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Johannesburg, Dec 17: The thrashing in ODIs behind them, India will be aiming to start the post-Sachin Tendulkar era in Test cricket on a positive note but the task looks daunting as they would be up against the world's number one side South Africa in the two-match series starting here tomorrow. At the Wanderers stadium, after losing the three-ODI series 2-0, the visitors will be looking to make

New Delhi, Dec 17: Five-time world champion and Olympic bronze-medalist Indian woman boxer MC Mary Kom has a new admirer in American legend Evander Holyfield, who says he follows her exploits and finds her achievements great. "Yes, I follow her fights. She is a great girl. It's fantastic that this young woman from India has achieved so much in an American sport. It's great that she is doing well,"

Perth, Dec 17: Australia regained the Ashes with a thumping 150-run victory over England in the third Test at Perth. Ben Stokes who stood in between the victory scored his maiden Test ton but it was not enough to save the visitors. Australia have gained an unassailable 3-0 lead in the five-match Test series. Needing five wickets going into Day Five, Australia were made to wait after a fighting 77

Perth (Australia), Dec 16: Australian batsman George Bailey equalled Brian Lara's Test record for most runs off an over against England in Perth on Monday. Bailey matched the feat when he took the same tally off paceman James Anderson in the final over of Australia's second innings on the fourth day of the third Test. Bailey's 4,6,2,4,6,6 matched West Indies great Brian Lara's record of most runs

Lucknow, Dec 16: Narendra Singh Dhoni, elder brother of Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni, joined the Samajwadi Party on Sunday. Dhoni met SP chief Mulayam Singh Yadav at his residence in Lucknow and expressed the desire to join the party and strengthen it in Jharkhand where assembly election, along with Lok Sabha elections, are due next year. NS Dhoni had joined the Bharatiya Janata Party in

Dec 15: The Indian team's poor record away from home in Test cricket is the fault of the players and not the coach, spin bowler Ravichandran Ashwin said recently. According to Sport24, Ashwin pointed out that as players they had to accept the failure and admit that they failed as a group. He added that the team has to accept it rather than saying that the coach has not had a great record. Fletcher

Benoni, Dec 15: Indian cricket fans the world over will possibly experience a sense of emptiness during the course of the first Test against South Africa in Johannesburg starting December 18. Picture this: the visitors are 12/2 on Day One. They could well be. And all eyes will be on the ‘tunnel’ at ‘The Bullring’. You know it won’t be the Little Master walking down that famous slope. But you’d

Kolkata, Dec 14: Former Indian cricket captain Sourav Ganguly has been offered a ticket to contest the general elections next year by the BJP but is undecided on whether to accept the offer. It is learnt that the offer has come from the BJP's prime ministerial candidate, Narendra Modi, who has promised to make the Bengal sports icon the sports minister in the Cabinet if the party comes to power.

Dubai, Dec 14: Rising Test batsman Cheteshwar Pujara bagged the 'Emerging Cricketer of the Year' trophy as India had to be content with just two winners in the ICC Annual awards announced today in which Australian captain Michael Clarke clinched the top honours. "Australia captain Michael Clarke was today announced as the winner of the Sir Garfield Sobers trophy for ICC Cricketer of the Year and

Nashik, Dec 13: There will be no cheerleaders in the upcoming edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) in the wake of spot-fixing scandal, which rocked the sixth edition of the cash-rich tournament, BCCI vice-president Ravi Savant said. (Also read: 'Joker's card' a new concept in IPL auction) The seventh edition of the IPL is scheduled in April-May next year. "There will be no cheer girls in the