ICC rankings: De Villiers leads batsmen,Steyn heads bowlers table

Legendary Sachin Tendulkar has ended his record-breaking 200-Test career by finishing 18th in the ICC Player Rankings for Test batsmen. He jumped five places in the latest chart, released today. Tendulkar had entered the series in 24th position, which was his lowest since 1992. He scored 74 runs in ...

Tendulkar statue in Bihar

A statue of master blaster Sachin Tendulkar was unveiled on Tuesday at Atarwalia village in Bhabhua in Bihar's Kaimur district.District Magistrate Arvind Kumar Singh unveiled the statue. It was got made by Bhojpuri singer-actor Manoj Tiwari.The Magistrate said theeffort is to inspire youth ...

India-Windies teams in practice session in Kochi for 1st ODI tomorrow

The cricket teams of India and the West Indies arrived in Kochi on Tuesday for the first ODI of the three-match series. The day-night encounter will be played on Thursday. The two sides will begin their practice sessions today.A pavilion in the name of batting legend Sachin Tendulkar will be inaugur...

World Chess, Chennai: 8th game between Anand and Carlsen ends in draw

The eighth game between five times world champion Viswanathan Anand and Norwegian Challenger Magnus Carlsen ended in a draw after 33 moves.Carlsen chose the opening move to keep Anand at pause from the very beginning. Carlsen leads the best of 12 series by 5 points while Anand has scored 3 points.If...

Cricket: India & WI team arrive in Kochi for 1st ODI of 3 match series

The cricket teams of India and the West Indies arrived in Kochi today for the first ODI of the three-match series. The Day-Night encounter will be played on Thursday. The two sides will begin their practice sessions tomorrow. A pavilion in the name of batting legend Sachin Tendulkar will be inaugura...

Statue of Sachin unveiled at Atarwalia village in Bihar<br/>

A statue of master blaster Sachin Tendulkar was unveiled today at Atarwalia village in Bhabhua in Bihar&apos;s Kaimur district.The statue, was prepared by Bhojpuri singer-actor Manoj Tiwari, was unveiled by District Magistrate Arvind Kumar Singh. The Magistrate said the effort is to inspire yout...

The Eighth game of the World Chess Championship between defending champion Viswanathan Anand and Challenger Magnus Carlen of Norway ended in a draw in Chennai today. The draw gave the players half-a-point each. Carlsen now leads by five points to three in the 12-game contest. While Anand has a lot t...

8th game between Anand & Carlsen ends in draw<br/>

The eighth game between Vishwanathan Anand and Challenger Magnus Carlsen ended in a draw today. Both the players have gained half points each thereby Anand has gained three points and Carlsen with five points.It took less than two hours for the players to end the game in a draw. Speaking to newspers...

8th game between Anand and Carlsen to be played today

4 Indians short-listed for this year�s ICC Awards

In Uttar Pradesh, Raspal Singh from Indian Army today won the over 42-kilometre long 29th All India Indira Marathon in men's category while Jyoti Shankar Rao from Maharashtra stood first in the women&apos;s category. The Marathon was held at Allahabad on the birth anniversary of former Prime Mi...