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Chennai, Feb 16: Dropped from the national Test squad, opening batsman Gautam Gambhir sent a strong message to the selectors with a fine 112 for India A on the first day of the three-day cricket match against Australians at the Guru Nanak College Ground here Saturday. At the close of play, India A were 338/4 having played the day's quota of 90 overs. Electing to bat first, skipper Gambhir and

Moscow, Feb 16: The head of the international wrestling federation Raphael Martinetti has been fired after receiving a vote of no-confidence in the wake of the sport's exclusion from the group of core Olympic disciplines, a Russian official said on Saturday. FILA chief Martinetti had come under fire for failing to do enough to promote wrestling inside the International Olympic Committee (IOC), and

Mumbai, Feb 16: Five-time champions Australia will walk in with the twin aims of revenge and title triumph when they take on a spirited West Indies, a team which has punched above its weight all through, in the summit clash of the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup in Mumbai on Sunday. Australia was undefeated in the series until the West Indies beat them by eight runs in their last Super Six match

Chennai, Feb 15: Axed from the Test team after a prolonged form slump, India 'A' skipper Gautam Gambhir will have a point to prove when he leads out the side in a three-day warm-up cricket match against the Australians starting here tomorrow. The left-handed opener, who hasn't scored a Test century for three years now, was dropped from the squad for the four-Test series against Australia starting

Mumbai, Feb 15: Seven and half hours of concentration, 359 deliveries, 65 boundaries, 16 sixes and loads of determination culminated into a record-breaking 473 for Rizvi Springfield's 14-year-old superbat Arman Jaffer. The non-descript Matunga Gymkhana, venue of the Harris Shield final between Rizvi and IES VN Sule, buzzed with excitement on Thursday as Arman sailed from one century to the next

At a time when the media, especially the electronic one, reports the bad news 24x7, no news is good news, and the media focuses on the likes of some political leaders who practice alienation while preaching inclusiveness. Relegated to the back pages of the morning newspapers are reports like the one that tells us that the Board President's XI bundled the touring Australian men's team out for 241

New Delhi, Feb 13: Pankaj Advani today created history by becoming the first Indian cueist ever to reach the pre-quarterfinals of the BetVictor Welsh Open Pro Snooker Series, defeating former world champion, England's Shaun Murphy, 4-3 at Newport, Wales. Eight-time world champion Advani, the only active player to compete at the highest level in both billiards and snooker concurrently in the same

Madrid, Feb 13: Real Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo faces former club Manchester United for the first time in a mouth-watering Champions League last-16 first leg at the Bernabeu on Wednesday dripping in history and intrigue. The world’s most expensive player has won over the Bernabeu faithful with some breathtaking performances and will have the perfect opportunity to showcase his talents

Lausanne (Switzerland), Feb 12: An official familiar with the decision says International Olympic Committee leaders have dropped wrestling from the program for the 2020 Olympics. In a surprise decision on Tuesday, the official tells The Associated Press that the IOC executive board decided to retain modern pentathlon and remove wrestling instead. The official spoke to the AP on condition of

Chennai, Feb 12: Australian opener Ed Cowan, middle-order batsman Usman Khawaja and IPL’s million-dollar man Glenn Maxwell will be eyeing to get some batting practice in their first two-day warm-up match against the Board President’s XI, here on Tuesday. In the absence of regular skipper Michael Clarke and his deputy Shane Watson, who will be arriving in the next couple of days, wicketkeeper