Friday. If you want to know what time it [...]

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