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Ahmedabad, Mar 16: Cricketer Irfan Pathan met Chief Minister Narendra Modi in his chamber in the Assembly building Friday and invited him for the wedding of his elder brother and cricketer Yusuf Pathan in Mumbai on March 27. Yusuf is getting married to physiotherapist Afreen. She works in Vadodara while her parents live in Mumbai. Officials in CMO said Modi, who had so far avoided attending

New Delhi, Mar 16: Former India captain Sunil Gavaskar feels that Duncan Fletcher is lucky to have been handed an extension as no Indian coach would have been able to survive after losing 10 Test matches. "If he were an Indian, probably he would not have got an extension. If you look at the past, everytime an Indian coach didn't do well in a series, he was removed," he said. "During his (Fletcher

New Delhi, Mar 15: After a solid opening stand, Australia lost their way as they were reduced to 273/7 in their first innings at close of the second day play of the third Test at the PCA stadium in Mohali on Friday. At stumps, Steve Smith was batting at (58) along with Mitchell Starc (20). Ravindra Jadeja was the most successful bowler as he claimed three Australian batsmen while Ishant Sharma

Mohali, Mar 15: Australia won the toss and elected to bat in the third cricket Test against India here today. Australia have brought in Brad Haddin, Mitchell Starc, Steven Smith and Nathan Lyon in place of the injured Matthew Wade, suspended James Pattinson, Shane Watson and Glenn Maxwell. India made two changes to the playing XI, bringing in debutant Shikhar Dhawan and left-arm spinner Pragyan

New Delhi, Mar 15: Four Indian boxers have made it to the semifinals of the ASBC Asian Youth Boxing Championship in Subic bay, Philippines and assured themselves of as many bronze medals. Narender Berwal (+91kg) and Lalitha Prasad (49kg) were the latest ones to enter the last four with Amritpreet Singh (91kg) and Abhishek Beniwal (81kg) securing a semi-final berth earlier. Silver medallist at the

New Delhi, Mar 14: London Olympics bronze medallist Saina Nehwal regained her second place while Parupalli Kashyap continued his upward progress, earning two places to reach the seventh spot in the latest badminton world ranking today. Saina had lost a position to slip to the third spot last week but after a semifinal finish at the All England Championship, the Indian regained her place in the

Mohali, Mar 14: Elements had the final say as the first day of the third cricket Test between India and Australia here was called off without a ball being bowled, thanks to a heavy downpour that lashed the city since early morning. Play was officially called off at about 13.15 local time, even as a buoyant India's march to achieving their best-ever result in a Test series against Australia came to

Mohali, Mar 14: When the opposition is in total disarray, it's important to drive home the advantage and deliver the knockout punch. Team India, 2-0 up in the four-match series, will be looking to do just that as they take on Australia in the third Test that gets under way on Thursday. With the Aussies still busy managing the fallout from 'Home-workGate', the time is right for India to hit hard

In the driver's seat after two convincing wins, the stage is perfect for India to record their biggest-ever series win over a depleted Australia, who have been rocked by off-field controversies and dissensions, ahead of the third cricket Test starting here tomorrow. If the humiliating losses in Chennai and Hyderabad were not enough, the once mighty Australians were dealt a body blow with the

Fatehgarh Sahib/Chandigarh, Mar 12: Beijing Olympic bronze medalist Vijender Singh was questioned for five hours by the police at Panchkula Police Lines on Monday in connection with the recovery of 26 kg of heroin worth Rs 130 crore last week. Asked by a team comprising both Punjab and Haryana police for his hair and blood samples, Vijender refused saying he would find it humiliating. "I am not