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IPL Spot-fixing Tainted Sreesanth is subject of upcoming Malayalam movie Cricket
He may not be a role model for young cricketers, but his dramatic life can send a "strong" message of what's right and what's wrong. That's the theme of a Malayalam movie being planned around the rumbustious life of Sreesanth by filmmakers Shaji Kailas and AK Sajan. Sreesanth, a former Indian Test pacer and a member of the Rajasthan Royals team, is facing spot-fixing ...
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IPL spot fixing Rs 20 lakh seized from Ajit Chandilas cricket kit
Fifteen touch-screen smartphones to consider below Rs 15,000 Within the huge list, we take a look at fifteen touch-screen smartphones that have been ...
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New Zealand line up Vettori for Test after injured Martin heads home
Daniel Vettori has not played international cricket for more than a year after losing his place with a hamstring injury. Photograph: Marty Melville/Getty ...
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Vettori in for injured Martin
New Zealand spinner Daniel Vettori could play his first Test in 10 months against England at Headingley.His fellow left-arm spinner Bruce Martin has been ruled out of the tour with a calf strain. Veteran Vettori was originally picked in the ODI squad and has not played a first-class game since suffering an Achilles injury in July last year. He has been in India with IPL side Bangalore - though ...
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Big boys kick off big week
Big Picture After 72 league matches - mismatches, in some cases - we're into the final week of the IPL. The most important week. The week Chennai Super Kings have negotiated five times previously, with more success than failure; they're the only team to progress past the league stage in every edition of the IPL so far, losing once in the semis, finishing runners-up twice (including ...
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Zondeki retires from all cricket
Johannesburg – Cape Cobras and former South African bowler, Monde Zondeki, 30, has decided to call an end to his cricket career following persistent back injury ...
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County cricket the weeks final over
As I identified in the first of these weekly round-ups , Middlesex have a fine seam attack even without Steven Finn (on England duty) and they simply swept aside their opponent's highly rated batting unit twice in just 130 overs. Stepping up this week was old pro Tim Murtagh, whose match figures of 33.5-13-77-10 show just how effective he was. Having started across the river at The Oval ...
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Cricket Bowlers Not Batters Lead Hyderabad to Playoffs
It did not take long for Sunrisers Hyderabad, the newest of the India Premier ...
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Imran Khan’s sticky wicket His own celebrity
There's pathos in the image of Imran Khan - cricketer extraordinaire and the descendant of Pashtun warriors - lying immobile in a hospital bed after an accident on the hustings, tweeting frantically that vote-rigging might have cost him victory in the Pakistani elections.His victorious opponent, Nawaz Sharif, isn't making life easier for him, suggesting that Mr. Khan abide by one of ...
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India want new betting law
The Indian Government is keen to introduce a new law to counter the threat of spot-fixing in cricket.This follows-on from arrests made last week of a number of players and bookmakers. Former Test bowler Shanthakumaran Sreesanth and two other players were arrested along with 11 bookmakers on Thursday on suspicion of spot-fixing in India's Twenty20 IPL. The cricket board immediately ...
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20 great Ashes moments No7 England regain the Ashes 1953 | Simon Burnton
Tony Lock bowled England to the brink of victory by dismissing Archer, Davidson and Langley in the space of four overs. Photograph: Hulton Archive/Getty ...
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ACSU officers assigned to four teams
Anti-Corruption and Security Unit (ACSU) officers have been assigned to the four teams that have made it to the Playoffs, a day after the BCCI president N ...
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Warners hearing set for Wednesday
Cavalier Australian batsman David Warner will learn his fate over his Twitter tirade against two senior cricket journalists when he fronts a Cricket Australia Code of Behaviour hearing on Wednesday.Warner was called before the hearing to answer charges that he breached Rule 6 of Cricket Australia's Code of Conduct relating to unbecoming behaviour.The 26-yaer-old will participate in the ...
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Mumbai as a city must look to a progressive future
Homosexuality was only decriminalised last year in India, so it is natural that some old ways of thinking will linger, but the recent discrimination against a transgender individual in the city is an ugly reminder of the work yet to be done.
Mumbai is a massive city of over 11 million people, it is the capital of the world’s largest democracy, and is home to a cosmopolitan mix of people from all over the country and the world. Yet some in Mumbai remain, in many ways, social backward in many of their views toward traditional taboo issues such as homosexuality, bisexuality, transgender and cross-dressing. Read more
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