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In Eliminator, Sunrisers hope for run-misers to strike

During the 2011 IPL auction, Pune Warriors paid $100,000 to sign Nathan McCullum. He played two matches that season, and didn’t feature once in 2012. Sunrisers Hyderabad then paid $100,000 to sign McC......read more

final score: 5 OUT OF 5

Michael Hussey and Suresh Raina gave a certain amount of respect to good deliveries during their unbeaten 140-run stand for the second wicket. If a bowler, for example Lasith Malinga in his first thre......read more

‘BCCI is not concerned about its franchisees’

The Indian Premier League on Tuesday suffered another blow as the Sahara Group-owned Pune Warriors India officially withdrew from the event. Excerpts from the statement released by Sahara: * It is t......read more

Belly up: Anchoring ban could split golf down the middle

Tony Jimenez Golf’s governing bodies announced on Tuesday that they will ban the anchoring of putters from 2016 in a move which will please traditionalists but could lead to a split in the game among ......read more

Vijender contemplates big switch, may turn pro

Vijender Singh is open to the idea of competing in professional boxing as he feels with the headguards going out of the equation in the amateur arena, the dividing line between the two formats has blu......read more

Madrid president Perez under scanner after latest failure

Florentino Perez’s record as Real Madrid president was under scrutiny on Tuesday after the construction magnate’s latest coaching project ended in disarray with the premature departure of Jose Mourinh......read more

A bridge too close

Justin Palmer Intensely irritating to some, hugely entertaining to others, the outspoken and colourful Jose Mourinho has proven time and again that success is never far from his golden touch. From a m......read more

‘I haven’t retired but Pak return unlikely’

Pakistan batsman Mohammad Yousuf has rebutted media reports that he has retired from international cricket. A few TV channels flashed the news of his retirement, forcing the Test discard to come up wi......read more

Chess referee of the ‘Match of the Century’ dies at 85

an Loeb McClain Lothar Schmid, a German chess grandmaster who was the referee for three of the most contentious World Chess Championship matches ever played, including the volatile 1972 contest betwee......read more

Bookie Guddewar had political connections

The arrested Nagpur cricketer Manish Guddewar, originally hailing from Gadchiroli, is the brother of Pankaj Guddewar, a Congress leader. Pankaj had unsuccessfully fought an Assembly election from Brah......read more

SC refuses to ban IPL matches but slams BCCI’s attitude

The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to ban the remaining matches of the IPL in view of the spot-fixing scandal but blasted the BCCI for its "lackadaisical" attitude in preventing corruption by "ni......read more

Bookies conduit ran ‘courier company’

Of the three people arrested by the Mumbai Police Crime Branch for alleged bookie links on Monday night, Alpesh Patel was allegedly the conduit between the local punters and bookies based in Pakistan ......read more

Post Big Boss win, IPL ensured spotlight for Vindoo

Vindoo Dara Singh was like any other star kid living in Juhu. It wasn't difficult for him to schmooze his way into the periphery of the Bollywood-heavy Kolkata Knight Riders camp, and become a fixtur......read more

BCCI's TV producer ‘evades’ customs duty, DRI could seize equipment

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), which is grappling with the spot-fixing controversy in the Indian Premier League, could face fresh trouble on another IPL front as the Directorate of ......read more