A solid 100-run opening partnership between Dwayne Smith and Kieran Powell has steered West Indies to a comfortable four-wicket victory over Ireland in their one-off One-Day International (ODI) here at Sabina Park. Sunday’s was West Indies’ second victory on the trot following an 11-run win against the same opponents in a Twenty20 International match Friday […]
Russia has delivered a “spectacular” Olympics as the Sochi Winter Games closed Sunday night with the whole country basking in athletic achievements and compliments from the Olympic chief, reports Xinhua. In a fitting end to the Sochi Olympics, Alexander Legkov led Russia’s podium sweep at the men’s 50km cross country skiing and the host four-man […]
Ballet, circus acts and the classics of Russian literature and music were at the heart of Sunday’s Sochi Olympics closing ceremony, leaving Russia, which dominated the medals standings, with a sense of accomplishment. Host Russia finished the Winter Games with 32 medals – 13 gold, 11 silver and nine bronze – and the 40,000 people […]
Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe Sunday celebrated his 90th birthday with tens of thousands of Zimbabweans, a milestone that no other founding fathers of African nations has achieved in office, Xinhua reported. One of Africa’s most prominent anti-apartheid fighter, Mugabe has been the leader of Zimbabwe since independence from Britain in 1980, and having ruled 34 […]
Actress Mila Kunis says her ideal evening with her actor-boyfriend Ashton Kutcher is when they both wear jeans and a white t-shirt and go on a date. Kunis says their ideal date is not necessarily fancy but something that they love to do, reports showbizspy.com “We have a thing called white t-shirt night and it’s […]
A solid 100-run opening partnership between Dwayne Smith and Kieran Powell has steered West Indies to a comfortable four-wicket victory over Ireland in their one-off One-Day International (ODI) here at Sabina Park. Sunday’s was West Indies’ second victory on the trot following an 11-run win against the same opponents in a Twenty20 International match Friday […]
Three-time former champions Australia and two-time runners-up South Africa will be the favourites to advance to the ICC Under-19 World Cup semifinals when they feature in Sunday’s quarterfinals. Australia, which won the title in 1988, 2000 and 2010, will take on 2004 finalists West Indies at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium here. South Africa, losing […]
India scored 221/8 in their 50 overs in the ICC Under-19 World Cup quarterfinal against England at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium here Saturday. India were reeling at 24/4 in the ninth over when skipper Vijay Zol (48) played a patient 85-ball knock to take his side to safety. The defending champions kept losing more […]
Former Indian cricketer Venkatesh Prasad, who is making his cinematic debut in upcoming Kannada-Telugu bilingual “Sachin…Tendulkar Kadu”, will be essaying an important role of a coach, says its director S. Mohan. “Prasad’s role is very important in the film. We haven’t roped him in to capitalize on his popularity, but because of the story. The […]
Harmeet Desai entered the final of the under-21 men’s singles final beating Brazilian Hugo Calderano 11-6, 11-4, 11-8, 11-5 at the $3.5 million Qatar Open Super Series Table Tennis Championships here. He will meet Frenchman Tristan Flore in the final Sunday. Flore defeated Benjamin Brossier in an all-French semifinal encounter 11-2, 11-9, 12-10, 11-3. Desai’s […]