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Cricket
- ECB may oppose Rajasthan Royals' tie-up with Hampshire
London: England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) is likely to oppose Rajasthan Royals' tie-up with Hampshire.
- Flashback 31st January 1999: When Sachin Tendulkar broke a million hearts
Sachin Tendulkar was dismissed immediately after scoring a hundred against the South Africans in the Nagpur Test. This is not the first time when the 'master' has failed to deliver when his presence and contribution was needed the most. MSN India revisits the famous Chennai Test against Pakistan, when Tendulkar's hundred flattered, only to deceive at the end.
- PCB probe committee summons Alam, Yousuf
Peshawar: The PCB has summoned Pakistan coach Intikhab Alam and captain Mohammad Yousuf to explain the team’s dismal tour of Australia.
- Australia beat West Indies by 113 runs
Melbourne: Australia crushed West Indies by 113 runs in the first ODI at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Sunday.
- Miandad cost Rs 8.1mn for a week's work in a year
Lahore: The war of words between Ejaz Butt and Javed Miandad turned ugly with the PCB chief accusing the latter of costing the board Rs 8.1 million for seven days of work in a year.
- Shaun Tait gunning for Shoaib Akhtar’s record
Melbourne: Australian fast bowler Shaun Tait has said that his focus on short, sharp spells is the factor behind his speed and he is confident of pushing the radar gun further.
- Yusuf Pathan seals record-breaking win for West Zone
Hyderabad: West Zone created a world record in first class cricket by successfully chasing down a mammoth 536-run target to clinch the Duleep Trophy with a dramatic three-wicket victory over South Zone, riding on Yusuf Pathan's scintillating double century.
- Ganguly to play in Vijay Hazare Trophy
Kolkata: Former India captain Sourav Ganguly will be seen in action in the East Zone Vijay Hazare Trophy cricket championship to be held at Cuttack later this month.
- Cricket Weekly: A roundup of all the action from the world of cricket
In the world of cricket, no one week is the same; and the past week was no exception either. It had its shares of controversies and verbal duels. Shah Rukh Khan, ball chewing all-rounder Shahid Afridi, Pakistani cricketers and Dale Steyn have all managed to find themselves a spot in our weekly ride down the road of cricket.
- 2nd India-SA ODI shifted from Kanpur to Gwalior
New Delhi: The Cricket Board today shifted the second one-dayer between India and South Africa on February 24 from Kanpur to Gwalior.
- Duleep final: Pathak, Yusuf lead West fightback
Hyderabad: Gritty batting by Chirag Pathak (130) and Yousuf Pathan (84 not out) today brought West Zone back into the game as their Duleep Trophy final against South Zone is heading for an exciting finish.
- Australia beat Pakistan in the MCG thriller
Pakistan failed to end their disastrous Australia tour on happy note, as they lost the only Twenty20 match at Melbourne Cricket Ground by two runs on Friday.
F1
- Force India reject closure threat, ready to race
LONDON: Force India rejected a report that they were in danger of being forced out of business and said their new Formula One car would start testing as planned in Spain next week.
- Like a Virgin, tested for the very first time
LONDON: The new Virgin Racing Formula One car completed its first laps on Thursday with Germany's Timo Glock at the wheel.
- Alonso makes a quick start with Ferrari
VALENCIA: Fernando Alonso delighted his legions of Spanish Formula One fans with the quickest time in testing on an emotional debut for Ferrari.
- Massa and Schumacher celebrate day of comebacks
VALENCIA: Felipe Massa and Michael Schumacher, once brothers in arms but now Formula One rivals, returned to the racetrack on a day of comebacks on Monday.
- Michael Schumacher may race beyond 2012
Hamburg: Michael Schumacher is convinced he will not be a backbencher on his return to Formula One and doesn't rule out racing beyond 2012.
- Schumacher's warning: I’m going to reign again!
London: Formula One legend Michael Schumacher has warned current racing champions Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton saying that, "I'm going reign again".
- Alonso says Ferrari will be last F1 team
Fernando Alonso on Thursday announced that he will finish his Formula One career at the wheel of a Ferrari.
- Piquet confirms NASCAR switch for 2010
Nelson Piquet will not return to the Formula One grid in 2010, the Brazilian driver announced on Tuesday.
- Lotus to launch 2010 car on February 12
Lotus has become the next F1 team to announce a launch date for its 2010 car.
