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Asansol (WB), Nov 12: Army shooter Devendra Singh won two gold medals at the 23rd All India G V Mavalankar shooting championship here today. The 25-year-old shooter from Services earned individual medals in 50-metre free pistol event of both senior and junior sections. While scoring 269 points, he created a new meet record in his junior men 50-metre free pistol event, surpassing 266-point mark

Mumbai, Nov 12: Retiring India batting great Sachin Tendulkar has always lived under stress and pressure to fulfil the dreams of a billion Indians and his 24-year long international career is ending on a happy note, Ajit Tendulkar, elder brother of the legendary batsman, said today. Sachin will be retiring after playing his 200th Test, starting on Thursday here, and Ajit said it would be a

Kolkata, Nov 12: West Indies batting great Brian Lara said Sachin Tendulkar is to cricket what Michael Jordan is to basketball and Muhammad Ali to boxing and suggested that the Indian batsman should try scoring 400 in his last Test match. Lara is the only batsman in the history of the game to have scored 400 runs in a Test innings. In a talk show with former India captain Sourav Ganguly on Sunday

Mumbai, Nov 11: Woman shooter Heena Sidhu created history by becoming the first pistol exponent from India to win a gold medal at the ISSF World Cup finals in Munich, Germany. Heena won the gold medal yesterday by beating double Olympic Champion Guo Wenjun from China, world champion Arunovic Zorana from Serbia and multiple Olympic medallist Olena Kostevych of Ukraine in a stiff competition. The

London, Nov 11: Legendary Australian spinner Shane Warne has paid rich tribute to Sachin Tendulkar terming him the “best batsman” of his generation and said that there won’t be another player like the retiring Indian great in years to come. “Sachin Tendulkar was the best batsman of my generation and it will be a privilege to be in Mumbai this week to commentate on the first two days of his final

Mumbai, Nov 10: The struggling West Indies cricket team has been dealt a couple of injury blows in its ongoing tour of India with pacer Kemar Roach ruled out of the remainder of the trip and all-rounder Kieron Pollard rendered unavailable for the ODI series. Roach has been ruled out of the second and final Test along with the one-dayers due to a shoulder injury, while Pollard has been rested from

Mumbai, Nov 10: Mumbai Cricket Association chief Sharad Pawar has revealed that it was Sachin Tendulkar who batted for Mahendra Singh Dhoni as captain of the Indian team after Rahul Dravid expressed his desire to give up captaincy in 2007. "Sachin loves to lend a helping hand to fellow players, especially the juniors, and believes in team spirit. Humility is his middle name. He gave up captaincy

Kozhikode, Nov 10: Paying glowing tribute in their own way to master blaster Sachin Tendulkar who is retiring from cricket, around 2,000 students of a school in Palakkad district of Kerala donned Tendulkar masks during the one-hour long assembly. The ground at the BSS Gurukulam Higher Secondary at Alathur virtually turned into 'faces' of Tendulkar as the students, teachers and non-teaching staff

Abu Dabhi, Nov 9: Faced with an ICC inquiry for his alleged role into a dispute with India, Cricket South Africa Chief Executive Haroon Lorgat today said that he was "distressed" by the turn of events. Talking to reporters here after signing a MoU with Pakistan for a short tour to fill the gap created by the shortened Indian series, Lorgat said he was distressed on being asked to face a probe by

Kolkata, Nov 8: Right-arm pacer Mohammed Shami on Friday registering the second best figures for India on debut, taking nine for 118 in the first Test match against the West Indies in Kolkata. Shami played a crucial role in India’s win by an innings and 51 runs at the Eden Gardens, taking four for 71 in the first innings while grabbing five for 47 in the second. In the first innings, Shami rocked