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New Delhi, Mar 13: Riding on her stupendous performance at the prestigious All England Championship, India's ace shuttler Saina Nehwal on Thursday regained the world number two spot again in the latest rankings released by the Badminton World Federation. "I am happy to regain my position as number two in the world ranking. After All England, I knew I will become the number two this week. I will

Adelaide, Mar 13: Pakistan’s young middle-order batsman Umar Akmal reckons it is unfair to compare him with India’s Virat Kohli, noting both bat at different positions. “It is always my effort to deliver 100 per cent for the team and Pakistan but I know people compare me to Kohli which is not right because he bats higher up the order,” Umar told Pakistani reporters in Adelaide on Thursday

Bengaluru, Mar 12: Karun Nair scored a record breaking 328 to put Karnataka in the driver's seat as the defending champions reached a massive 747/9 against Tamil Nadu on day four of the Ranji Trophy final at the Wankhede stadium. He became the second batsman to score a triple century in the Ranji Trophy final after a gap of 68 years beating a record set by Baroda's Gul Mohammed. The 23-year-old

Bengaluru, Mar 11: Karun Nair scored a record breaking 328 to put Karnataka in the driver's seat as the defending champions reached a massive 747/9 against Tamil Nadu on day four of the Ranji Trophy final at the Wankhede stadium. He became the second batsman to score a triple century in the Ranji Trophy final after a gap of 68 years beating a record set by Baroda's Gul Mohammed. The 23-year-old

New Delhi, Mar 10: India’s cricketers have been asked not to give autographs to fans during matches because of fears they will pass on illegal information to bookmakers, a newspaper report said on Monday. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is under pressure to crack down on corruption following a series of betting and fixing scandals that rocked its Indian Premier League (IPL)

New Delhi, Mar 9: Former IPL commissioner Lalit Modi was on Monday removed from the post of Rajasthan Cricket Association president as the members of the association passed a no-confidence motion against him and his office-bearers at the Extraordinary General Meeting. With the 17 out of 18 members casting their votes against Modi, Amin Pathan is all set to take charge as the new chief. While the

Birmingham, Mar 9: After her dreams of winning All England badminton championship ended in agony with a defeat in the final, a crestfallen Saina Nehwal on Sunday said it was her lack of focus and nervousness which led to her loss. Olympic bronze medallist Saina today let go of a huge opportunity to script history as she squandered an opening game lead to go down 21-16 14-21 7-21 to the reigning

Mumbai, Mar 8: Skipper Vinay Kumar took five for 34 as defending champions Karnataka skittled out Tamil Nadu for 134 on the opening day of the Ranji Trophy cricket tournament final, which saw 14 wickets tumble at the Wankhede stadium here today. The holders wrapped up the Tamil Nadu first-innings in 62.4 overs, just 28 minutes after the tea session. At stumps, Karnataka were struggling at 45 for

Birmingham, Mar 6: Indian women's doubles pair of Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa today crashed out of the All England Badminton Championships as they suffered straight-game defeat at the hands of top seeded Chinese duo of Tian Qing and Zhao Yunlei in the second round here. Gutta and Ponnappa lost 10-21 13-21 to their formidable Chinese opponents in a 36-minute second round contest. The Indians

Birmingham, Mar 5: Saina Nehwal and women's doubles pair of Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa entered the second round, while male shuttlers Kidambi Srikanth and Parupalli Kashyap lost in the opening round of the All-England Open Badminton Championships at the Barclaycard Arena here on Wednesday. World No.3 Saina registered a comfortable 21-8, 21-12 victory in 38 minutes over qualifier and World No