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Kevin Pietersen claims he ‘loves S...

Kevin Pietersen claims he ‘loves Surrey’ and will not rule out ...

Former England batsman Kevin Pietersen has not ruled out playing county cricket again next season. Pietersen who has been contracted to Surrey since 2010, although he only played in the T20 Blast competition last summer. The South African-born batsman said he would make a decision about his playing... read more »

Left-arm spinner Akshar Patel added to I...

Left-arm spinner Akshar Patel added to India’s ODI, Twenty20 squad fo...

Left-arm spinner Akshar Patel was on Tuesday named in the Indian squad for the remaining two one-dayers against the West Indies and was also picked in the 14-strong team announced for the one-off Twenty20 against the Caribbeans. The selectors did not make any changes to the ODI squad apart from... read more »

Mary Kom voted as India’s Most Val...

Mary Kom voted as India’s Most Valuable Player in Asian Games 2014

Olympic bronze medalist MC Mary Kom on 13 October 2014 was chosen as the Most Valuable Player (MVP) of India’s Incheon Asian Games campaign at a felicitation of the medal winners by contingent sponsors, Samsung India. Kom, the first Indian woman boxer to win a gold medal in Asian Games was named... read more »

Padmini Rout maintains joint lead in wor...

Padmini Rout maintains joint lead in world junior girls

Pune: Woman Grandmaster Padmini Rout played out a hard-fought draw with Russian girl Daria Pustovoitova to remain in joint lead after the end of seventh round of World junior girls’ chess championship on Sunday. It was a pretty tense game which was fought till the last nail and past the half... read more »

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There was lot of pressure: Rohit Sharma

There was lot of pressure: Rohit Sharma

It was the perfect Test debut that Rohit Sharma had been dreaming of as he struck a hundred to rescue India from crisis in the opening Test against the West Indies but the magnitude of his... read more »

Rohit's debut century rescues India

Rohit’s debut century rescues India

Rohit Sharma stamped his class by hitting a sparkling century on debut as India recovered from a top-order collapse to take a firm grip of the first... read more »

Tea scoreboard: India vs West Indies

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Kolkata – The following is the scoreboard at tea on the second day of the first cricket Test between India and the West Indies at the Eden Gardens here... read more »

Debutant Rohit rescues India

Debutant Rohit rescues India

By Sirshendu Panth Kolkata – Rohit Sharma struck a half century on debut and featured in two valiant partnerships which pulled India out of trouble on... read more »

Lunch scoreboard: India vs West Indies

Lunch scoreboard: India vs West Indies

Kolkata – The following is the scoreboard at lunch on the second day of the first cricket Test between India and the West Indies at the Eden Gardens here... read more »

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Mo Farah says Usain Bolt is his inspiration

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