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Brisbane, Jan 18: Nuwan Kulasekara claimed five wickets to rip through Australia’s top order and help Sri Lanka dismiss the hosts for a humiliating 74 in the third limited—overs international on Friday. Australia, boasting the return of regular captain Michael Clarke, and test stars David Warner and Matthew Wade, crumbled in the face of Kulasekara (5—22) after winning the toss and electing to bat

London, Jan 18: Lance Armstrong has been stripped of his 2000 Olympic Games cycling time trial bronze medal by the International Olympic Committee, continuing his spectacular fall from grace after a doping storm. “We have written asking for the return of the medal from the Sydney 2000 Games,” an IOC official told Reuters on Thursday after the decision to take away the last major title won by the

Kochi, Jan 17: You cannot but marvel at MS Dhoni's resourcefulness and mind control. Despite being under immense pressure as captain, player and strategist of Team India, with his unit going through a horror run over the last one and a half years, Dhoni's batting in recent one-day Internationals has once again established his phenomenal prowess in this format. One can question his leadership, his

Melbourne, Jan 16: Somdev Devvarman gave a mighty scare to world number 26 Jerzy Janowicz before fizzling out while Sania Mirza and her American player Bethanie Mattek-Sands suffered a shock first round exit at the Australian Open here today. Somdev was well on course to record his best performance at the Grand Slams but frittered away a two-set lead to go down 7-6(10) 6-3 1-6 0-6 5-7 against 24th

New York, Jan 16: In an interview with Oprah Winfrey that is scheduled for broadcast on her network on Thursday, Lance Armstrong confessed that he used performance-enhancing drugs during his cycling career, according to two people briefed on the interview, which was recorded on Monday in Austin, Texas. It is unclear, though, how forthcoming Armstrong was about his doping programme, which the US

Kochi: India’s wins these days have been as rare as Kochi hosting an international match but when the two coincided, it was bound to create a ripple that would have measured 7.0 on the Richter scale. In front of an unbelievably noisy crowd, that were said to be around 70,000 with the top tier too opened up for the public, India discovered multiple heroes to find their way back into the five-match

New Delhi, Jan 15: Indian captain MS Dhoni won the toss and chose to bat against England in the second one-day international at Nehru Stadium in Kochi on Tuesday. India have replaced Ashok Dinda with Shami Ahmed, while England have brought in Chris Woakes in place of an unfit Tim Bresnan. Any slip-up in this match would mean that India would be 0-2 down in the five-match series and winning the

Kochi, Jan 14: Tickets worth Rs 1.2 crore have already been sold ahead of the second ODI, to be held here on Wednesday, a top official Kerala Cricket Association official said here on Sunday. "Tickets worth Rs 1.2 crore have been sold till today for the second ODI between India and England on January 15, which is a very encouraging response," KCA secretary T C Mathew said. He said online ticket

Kochi, Jan 14: Until recently, England’s reputation as travellers to the sub-continent wasn’t so flattering, especially so in India. England hadn’t won a Test series in India for 28 years and they had gone without a victory in the last 11 ODIs. Their solitary success, in fact, in the last 16 matches had come way back in 2005 in Jamshedpur. Even after finishing the home series against India with an

Mumbai, Jan 13: Former Indian test cricketer Rusi Framroze Surti died here today in a local hospital following a brief illness. The Australia-based cricketer, who was on a holiday here, died at the Jaslok hospital where he had been admitted a few days ago following a 'stroke', according to his former Test and Gujarat teammate Nari Contractor. "The stroke affected his brain and he died today. His