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Dubai, Apr 15: The Indian team has retained its second position in the One-day Internationals rankings list after finishing as semifinalists in the recently-concluded ICC Cricket World Cup. With 116 points, India are placed just six points behind world champions Australia, who have garnered 122 rating points to their credit. India are followed by South Africa (112), Sri Lanka (108), New Zealand

Shanghai, Apr 15: Australia's World Cup winning captain Steve Waugh feels Indian star Virat Kohli should learn from Mahendra Singh Dhoni to keep his emotions in check and mature as a captain. Kohli took over the reigns of Test captaincy from Dhoni, who announced his shock retirement from the longest format post the third Test against Australia in December. The Kohli-led India were just able to

Kuala Lumpur, Apr 15: The sheer enormity and rich diversity of Asia offers a bitter-sweet opportunity to the region`s World Cup hopefuls. After a revamp of the qualifying procedure, Asia`s heavyweight teams now get the benefit of playing against some of the world`s weakest national sides, but the road to qualifying can be a tricky and sometimes hazardous adventure. Inevitably, teams are forced to

Charleston (USA), Apr 13: Sania Mirza today created history by becoming the first female tennis player from India to achieve the world number one rank in doubles, following her stupendous title win at the WTA Family Circle Cup with partner Martina Hingis, here. The top-seeded Indo-Swiss pair blew away the challenge of Casey Dellacqua and Darija Jurak 6-0 6-4 in just 57 minutes in the lop-sided

Mumbai, Apr 12: Batting legend and Mumbai Indians icon Sachin Tendulkar was upto some strange antics on Saturday, or at least that is what could be surmised. Tendulkar's Twitter on Saturday posted a picture of him in Mumbai Indians' team attire, holding a helmet as if he were about to wear it. The tweet itself said, "Guess what....?, setting off a storm on social media. Tendulkar's fans, who

Singapore, Apr 12: If you had watched Parupalli Kashyap go down to Hu Yun 20-22, 21-11, 21-14 in the semifinals of the Singapore Open Super Series, you would know that two players grievously and equally prone to errors are as likely to produce an entertaining match, as two who can impress with impeccable perfection. A nervy Kashyap, started all guns blazing — and misfired several smashes

Ipoh (Malaysia), Apr 11: Young striker Nikkin Thimmaiah scored a hat-trick as India produced their best performance of the tournament to stun world champions and title holders Australia 4-2 and secure a place in the third and fourth place play-off at the Azlan Shah Cup hockey tournament. Already out of title race, India played without pressure and at last came up with a complete performance that

Gurgaon, Apr 11: While India's money-spinning cricket league lavishes million-dollar deals on players for just a few weeks of competition, the national ice hockey team has had to go begging on social media to fund their trip to Kuwait for an international tournament. Players often have to buy their own equipment and look for their own sources to fund trips abroad, a situation which prompted the

Kolkata, Apr 10: India's Test captain Virat Kohli on Friday lashed out at critics, who blamed his girlfriend Anushkha Sharma for the team's exit from ICC Cricket World Cup, stating that they "should be ashamed of themselves" as "no one has won more matches" than him in the last five years. Kohli, opened up for the first time since the World Cup exit, after which his filmstar girlfriend took a lot

Sydney, Apr 10: Former Australian captain Richie Benaud, known as the "voice of cricket" to fans around the world, has died aged 84, Channel Nine announced on Friday. Benaud, one of Australia's most influential cricketers and much loved commentators, died overnight in his sleep. He had been fighting skin cancer and suffered serious injury in a car accident in late 2013. "A sad day for Australia,"