- Renault to launch R30 day before Valencia test
Renault will launch its 2010 car on the day before it is tested for the first time at Valencia.
- Ferrari to launch 2010 car on January 28
From Marlboro's Madonna di Campiglio winter media event on Wednesday, Ferrari announced that its 2010 car will be launched on January 28.
- McLaren to launch MP4-25 on January 29
McLaren on Thursday announced that its 2010 car will be launched on 29 January.
Football
- Man City close in on top four with 2-0 win over Bolton
LONDON: Manchester City made ground in the battle for fourth place in the Premier League on Tuesday but looked a long way from Champions League material as they struggled to an forgettable 2-0 home win over Bolton Wanderers.
- Is Mukesh Ambani bidding for Liverpool?
London: Mukesh Ambani chairman of Reliance Industries and Subroto Roy chairman of Sahara Group are reportedly bidding for a 51 per cent stake in Liverpool football club-one of the most successful clubs in the history of English football.
- Big guns get comfortable Euro 2010 draw
WARSAW: European champions Spain were handed an easy-looking path to the Euro 2012 finals in Poland and Ukraine in Sunday's qualifying draw, although coach Vicente Del Bosque said afterwards he was taking nothing for granted.
- Chelsea return to top after 2-0 win over Arsenal
London: First-half goals from Didier Drogba earned Chelsea a 2-0 win over Arsenal at Stamford Bridge on Sunday and secured a return to the top of the Premier League two points ahead of Manchester United.
- Rooney on target as Man United move to the top
London: Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney scored again to help his team crush bottom club Portsmouth 5-0 and return to the top of the Premier League on Saturday.
- Terry stripped of England captaincy
LONDON: John Terry was stripped of the England captaincy after a meeting with coach Fabio Capello ,the Football Association (FA) said.
- Ten-man Liverpool beat Everton in feisty derby
London: Liverpool overcame the early sending-off of defender Sotiros Kyrgiakos to beat city rivals Everton 1-0 in a fiercely-contested Premier League Merseyside derby at Anfield on Saturday.
- New England skipper too has his fair share of scandals
London: Rio Ferdinand, who is succeeding John Terry as England captain, has a far from a squeaky clean image craved by fans, as he has been involved in a fair share of football scandals.
- John Terry paid £400K to ‘mistress’ to remain silent
London: England footballer John Terry reportedly paid 400,000 pounds to his alleged lover Vanessa Perroncel to remain mum on their liaisons.
- Ferdinand gets England captaincy despite chequered past
LONDON: John Terry's sacking as England skipper on Friday opened the door for a significant turnaround in fortune for Manchester United defender Rio Ferdinand who will take over the captain's armband.
- John Terry ‘slept with 8 women in 18 months’
London: Soccer star John Terry slept with eight women in 18 months, it has emerged.
- Houghton draws up roadmap for India ahead of Asian Cup
NEW DELHI: India on Thursday drew up an ambitious roadmap in the run-up to the 2011 AFC Asian Cup with at least seven international matches lined up for the national team till the end of this year.
Tennis
- Somdev jumps 21 places in ATP rankings
New Delhi: India's Somdev Devvarman jumped 21 places to be at 141st position in the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) rankings released on Monday.
- Cilic to face Melzer in Zagreb Indoors semi-finals
ZAGREB: Top seed Marin Cilic of Croatia battled to a 7-6 6-4 win over compatriot Ivo Karlovic to stay on course for his second consecutive Zagreb Indoors title.
- Bopanna-Qureshi win maiden ATP doubles title
Johannesburg: Rohan Bopanna and Aisam Qureshi clinched their first ATP World Tour doubles title after a hard-fought 2-6, 6-3, 10-5 victory over Karol Beck and Harold Levy in the final of USD 442,500 South African Open here.
- India back to Group I after winning play-off tie
Kuala Lumpur: Sania Mirza and veteran Rushmi Charavarthy registered contrasting singles victories as India blanked Kyrgyzstan 3-0 in the play-off tie to win back their place in the Asia/Oceania Group I of the Fed Cup tennis tournament here today.
- Tsonga withdraws from next week's Rotterdam event
PARIS: World number nine Jo-Wilfried Tsonga has pulled out of next week's Rotterdam event because of a stomach muscle injury.
