New Delhi, May 18 (IANS) Gaurav Kapur, who is hosting after-match shows of the Indian Premier League (IPL), said that he was glad to see the Twenty20 matches being played to packed stadiums in South Africa.
“It was great to see that on a lot of occasions the tickets were sold out and the audience was not just Indians but scores of locals,” Gaurav said.
London, May 18 (ANI): Arsenal’s coach Arsene Wenger has refused to rule out a summer switch to Spanish football giant Real Madrid.
The Gunners’ long-serving boss was coy when asked on French TV whether he had spoken to Madrid presidential candidate Florentino Perez.
Far from denying it, Wenger just said: “Please allow me to remain discreet on this matter.â€
Perez is the overwhelming favourite to win next month’s presidential election at the Bernabeu.
“With Perez, the project will be greatly interesting for all the managers,†The Sun quoted Wenger, as saying.
Cape Town (S. Africa), May 18 (ANI) Former Australian batsman and now manager of the IPL franchisee Deccan Chargers, Darren Lehmann, has called on the national selectors to include all-rounder Andrew Symonds in the Ashes squad.
London, May 17 (ANI): England’s star batsman Kevin Pietersen has insisted that the five-day version of the game needs to be spiced up, pleading with grounds men that the future of the game is in their hands.
The huge popularity of the shorter Twenty20 format and the mega cash on offer for players in the […]
London, May 17 (ANI): England is keen to become a ‘home away from home’ for Pakistan cricket, as several foreign teams have refused to tour the South-Asian country due to the precarious security situation there.
Johannesburg, May 17 (IANS) The reality of the new cricket world order is that international cricket’s scheduling has to be charted around the Indian Premier League (IPL), although the IPL organisers have maintained that international cricket will remain the priority.
Johannesburg, May 17 (IANS) The Indian Premier League (IPL) should not discount the contribution that retired cricketers can make to the Twenty20 tournament, former South African captain Kepler Wessels said here Sunday.
Wessels wrote in his column in the weekly Sunday Times: “Although I agree that the IPL should always give preference to active international stars, they should not discount retired players.”
Amritsar, May 17 (IANS) Cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu’s incessant wisecracks on television shows barely made up for his long absences from this constituency, where he was re-elected to the Lok Sabha by a dangerously slender margin.
Sidhu, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate, managed to retain his seat Saturday by being just 7,332 votes ahead of his nearest rival, Om Prakash Soni of the Congress.
Madrid, May 17 (DPA) The streets of Barcelona were packed with noisy, euphoric football fans just before midnight Saturday.
Real Madrid, Barcelona’s historic rivals, had just suffered a dramatic, late 3-2 defeat in Villarreal, a result that made Barca league champions.
Chandigarh, May 17 (IANS) At a time when the ruling Badal family in Punjab should have been reviewing the Akali Dal’s dismal show in Punjab’s 2009 Lok Sabha elections, it seems to be rejoicing in its personal victory in the Bathinda seat.