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Port of Spain (Trinidad), Jan 31: Just weeks after being dropped from the West Indies' World Cup squad, a 'disillusioned' Dwayne Bravo has announced his retirement from Test cricket. The all-rounder, who has not played Tests since December 2010, was axed from the West Indies one-day side for the tour of South Africa and the World Cup but the 31-year-old player still wants to continue playing the

Perth, Jan 31: India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni insisted on Friday his team will be primed for their upcoming World Cup title defence, despite ending a miserable tour of Australia without a win. India bowed out of the one-day international tri-series with another poor batting effort, which condemned them to defeat in their clash with England at the WACA Ground in Perth. Sent in to bat, India

Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 30: Star Indian boxer Vijender Singh has pulled out of the 35th National Games starting from January 31 after failing to recover from a nagging nose injury. “I have not been able to recover from the nose injury which had forced me out of the Asian Games November last. It flared up again while I was training some days back,” Vijender said. The former Olympic bronze-medallist

Perth, Jan 30: India were today knocked out of the tri-series cricket tournament after yet another spineless display as England recovered from a top-order collapse to record a three-wicket victory and secure a place in the final here. In a do-or-die game, India's batsmen let the team down badly as they frittered away a good start to be bundled out for 200 in 48.1 overs, losing as many as nine

Dubai, Jan 29: Replicating the arrangements of the last edition of the cricket World Cup in 2011, the ICC Board reinstated the use of a 'Super Over' in the event of a tie in the final of the 50-over showpiece event. Holding its first meeting of the year at the ICC headquarters yesterday, the board, chaired by N Srinivasan and presided by Mustafa Kamal among all the full-member and associate

Mumbai, Jan 29: Former India captain Rahul Dravid on Wednesday said that the upcoming World Cup is going to be a challenge for the Mahendra Singh Dhoni-led team, which should hope for the Australian and New Zealand wickets to remain slow and supportive of spin. "It's going to be a challenge, it is not easy. You are playing in very different conditions," Dravid told reporters here. It was a bit

Melbourne, Jan 28: American teenager Madison Keys overcame a left thigh injury to beat Venus Williams 6-3, 4-6, 6-4 at the Australian Open on Wednesday, ensuring there would be no Williams sisters semifinal. The 19-year-old Keys will play either Serena Williams or last year’s finalist, Dominika Cibulkova, in Thursday’s semifinal. The Williams sisters last met in a Grand Slam match at Wimbledon in

Jan 27: Pakistan team management says cricketer Haris Sohail was left "visibly shaken" after a ghostly encounter in a Christchurch hotel room. Sohail fled what he believed was "a supernatural presence" that shook his bed at the Rydges Latimer hotel, taking refuge in the room of a team coach after the encounter earlier this week. Team manager Maveed Akram Cheeva said Tuesday Sohail, 26, phoned a

New Delhi, Jan 27: Surprised at being selected for the Padma Shri, Indian women's cricket team captain Mithali Raj says she was not expecting the prestigious honour with some men's team superstars also in the race. "Honestly when I was pitted against Virat Kohli, I gave up because when you compare us with men's cricket then we think that we may not get it. So I was not expecting it, but it came as

Sydney, Jan 26: Rain halted the ODI tri-series clash between India and Australia with the former 69 for two in 16 overs at the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) here Monday. Rain had earlier delayed the toss due to which the match had to be curtailed to 44 overs each. Opener Ajinkya Rahane (28) and Virat Kohli (3) were the two unbeaten batsmen at the crease. Shikhar Dhawan (8) and Ambati Rayudu (23)