Sports

    PCB to stop use of mobile phone in players’ dug-out

    Karachi, Oct 7 (IANS) The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is taking stringent measures to stop the use of mobile phone in and around the players’ dug-out during the ongoing National Twenty20 Cup in Lahore in a bid to minimise any possible match-fixing.


    PCB officials troubled by visa problems

    Karachi, Oct 7 (IANS) Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) officials were Tuesday making frantic efforts to get a Canadian visa for the country’s premier batsman Mohammad Yousuf in a bid to include him in a 15-man squad for a four-nation Twenty20 tournament in Toronto later this week.

Nigaar Khan raves about Dinesh Karthik, says he’s the best

Oct 6th, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: Sports

New Delhi, Oct 7 (IANS) Television actress Nigaar Z. Khan says cricketer Dinesh Karthik, her partner on dance reality show “Ek Khiladi Ek Hasina”, is a sweet guy and a quick learner and that she couldn’t have got a better co-dancer.



Hayden says Harbhajan fires him up

Oct 6th, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: Sports

Sydney, Oct 6 (IANS) Harbahajan Singh’s declaration that he is not out to make friends against Australia has fired up his foe opener Matthew Hayden, who said such comments would only inspire him to perform better against the hosts.



Gilchrist to play for All-Stars against Australia XI

Oct 6th, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: Sports

Sydney, Oct 6 (IANS) Adam Gilchrist will return to play cricket against Australia. The batsman will feature in a team of returning greats against a full-strength Australian XI in a Twenty20 All-Star clash at Brisbane next month.



Dravid’s mother engraves Karnataka’s cricketers in a mural

Oct 6th, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: Sports

Bangalore, Oct 6 (IANS) A massive mural of 45×20 feet created by Pushpa Dravid, mother of former Indian skipper Rahul Dravid, with portraits of six famous cricketers of Karnataka was unveiled Monday at the Chinnaswamy Stadium here.



Offside: Child labour rampant in football stitching

Oct 6th, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: Sports

New Delhi, Oct 6 (IANS) Next time you take to playfield and kick a football, remember that in all possibility it was created by tender yet wounded pair of hands in an obscure village in north India.



Offside: Child labour rampant in football stitching

Oct 6th, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: Sports

New Delhi, Oct 6 (IANS) Next time you take to playfield and kick a football, remember that in all possibility it was created by tender yet wounded pair of hands in an obscure village in north India.



Offside: Child labour rampant in football stitching

Oct 6th, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: Sports

New Delhi, Oct 6 (IANS) Next time you take to playfield and kick a football, remember that in all possibility it was created by tender yet wounded pair of hands in an obscure village in north India.



Sachin unveils ‘Wall’ to mark Dravid’s 10,000 Test runs

Oct 6th, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: Sports

Bangalore, Oct 6 (IANS) Rahul Dravid’s 10,000 Test runs were celebrated here at Chinnaswamy stadium with Sachin Tendulkar unveiling a wall of 10,000 bricks.