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Oct 8: India will face West Indies in the opening encounter of the five-match One-Day International (ODI) series at Kochi on Wednesday. The visitors are missing two of their biggest players in Chris Gayle and Sunil Narine, which lessens their chances of victory. However, the side still has plenty of firepower to beat any team on their day. Sameer Jhatakes a look at the likely combination that West

London, Oct 7: Former England batsman Kevin Pietersen has named India among the teams that could confirm the "horrendous and highly disturbing" culture of bullying within the English cricket outfit. Pietersen blamed former coach Andy Flower for "ruling by fear" and attacked vice-captain Matt Prior for allegedly orchestrating a campaign against him. "I could give you telephone numbers of

New Delhi, Oct 6: She understands the emotion behind L Sarita Devi's tearful protest on the Asian Games podium but MC Mary Kom, who became the first Indian woman boxer to win a gold at the mega-event, said faced with a similar crisis, she would have shown dissent differently. Speaking after returning from Incheon, Mary Kom said she does not want to dwell on the controversy too much but supports

Bangalore, Oct 5: Suresh Raina smashed a brilliant unbeaten century as Chennai Super Kings romped to an eight-wicket victory over Kolkata Knight Riders in the Champions League T20 final in Bangalore. Kolkata made 180-6 in their 20 overs after being put in to bat, opener Gautam Gambhir scoring 80, but the Super Kings reached their target with nine balls to spare and claimed the title for the second

Incheon, Oct 4: India today ended its 17th Asian Games campaign at the eighth spot on the medals tally, a drop of two positions from the previous edition of the mega-event which drew to a close here. India signed off with 57 medals – 11 gold, 10 silver and 36 bronze. The tally dipped considerably compared to the 2010 edition in Guangzhou, China. In 2010, the country had ended sixth with 65 medals

New Delhi, Oct 4: The West Indies Cricket Board has withdrawn Sunil Narine from the touring party for the coming series in India in wake of his being banned from bowling in the Champions League Twenty20 after being reported twice. The WICB will focus on getting Narine the opportunity to have his action assessed and return to cricket. The decision was made after board officials held discussions

Oct 4: L Sarita Devi, who became a national hero for refusing what many see as a tainted bronze medal at the Asian Games, has said she hoped her outburst would result in better judging when the Boxing World Championships are held in South Korea later this year. “Korea is hosting it and I am hoping that my protest will make some difference to the standard of judging,” Sarita said. “I hope nobody

Incheon, Oct 3: India brought the curtains down on their campaign in the 17th Asian Games, maintaining their domination of kabaddi with two gold medals as the country rose a rung to eighth in the overall standings on the penultimate day of competitions here today. The two gold medals provided the final flourish for India at the Games, which can be considered a disappointment for the country given

Incheon, Oct 3: India continued their stranglehold in women's 4x400m relay event in the Asian Games as its quartet ran a brilliant race to win the gold for the fourth time on the trot in Games record time in the 17th edition on Thursday. The quartet of Priyanka Panwar, Tintu Luka, Mandeep Kaur and M R Poovamma won an easy race in 3:28.68 to improve upon the earlier Games record of 3:29.02 which

Incheon, Oct 2: India’s men’s hockey team won its third Asian Games gold medal on Thursday defeating arch-rivals Pakistan in the final. In a dramatic penalty shoot-out, India edged out Pakistan 4-2 in the penalty-shoot out after the teams were tied at 1-1 in full time. India’s gold medal-winning performance in Incheon ensured its direct entry into the Olympics. India and Pakistan contested their