Sports

    Mohun Bagan manage 1-1 draw with Air India

    Kolkata, Oct 3 (IANS) Substitute Branco Vincent Cardozo’s second half strike enabled three time winners Mohun Bagan salvage a 1-1 draw against Mumbai’s Air India in a I-League encounter here Friday.


    Debt-ridden man kills 2 daughters, wife, self in Gujarat

    Palanpur, Oct 3 (IANS) A man, who was in debt after gambling and betting on cricket matches, poisoned his wife and two minor daughters and then committed suicide by hanging himself in Gujarat’s Patan district, the police said Friday.

Indian batting has become toothless: Boycott

Oct 3rd, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: Sports

London, Oct 3 (IANS) Geoffrey Boycott has favoured the touring England side to India to win the series, saying the famed Indian batting is now toothless with all their five great players past their peak.



Injured McGain to fly back to Australia

Oct 3rd, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: Sports

Hyderabad, Oct 3 (IANS) Australian veteran spinner Bryce McGain would fly back home because of shoulder injury, Cricket Australia (CA) announced Friday.



Nano No-No: Events leading to the Tata pullout

Oct 3rd, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: Sports

New Delhi, Oct 3 (IANS) The following is the timeline of events surrounding the small car project of Tata Motors at Singur in West Bengal, that finally resulted in the group announcing a pull-out of the project from the communists-ruled state Friday:



Wenger wants stricter action against soccer racism

Oct 3rd, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: Sports

London, Oct 3 (IANS) World football is dogged yet again by racism. Monkey chants were directed at Emile Heskey in Zagreb last month and in another case, Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has said Sol Campbell was subjevted to racist abuse by Tottenham fans.



New Zealand A recovers after early hiccups against India A

Oct 3rd, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: Sports

Chennai, Oct 3 (IANS) A determined New Zealand A ground their way to 270 for three in their first innings against India A at stumps on the opening day of the second four-day match at the M.A. Chidambaram Stadium here Friday.



High Court to decide Shoaib’s fate Wednesday

Oct 3rd, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: Sports

Karachi, Oct 3 (IANS) Shoaib Akhtar’s chances of reviving his international cricket career by playing a Twenty20 tournament in Canada hinges on the outcome of a Lahore High Court (LHC) hearing on Oct 8 that will decide whether the fast bowler can play for Pakistan without paying a hefty fine imposed on him over repeated breaches of discipline.



Kumble rubbishes retirement plans

Oct 2nd, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: Sports

Bangalore, Oct 2 (IANS) Test skipper Anil Kumble Thursday rubbished reports that the Indian cricket board had drawn up a retirement plan for senior players.



Sourav Ganguly appeals to Tata to produce Nano at Singur

Oct 2nd, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: Sports

Kolkata, Oct 2 (IANS) Former Indian cricket skipper Sourav Ganguly, a local hero, Thursday urged Tata group chief Ratan Tata not to shift the Nano factory out of West Bengal and instead ensure that the small car was produced at Singur.