Tendulkar at no. 11 in ICC rankings for Test batsmen<br/>

Sachin Tendulkar gained a spot to be at number 11 in the latest ICC rankings for Test batsmen released today.Tendulkar, with 749 points to his credit, is the lone Indian batsman in the top 20 list. West Indies&apos; Shivnarine Chanderpaul holds the number one spot. Sri Lankan Kumar Sangakkara&am...

Fixture of India's SL tour advanced by a day

The fixture of India&apos;s limited-overseas tour of Sri Lanka starting next month has been revised. The first one-dayer has been advanced by a day to include a reserve day in case of weather interruptions.The five-match one-day series was originally scheduled to start on July 22 but it will now...

Tendulkar as greatest batsman to have played cricket: Lillee

Australian fast-bowling great Dennis Lillee has described Sachin Tendulkar as the greatest batsman to have ever played cricket. He said in Chennai today that he admired the iconic Indian&apos;s hunger for the game despite achieving unparallelled success.The 62-year-old Lillee bids adieu to the M...

Wimbledon 2012 :Venus Williams crashes out; Djokovic, Federer, Vesnina & Sharapova advance to 2nd round

Top seeds like Rafael Nadal, Andy Murray, Victoria Azarenka and Petra Kvitova will today play their respective opening round matches in the Wimbledon Tennis Championships, taking place at the All England Club in London. In Men&apos;s Singles, second seeded Spaniard Rafael Nadal will clash with T...

Venus Williams crashes out of Wimbledon first round

The first day of Wimbledon witnessed a major upset when Venus William crashed out of the tournament. The five time Wimbledon champion Venus was beaten by Elena Vesnina in straight sets 6-1, 6-3. However, Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer and Maria Sharapova eased into second round of the tournament.Nova...

Venus Williams crashes out of Wimbledon first round

The first day of Wimbledon witnessed a major upset when top seeded Venus William crashed out of the tournament. The five time Wimbledon champion Venus was beaten by Elena Vesnina in straight sets 6-1, 6-3. However, Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer and Maria Sharapova eased into second round of the tour...

Archery World Cup Stage III: India lose to US, settle for Silver

India narrowly lost to hosts and World No.1 United States to settle for a Silver in the men&apos;s team event of the Archery World Cup Stage III event at Ogden, USA. The men&apos;s team of Tarundeep Rai, Jayanta Talukdar and Rahul Banerjee were locked 213-213 leading to a shoot off where the...

Wimbledon begins in London

The third Grand Slam of the year -Wimbledon began in London today Ryan Sweating of the United States beat Piz Taures to enter the second round of the men&apos;s singles. In other encounters World No. 1 Novak Jokovich of Serbia faces Juan Carlos of Spain, while 16th times Grand Slam Champion and ...

SL beat Pak in first test, takes 1-0 lead in three-match series

Pinky Karmakar from Assam to be Olympic 'torch bearer'

A young girl from a remote tea garden in Assam will be among India&apos;s &apos;torch bearer&apos; at the London Olympics.UNI reports that Pinky Karmakar, a class X student of Borbaruah area in Dibruagrh district, will represent India among 20 countries at the Olympic torch relay in Nott...