Sports

    Former Malaysian Indian weightlifter killed in accident

    Kuala Lumpur, Oct 8 (IANS) India-born Harbans Singh, who died in a road accident in Petaling Jaya Monday at the age of 73, was the first Malaysian to win three gold medals in weightlifting at a multi-event sports meet over 30 years ago.


    Once invincible Aussies take on confident India (Preview)

    Bangalore, Oct 8 (IANS) They were the Invincibles. They steamrollered every team in their path with effortless ease. The Australian played their cricket hard, backed themselves and bragged that they could crush their opponents. But that was in the past.

Once invincible Aussies take on confident India (Preview)

Oct 8th, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: Sports

Bangalore, Oct 8 (IANS) They were the Invincibles. They steamrollered every team in their path with effortless ease. The Australian played their cricket hard, backed themselves and bragged that they could crush their opponents. But that was in the past.



We are under pressure as a couple: David Beckham

Oct 8th, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: Sports

London, Oct 8 (IANS) Football star David Beckham admits he and his wife Victoria are “under pressure” as a married couple, but says their kids take it away.



Raja, Sambaran hail Sourav

Oct 7th, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: Sports

Kolkata, Oct 7 (IANS) National selector Raja Venkat Tuesday described Sourav Ganguly’s decision to retire from international cricket as the end of the journey of a marvelous and fantastic player.



Ganguly’s wife receives threat to kidnap daughter (Lead)

Oct 7th, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: Sports

Kolkata/Bangalore Oct 7 (IANS) Former India captain Sourav Ganguly received two threat letters in the past one month that his six-year-old daughter Sana would be kidnapped.



I have received threats to kidnap my daughter: Sourav

Oct 7th, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: Sports

Bangalore, Oct 9 (IANS) Former Indian captain Sourav Ganguly Tuesday revealed that he has received threats to kidnap his daughter Sana.



Sourav Ganguly: A born fighter (Profile)

Oct 7th, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: Sports

Kolkata, Oct 7 (IANS) Sourav Ganguly has said farewell to cricket after 12 glorious years and at times controversial seasons in the highest level of the game. But for cricket, it’s not merely the loss of an icon, rather of a born fighter, who led his country with passion and shrewdness and would go down as one of the best captains in the annals of cricketing history.



Ganguly was fed up with uncertainty over his place: Srikkanth (Lead)

Oct 7th, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: Sports

Bangalore, Oct 7 (IANS) Sourav Ganguly was fed up with the uncertainty over his place in the side and decided to end his international career with his head held high, chairman of selectors Krisnamachari Srikkanth revealed after the former skipper announced his retirement Tuesday.



Ganguly could not have timed it better

Oct 7th, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: Sports

Bangalore, Oct 7 (IANS) He was in his element at the media conference, answering varied questions on his career: His anguish at not being picked for the Irani Trophy; the ensuing four-Test series against Australia; the pressures of donning the India colours; the disappointment of being frequently dropped from the Test team and the need to respect senior cricketers and let them go out on their own terms.