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London, Jun 2: Australia must decide whether to unleash all of their 'fearsome foursome' of Josh Hazlewood, Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc and James Pattinson in their Champions Trophy opener against New Zealand tomorrow. Injuries have meant the quartet of fast bowlers have rarely all been fit at the same time and, even now, Australia may decide it's too much of a risk fielding all four in the same

Birmingham, Jun 2: As reports of the alleged rift between coach Anil Kumble and captain Virat Kohli continue to hog the headlines in India, BCCI acting secretary Amitabh Choudhary vehemently denied any issue between the two. Speaking to reporters as Team India trained hard at the compact practice facility at Edgbaston, Choudhary, sent along with M V Sridhar (General Manager-Cricket Operations

New Delhi, Jun 1: Legendary opener Virender Sehwag today became the most prominent name to apply for the Indian cricket team's chief coach's post, which would be technically vacant when Anil Kumble's term comes to an end after the Champions Trophy. While Kumble is an automatic entry into the process, the others in the fray are Australian Tom Moody and Englishman Richard Pybus. The two Indians

New Delhi, Jun 1: Historian Ramachandra Guha, appointed by the Supreme Court as one of the four administrators of BCCI, on Thursday informed the court that he had resigned from the post due to personal reasons. A vacation bench of Justices M M Shantanagoudar and Deepak Gupta was informed by Guha's counsel that he had tendered his resignation on May 28 to Vinod Rai, Chairman of the Committee of

New Delhi, Jun 1: As all teams are preparing in full swing for the upcoming ICC Champions Trophy, a rift between Indian skipper Virat Kohli and coach Anil Kumble has made plenty of headlines. While it was earlier reported that Kohli and other senior members of the team were unhappy with the legendary leggie's approach, as per a report in DNA, Kumble leaked a Whatsapp conversation with Kohli and

Colombo, May 31: Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) board may not recommend the extension of chief selector Sanath Jayasuriya's term, it is learnt here. According to the highly placed sources in Sri Lanka, Jayasuriya may resign after the Champions Trophy and if he does not, then the board is unlikely to extend his tenure. "Recently his private life video is leaked to the media and it is very bad public

Mumbai, May 31: India captain Virat Kohli, former skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni and stylish left-handed batsmen, Yuvraj Singh and Suresh Raina, have found places in this year's ESPN World Fame 100 list that made its debut last year. While Kohli is placed in the 13th spot and Dhoni in the 15th, Yuvraj and Raina have been ranked 90th and 95th respectively, said a media release here on Wednesday. The

London, May 31: A supremely assertive India today humiliated Bangladesh by 240 runs in a warm-up game and geared up for the ICC Champions Trophy in an emphatic fashion, sounding a warning for arch-rivals Pakistan. Playing in their second warm-up match, defending champions made short work of their sub-continental neighbour bowling them out for 84 in 23.5 overs at the Oval after piling up a

Miami, May 30: Golf superstar Tiger Woods was charged with driving under the influence by police in Florida on Monday, dealing a fresh blow to the former world number one as he struggles to resurrect his career. The 14-time major champion blamed his arrest on a reaction to a mixture of prescription medication he has been taking, insisting in an apology to fans that alcohol was not involved in the

London, May 30: Rohit Sharma will be back in his familiar opening position with an aim to get some quality batting practice when India take on Bangladesh in their final warm-up game before the Champions Trophy opener against Pakistan. After a convincing 45-run victory against New Zealand in a rain-curtailed opening warm-up match, Virat Kohli will pray that his batsmen get some more game time than