Sachin Tendulkar’s double centuries
Sachin Tendulkar hit his sixth double century at the international stage on July 29, 2010. Five have come in Tests and one in ODIs. Let’s have a look at all of the Maestro’s double centuries
COLOMBO: Great disappointments are common for great achievers, but Sachin Tendulkar had prepared for the long haul. He had an ice [...]
India captain signs 42-million-dollar deal
Newly-married Indian cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni has signed a marketing deal worth 42 million dollars over two years, a report said on Tuesday.
Dhoni, 29, has signed up with an Indian sports management company Rhiti, which will handle his endorsements, merchandise, corporate profile, patents and digital rights, as well as visibility on social networking sites.
“We [...]
Dhoni outshines Sachin with Rs 200-cr deal
New Delhi: Team India skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni, who is the brand ambassador of some of the leading names, has signed a new endorsement deal worth a whopping sum of 200 crore rupees.Dhoni, who recently got married to childhood sweetheart Sakshi Rawat, has reportedly signed the 3-year deal with a talent management company named Rhiti [...]
Sreesanth ruled out of India-Sri Lanka series
India’s already depleted pace attack further got weakened on Monday as pacer S Sreesanth was ruled out of the India-Sri Lanka Test series, starting on July 18 at Galle, due to injury.
Sreensanth, asked to lead the pace attack in the absence of Zaheer Khan, encountered problem and missed Sunday’s practice session.Zaheer was ruled out of [...]
Miami Heat’s celebration was only a beginning
The three superstars were in back of the massive stage curtains, yet to be introduced, as a giant video screen beamed their highlights to the adoring crowd Friday night. Dwyane Wade, LeBron James and Chris Bosh stood there, heads tilted upward, watching like anybody else. Enjoying the show. Smiling and laughing like little kids.Oh, man!” [...]
Flying Dutchmen undaunted by Brazil
PORT ELIZABETH: The impressive Dutch march through the World Cup finals might hit a brick wall on Friday when they meet a Brazil side in startling form and looking everything like becoming champions for a sixth time.
Netherlands have their sights set on lifting the trophy themselves but coach Bert van Marwijk faces a tactical dilemma [...]
Indian soccer team to train in Portugal
NEW DELHI: Set to return to elite company after 26 years, India will embark on its preparations for the 2011 Asian Cup with a two-month training tour of Portugal from Thursday and seven international friendlies lined up before the prestigious tournament in Qatar next January.
National coach Bob Houghton and 28 players will leave for Portugal [...]
World Cup: Last eight standing
It was an arduous route for some and easy for the others. The real slugfest begins on Friday when the final eight battle it out for a spot in the semis.
Brazil
Ranking 1
Road to quarters: 2-1 vs North Korea, 3-1 vs Ivory Coast, 0-0 vs Portugal; 3-0 vs Chile
Stars so far: Maicon, Luis Fabiano, Robinho
Next match: [...]
Two Major Referee Blunders show Sport Thirsty for Technology
Two extremely bad referee decisions in one night was too much. That it was equally divided between two football matches did not make it any easier. It did though raise queries once more whether popular sports such as football and cricket should embrace technology more and reduce player error.
The Mexico footballers were virtually up in [...]
HIGH – 5: WORLD CUP DAY 18
A look back at Day 18 of the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa. Here we highlight the best PLAY, PLAYER, STORY, PICTURE and VIDEO of the day.
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Play of the day: Wesley ‘Sniper’ Sneijder’s pin-point Hollywood pass to Robben from deep inside his own half set [...]
