Offspinner Ramesh Powar has announced he will retire from all forms of cricket at the end of the 2015-16 Ranji Trophy season. Thirty-seven-year-old Powar, with 341 Ranji wickets till date, has the most wickets among active bowlers in the tournament. He has played for Gujarat since the 2014-15 season, following a year with Rajasthan. Before that, he had represented Mumbai […]
» Read moreActress Angelina Jolie says it was good working with her star husband Brad Pitt on their latest film By The Sea, but it wasn’t easy. Comparing the film to their 2005 movie Mr. and Mrs. Smith, Jolie said: “The first film we had a lot of fun because of the subject matter. And this film it’s very heavy…” “It’s not […]
» Read moreThe first hints, though faint, of the resumption of India-Pakistan cricketing ties emerged at the AGM when president Shashank Manohar informed the meeting that the BCCI had signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) to play a two-Test and five-match one-day series in the United Arab Emirates in December 2015. “We are committed to playing […]
» Read moreBoard of Control for Cricket in India president Shashank Manohar will be the new BCCI representative at the International Cricket Council. He will replace former BCCI president N. Srinivasan who was elected the first chairman of the ICC in June 2014. “By virtue of being the BCCI president at the ICC, Manohar will take over as chairman of the ICC,’’ […]
» Read moreAjinkya Rahane, the India cricket team batsman, has been awarded for his consistency as he has been included in Grade A in the list of annual player contracts announced by Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) for 2015-16. Meanwhile, Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Suresh Raina, who were Grade A-contracted players for 2014-15, have been moved to Grade B. Ravindra […]
» Read moreNovak Djokovic won his sixth Masters title of the year on Sunday when he defeated Andy Murray 6-2, 6-4 in Paris to put the finishing touches on one of the greatest years in tennis history. The top seed won the series-closing title for an unprecedented third straight year and a fourth time in all as he dominated the Scottish second […]
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