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Melbourne, Jan 16: Somdev Devvarman gave a mighty scare to world number 26 Jerzy Janowicz before fizzling out while Sania Mirza and her American player Bethanie Mattek-Sands suffered a shock first round exit at the Australian Open here today. Somdev was well on course to record his best performance at the Grand Slams but frittered away a two-set lead to go down 7-6(10) 6-3 1-6 0-6 5-7 against 24th

New York, Jan 16: In an interview with Oprah Winfrey that is scheduled for broadcast on her network on Thursday, Lance Armstrong confessed that he used performance-enhancing drugs during his cycling career, according to two people briefed on the interview, which was recorded on Monday in Austin, Texas. It is unclear, though, how forthcoming Armstrong was about his doping programme, which the US

Kochi: India’s wins these days have been as rare as Kochi hosting an international match but when the two coincided, it was bound to create a ripple that would have measured 7.0 on the Richter scale. In front of an unbelievably noisy crowd, that were said to be around 70,000 with the top tier too opened up for the public, India discovered multiple heroes to find their way back into the five-match

New Delhi, Jan 15: Indian captain MS Dhoni won the toss and chose to bat against England in the second one-day international at Nehru Stadium in Kochi on Tuesday. India have replaced Ashok Dinda with Shami Ahmed, while England have brought in Chris Woakes in place of an unfit Tim Bresnan. Any slip-up in this match would mean that India would be 0-2 down in the five-match series and winning the

Kochi, Jan 14: Tickets worth Rs 1.2 crore have already been sold ahead of the second ODI, to be held here on Wednesday, a top official Kerala Cricket Association official said here on Sunday. "Tickets worth Rs 1.2 crore have been sold till today for the second ODI between India and England on January 15, which is a very encouraging response," KCA secretary T C Mathew said. He said online ticket

Kochi, Jan 14: Until recently, England’s reputation as travellers to the sub-continent wasn’t so flattering, especially so in India. England hadn’t won a Test series in India for 28 years and they had gone without a victory in the last 11 ODIs. Their solitary success, in fact, in the last 16 matches had come way back in 2005 in Jamshedpur. Even after finishing the home series against India with an

Mumbai, Jan 13: Former Indian test cricketer Rusi Framroze Surti died here today in a local hospital following a brief illness. The Australia-based cricketer, who was on a holiday here, died at the Jaslok hospital where he had been admitted a few days ago following a 'stroke', according to his former Test and Gujarat teammate Nari Contractor. "The stroke affected his brain and he died today. His

Kochi, Jan 13: The second ODI between India and England at Jawaharlal Nehru International stadium would be a "high scoring game as the pitch is a belter", feels pacer S Sreesanth. The 29-year old Kerala bowler, who could not find a place in the team for the first three ODIs, in the ongoing five-match series against England, said 'it is going to be a batting wicket. You can be sure of 300-plus

Mumbai, Jan 13: With several lesser performers making it into the Mumbai Under-14 team for the West Zone league matches, parents of many talented youngsters are virtually up in arms. Some of them have laid the charge of nepotism, even questioning the entire selection process adopted by the MCA. Among the most inexplicable exclusions is Don Bosco (Matunga ) School's Bhupen Lalwani: his unbeaten 398

Rajkot: Indian batsmen and bowlers failed in unison as they suffered yet another defeat, this time against England, in the first of the five ODIs here on Friday. First the bowlers leaked 325 runs, with Ishant Sharma going for none for 86 in his ten overs, then the batsmen couldn't keep up with the required rate as England closed the contest with a nine-run victory, their first on Indian soil in an