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Kolkata, Dec 14: Former Indian cricket captain Sourav Ganguly has been offered a ticket to contest the general elections next year by the BJP but is undecided on whether to accept the offer. It is learnt that the offer has come from the BJP's prime ministerial candidate, Narendra Modi, who has promised to make the Bengal sports icon the sports minister in the Cabinet if the party comes to power.

Dubai, Dec 14: Rising Test batsman Cheteshwar Pujara bagged the 'Emerging Cricketer of the Year' trophy as India had to be content with just two winners in the ICC Annual awards announced today in which Australian captain Michael Clarke clinched the top honours. "Australia captain Michael Clarke was today announced as the winner of the Sir Garfield Sobers trophy for ICC Cricketer of the Year and

Nashik, Dec 13: There will be no cheerleaders in the upcoming edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) in the wake of spot-fixing scandal, which rocked the sixth edition of the cash-rich tournament, BCCI vice-president Ravi Savant said. (Also read: 'Joker's card' a new concept in IPL auction) The seventh edition of the IPL is scheduled in April-May next year. "There will be no cheer girls in the

London, Dec 13: Former world champion Viswanathan Anand outclassed Frenchman Andrei Istratescu to jump to sole lead at the halfway stage of the preliminaries of the London Chess Classic in progress here at the Olympia. On what turned out to be another fine day as black, Anand came up with some brilliant planning, sacrificed an exchange and romped home without much ado to almost seal a place in the

Centurion, Dec 13: India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni is hopeful his squad will learn from their defeat against South Africa in the just-concluded One-day series in time for the first of two Test matches at the Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg on December 18. The Indians lost the ODI series 2-0 after rain prevented the tourists batting in the third match on Wednesday which was subsequently

Dubai, Dec 12: Star batsman Virat Kohli lost his top position to AB de Villiers while most of his teammates, barring skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni, also slipped in the latest ICC one-day rankings issued on Thursday after the 0-2 series loss to South Africa. India, in fact, dropped two ratings points but held on to the top spot with 120 ratings points despite the 0-2 loss in the three-match series

New Delhi, Dec 12: Former India pace bowler S. Sreesanth tied the knot with a girl from the Jaipur royal family at the famed Guruvayoor Sree Krishna temple in Kerala on Thursday morning. Sreesanth started his new innings in his tumultuous life on Thursday morning as he ties knot with the Jaipur princess Bhuveneshwari aka Nayan from the royal Shikhavat family. The marriage took place at Guruvayoor

Centurion, Dec 12: Quinton de Kock notched up his third successive hundred while his captain A B de Villiers also struck a century as South Africa wriggled out of a tight spot to post an imposing 301 for 8 in their third and final cricket one-dayer against India here today. Opening batsman de Kock smashed nine fours and two sixes for his 101 off 120 balls to become the third South African and

Wellington, Dec 11: Manager of the West Indies cricket team Richie Richardson says the regional side has lost its warrior spirit and the desire to be the best in the world. "As soon as you get on the [bus] you need to be ready. The opposition needs to know you're serious and ready for business," CMC quoted Richardson saying in an interview with New Zealand website, stuff.co.nz. "You put on your

New Delhi, Dec 8: Former Pakistan captain Imran Khan on Saturday said recently-retired Indian batting icon Sachin Tendulkar was lucky to have never faced the ferocious West Indies pace attack of '70 and '80s. While delivering a lecture on leadership at an All India Management Association function here, Imran said facing the likes of Andy Roberts, Michael Holding, Joel Garner, Malcolm Marshall and