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Hyderabad, Mar 4: Cheteshwar Pujara scored his second double hundred and shared a record partnership with Murali Vijay as India took a huge 266-run first innings lead against Australia on the third day of the second cricket Test on Monday. Despite failure of the other middle-order batsmen, India scored a commendable 503 in their first innings and the tea break was taken after the fall of last

Hyderabad, Mar 3: Murali Vijay (129*) and Cheteshwar Pujara (162*) wrote their names into the record books with an unbroken partnership of 294 for the second wicket which all but shoved Australia out of the second Test and drove India to a lead of 74 at stumps. While Australia's two frontline fast bowlers bowled fine spells in the morning, it was the spinners who let them down: Xavier Doherty and

Colombo, Mar 3: Sri Lanka's upcoming Test series against Bangladesh was thrown into disarray after the country's cricketers refused to sign central contracts due to a pay dispute despite an extended deadline that ended today. Sports Minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage said not a single player responded to today's 9 am local time deadline to enter into fresh contracts with the SLC. The players, 60 of

New Delhi, Mar 2: Openers Virender Sehwag and Murali Vijay safely negotiated the three overs as India reached 5/0 at close after Australia declared their innings at 237/9 towards the fag end of the first day of the second Test in Hyderabad on Saturday. India trail Australia by 232 runs with Sehwag and Vijay batting at 4 and 0 respectively. Earlier in the day, Harbhajan Singh and Ravindra Jadeja

Hyderabad, Mar 2: Putting all speculations to rest about his alleged strained relationship with Mahendra Singh Dhoni, former India batsman VVS Laxman on Friday said that the Jharkhand dasher is the best person to lead the Indian team. "Dhoni is a fantastic player and I believe he is the best person to lead the Indian team," Laxman said at the launch of a book 'Talking Cricket'. Laxman also sought

Hyderabad, Mar 1: Australian skipper Michael Clarke on Friday reckoned that spin will "again play a big role" in the second Test against India but was non-committal on whether he would go with an extra spinner or a fast bowler. He felt the 22-yard strip at the Uppal Stadium was pretty "similar" to the one at Chepauk, where they were thrashed by eight wickets. "There are a lot of similarities to

New Delhi, Mar 1: A hike of Rs 214 crore was allocated to the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports with Finance Minister P Chidambaram earmarking Rs 1219 crore for it in the 2013-14 budget presented in Parliament on Thursday. Chidambaram allocated Rs 1093 crore as plan outlay while Rs 126 crore was set aside for non-plan. Last year, the Ministry was allocated a total of Rs 1152 crore but it was

New Delhi, Feb 28: Senior batsman Sachin Tendulkar says he would have "gladly traded" his knock of 175 against Australia in 2009 for an Indian victory even though he "certainly" rates it as one of the very best in his glorious ODI career. Chasing 351 runs in the fifth of the seven-match ODI series at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad, Tendulkar fell awfully close to pulling off

Paris, Feb 28: David Beckham showed his aging legs can still last the pace and Zlatan Ibrahimovic continued his prolific scoring as the two stars helped Paris Saint-Germain beat bitter rival Marseille 2-0 to reach the French Cup quarterfinals on Wednesday. Beckham had played a 15-minute cameo from the bench in last Sunday's 2-0 win against Marseille in the league, helping to set up the second goal

Dubai, Feb 28: India moved up a rung to fourth in the ICC Test rankings for teams replacing Pakistan, while veteran Sachin Tendulkar jumped three places to be 17th in the batsmen's chart announced here today. Among the bowlers, off-spinner R Ashwin was rewarded for his match haul of 12 for 198 in the first Test as he rose to a career-best 11th. India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni charged up 15