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Mumbai, Nov 29: Recently-retired batting legend Sachin Tendulkar today became UNICEF's first brand ambassador for South Asia and is all set to work in promoting hygiene and sanitation in the region. "Thanks for allowing me to start this wonderful second innings of my life. I'm looking forward to being an ambassador for Unicef and serve to the best of my ability. This is an innings that is really

New Delhi, Nov 27: Shikhar Dhawan blasted his way to career-best 119 to help India register a convincing five wickets victory in the third and last ODI at Green Park Stadium in Kanpur. Dhawan hammered twenty fours during his match-winning 95-ball knock to guide India to 2-1 series victory over the Caribbean side. Dhawan slammed his fifth ODI century and Yuvraj Singh hit his 51st ODI fifty to lead

New Delhi, Nov 27: Indian captain MS Dhoni won the toss and chose to bowl against the West Indies in the series deciding third ODI at the Green Park in Kanpur on Wednesday. Both India and the West Indies are unchanged from the last match. It will be two-paced wicket and the colour of the pitch is changing since morning. First few overs it will be tough but as the day progresses, it will be good

Kanpur, Nov 26: Unfavourable bowling conditions had pegged them back in the last match but India will look to assert their supremacy and clinch the series against the West Indies when the two teams clash in the decisive third One-day International, here tomorrow. India have been a dominant force in this contest since West Indies' arrival to the country but the hosts suffered a surprise two-wicket

Visakhapatnam, Nov 26: Yuvraj Singh is struggling a wee bit and seems to be a pale shadow of his older self. The southpaw has not been among runs in the ODI series against Australia and the West Indies and that has cast doubts about his ability to hold a place in the Indian team for long. However, skipper MS Dhoni feels that it's only a matter of time before the strapping batsman hits form. Dhoni

Vadodara, Nov 25: Veteran pacer Zaheer Khan made a comeback to India's Test side after close to a year but opener Gautam Gambhir was ignored as the selectors on Monday announced the squads for the Test and ODI tour of South Africa starting December 5. The 35-year-old Zaheer, who had been battling fitness issues and was even dropped from the BCCI's list of contracted players, was chosen in the 17

Visakhapatnam, Nov 25: West Indies defeated India by two wickets in the second cricket one-dayer to level the series 1-1, in Visakhapatnam on Sunday. Earlier, Virat Kohli missed out on a hundred by just one run before skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni's fiery knock propelled India to a challenging 288 for seven. Electing to bowl, unsure of how the wicket would behave after two days of incessant rains

Visakhapatnam, Nov 24: A dominant India would look to seal the one-day series by taking an unassailable 2-0 lead against a struggling West Indies, who are proving to be a complete mismatch to the World champions, as the two teams square off in the second match here on Sunday. After a listless performance in the Test series, losing explosive opener Chris Gayle to an injury has added to the woes and

Chennai, Nov 23: Norwegian prodigy Magnus Carlsen claimed the world chess title on Friday in emphatic style, dethroning India’s Viswanathan Anand after a one-sided series and becoming the first Western champion since 1975. The 22-year-old, the current world number one, won three games and forced a seventh draw on Friday to achieve the victory mark of 6.5 points in Anand’s home city of Chennai

Brisbane, Nov 23: Australia shattered England’s batting with six wickets for nine runs in a stunning mid-afternoon spell before dismissing the tourists for 136 and taking a lead of 224 on day two of the first Ashes Test on Friday. Opening batsmen David Warner (45 not out) and Chris Rogers (15) backed up the bowlers and solidified Australia’s position by batting out a gloomy final session to put