RAJKOT, India (Reuters) - Yuvraj Singh hopes his match-winning century in the first one-dayer against England will turn around a poor run of form that nearly cost him his place in the team... more »

Robert Hughes gives us the nuts and bolts of this weekend's non-televised matches where it's business as usual for Man Utd at home to Stoke, a good chance for Fulham to end Spurs' good run and a tricky home tie for Arsenal after last week's heroics against Man Utd. Arsenal v Aston Villa Arsenal confounded their recent poor form and injuries by .. more »

Andrew Symonds has revealed how painful it was for him to see the mauling of his side by India in the Gavaskar-Border trophy.1 Vote(s).. more »

When Anil Kumble announced his retirement from all forms of cricket — that’s right, not just cricket, but from all forms of cricket — I was immediately reminded of Adam Gilchrist’s shock retirement during the Adelaide Test match against India. There was a parallel of sorts in the retirements of these two .. more »

New Delhi: Former Indian players today urged the BCCI to utilise Anil Kumble's vast experience and appoint him as spin coach to unearth the talent in the country after the leg-spinner announced his retirement in the drawn Test against Australia here. .. more »

This is not a joke! Now, Gautam Gambhir has the honour of being termed “recalcitrant” by Chloe Saltau from the The Age! The use of an offensive adjective like this would have been totally expected from the pen of Malcolm Conn (’The Australian’). Indeed, I would have been surprised had Conn resorted to anything less .. more »

Anjali Tendulkar Sachin Tendulkar Cricket Tendulkar Sachin's wife Anjali spoke on behalf of the family and clarified that Sachin has many more yards to go and that the little master 1 Vote(s) .. more »

For the past six or so years the conventional wisdom about Arsene Wenger's selection policy is that it favours overseas talent to the extent that almost no British players can be seen near the Emirates on a match day. However, they may soon be joined in the Anglo-free zone stakes by Liverpool. Benitez's matchday squads in their last two .. more »

Shoaib Akhtar has been issued an ultimatum. Shoaib Akhtar will not be allowed to play in and for Pakistan until he pays an outstanding fine of Rs 7 million (approx US$105,000), the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has said. The PCB slapped Shoaib, 33, with the fine last month after he criticised the PCB over its failure to award him a central .. more »

It was a somewhat bland day's play in Taunton, apart from occasional bursts of rain and a rather quixotic period of batting from the ICC's newly crowned player of the year, Shivnarine Chanderpaul.14 Vote(s).. more »

Kevin Keegan resigned as manager of Newcastle United on Thursday, less than eight months after taking charge of the Premier League club for the second time.In a statement issued through the League Managers Association, Keegan said he had been left with "no choice" other than to leave because of the way the club was being run."I've .. more »

Indias leading private carrier Kingfisher Airlines is making its international debut Wednesday by flying non-stop from this IT hub to London with a full load of passengers, its CEO Vijay Mallya said here Tuesday evening. Our maiden flight to London is fully booked. All the payment seats (70 percent) have been sold out. There is an overwhelming .. more »

India skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni toppled his South African counterpart Greame Smith to regain the top spot in the latest ICC ODI batsmen ranking.  .. more »

Hyderabad: Ahmedabad will play host to Indian Cricket League's (ICL) matches for the upcoming season beginning October, according to ICL Executive Board Member Kiran More. .. more »

The gloves are on: Matt Prior returns as England's wicketkeeper.Match facts Friday August 22, 2008Start time 2.30pm (13.30GMT)Big PictureChastened by a 2-1 defeat in the Test series, England have their chance for redemption with the first of five one-dayers against South Africa, beginning at Headingley on Friday. Though much of the focus will be on .. more »

England Lions 2104 beat South Africa 2095 by 6 wktsSamit Patel did his bit to undermine South Africa's confidence ahead of the Twenty20 international against England and the oneday series that follows with an aggressive matchwinning halfcentury.3 Vote(s).. more »

Indias Bindra wins gold in 10-meter air rifleBEIJING (AP)Abhinav Bindra won the gold medal in the 10-meter air rifle Monday, giving India its first medal of the Olympics.The 2006 world champion entered the final in third place but overtook Chinas Zhu Qinan and Finlands Henri Hakkinen by scoring 104.5 points for the title.Bindra finished with 700.5 .. more »

The English football season begins with the FA Community Shield match between English Premier League champions Manchester United and FA Cup champions Portsmouth at the Wembley stadium. The defending Premier League champions will be captained by Gary Neville, who is making only his second competitive appearance since breaking his ankle in March .. more »

LONDON (Reuters) - Kevin Pietersen embraces the toughest challenge of a career already packed with incident and controversy when he leads England against his native South Africa in the fourth test at the Oval on Thursday. 3 Vote(s).. more »

Sachin Tendulkar Haveing A Responsibility Of Gives The social message For His Big Debut4 Vote(s) .. more »