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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

Greater Noida, Oct 25: Sachin Tendulkar will not be seen at this year’s Indian Grand Prix but Sahara Force India would nonetheless pay tribute to the retiring cricket icon by having one of his oft-used nicknames adorn its cars’ nose section come Sunday. “Sahara Force India pays tribute to cricketing legend Sachin Tendulkar via a hashtag: #masterblaster which has been placed on the nose section of

New Delhi, Oct 25: Sachin Tendulkar was the only Indian in the Wisden all-time Test XI announced on Wednesday. Apart from Tendulkar, former Pakistan speedster Wasim Akram is the only player from the sub-continent to find a place in the XI announced to mark 150 years of the the Cricketers' Almanack. The all-time XI was dominated by English players. As many as four English players found a spot in

Oct 24: India’s Supreme Court agreed on Thursday to hear a petition seeking the cancellation of this weekend’s Indian Grand Prix because organisers have allegedly not paid entertainment taxes for the 2012 event. “We will hear the petition tomorrow,” Chief Justice P. Sathasivam said in court, announcing a new legal snag for Formula One in India which has been dogged by problems since the inaugural

Ranchi, Oct 24: The fourth ODI between India and Australia was today called off because of rains at the JSCA Stadium here. Chasing 296, India were 27 for no loss in 4.1 overs in when heavens opened up for the second time during the match. The match was stopped at 6.18 pm because of light drizzle which later intensified to frustrate both the teams. There was some hope in the middle as the rain had