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New Delhi, Aug 10: Star grapplers Sushil Kumar and Yogeshwar Dutt have decided to skip the FILA World Wrestling Championships to be held next month in Tashkent, Uzbekistan to avoid injuries and preserve themselves for the upcoming Asian Games. Sushil and Yogeshwar, who won a gold each in men's 74kg and 65kg freestyle in the recently-concluded Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, will not take part in

Manchester, Aug 10: Jubilant with his teams’ thumping win at Old Trafford on Saturday, England skipper Alastair Cook expressed surprise at India’s abject surrender in the fourth Test, which allowed the hosts to take a 2-1 lead in the five-match series. Getting behind a 215-run lead, the visitors were shot out for just 161 runs in the post-tea session on day 3 as they went on to lose by an innings

Manchester, Aug 8: England fast bowler Stuart Broad took six wickets to skittle out India for 152 and the hosts finished on 113 for three in reply to take control on an absorbing opening day of the fourth test on Thursday. Broad and James Anderson reduced India, who won the toss, to eight for four and only a defiant 71 by the touring side's captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni saved them from complete

Manchester, Aug 7: Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni on Wednesday came out fighting once again in the James Anderson-Ravindra Jadeja case, firmly stating that he stands by what he said during the whole saga and that they brought forward "something that was unacceptable". Ahead of the fourth Test versus England, starting here tomorrow, all the talk continued to be about the incident that has

Dubai, Aug 6: In yet another blow for India, the ICC today rejected BCCI's review plea on Judicial Commissioner's verdict pronouncing James Anderson not guilty in his altercation with Ravindra Jadeja, saying that it was satisfied with the manner in which the decisions have been reached. A miffed BCCI had yesterday requested ICC CEO Dave Richardson to appeal against the verdict of Judicial

London, Aug 6: After details of the spat between James Anderson and Ravindra Jadeja were leaked on Monday, former England player David Lloyd has said that MS Dhoni and Jadeja are superstars only at home and should be ready for "heaps of stick" during the fourth Test at Manchester. Excerpts from the hearing conducted by ICC's judicial commissioner Gordon Lewis' have revealed that Anderson not only

New Delhi, Aug 6: India might have failed to break their Commonwealth Games title jinx for the second consecutive time but captain Sardar Singh has a lot of positives to take from the event and said the silver medal was a "well-deserved" achievement for the past masters of the game. Sardar said the young side can be "proud of their achievement" in the just-concluded Glasgow Games despite losing 0

New Delhi, Aug 5: Sachin Tendulkar produced a fairytale run in the 2003 World Cup, which, in his own words, included the biggest match of his career, without facing a single ball in the nets, according to former teammate Rahul Dravid, who says the iconic cricketer "defied imagination". No cricketer ever has scored more runs than the 673 recorded then by the Indian legend in a single edition of a

Glasgow/London/Chennai, Aug 5: IOA secretary general Rajeev Mehta and wrestling referee Virender Malik, who were arrested on different reasons, were today released after charges against them were dropped for lack of evidence, putting an end to their unsavoury ordeal. The charges against both the Indian officials were dropped and the matter did not come up for hearing at the Sheriff's Court

Glasgow, Aug 4: A glittering closing ceremony brought the curtains down on the 20th Commonwealth Games here last night with singer Kylie Minogue being one of styar performers during the gala event. In presence of British Prime Minister David Cameron, Prince Edward, the Earl of Wessex and vice patron of Commonwealth Games Federation, declared the Glasgow 2014 closed as a representative of the head