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Mumbai, Aug 5: Mumbai's D Y Patil Stadium is likely to host the opening match of the inaugural IPL-style football league that commences from January 18 next year. "The IMG-Reliance tournament starts from January 18 and would run till March 30, and the first match will be played in Mumbai. Most likely it will be in D Y Patil Stadium and a contract will be signed with them in the next few days," a

Monchengladbach, Aug 5: Indian girls created history by winning country's first ever bronze medal in the junior women hockey World Cup as they pipped England 3-2 on penalties, riding on striker Rani's dazzling show, here today. 18-year-old Rani scored India's only goal in the regulation time and then found the net twice in the penalty shoot-out to script India's memorable victory. India had

Dubai, Aug 4: Left-arm spinner Ravindra Jadeja on Sunday became the first Indian bowler to top the bowlers’ chart in the latest ICC ODI Player Rankings after former captain Anil Kumble claimed the pole position way back in 1996. Jadeja, who took five wickets in five matches during India’s recently-concluded ODI tour of Zimbabwe, has leapt four places to join West Indies’ off-spinner Sunil Narine

Bulawayo, Aug 4: India skipper Virat Kohli feels it was “unfortunate” that Parveez Rasool could not get a game during the just-concluded ODI series against Zimbabwe but insisted that the Jammu and Kashmir all-rounder just did not fit into the team’s bowling plans during the tour. “I’m not really bothered about what’s being said about people getting chances, because a lot of people who have played

Bijbehara (J&K), Aug 4; Though there is widespread anger and disappointment across the Valley over Kashmiri cricketer Parvez Rasool not getting to play even a single game in the ongoing cricket series in Zimbabwe, the cricketer’s family, who live in South Kashmir’s Bijbehara town, was calm and composed. “Obviously, we are upset,” the 25-year-old cricketer’s father, Ghulam Rasool, said . “But we

Bangalore, Aug 3: Former captain Sourav Ganguly may have showed a "lack of respect" by turning up late for toss when India locked horns with Australia during the historic 2001 Test series, feels Steve Waugh who was a leading a bunch of extraordinarily talented Aussies in that rubber. "The fact that he turned up late every game -- it was his choice. I just thought it showed a lack of respect for

New Delhi, Aug 2: N Srinivasan’s desperate bid to return as BCCI president was thwarted with the under-fire Board deciding to call off its Working Committee meeting in New Delhi on Friday fearing legal trouble after the Bombay High Court declared its IPL spot-fixing probe “illegal and unconstitutional”. Jagmohan Dalmiya, who was named the interim chief after Srinivasan had stepped aside pending an

Brisbane, Aug 2: In cricket lingo, it’s called the ‘howler’ a shocking umpiring decision that cannot be explained and usually provokes waves of criticism from one side. It takes a really bad howler to unite critics from England and Australia, particularly when it involves Ashes contests that have featured plenty of controversy across about 130 years. Usman Khawaja, if you note the reaction in

Bulawayo, Aug 2: After hammering minnows Zimbabwe yet again, India skipper Virat Kohli now has his eyes trained on a 5-0 clean sweep of the hosts in the ODI series. India today spanked Zimbabwe by nine wickets for a 4-0 lead in the five-match series. "Definitely (that's the aim). We want to end on a high and go home with smile on face. We want to finish the series properly and if we execute things

New Delhi, Aug 1: A city court on Wednesday issued notices to Rajasthan Royals' players Santhakumran Sreesanth, Ankeet Chavan and 19 others accused in the alleged spot-fixing of IPL matches following an application for cancellation of their bail. It also extended the judicial custody of Rajasthan Royals spinner Ajit Chandila, Baburao Yadav and six others. This was following the chargesheet filed