General of the Army (GA) Camilla Torres was packing her office. As a five-star general, her staff would do this for her, but she insisted on doing it herself, just as she always had from the time she was a young lieutenant. She found that packing her own mementoes promoted purification and growth. It caused...
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Hitting six is also a boundary, Mr. Virat Kohli
MUMBAI: Do all present-day international cricketers know the terminology of the game they play ? Not sure, but Virat Kohli, the captain of the India’s Test team is “unaware” about the definition of a boundary. “I cannot hit big sixes, so I focus on boundaries”, Kohli, now playing in Asia Cup, said in a press-conference...
Brendon McCullum is not in a bad company, says Dilip Vengsarkar
MUMBAI: New Zealand skipper Brendon McCullum, while playing his 100th Test match was dismissed for a duck (c. Warner b. Hazzlwood) against Australia at Basin Reserve on Friday. He, however, is not the only “unlucky” skipper. The list includes, Mark Taylor and Alan Border (Australia), Stephen Fleming (New Zealand), Dilip Vengsarkar (India), and Cook (England)....
Happy to be having Rohit Sharma as my first international victim: Kasun Rajitha
MUMBAI: Sri Lanka’s 22-year-old new right-hand medium fast bowler Kasun Rajith, who made a sensational international debut by grabbing the top two wickets in his very first over at Pune on Tuesday is happy for the prize wicket of Rohit Sharma. Speaking exclusively from Ranchi, where the team reached late in the evening on Wednesday,...
23-dogs guarded India-Sri Lanka match
MUMBAI: There were 23 dogs present at the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Pune, and guarded the Day/Night Twenty20 match between India and Sri Lanka on Tuesday. This was revealed by Kishor Nawal, whose Mumbai-based firm (Third Eye Dog Security) was by the Maharashtra State Cricket Association. “There was not a single untoward incident happened....
Mahendra Singh Dhoni takes legal-action against fixing allegations: Rs. 100 Crores for defaming his reputation
MUMBAI: Team India’s (ODI and Twenty20) captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni has sent a legal notice to the accusers, who have alleged him to be the match-fixer. Quoting Sunil Dev, who was a manager of the Indian team on England tour in 2014, the Sun Star (Hindi Daily) alleged that Indian captain had fixed the Test...
2 attempts failed before 26/11 Mumbai attack, Headley tells Indian court
MUMBAI: LeT ‘terrorists’ attempted to attack Mumbai twice before the 26/11 strikes that killed 166 people but failed both times, key accused and Lashkar-e-Taiba operative David Coleman Headley told a local court on Monday. The first attempt to strike India’s financial capital was made in September 2008 but the boat used by the extremists to...
India-England Manchester Test in 2014 was fixed, claims former manager Sunil Dev
NEW DELHI: The match-fixing allegations are not a new thing in cricket and this time India ODI skipper MS Dhoni seem to have found himself in the middle of a recent expose. In a startling revelation, DDCA secretary and then Team India manager Sunil Dev claimed that India-England fourth Test played in Manchester in 2014...
Bhuvneshwar Kumar remains calm on missing the team selection on his birthday
MUMBAI: It wasn’t a memorable Birthday for Indian pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar. The family of Kumar, who turned 26 on Friday, had heard the “sad” news of his omission for both squads- Asia Cup and World T20- late in the evening. “We are not worried about his non-selection”, the father, Kiran Pal Singh, speaking exclusively over...
Lack of on-field action may dilute Pak-India cricketing rivalry: Shoaib Akhtar
Indian pacers don’t know what to do with old ball MUMBAI: Former Pakistan express bowler Shoaib Akhtar expressed fears on Wednesday that lack of on-field action between India and Pakistan may dilute the fierce cricketing rivalry between the two neighbours. In an interview of Times of India, Shoaib said it was very depressing that there...







