Chelsea will begin 2015 protecting a three-point lead in the Premier League title race but will heed the words of their grand old striker Didier Drogba who warns that it is simply not enough. “We start again a new championship,” boomed the Ivorian, as Chelsea prepared to visit...
An angry young pacer from Punjab couldn’t stop himself from saying that they would have played much better on the nearby highway than at the pitch laid in Saurashtra Cricket Association’s Stadium in Khanderi.You couldn’t blame him. The Group B Ranji Trophy league game between Saurashtra vs Punjab...
Ramandeep (left) knows he has to work hard to make his place in the starting XI a permanent one.India’s forward player Ramandeep Singh is leaving no stone unturned in his preparation for the Hero Hockey India League that starts later this month.After finishing 4th position at the Men’s...
The Kop has missed him dearly, but Sturridge is back. (Source:AP)Liverpool’s Daniel Sturridge is set for a January return, according to manager Brendan Rodgers, who hinted he was unlikely to dip into the transfer market to solve the club’s current striker issues.Sturridge last played for Liverpool in August...
Veteran AB de Villiers has been rested for three-match T20 series against West Indies starting January 9. (Source: File)Wicketkeeper-batsman Morne van Wyk has been recalled to South Africa’s squad for the three-match Twenty20 international series against the West Indies in place of the injured Quinton de Kock.Van Wyk...
CAPE TOWN, Dec 31 (Reuters) - That West Indies go into the final test against South Africa with an opportunity to draw the three-match series is probably more than they could have hoped for after a crushing defeat in the first game in Pretoria. ...
CAPE TOWN, Dec 31 (Reuters) - Factbox on the third test between South Africa and West Indies, which begins at Newlands on Friday: ...
CAPE TOWN, Dec 31 (Reuters) - JP Duminy has been named in the South African Twenty20 squad for the three-match home series against West Indies next month, but a number of other top players will again be rested. ...
The most successful Indian captain ever, the most unflappable Indian captain ever, the most heart-attack-causing Indian captain ever has retired from Test Cricket. MS Dhoni was a phenomenon of the kind we hardly ever see, and he deserves a special tribute.So, in typical over the top helicopter style,...
Army green and navy blue were the predominant colours in MS Dhoni’s wicket-keeping gloves.Leg slipA symbol of his famous obstinacy. A man would lurk perennially at leg slip in overseas Tests whether or not the attack or the match-situation required it. It led to furious head-scratching among commentators...
Dec 31 (Reuters) - Australia may have sealed the four-test series against India but the final match in Sydney could prove the most emotionally taxing for the hosts as they return to the venue where Phillip Hughes was fatally struck by a bouncer last month. ...
MS Dhoni had his limitations as a Test batsman but he had a unique of batsmanship. (Source: File)A career average of 38.09 suggests that Dhoni the Test batsman had his limitations. But he worked on his batting and developed his own brand of batsmanship, which on many an...
Dilip Vengsarkar, the then chief selector, is credited with having the vision to chose MS Dhoni as skipper, first for the inaugural edition of the World T20, as Dravid’s deputy for the England tour and finally as Kumble’s replacement as Test captain in late 2008.But ask Vengsarkar and...
Dhoni would turn into a master chaser for India but he would find the bar for him raised. (Source: File)MS Dhoni never engages the media, they tell you. Actually, it’s a half-truth. He has this habit of walking across to the travelling reporters, talk about the weather, general...
HARARE, Dec 31 (Reuters) - Dav Whatmore has been unveiled as the new Zimbabwe coach with the Australian agreeing to an initial contract that runs until the end of the World Cup early next year. ...
CAPE TOWN, Dec 31 (Reuters) - South Africa have called up uncapped off-spinner Simon Harmer for the third and final test against the West Indies starting at Newlands on Friday. ...
About 20 minutes before lunch on Day Three of this Group A Ranji Trophy fixture at Eden Gardens, Mumbai captain Suryakumar Yadav had a decision to make. Bengal were all out for 210 in their first innings, falling short by 55 to save the follow-on. But by then,...
