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The recent comment by Haroon Lorgat, Chief Executive of the International Cricket Council (ICC), that it would not incorporate the Indian Premier League (IPL) into the Future Tours Programme as this would open the door to similar demands by cricket leagues in other countries is perplexing. The advent of T20 is changing the structure of cricket worldwide. The T20 game, earlier dismissed as a format

The Olympic tennis team selection continued to be an unsolved puzzle on Wednesday with the All India Tennis Association (AITA) failing to persuade the feuding players to change their stand and Leander Paes threatening a Games' boycott if he were to be paired with a lower-ranked player. The team will now be announced by Thursday afternoon, which is also the last day of sending the entries to the

Dubai, June 20: Recuperating from what he describes as a shock that only a cancer patient can understand, Indian cricketer Yuvraj Singh says he hopes to be back in action for the World Twenty20 Championships in September even though it would be a "big challenge" for him. "Playing for India is going to be a huge challenge for me because the body has been under a lot of shock which nobody can

Hyderabad, June 20: Enduring nerve-wrecking matches and coming out triumphant from tough situations has raised her confidence a lot ahead of London Olympics but ace shuttler Saina Nehwal says she still needs to fine-tune some aspects of her game before the mega event. Saina won back-to-back titles in Thailand and Indonesia to send out a warning to other leading players that she will be the player

London, June 20: England one-day captain Alastair Cook refused to get carried away after his latest limited overs hundred sealed a series win over the West Indies. Cook made 112 as England, set 239, won by eight wickets at The Oval on Tuesday to take an unassailable 2-0 lead in a three-match series. It was left-handed opener Cook's fifth hundred in 47 one-day internationals (ODIs) and third in

New Delhi, June 20: A defiant All India Tennis Association (AITA) stood by its decision to pair Leander Paes with Mahesh Bhupathi for the London Olympics, insisting that teaming the former with a junior player would be "most inappropriate". Responding to the Sports Ministry's queries on the controversy that flared up after Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna both refused to partner Paes citing their

London, June 19: Tom Maynard, the Surrey and England Lions batsman, has died aged 23. His body was found dead on the rails near Wimbledon Park tube station in south London around dawn on Monday morning; police say the incident is currently being treated as non-suspicious. It was reported that Maynard had been pulled over by police while "driving erratically," less than an hour before his death

London, June 19: West Indies star Chris Gayle has declared himself fit for Tuesday's second one-day international (ODI) against England at The Oval. But the tourists will be without Darren Bravo after the batsman was ruled out of the remainder of the tour with a groin injury. Gayle had been due to make his long awaited return to international cricket, after 15 months on the sidelines following a

Bangalore, June 19: Former India spinner Sunil Joshi has decided to retire from international and first-class cricket. "Joshi will announce his retirement from international and first-class cricket on June 21," Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA) said in a press release. Born on June 6, 1970 in Gadag, Joshi is a slow left-arm spinner and a left-handed batsman. Joshi played Test as well as

New Delhi, June 18: Star footballer Didier Drogba, who played a key role in English Premier League side Chelsea's Champions League triumph last month, said he followed last year's cricket World Cup in India and feels that Mahendra Singh Dhoni is a good leader. "I know your (cricket) captain though I cannot pronounce his name. I followed the last (cricket) World Cup. The Indian team was the world