New Delhi, March 6 (IANS) Jaypee Group, promoters of the Formula One Indian Grand Prix, are still keen on holding the 2015 race as scheduled despite F1 boss Bernie Ecclestone wanting it to be pushed further to 2016. A day after Ecclestone said that a planned Indian Grand Prix return in 2015 was ruled out, Sameer […]
New Delhi, March 6 (IANS) Defending champions Delhi paid the price for resting key players in a must-win match against Services to crash out of the Vijay Hazare Trophy here Thursday. Services and Punjab advanced to the knock-outs from North Zone. Services hammered Delhi by 44 runs at the Ferozeshah Kotla while Punjab beat Himachal Pradesh […]
Washington, March 6 (IANS) Irish football team captain Robbie Keane will stay with Los Angeles Galaxy after having agreed to a contract extension, said the Major League Soccer (MLS) side. David Beckham’s former club didn’t release any details about the deal, reports Xinhua. Keane, 33, has been one of the top scorers in the MLS since […]
Rome, March 7 (IANS) Italy’s chief football coach Cesare Prandelli confirmed that either he would renew his contract with Italy Football Association (FIGC) or take a break from football. Prandelli said Thursday it has not been decided if he could re-sign a four-year contract with FIGC, reports Xinhua. “We’ll see what happens with the Football Federation,” […]
Melbourne, March 7 (IANS) South Australia’s Johan Botha has received a reprimand and two suspension points for two separate breaches of the Cricket Australia (CA) Code of Behaviour during the ninth round of the Bupa Sheffield Shield against New South Wales. CA in statement said that in the first breach, the former South African cricketer, who […]
New Delhi, March 6 (IANS) After 15 years of international cricket, Harbhajan Singh is still enjoying playing in domestic cricket. The 33-year-old rates himself the best off-spinner in the country and says it is a matter of time before he is recalled to the national side. You ask him about the motivation for toiling on the […]
Chennai, March 6 (IANS) Gaurav Gill and co-driver Glenn MacNeall will defend their title in the Asia Pacific Rally Championship (APRC) with the Team MRF SKODA Fabia S2000, it was announced here Thursday. The 32-year-old Gill became the first Indian to win the APRC title driving for Team MRF, for whom it was their fourth success […]
Dubai, March 6 (IANS) Australian batsman David Warner and fast bowler Ryan Harris, heroes of Australia’s 245-run win over host South Africa in the Cape Town Test have achieved their best-ever positions in the latest International Cricket Council (ICC) Player Rankings for Tests, released Thursday. Warner, who slammed hundreds (135 and 145) in both innings of […]
Dubai, March 6 (IANS) South African captain Graeme Smith signed off on his impressive cricket Test career in 16th place in the ICC Rankings for batsmen announced Thursday. Smith reached a career high of second position after his match-winning century against England in Johannesburg in January 2010. That was also when he achieved a best-ever 843 […]
Chonburi (Thailand), March 6 (IANS) Japan’s Hiroshi Iwata edged closer to making his return to the world’s oldest Major after a first round four-under-par 68 saw him take his place atop the leaderboard at the Open Qualifying Series – Thailand Thursday. Thailand’s Prom Meesawat and Singapore’s Koh Dengshan also remained in the hunt for a place […]