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Bangalore, December 8: Pakistan blind cricket team captain Zeeshan Abbasi was reportedly made to drink a glass of acid during breakfast her on Saturday. He was immediately rushed to a hospital and his condition is said to be stable. The captain, who is leading national blind side in Twenty-20 World Cup Cricket Tournament for the blind at Bangalore, was reportedly made to drink the hazardous liquid

Jaipur, December 8: On Tuesday, the IOC executive board took an extreme step by suspending the Indian Olympic Association. The IOC made it clear that any activities of the IOA will not be recognized by the world body. However, the IOA went ahead with its elections on the next day. In an exclusive interview with TOI, Pere Miro, director of NOC relations at the IOC, says that the body was forced to

Mumbai, December 7: Veteran Eden Gardens curator Prabir Mukherjee is in trouble with the Cricket Board over his outburst in the media prior to the commencement of the ongoing third Test between India and England in Kolkata on December 5. BCCI vice president Niranjan Shah on Friday hit out at Mukherjee for what he called a breach of the Board's "code of conduct" and said the curator cannot escape

New Delhi, December 7: After the shock suspension of the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), the International Amateur Boxing Association (AIBA) handed over a provisional suspension to the Indian Amateur Boxing Federation (IABF) on Thursday. The IABF was formerly led by Abhay Singh Chautala, who was also elected as the president of the Indian Olympic

England's ascendancy after two days of play in the Eden Gardens Test has served up a timely reminder of some deep-rooted problems in Indian cricket. There are worrying signs that the team may not be so much in transition as in precipitous decline. Judging by the poor batting performance on a flat Eden surface and the sub-par bowling, the defeat on a rank turner in the last Test in Mumbai does not

Kolkata, December 6: Skipper Alastair Cook created history by cracking his 23rd Test century, the most by an Englishman, and his third consecutive one in the series as England took complete control of the third cricket Test against a listless India here today. Cook remained unbeaten on a brilliant 136 to lay the platform for a mammoth first innings total as the visitors cruised to a comfortable

Melbourne, December 6: India turned a leaf in their hockey history to enter the semi-finals of the men's Champions Trophy on their return to the tournament after a gap of six years. They beat Belgium in a 1-0 cliffhanger to book a meeting with either Australia or England. The win earned India their first shot at a Champions Trophy medal in 30 years, with their last medal - a bronze - coming in

The cheers that accompanied Sachin Tendulkar as he made his way to the middle were deafening as always. But what followed next, had most of them sitting with their fingers crossed for the best part of an hour. It went like this: 2 dots, 1 run, 12 dots, 1 run, 4 dots, Edged four, 9 dots, 1 run, 4 dots, 1 run, 1 run, 5 dots, 1 run. He just couldn’t get the ball away. Monty Panesar bowled two maidens

Kolkata, December 5: Sachin Tendulkar marked his return to form with a patient 76 but England claimed the honours on the opening day by reducing a jittery India to 273 for seven in the first innings of the third Test on Wednesday. Tendulkar played a composed innings under pressure facing 155 balls and hitting 13 boundaries in the process. His partnership of 79 for the fifth wicket with Yuvraj

Sydney, December 5: Australian great Shane Warne said he would consider coming out of retirement to play in next year’s Ashes series against England if asked by national team captain Michael Clarke, but Warne later tweeted that the suggestion might have been taken out of context. The 43-year-old leg-spinner, who retired in 2007 after taking 708 test wickets, including 195 in Ashes tests, said he