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Stung by Rajasthan Royals captain Shane Warne’s scathing attack on changing the pitch for their home match, the Board of Control for Cricket in India on Tuesday sought to put a lid on the controversy, saying selecting the playing surface is the prerogative of the curator and the teams have no choice in the matter.... 

Liverpool have dismissed suggestions that the compensation due to Roy Hodgson in the wake of his sacking could impact upon the club’s transfer budget. The former Fulham manager’s departure was confirmed on Saturday morning after just six months of the three-year deal that he signed last summer. Reports have implied... 

Once again two Tests started on the same day in the Southern hemisphere and like in the previous Test, the batting line up of the teams batting first were on the hop justifying the skippers winning the toss opting to bowl first. It is a must win Test for three out of the four teams. Whoever wins in Australia will not lose the... 

Sydney: Former Australian fast bowler Jeff Thomson feels curator Cameron Hodgkins should prepare a greentop in Melbourne for the fourth Ashes Test starting on Sunday. Thomson said on Wednesday that a bouncy track is better suited to the Australian team as it was the heroics of the speedsters which enabled them to level the series... 

Manchester United beat Arsenal 1-0 on at Old Trafford to leapfrog their opponents and go top of the English Premier League. Ji-Sung Park’s first-half goal proved to be enough for all three points for a United side that could even afford for Wayne Rooney to miss a penalty. United, who remain unbeaten and still have a game... 

NEW DELHI: A treacherous 22-yard strip at the Karnail Singh Stadium and the presence of a certain Sourav Ganguly are the primary reasons of attraction as hosts Railways take on Bengal in a do-or-die final Super League encounter of the Ranji Trophy. With both teams aiming for an outright victory, there is a huge possibility... 

Gabba curator Kevin Mitchell insists that the pitches on offer for the Ashes series are not responsible for the Ricky Ponting-led Australian team’s woes. The pitch for the Brisbane Test had produced 624 runs for the loss of just two wickets on the last two days of the match, but Mitchell reckons the figures were due to... 

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court’s orders and observations on rotting foodgrains have created a piquant problem for both the government and the Congress. This post was submitted by Harshit Agrawal. Read More →

More than 60 countries have committed over $700 million in aid for Pakistan in contrary to belief that international community is not coming forward for the help of flood-affected people. This post was submitted by rishi maurya. Read More →

DAMBULLA: Miffed with the practice pitch at the Rangini Dambulla Stadium, a furious Indian skipperMahendra Singh Dhoni on Saturday walked out of a practice session after Dinesh Karthik injured his hand due to the uneven bounce of the track. This post was submitted by Anil Kumar Chaudhary. Read More →