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Mumbai, Dec 31: All-rounder Yuvraj Singh was today axed from India's ODI squad owing to his poor performance in South Africa even as rookies such as Ishwar Pandey and Stuart Binny got their maiden call-ups for India's tour of New Zealand starting with a one-day series from January 19. Yuvraj, who got out to a second-ball duck the only time he came out to bat in the lost three-match ODI series

Durban, Dec 31: They didn’t use any sobriquets. But they made a telling statement by donning jerseys, the back of which read: ‘THE ONLY PLAYER TO SCORE 10,000 RUNS AND TAKE 200 WICKETS IN TEST CRICKET’. Enough said. Then, they gave him a lap of honour — partly on the shoulders of Graeme Smith and Morne Morkel, largely on foot. A jolly good fan even offered him a can of beer. He took a big gulp

Paris, Dec 30: Seven-time Formula One champion Michael Schumacher was in critical condition after undergoing brain surgery following a skiing accident in the French Alps on Sunday, doctors said. The Grenoble University Hospital Center said the retired racing driver arrived at the clinic in a coma and underwent immediate surgery for a serious head trauma. It was not clear whether the 44-year-old

Durban, Dec 29: South African all-rounder Jacques Kallis on Sunday surpassed Rahul Dravid as the third highest run-getter in Test cricket after a 115-run knock against India in his farewell match in Durban. Kallis, who would be retiring from Tests at the end of the match, now has 13,289 runs in the longest format. That tally is one run more than Dravid, who retired last year after playing 164

Abu Dhabi/United Arab Emirates, Dec 29: Novak Djokovic maintained his unbeaten record in Abu Dhabi by beating David Ferrer 7-5, 6-2 Saturday to win his third straight World Tennis Championship title. Djokovic, who finished the year with a 24-match winning streak on the ATP tour since losing the US Open final to Rafael Nadal, needed just 82 minutes to dispatch the third-ranked Ferrer in the final

Durban, Dec 28: Retiring South African all-rounder Jacques Kallis was given a guard of honour by the Indian players as he walked out to bat in the second and final Test at Kingsmead on Saturday. Kallis, who will retire from Test cricket after this game, walked out to bat to a rousing welcome from the Durban crowd at the fall of the second South African wicket. Indian players, led by skipper

Chennai, Dec 28: Faced with the tricky issue of how to deal with the possible re-entry of banned former IPL Commissioner Lalit Modi into Rajasthan Cricket Association, the BCCI today decided to become a party in the Supreme Court case challenging the RCA polls and get its position clarified. The decision to "intervene" in the Special Leave Petition filed in the Supreme Court, was taken in an

Durban, Dec 27: The light kept falling as M Vijay continued to shine. The Chennai opener has been under a bit of pressure of late, but his unbeaten innings of 91 might just act as the perfect breather. As he closed in on his first overseas century, umpires Rod Tucker and Steve Davis said that the pace bowlers couldn't operate in such fading light. The South African skipper Graeme Smith didn't need

Durban, Dec 26: It turned out to be an emotional 12 months for test cricket as South Africa's Indefatigable warhorse Jacques Kallis quit the format, having cemented his place as statistically the greatest all-rounder ever and a modern great of the game. Australian Ricky Ponting bowed out at Perth late last year while India plunged into deep depression when Sachin Tendulkar walked into the sunset

Durban, Dec 25: After sharing the honours in a thrilling draw, India and South Africa will renew their exciting battle for supremacy in the series-deciding second and final Test which promises to be another epic encounter starting on Thursday. The opening Test between the number one (South Africa) and number two (India) turned out to be the most perfect advertisement for Test cricket giving five