Mumbai, March 13 – The following is the scoreboard of the opening match of the third edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) between defending champions Deccan Chargers and Kolkata Knight Riders at the D.Y. Patil Sports Academy here Friday.
Kolkata Knight Riders:
Manoj Tiwary c Sharma b Vaas 0
Brad Hodge c Gibbs b Jaskaran 13
Sourav Ganguly [...]
Mumbai, March 12 – West Indies cricket legend Sir Gary Sobers said Friday that he is a great fan of India’s dashing opening batsman Virender Sehwag.
‘I have never changed my game for any form of cricket. That is the reason why I like Virender Sehwag. He plays all forms of cricket in a similar way,’ [...]
New Delhi, March 12 – India went down 2-4 to Argentina to finish eighth while Spain took the fifth place getting past Korea 2-0 in classification matches of the Hockey World Cup here Friday.
The victory against Asian Champions Korea handed Olympic silver medallists Spain a direct entry to the Champions Trophy later this year.
New Zealand [...]
New Delhi, Mar 12 – Indian captain Rajpal Singh said Friday his team missed experience in defence during the Hockey World Cup and emphasised that selectors should watch more domestic matches to unearth fresh talent.
‘We are missing experience in defence. The problem is that we don’t have anybody like Dilip Tirkey now,’ Rajpal said after [...]
Chandigarh, March 12 – Even as his team Kings XI Punjab prepared for their first encounter against the Delhi Daredevils at the Punjab Cricket Association (PCA) stadium in Mohali here Saturday, Australian fast bowler Brett Lee has flown back to Australia for treatment of his elbow injury.
Lee will be missed for the Kings XI Punjab [...]
New Delhi, March 12 – Indian archers continued their fine run in the Invitational World Archery by bagging two gold, four silvers and three bronze on the fourth day of the tournament here Friday.
In the recurve event, Indian archers swept all the three medals in both the men’s and women’s ection.
Tarundeep Rai (24, 26, [...]
Mumbai, March 12 – Kolkata Knight Riders made 161 for four in 20 overs against defending champions Deccan Chargers in the opening game of the Indian Premier League (IPL) at the D.Y. Patil Sports Academy in Navi Mumbai here Thursday.
Angelo Matthews made an unbeaten 65 while Owais Shah remained not out on 58.
New Delhi, March 12 – Defending champions Germany and Australia have met four times, twice in the finals of the Hockey World Cup. Germany leads the head-to-head 3-1.
2006 (Final): Australia lost to Germany 3-4
2002 (Final): Australia lost to Germany 1-2
1998 (For third and fourth place): Australia lost to Germany 0-1
1994 (For third and fourth place): [...]
New Delhi, March 12 – India failed to make their chances count as they went down 2-4 to Argentina in the play-off and finished eighth in the Hockey World Cup at Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium here Friday.
India would be disappointed with their loss as they dominated the first half but with no success. It [...]
New Delhi, March 12 -Striker Prabhjot Singh lost his cool and showed his middle finger to an irate crowd that booed the players after India lost to Argentina 2-4 to finish eigth in the 12-team Hockey World Cup here Friday.
As the Indian players came for the post-match presentation at the Major Dhyan Chand [...]
