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March 17, 2011 5:40 PM

Pak fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar to retire from international cricket

Pakistan fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar will retire from international cricket after the World Cup. The 35-year-old, nicknamed the "Rawalpindi Express", made the announcement at a news conference in Colombo on Thursday. Shoaib made his international debut in 1997 in a Test match against...

March 17, 2011 2:25 PM

Australia beat Canada by seven wickets

In the ICC Cricket World Cup, Australia have recorded a comfortable 7-wicket victory over Canada. In a Group 'A' Day-Night encounter at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on Wednesday night, they easily achieved the victory target of 212 in 34.5 overs. Earlier, the defending c...

March 17, 2011 10:53 AM

Somdev Devvarman shows fighting sprit against Nadal

Somdev Devvarman put up a spirited fight against Rafael Nadal but the world number one eventually managed to tame the lion-hearted Indian in straight sets in the quarterfinals of the ATP BNP Paribas Open at Indian wells in the United States. Somdev went down 5-7 4-6 but not before making the Spaniar...

March 17, 2011 9:24 AM

Bopanna-Qureshi pair upstages Lee-Hesh in Indian Wells

Third seeds Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi were left to rue missed opportunities as Rohan Bopanna and Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi out-witted them in straight sets to enter the quarterfinals of the ATP BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells.Bopanna and Qureshi played a stronger service game to win 6-3 6-4 on Tu...

March 17, 2011 9:21 AM

Anand beats Grischuk in Rd4 of Amber chess

World champion Viswanathan Anand continued with his clinical performance and defeated Russian Alexander Grischuk 1.5-0.5 in the fourth round of 20th Amber blindfold and rapid chess tournament in Monaco.The triumph over Grischuk came in the rapid game and this was the third mini-match that Anand won ...

March 16, 2011 11:03 PM

WC 2011: Australia win by 7 wickets

In the ICC Cricket World Cup today, Australia recorded a comfortable 7-wicket victory over Canada. In a Group 'A' Day-Night encounter at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru, they easily achieved the victory target of 212 in 34.5 overs. Earlier, the defending champions bowled ou...

March 16, 2011 10:56 PM

WC 2011: Australia win by 7 wicket

In the ICC Cricket World Cup today, Australia recorded a comfortable 7-wicket victory over Canada. In a Group 'A' Day-Night encounter at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru, they easily achieved the victory target of 212 in 34.5 overs. Earlier, the defending champions bowled ou...

March 16, 2011 9:34 PM

WC 2011: Canada set target of 212 for Australia

Canada have set a victory target of 212 for Australia in the Day-Night Cricket World Cup Group 'A' match at Bengaluru. Electing to bat after winning the toss, Canada were all out for 211 in 45.4 overs, a short while ago. The Ausssies have already booked their quarter-final berth wi...

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