- India qualify for play-off tie after topping group A
Kuala Lumpur: Sania Mizra and Poojashree Venkatesha scored dominating singles victories as India drubbed hosts Malayisa 3-0 to top pool A of the Asia/Oceania Group II competition in the Fed Cup tennis tournament here today.
- Ferrer flushes challenge of Somdev at South Africa Open
Johannesburg: Somdev Devvarman's good run at the ATP South Africa Open was cut short with a crushing straight-set defeat at the hands of second seed Spaniard David Ferrer on Friday.
- Somdev storms in South Africa Open quarters
JOHANNASBURG: Somdev Devvarman stormed into the quarter-finals of the South Africa Open tennis with a 6-4, 6-1 defeat of Brazilian Thiago Alves. He now plays second seed and World No.18 David Ferrer of Spain.
- Monfils advances to quarter-finals in South Africa
JOHANNESBURG: Gael Monfils beat fellow Frenchman Josselin Ouanna in straight sets to advance to the quarter-finals of the South African Open on Thursday.
- India beat Singapore 3-0 in Fed Cup opener
Kuala Lumpur: Sania Mirza and Poojashree Venkatesha notched up straight-set wins as India blanked Singapore 3-0 in a Group A rubber to get off to a flying start in the Asia/Oceania Group II competition of the Fed Cup tennis tournament here today.
- Indian ace Leander hungry for more Slam trophies
Bangalore: After bagging a record equalling 11th Grand Slam title at the Australian Open, Leander Paes is eyeing at least five or six more Major trophies.
- Barbie unveils Kim Clijsters' look alike at toy fair
BERLIN: Kim Clijsters' lookalike sports the same tennis kit, golden hair and blue racquet as the U.S. Open champion but her backhand is somewhat stiffer.
Others
- South Asian Games end, India finish at top
Dhaka: India finished with 175 medals, including 90 gold in the 11th South Asian Games here, underlining its supremacy as the regional sports powerhouse.
- Hockey India: Rajpal stays as captain
New Delhi: Hockey India has ruled out changing the captain of the senior national team and advised the players and coaches to keep their focus only on the World Cup starting here this month.
- HI forms panel for gradation system of players
New Delhi: With the World Cup just round the corner, Hockey India has formed a five-member committee to look into the gradation system which was one of the key demands of the players during their rebellion last month.
- Consider yourself warned, IOC's Rogge tells Russia
Vancouver: Russia has been warned to get its anti-doping act together days before the start of the Vancouver Olympics after several of their athletes have been busted for taking banned drugs in the past months.
- Brasa adamant on Prabhjot captaining hockey squad: sources
Chennai: The crisis on the captaincy issue of the Indian hockey squad deepened with chief coach Jose Brasa adamant on pushing his case that Prabhjot Singh should be made the skipper of the World Cup side.
- Brilliant Bhullar wins Asian Tour International
Bangkok: Gaganjeet Bhullar gave Indian golf a great present right at the start of the year with a brilliant course record of eight-under 64 and winning the season-opening Asian Tour International by one shot on Sunday at the Suwan Golf and Country Club.
- Wife takes back Tiger Woods sans wedding ring
London: Elin Nordegren has reunited with her golfer husband Tiger Woods but she is not sporting her wedding ring.
- Brasa wanted Prabhjot as skipper, panel retains Rajpal
New Delhi: The appointment of India's hockey captain for this month's World Cup here was today marred by controversy as chief coach Jose Brasa wanted Prabhjot Singh as skipper but was overruled by the selection panel according to sources.
- Wife joins Tiger Woods at sex clinic
London: Tiger Woods' wife Elin Nordegren has joined the disgraced golf star at the sex addiction clinic where he is undergoing therapy.
- Troubled Tiger still tops Forbes brand list
CHICAGO: Despite Tiger Woods' problems surrounding his adultery scandal and lost corporate sponsors, the world's No. 1 golfer remains the top athlete brand as ranked by Forbes.
- Bindra equals Beijing gold effort in Netherlands
New Delhi: Ace Indian marksman Abhinav Bindra has equalled his Beijing Olympics qualification score for the third time after the 2008 megaevent, the latest at a International Shooting Competition in Netherlands.
- Jeev shoots 68 in stormy conditions at Dubai
Dubai: Jeev Milkha Singh played through extremely well in storm-like conditions to card a solid four-under 68 that gave him a share in the six-way lead at the end of the first round of the Omega Dubai Classic Golf tournament here Thursday.
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