On a thrilling third day that turned out to be the last of the Mohali Test, India secured a 1-0 lead over South Africa with their spinners picking the batsmen off like plastic ducks at a shooting range. An alarming 18 wickets fell on day three at the PCA Stadium, 16 of them to spin, and none more significant than […]
» Read moreAce offspinner Ravichandran Ashwin scripted history on Friday when he became the fastest Indian bowler to reach 150-Test wicket landmark – in his 29th Test – against South Africa in day two of the opening Test at the PCA Stadium in Mohali. Ashwin, who finished with figures of 24-5-51-5, bamboozled the South African batsmen on a rank turner to give […]
» Read moreSachin Tendulkar and Brian Lara, widely considered the two best batsmen of their generation, were drawn on the same team for the first edition of the Cricket All Stars on Thursday (November 5). The draw, conducted in Times Square New York, saw 27 players assigned randomly to the two teams Sachin’s Blasters and Warne’s Warriors for the three-match series. Besides […]
» Read moreBig-serving American John Isner stunned Roger Federer to reach the quarter-finals of the Paris Masters on Thursday. Isner won 7-6 (7/3), 3-6, 7-6 (7/5) for just his second career win over the Swiss legend. Federer, who won the tournament for the only time in 2011, dropped an opening set tie-break 7/3 before battling back with three games in a row […]
» Read moreMadrid striker Karim Benzema was charged on Thursday in an extortion case involving a sex tape featuring fellow French international Mathieu Valbuena, prosecutors said. Benzema, 27, has been charged with “complicity in an attempt to blackmail” and conspiring to commit a criminal act, the prosecutor’s office in Versailles, outside Paris, said. The charges carry a prison sentence of at least […]
» Read moreFC Goa scored two penalty goals to beat Chennaiyin FC 2-0 and jump to the top spot of the Indian Super League here on Thursday. Leo Moura (64th minute) and Jonatan Lucca (74th minute) converted from the spot to give FC Goa the top spot in the league standing with 14 points, one more than FC Pune City. Chennaiyin, on […]
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