Sourav Ganguly will no longer be the captain of Pune Warriors in Indian Premier League and will serve only as the team’s mentor, putting an end to intense speculation over the struggling batsman’s fate following a string of poor results. Ganguly’s future role in the team was spelt out by franchise owner Subrata Roy who [...]
The torch for the 2012 London Games was lit at Athens on Thursday at the site of the ancient Olympics. In front of the ruins of the ancient Temple of Hera, an actress playing the role of a high priestesses lit the Olympic flame by the rays of the sun in a parabolic mirror. Dignitaries [...]
Cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar has been featured on the cover of the upcoming South Pacific edition of TIME magazine with the inevitable question: What would “The God Of Big Things” do next. Since March 16, “when he smashed cricket’s equivalent of the sound barrier by notching his 100th century, the player deified by a billion [...]
Sachin Tendulkar will be presented a golden bat, ball and 100 guineas for scoring a century of international hundreds by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee before the Indian Premier League clash between the Mumbai Indians and Kolkata Knight Riders here Saturday. The felicitation is a joint venture by the state government and the Cricket [...]
India will host the world professional snooker championship next year, Billiard and Snooker Federation of India president P.V.K. Mohan said here Friday. However, the venue was yet to be finalised. Mohan was speaking at the inauguration of the maiden Kolkata Open National Invitation Snooker Championship being staged at the Hindustan Club May 6-9. Leading players [...]
Nine time World Billiards Champion Geet Sethi feels India has a bright future in cue sports and welcomes the changes which billiards has seen over the years, making it better and more entertaining. “The state of cue sports is very good in our country. Only five days back Aditya Mehta won the Asian snooker championship [...]
Master blaster Sachin Tendulkar Tuesday broke his silence over his Rajya Sabha nomination, saying he was honoured by the Indian government’s offer but that he would always remain a sportsman and not a politician. ‘It is an honour when the President nominates your name. I was excited to be nominated,’ Tendulkar said at a ceremony [...]
London: In a shocking incident, the Indian shooting contingent, which is currently in London for the ISSF World Cup, was denied entry into a hotel here on Saturday night that left the players without any accommodation, CNN IBN reported The hotel authorities asked the rifle and pistol team, which included India’s Olympic shooters, to leave [...]
Eden Gardens may be the official home venue for the Kolkata Knight Riders, but come May 5 a majority of Kolkatans – from celebrities to the man on the street – seem to be gearing up emotionally to back their eternal favourite “Dada” Sourav Ganguly, who will lead the Pune Warriors out on the historic [...]
Shuttler Parupalli Kashyap has qualified for the London Olympics with third-seeded Chinese Chen Jin pulling out of the quarterfinal match, citing a wrist injury, in India Open Super Series badminton. The unexpected walkover helped World No 30 Kashyap gain much-needed ranking points to take him past fellow-countryman 27th-ranked Ajay Jayaram. Kashyap will be the highest-ranked [...]
