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It was a first of sorts in Indian basketball when the Basketball federation of India (BFI) hired two American coaches — Bill Harris and Tamika Raymond – for the national teams for the Asian Games. In what has been a short and eventful journey, the head coaches led the Indian teams into their first appearance in the Asian... 

MUMBAI: With just a week left for the franchisees to choose the players they want to retain for IPL 4, two of the biggest names are set to be ignored by their respective teams: former India captains Sourav Ganguly and Rahul Dravid. As reported by the TOI earlier, Knight Riders have decided to drop Kolkata’s prodigal son... 

India’s stand-in skipper Gautam Gambhir on Tuesday said the batsmen need to score heavily against New Zealand in the second one-dayer here on Wednesday since the dew-factor would be crucial to the outcome of the match. “It’s always good to score as many runs as possible in the sub-continent. If we are batting first 300... 

Karun Chandhok warmed many an Indian motorsport enthusiast’s heart when he consistently outpaced his team mate, Bruno Senna, whom he drove alongside in the former half of the 2010 F1 world championship. In a sport dominated by big money, a rookie driver often finds himself in the unenviable position of having to muster enough... 

There were no huge surprises at the ATP World Tour Finals last week but we did get confirmation of what we have been noticing lately on the men’s tour. Despite the improvement of Robin Soderling this year and despite the return to form of David Ferrer and despite Tomas Berdych’s strong first six months of the season,... 

Brian Lara calls Sachin Tendulkar “our period’s Don Bradman” Brian Lara, a legendary left-handed batsman himself, has saluted Sachin Tendulkar’s longevity calling him the ‘Don Bradman’ of recent times though the Caribbean prodigy refused to the contrast the legendary icons of different eras. What... 

Former India captain Sourav Ganguly is set to play in the Ranji Trophy for his state side Bengal, in a bid to attain top form and fitness ahead of IPL 2011. He will turn out in the match against Tamil Nadu that begins in Chennai on December 1. “Even last year I played Ranji Trophy mainly to stay match-fit for the IPL,”... 

JAIPUR: Young Virat Kohli will be the cynosure of all eyes as a new-look India seek to continue the team’s dominating run at home in the current calendar when they take on New Zealand in the second one-dayer on Wednesday. In the absence of the creme de la creme of Indian cricket, the dashing right-hander from Delhi gave... 

NEW DELHI: Short of practice but rejuvenated after a break, India’s first PGA Tour title winning golfer Arjun Atwal on Tuesday said he is aiming to round off his consistent year by lifting the Hero Honda Indian Open for the first time in 11 years, this week. In the capital for the $1.25 million tournament, which tees... 

Spain’s press was littered with words such as “thrashed”, “humiliated” and “ridiculed” following Barcelona’s comprehensive 5-0 defeat of Real Madrid at Camp Nou last night. Madrid went into the match unbeaten in 19 competitive matches under the coach José Mourinho and with a one-point...