India-SL 1st ODI: Indian team fined for slow over-rate

India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni and the India team have been fined for slow over-rate during the first ODI in Hambantota yesterday. The India side was ruled to be an over short of its target when time allowances were taken into consideration. The match referee Chris Broad imposed a 20 per cent fi...

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India beat Srilanka by 21 runs in first cricket ODI

India beat Srilanka by 21 runs in a thrilling first cricket one-dayer of the five-match series at Hambantota in Srilanka last night. Virat Kohli cracked a superb 106 and Virender Sehwag scored 96 runs as their 173-run stand for the second wicket laid the foundation for India's imposing 314 ...

India beat Sri Lanka by 21 runs in 1st ODI

In the first one dayer cricket match at Hambantota, India beat Sri Lanka by 21 runs. Earlier, India set a victory target of 315 runs for Sri Lanka. Electing to bat after winning the toss, India made 314 for 6 in the stipulated 50 overs. Virat Kohli scored 106, while Virender Sehwag was run out for 9...

India set 315 runs victory target for Sri Lanka in 1st ODI

In the first One-Dayer against India at Hambantota, chasing a victory target of 315 runs, Sri Lanka were 190 for five in 38 overs, a short while ago. Earlier, electing to bat after winning the toss, India posted a daunting 314 for 6 in the stipulated 50 overs. Virat Kohli recorded his 12th ODI hundr...

India set 315 runs victory target for Sri Lanka in 1st ODI

India have set a victory target of 315 runs for Sri Lanka in the first One-Dayer at Hambantota. Electing to bat after winning the toss, India made 314 for 6 in the stipulated 50 overs. Virat Kohli top-scored with a fine 106, while Virender Sehwag was run out for 96. The other batsmen out were: Gauta...

Punjab- born marathoner to relay Olympic torch

Punjab born world's oldest marathon runner Fauja Singh is to carry Olympic torch during the Olympic Torch Relay ceremony in London today. The London Olympics are commencing on July 27th. Besides being a proud moment for Indians, it would be an honour for Punjab, whose son-of-the-soil will c...

Jeev Milkha Singh and Anirban Lahiri made it a red-letter day for India at the 141st Open Championship at Royal Lytham in England as they became the first two golfers from the sub-continent to qualify for the weekend rounds at the same Major.While Jeev became the first Indian to make a cut in all fo...

Italian footballer fined for comment on homosexuals

Italian football striker Antonio Cassano has been fined $18,000 by Uefa for the comments made by him about homosexuals during Euro 2012.The status of gay football is a sensitive issue traditionally in Catholic Italy. He later apologised for the comments but released a statement after that insisting ...

Olympic flame reaches destination London

The Olympics flame has reached the host city London---a week before the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games . It was carried along the castle's ramparts by double Olympic middle-distance gold medallist Kelly Holmes.The Royal Marine Commando abseiled with the flame from a helicopter landin...