National Games: Services upstaged Maharashtra from pole position

In the on-going Ranchi National Games, Services upstaged Maharashtra from the pole position of the overall medals tally with its athletes excelling in both, shooting and cycling on the eighth day on Sunday. Services with 35 Gold, 26 Silver and 23 Bronze are now ahead of Maharashtra who have 32 Gold,...

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Sri Lanka beat Canada; N Zealand crush Kenya in their opening matches

Sri Lanka have won their opening match in the ICC Cricket World Cup. At the Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium in Hambantota yesterday, the co-hosts beat Canada by 210 runs in a Group A match. Sri Lanka rattled up a huge 332 for seven after winning the toss and then scuttled out the min...

WC 2011: Sri Lanka open account with crushing victory

Sri Lanka have won their opening match in the ICC Cricket World Cup. At the Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium in Hambantota on Sunday, the co-hosts beat Canada by 210 runs in a Group A match. Sri Lanka rattled up a huge 332 for seven after winning the toss and then skittled out the min...

WC 2011: Sri Lanka open account with crushing victory

In the ICC Cricket World Cup Group 'A' match at Hambantota, co-hosts, Sri Lanka, secured 210-run victory against Canada. Chasing a formidable victory target of 333 runs, Canada made only 122 runs in 36.5 overs a short while ago.Electing to bat after winning the toss, helped by Mahe...

ICC World Cup: New Zealand registers easy victory over Kenya

New Zealand beat Kenya by ten wickets in their opening Group A match of the ICC World Cup in Chennai today. Chasing 70 runs to win, New Zealand reached the target in 8 overs without any loss. Guptill 39 and McCullam 26 remianed unbeaten. Earlier, Kenya captain Jimmy Kamande won the toss and elected ...

World Cup 2011: Host Sri Lanka score 332/7 against Canada

Sri Lanka have set a huge victory target of 333 runs for Canada in the Group 'A' Day-Night World Cup Cricket match at Hambantota. Co-hosts Sri Lanka, who elected to bat after winning the toss, made 332 for 7 in their 50 overs. Mahela Jayawardene hit a century and was out at his ind...

Olymipian Suresh Babu is cremated with full state honours

In Kerala, Olympian Suresh Babu has been cremated with full state honours at Thiruvanathapuram this evening. He was brought to the state capital this afternoon from Ranchi where he passed away while attending the ongoing National Games yesterday. State ministers and large number of sports personalit...

World Cup 2011: Host Sri Lanka score 332/7 against Canada

In the Group 'A' Day-Night World Cup Cricket match being played at Hambantota, co-hosts Sri Lanka were 332 for seven in 50 overs against Canada, a short while ago. Sri Lanka elected to bat after winning the toss.Earlier, in another Group 'A' fixture at the MA Chid...

ICC World Cup: India records an emphatic 87 run victory over Bangladesh

Opener Virender Sehwag's scintillating 175 helped India launch their Cricket World Cup campaign with an emphatic 87-run victory over Bangladesh yesterday. Put in to bat, at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur, India piled up an imposing 370 for four in the inaugural match of the to...