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June 25, 2015 5:58 PM

Tendulkar voted best Test player of 21st century

India's legendary batsman Sachin Tendulkar has been voted the 'Best Test player' of the 21st century in an online poll conducted by Cricket Australia's website. The former India skipper got the highest number of votes to emerge on top of the list of the 100 best T...

June 25, 2015 5:51 PM

Anand hammers Hammer to jump to sole second in Norway Chess

Former world champion Viswanathan Anand has jumped to sole second spot in the Norway Chess tournament. At Stavanger in Norway, the Indian ace used the hidden dynamics out of a decent opening to beat Jon Ludvig Hammer of the host nation in the eighth and penultimate round. Grandmaster Anish Giri of H...

June 25, 2015 1:26 PM

Chile books berth in Copa-America semifinals

Hosts Chile have booked a place in the semi-finals of the Copa America Football tournament. In the first quarterfinal at the Santiago de Chile last night, an 81st minute goal from Mauricio Isla helped the home team send defending champions Uruguay crashing out of the tournament. In the semi Final, C...

June 25, 2015 12:31 PM

Sania Mirza-Martina Hingis storm into Aegon International semis

Sania Mirza and her Swiss team-mate Martina Hingis have stormed into the semi-finals of the WTA Aegon International Tennis tournament at Eastbourne, United Kingdom. In the quarter-finals, the top seeded Indo-Swiss pair beat Hao-Ching Chan of Chinese Taipei and her Italian partner Flavia Pennetta, 4-...

June 25, 2015 11:34 AM

India drop points as Bangladesh move up in ICC rankings

Team India dropped two points in the latest ICC ODI rankings but managed to retain the second spot despite losing the 3-match series to Bangladesh. The 2-1 win helped Bangladesh move a place up to seventh behind sixth-ranked England and ahead of eighth-ranked West Indies.World champions Australia co...

June 25, 2015 11:34 AM

Former Pakistan captain Zaheer Abbas confirmed as ICC President

Former Pakistan captain Zaheer Abbas has been selected the new President of the International Cricket Council (ICC) for a one year term. The decision was taken yesterday during the third day of the ICC Annual Conference week in Barbados. Assuming the role, the 67-year-old legendary batsman thanked I...

June 25, 2015 10:09 AM

World Hockey League: Indian Women beat Poland, 3-1

In the Hockey World League Semi Finals tournament, Indian eves registered a 3-1 victory over Poland last night at Antwerp, Belgium. Riding on Rani Rampal's brace and a goal from Vandana Katariya India boosted their chances of reaching the quarter-finals from Pool B. For Poland Magdalena Zag...

June 25, 2015 8:50 AM

India register 77 runs win over Bangladesh in third ODI

India registered a 77 run consolation win, in the third and final ODI against Bangladesh and avoided a white wash last night. In the match played at Sher-E-Bangla Stadium, Dhaka, India bowled out the opposition for 240 in 47 overs after they had posted 317.The visitors first put up a competitive 317...

June 24, 2015 9:20 PM

India post 318 run target for Bangladesh in final ODI

Bangladesh were 202 for 6 in 35 overs in reply to India's 317 in their third and final Cricket ODI at Shere Bangla National stadium, Mirpur when reports last came in. Earlier, the visitors made 317 for 6 in the stipulated 50 overs. Opener Shikhar Dhawan scored 75 runs and skipper M S Dhoni ...

June 24, 2015 7:40 PM

India post 318 run target for Bangladesh in final ODI

Bangladesh were 61 for one in nine overs in reply to India's 317 in their third and final Cricket ODI at Shere Bangla National stadium, Mirpur when reports last came in. Earlier, the visitors made 317 for 6 in the stipulated 50 overs. Opener Shikhar Dhawan who scored 75 off 73 balls, was th...

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