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Buemi likely to race for Toro Rosso, says co-owner

Wednesday, November 26th, 2008

Switzerland’s Sebastien Buemi is likely to replace Germany’s Sebastian Vettel at Toro Rosso next season, the Formula One team’s co-owner Dietrich Mateschitz said.
Vettel, 21, has moved on to the main Red Bull Racing team following the retirement of Britain’s David Coulthard and several drivers are queueing up to take his place at the [...]

Ex-Test umpire Dickie Bird receives honorary degree

Tuesday, November 18th, 2008

Former Test cricket umpire Dickie Bird and retired chat show host Sir Michael Parkinson were conferred Honorary Doctors of Letters degrees by the University of Huddersfield in Yorkshire on Monday.
University Chancellor and former Star Trek actor Patrick Stewart bestowed the honours on Sir Michael and Bird after they donned mortar boards and gowns and joined [...]

Bagan prevail 2-0 over JCT

Monday, November 17th, 2008

A 10-man Mohun Bagan displayed fine cohesion to account for JCT Mills, Phagwara, 2-0 in an I-League match here Sunday.
Both the goals came in the first half, with medio Ashfar Ahmed and striker Jose Barreto finding the target at the floodlit Salt Lake stadium.
Egged on by a 25,000-strong crowd, the hosts played well from the [...]

Chanderpaul’s ton goes in vain as Pak take series

Sunday, November 16th, 2008

A strong bowling display helped Pakistan beat the West Indies by 24 runs on Friday in the second one-day international, and also gave the team victory the three-match series.Batting first after winning the toss, Pakistan were all out for 232 in 49 overs, almost 40 runs short of the target they were hoping to set.
Despite [...]

India 0/0 at close of play

Saturday, November 8th, 2008

India were zero for no loss in their second innings on the third day of the fourth and final cricket Test against Australia here today. Brief Scores: India 1st innings: 441 all out Australia 1st innings: 355 all out India 2nd innings: 0/0 in one over (Virender Sehwag batting 0, M Vijay batting 0).

Sehwag named vice-captain of Indian team

Saturday, November 8th, 2008

Opening batsman Virender Sehwag has been named the vice-captain of the Indian team for the upcoming one-day internationals and Test series against England.
The Delhi cricketer is also the vice-captain of the team for the fourth and final Test against Australia after Mahendra Singh Dhoni was elevated to the Test captaincy following the sudden retirement of [...]

BCCI to felicitate Tendulkar, Laxman, Ganguly in Nagpur

Monday, November 3rd, 2008

The Cricket Board will felicitate Sachin Tendulkar, V V S Laxman and Saurav Ganguly for their contribution to the game on November 6, the first day of the fourth and final Test between India and Australia here.
The Test will be held at the new stadium of Vidarbha Cricket Association (VCA) at Jamtha.
Former BCCI president and [...]

PCB surprises Lawson, sacks him with three months salary

Friday, October 24th, 2008

In an unexpected turn of events, Pakistan Cricket Board today fired national coach Geoff Lawson who claimed he was taken by surprise by the decision. PCB Chairman Ejaz Butt took the decision and the Australian was given three months pay as compensation as per his contractual clause.
“The decision to release Lawson has been taken by [...]

Indians celebrate after win against Australia

Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008

Celebrations erupted in India on Tuesday as fans rejoiced after host country scored a record 320-run win against Australia to take a 1-0 lead in the four-match series. People danced on streets and played with colours in Kolkata, home to cricketer Saurav Ganguly, to celebrate India’s win over the kangaroos.
Wearing Indian tri color headbands and [...]

Zaheer Khan fined heavily after second test

Tuesday, October 21st, 2008

India paceman Zaheer Khan was fined 80 percent of his match fee after being found guilty of a code of conduct breach following the second test win over Australia on Tuesday.
Khan, summoned for a disciplinary hearing by International Cricket Council (ICC) match referee Chris Broad after the game, pleaded guilty to a level two charge [...]