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Dubai, Jan 29: Replicating the arrangements of the last edition of the cricket World Cup in 2011, the ICC Board reinstated the use of a 'Super Over' in the event of a tie in the final of the 50-over showpiece event. Holding its first meeting of the year at the ICC headquarters yesterday, the board, chaired by N Srinivasan and presided by Mustafa Kamal among all the full-member and associate

Mumbai, Jan 29: Former India captain Rahul Dravid on Wednesday said that the upcoming World Cup is going to be a challenge for the Mahendra Singh Dhoni-led team, which should hope for the Australian and New Zealand wickets to remain slow and supportive of spin. "It's going to be a challenge, it is not easy. You are playing in very different conditions," Dravid told reporters here. It was a bit

Melbourne, Jan 28: American teenager Madison Keys overcame a left thigh injury to beat Venus Williams 6-3, 4-6, 6-4 at the Australian Open on Wednesday, ensuring there would be no Williams sisters semifinal. The 19-year-old Keys will play either Serena Williams or last year’s finalist, Dominika Cibulkova, in Thursday’s semifinal. The Williams sisters last met in a Grand Slam match at Wimbledon in

Jan 27: Pakistan team management says cricketer Haris Sohail was left "visibly shaken" after a ghostly encounter in a Christchurch hotel room. Sohail fled what he believed was "a supernatural presence" that shook his bed at the Rydges Latimer hotel, taking refuge in the room of a team coach after the encounter earlier this week. Team manager Maveed Akram Cheeva said Tuesday Sohail, 26, phoned a

New Delhi, Jan 27: Surprised at being selected for the Padma Shri, Indian women's cricket team captain Mithali Raj says she was not expecting the prestigious honour with some men's team superstars also in the race. "Honestly when I was pitted against Virat Kohli, I gave up because when you compare us with men's cricket then we think that we may not get it. So I was not expecting it, but it came as

Sydney, Jan 26: Rain halted the ODI tri-series clash between India and Australia with the former 69 for two in 16 overs at the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) here Monday. Rain had earlier delayed the toss due to which the match had to be curtailed to 44 overs each. Opener Ajinkya Rahane (28) and Virat Kohli (3) were the two unbeaten batsmen at the crease. Shikhar Dhawan (8) and Ambati Rayudu (23)

Lucknow, Jan 26: Saina Nehwal staged a scintillating comeback to defeat reigning world champion Carolina Marin and retain the women's singles title, while Parupalli Kashyap beat K Srikanth in an all-India final to win men's singles crown of the Syed Modi Grand Prix Gold badminton tournament on Sunday. World number three Saina scraped past the seventh-ranked Spaniard 19-21, 25-23, 21-16 in a see

Sydney, Jan 25: Indian cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni finally broke his stoic silence over the IPL spot-fixing scandal on Sunday, saying that he does not expect the speculation around his name to stop anytime soon despite nothing concrete coming up against him. Dhoni, who captains Chennai Super Kings in the Indian Premier League, has been remarkably calm in the last couple of years despite

Kolkata, Jan 25: Pankaj Advani added one more title to his glittering career when he eased past an inexperienced Varun Madan 6-3 to win the Senior National Snooker Championship at the Bengal Rowing Club on Saturday. 24-year-old Delhi lad Madan, who made his maiden senior national final from the qualifiers, won the third, fifth and seventh frames to make it 3-4. However, the 12-time world champion

Melbourne, Jan 24: Veteran Mahesh Bhupathi went out of the mixed doubles competition following a first-round loss, even as India's junior tennis players began their campaign on a positive note in the Australian Open here today. Bhupathi and his Australian partner Jarmila Gajdosova frittered away early advantage to lose 6-4 6-7 (7) (8-10) to Chinese Taipei's Hao-Ching Chan and Brit Jamie Murray in