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Sydney, Apr 3: Cricket Australia today unveiled a list of 20 contracted players for the new season amid reports that star bowler Mitchell Starc is celebrating a million dollar pay-day. With the retirements of former skipper Ricky Ponting and stalwart Mike Hussey, funds were freed up for a changing of the guard in the lucrative 2013-14 roster. Sydney's Daily Telegraph said Starc was the big winner

Hyderabad, Mar 3: Left-arm spinner Pragyan Ojhabecame the third quickest Indian to reach 100 wickets when he scalped Australian James Pattinson in the first innings of the fourth Test at Delhi recently. The 26-year-old, who has 102 Test wickets from just 22 Tests, is also the joint highest wicket-taker in Tests from Hyderabad, equaling off-spinner Shivlal Yadav's mark. Ojha, who is in Bangalore

New Delhi, April 2: Notwithstanding a hefty penalty imposed on it by the Competition Commission of India for abusing its “dominant” position to promote its commercial interests in the Indian Premier League (IPL), the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has seemingly continued with its monopolistic financial practices. On the eve of the IPL VI season, the BCCI, in a fresh note addressed to

Kolkata, Apr 1: Dogged by myriad controversies but glamorous nonetheless, the sixth edition of the Indian Premier League will kick off tomorrow with what promises to be a glitzy opening ceremony featuring Bollywood stars and international rapper Pitbull. Flying drummers, Chinese percussionists, fireworks, and some of the biggest film stars in the country, including Shah Rukh Khan and Katrina Kaif

Chandigarh, Apr 1: The Punjab police on Sunday, for the first time, confirmed that Olympic medallist boxer Vijender Singh consumed drugs at least 12 times along with his sparring partner Ram Singh, who had it five times. Vijender has so far been denying this allegation but the police said they have evidence to justify their charge that the boxer took drugs for the personal consumption from main

New Delhi, Mar 31: It was a different ball game altogether when the Indian cricketers took on movie stars at the floodlit Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in a maiden charity football match. The cricketers emerged victorious by a scoreline of 4-3 on Saturday but they were given a run for their money by the All Star team led by Abhishek Bachchan. The funds raised from the match went to the Magic Bus

Miami, Mar 31: World No. 1 Serena Williams rallied to defeat world No. 2 Maria Sharapova 4-6, 6-3, 6-0 on Saturday in the WTA Miami final, winning the event for a record sixth time to claim her 48th career tour title. Williams, who had shared the all-time Miami women's title mark with Steffi Graf, won the last 10 games in adding to a trophy haul that included crowns in 2002, 2003, 2004, 2007 and

Jaipur, Mar 30: Former Australia pacer Shaun Tait said that experienced players shouldn’t have hurriedly retired, as they would have enabled a smooth transition for the next generation. “I feel the likes of Jason Gillespie, Shane Warne, Michael Kasprowicz and Mathew Hayden were the players from whom the younger lot could have learnt and who should have hung for more time,” Tait said during an

Wellington, Mar 30: New Zealand cricketer Jesse Ryder emerged from an induced coma on Saturday, but faced "a big battle" ahead as he recovered from a vicious assault, his manager Aaron Klee said. Ryder required medical assistance to keep breathing when he was rushed to hospital in a critical condition early Thursday morning. He suffered serious head and lung injuries after being attacked as he

Miami, Mar 30: Britain's Andy Murray fought back for a 6-7 6-1 6-2 win over France's Richard Gasquet to reach the final of the Sony Open where he will face Spaniard David Ferrer on Sunday. Murray recovered after making a mess of the first set where he was serving for it at 5-4 but double-faulted on break point and ended up losing out in the tie-break. Gasquet had been playing some inspired tennis