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Lahli (Haryana), Oct 29: Sachin Tendulkar warmed up for his farewell series against the West Indies next month with a gritty unbeaten half-century to keep Mumbai`s chances alive in their Ranji Trophy match against a spirited Haryana here on Tuesday. Featuring in his last Ranji Trophy innings, Tendulkar played the lone-ranger as he remained not out on a patient 55 at stumps on the third day, with

Mumbai, Oct 29: Former Indian cricket team captain Dilip Vengsarkar on Monday made a startling revelation that in 1986 underworld don Dawood Ibrahim had walked into the team’s dressing room and offered the players gifts of cars if they beat Pakistan in the final of the Sharjah tournament the next day. ‘Big businessman’ Mr. Vengsarkar claimed that Dawood, introduced to the players as a big

New Delhi, Oct 29: Holding that it was playing "hide and seek" and cannot be trusted any more, the Supreme Court on Monday directed the Sahara group to hand over title deeds of its properties worth Rs 20,000 crore to SEBI and restrained its chief Subrata Roy from leaving the country without its permission. Making it clear that there is no "escape" from depositing the investors' money with the

New Delhi, Oct 28: He is known to be composure personified even under immense pressure and Viswanathan Anand, who is gearing up to defend his world title next month, gave ample proof of it in the 2008 edition against Vladimir Kramnik when he outwitted the celebrated Russian to clinch his third World Championship. Although he had won two world titles in knockout and tournament formats, Anand still

Sydney, Oct 28: Australian captain Michael Clarke is in line to make his comeback from injury to lead New South Wales in their Sheffield Shield match against Tasmania this week, team officials said today. Clarke's availability for Wednesday's Shield game will be subject to a fitness review over a back injury, a spokesman said. The star batsman was ruled out of Australia's one-day tour of India

Greater Noida, Oct 28: Greater Noida: Taking a giant step towards becoming a modern-time great, Sebastian Vettel cruised into the history books by winning his fourth consecutive Formula One world title as he conquered the Indian Grand Prix for the third time in a row, here on Sunday. Changing his tyres strategy after only two laps on softs from pole position, Vettel switched to mediums and drove

Lahli, Oct 27: Haryana's Mohit Sharma clean bowled Sachin Tendulkar for 5 runs as the master failed in the first innings for Mumbai in their Ranji Trophy clash on Sunday. Sharma pitched a good length delivery on the off-stump and the extra bounce did the trick as it nipped back in a bit with good amount of bounce. Tendulkar leaned forward to defend but the ball brushed off his elbow and then hit

Mumbai, Oct 27: Get hold of a ticket (or a complimentary pass!) to Sachin Tendulkar’s 200th and final Test at the Wankhede next month, and you will receive a free copy of The Journey of Tendulkar to Centurykar, a 125-page compilation of the batting legend’s 100 international hundreds. Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) president Sharad Pawar recently announced that a Nagpur-based publishing was keen

Chennai, Oct 26: The BCCI has terminated the contract of the Indian Premier League team Pune Warriors for non-payment of franchise fee. Owned by the Sahara Group, the Pune Warriors have been on collision course with the BCCI after the Board encashed its bank guarantee due to non-payment of the franchise fee. The Sahara group announced its pull-out from the IPL after that, though it is yet to be

Nagpur, Oct 26: Sachin Tendulkar may have given sleepless nights to many bowlers over the years but not many bowlers have robbed him off his sleep. Former India pacer Prashant Vaidya, however, is one of those who kept the little master up all night on one occasion. India was playing a triangular in Singapore just after the 1996 World Cup and the pacer from Nagpur was part of the squad. "It was for