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Four years after he announced his retirement from International cricket, former Indian skipper Sourav Ganguly has called it quits from all levels of the game, deciding not to play in the IPL as well. The former India opener had continued playing first-class cricket for Bengal so as to keep in shape for his franchise Pune Warriors but after last year's debacle, Ganguly has at last decided against

New Delhi, October 29: The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a petition against India's veteran cricketer Sachin Tendulkar's nomination to Rajya Sabha, pending in various High Courts. The Supreme Court questioned the bona fide of the petitioner Ram Gopal Singh Sisodia and told him, "What is your interest? you want to bring everything under the jurisdiction of this court?" Petitions challenging

Leeds, October 29: Ace Indian cueist Pankaj Advani proved his class once again as he notched up his seventh World Billiards Championship title after comprehensively beating defending champion and seasoned Englishman Mike Russell in the final here. The celebrated cueist stamped his dominance with 1895-1216 win over the local favourite. Fresh from his resounding 881-281 victory over compatriot Dhruv

The Sydney Sixers made light work of the Highveld Lions as the Australian side cantered to a 10-wicket win in the Champions League Twenty20 final at the Wanderers in Johannesburg on Sunday. Chasing the Lions’ 121 all out, Sydney raced to 124 without loss with Michael Lumb smashing his way to a thrilling 82 not out off just 42 balls with eight fours and five sixes. Sydney, who went through the

Greater Noida, October 29: Defending world champion Sebastian Vettel cruised to his fourth consecutive win and extended his lead in this year's title race to 13 points when he steered his Red Bull car to victory in Sunday's Indian Grand Prix. The 25-year-old German led from pole to the chequered flag to come home ahead of nearest championship rival Fernando Alonso of Ferrari. Vettel's Red Bull

Leg-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin has been included among the top grade contract players while out of favour Harbhajan Singh has been demoted to the second bracket in the new list announced by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) here on Friday. The BCCI granted central contracts to 37 players -- nine in Grade A (Rs.1 crore/$186,000), eight in Grade B (Rs.50 lakh/$93,000) and 20 in Grade

New Delhi, October 28: England jet into Mumbai on Monday under new captain Alastair Cook, striving to win their first Test series in India in 27 years against a home team desperate to make amends for last year's 4-0 drubbing. The four-Test series, starting in Ahmedabad on November 15, will be further spiced up by Kevin Pietersen's return to the England fold after his exile and hints that Indian

London Olympics bronze medallist shuttler Saina Nehwal stamped her authority to storm into the final of the French Open Super Series with a classy 21-19, 21-8 victory over German Juliane Schenk in the semifinals of the women’s singles here on Saturday. Saina will take on Minatsu Mitani of Japan in the finals on Sunday. The world number three was erratic initially and conceded a narrow 3-1 lead

It's a double whammy forHarbhajan Singh. Still reeling under the shock of being demoted from Grade A to B by theBoard for Control of Cricket in India ( BCCI), which effectively reduces his fee from Rs 1 crore to 50 lakh per year, Bhajji cannot even fall back on the option of serving the Punjab police. The 'Turbanator' had recently shown interest in an offer made to him by the Punjab government in

Greater Noida, October 27: Bollywood actor Hrithik Roshan is the star the Jaypee Group, the organisers of the Formula One Indian Grand Prix, have chosen to wave the chequered flag Sunday while Sachin Tendulkar, who did the honours last year, will not be there to watch the race. "We have recommended Hrithik's name and we expect to get the approval for his name from Fomula One Management (FOM) and