Melbourne, May 14 (ANI): Australian all-rounder Andrew Symonds has one week and a handful of Indian Premier League games to force his way into the Ashes squad.
Adelaide (Australia), May 14 (ANI): Cricket Australia’s 25-man list of players contracted for the 2009/10 season was announced here today.
Sydney, May 14 (ANI): Australian cricket captain Ricky Ponting believes both Michael Vaughan and Steve Harmison will find a spot in the England squad during the upcoming Ashes series.
Johannesburg (S. Africa), May 14 (ANI): South African fast bowler Dale Steyn’s frustration is building and he wishes he could vent it on a few batsmen.
Durban, May 14 (IANS) Deccan Chargers committed what their captain Adam Gilchrist termed “cricket suicide” by losing a match they should have won against Delhi Daredevils in the Indian Premier League (IPL) at the Kingsmead here Wednesday.
Chasing 174, Deccan Chargers were cruising at 149 for three, thanks to dazzling knocks from Gilchrist (64) and Andrew Symonds (41). But they lost way by losing seven wickets in 17 balls for 12 runs, as Man of the Match Rajat Bhatia picked up four for 15 and Pradeep Sangwan grabbed three for 18 to snatch the win by dismissing Deccan Chargers for 161 runs in 19.4 overs.
London, May 13 (IANS) American singer-actress Jessica Simpson has shot down rumours that she is expecting a baby with her footballer boyfriend Tony Romo.
Contactmusic.com reports, the star raised eyebrows after she was photographed performing at the San Antonio Bud & Beer Festival in Texas with a bulging belly.
Chandigarh, May 13 (IANS) Nearly 65 percent polling was recorded for nine parliamentary seats in Punjab and one seat in Chandigarh Wednesday as the fifth and final round of voting ended.
Punjab’s Chief Electoral Officer Kusumjit Sidhu said the highest polling of 69 percent was recorded in the newly-created border constituency of Khadoor Sahib.
New Delhi, May 13 (IANS) Indian Premier League (IPL) chairman and commissioner Lalit Modi has said that he would look into the footage of the match between Kolkata Knight Riders and Royals Challengers Bangalore to see if the game was fixed.
Knight Riders surprisingly dropped their top-run getter Australian Brad Hodge for the match against Royal Challengers. But Hodge, instead of sitting in the dressing room, was found in the hospitality box during the match.
Munich, May 13 (DPA) Bayern Munich appear close to hiring coach Louis van Gaal from AZ Alkmaar as the Dutch football champions Wednesday spoke of imminent talks between the clubs.
“We have received signals that Munich will make an approach,” said AZ sports director Marcel Brands.
Madrid, May 13 (DPA) Spanish football club Atletico Madrid announced Wednesday that they had cancelled the contract of Greek defender Giorgios Seitaridis, which was due to expire in June 2010.
Seitardidis is the second player to be released by Atletico this month, following in the footsteps of Portugal veteran Maniche.