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Indian youth brigade of Virat Kohli and Suresh Raina took center stage on a day when another failure with the bat for Sachin Tendulkar hogged the media limelight. Kohli, who came into bat at No.5 compiled a patient and gritty 93 runs and stitched a vital 99-run partnership with the under-pressure Raina who went all guns blazing in his knock of 55 runs. Kohli was unbeaten on 93 (174) along with

Harikrishna defeated former world championship candidate Alexander Beliavsky, while Gupta accounted for Malej Sebenik to ensure a 3-1 victory for the team while the other two games ended in draws. For the third day running the Indian eves matched their male counterparts. Former Asian queen Tania Sachdev turned out to be the Indian ace here as she scored a much needed victory over Lilit Galojan

New Zealand(First innings) Score: 328/6 (Over: 81.3) It’s official, the play has been called off for the day due to inclement weather as New Zealand end on 328/6 on the first day of the second Test on Friday. New Zealand(First innings) Score: 328/6 (Over: 81.3) With over half-an-hour of play still remaining, the umpires have halted the proceedings due to bad light. Kruger van Wyk (63*) and Doug

As Yuvraj Singh prepares to start his second innings in international cricket after his successful battle with cancer, Sachin Tendulkar says the "champion" has set a great example for not just fellow sportspersons but all those suffering from the disease. "He's undergone those tough treatments and those tough sessions and he's back in the Indian cricket team. So he's set a great example not only

John Wright, the former New Zealand captain and coach, has urged his countrymen to sort out their technical difficulties in their heads on the eve of the second Test against India in Bangalore. New Zealand had a torrid time in Hyderabad, where they were bowled out for 159 and 164 to lose by an innings and 15 runs, with R Ashwin and Pragyan Ojha accounting for 18 wickets. Wright, who stepped down

Bangalore, August 30: His contemporaries like Rahul Dravid and VVS Laxman may have hung up their bats but veteran Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar says he continues to enjoy his game and is not even thinking about retirement at the moment. "As long as there is a reason to wake up with a reason in the morning, it makes sense in continuing. The day I don't enjoy wielding a bat in my hands, I will

Real Madrid secured its first Spanish Supercopa since 2008 on away goals after a narrow win over archrival Barcelona in Wednesday night's second leg at the Bernabeu. The hosts had failed to win in their last seven home meetings with Barcelona but went about ending that record early on with goals in the first 20 minutes from Gonzalo Higuain and Cristiano Ronaldo. The visitors were then reduced to

London, August 29: Andrew Strauss resigned as England's Test captain and announced his retirement from professional cricket with immediate effect on Wednesday. "After much thought over the last few weeks, I have decided to step down as England Test captain and announce my retirement from all forms of cricket," Strauss said in an England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) statement issued ahead of a

South Africa's Hashim Amla became the fastest player to 3,000 one-day international runs during the course of his 150 that set up the Proteas' 80-run win over England at the Ageas Bowl in Southampton. Amla's brilliant 124-ball knock yesterday, featuring 16 fours, saw him reach the landmark in 57 innings compared to the 69 it took West Indies' Vivian Richards, one of cricket's all-time great

Bangalore, August 29: A buoyant India will bank on their spin twins to sweep the short series against struggling New Zealand when the second and final Test starts in Bangalore on Friday. Off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin took 12 wickets and left-arm spinner Pragyan Ojha six as India underlined their supremacy on home soil by winning the first Test in Hyderabad by an innings and 115 runs. Ross Taylor