Archive for August, 2010
INDIA WON BY SIX WICKETS
Virender Sehwag scored his runs from exactly 100 balls with the help of 11 fours and two sixes as India raced to the target of 171 in 34.3 overs to earn the much-needed one bonus point. Earlier, the Indian bowlers put in a disciplined bowling performance to restrict the Lankans to 170. Paceman Praveen Kumar [...]
KIM Vs MARIA
Belgian fourth seed Clijsters needed only 12 minutes to reach Sunday’s title match of the two million-dollar hardcourt event after Serbia’s Ana Ivanovic retired due to a left foot injury and left the court in tears. Sharapova needed two and a half hours to defeat Russian teen Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6-4, 3-6, 6-2 in the other [...]
PAK AND ENG EXHIBITION MATCH
Pakistani and English cricket chiefs are working on a plan for an exhibition match to raise funds for the millions of people hit by Pakistan’s devastating floods, a statement said Thursday. The severe floods in the country’s northwest and south have affected as many as 14 million people, according to the Pakistani authorities. The Pakistan [...]
END OF THE BAD TIME………..
Batista has expressed his desire to retain the job on a full-time basis through to the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, not just for the rest of the year, and his cause will be helped by Messi’s glowing assessment of the former central midfielder. “We’ve got to let him get on with the job. I [...]
NEW ZEALAND WON BY 200 RUNS
It was New Zealand’s biggest one-day victory over India by run-margin, the previous being by 108 runs at Dunedin in 1990.Sri Lanka are the third team in the tournament. Each side will play the other twice in the preliminary league before the top two qualify for the final on August 28. New Zealand were indebted [...]
ENGLAND WON BY NINE WICKETS
England, set 118 to win, finished on 118 for one as they went an unbeatable 2-0 up in this four-match series with more than a day to spare.Opening batsman Strauss and Jonathan Trott were both 53 not out, with England winning their sixth Test in a row. “We had a few butterflies because we knew [...]
PAKISTAN ALL OUT IN 72 RUNS
This slump came just five days after Pakistan had been dismissed for their previous lowest against England of 80 in the first of a four Test series that the hosts won by a crushing 354 runs at Trent Bridge on Sunday. England compounded Pakistan’s plight by reaching 43 without loss at tea. Andrew Strauss, the [...]
PONTING IS NOT PLANNING TO RETIRE
Australia’s selection chairman is hoping he maintains the desire to stay on. Ponting’s camp has dismissed speculation he is considering standing down and Andrew Hilditch has stepped in to support the 35-year-old’s long-term ambitions. Hilditch does not believe Ponting, who has been in charge for 71 matches, is mapping out his retirement plans. “I’d be [...]
IT’S A MAGIC………..
The Argentinian superstar made his pre-season debut halfway into the game and scored two quick goals, giving his team the spark it needed to notch up an impressive victory. Barca, dressed in the famous turquoise-coloured strip, looked rusty out of the blocks and were punished after a minute as Choi Sung-Guk scored the opening goal [...]
FERNANDO SANTOS WANTS TO CHANGE STILE
He is the current manager of the Greek national team, last managing PAOK of the Super League Greece. On 4 February 2010, Santos was elected by the Greek Football League as the best coach of the decade, at a ceremony to celebrate the last 50 years of football in the country. Former European champions Greece [...]
