Sports

    YouTube: Olympics highlights online

    The largest video sharing website, YouTube have earned the limited broadcasting rights to upload the sports clips of Beijing Olympics 2008 Games for more than 77 countries including India and Iraq. YouTube will broadcast in countries where digital rights have not been sold.


    Beijing goes back to being the ‘bicycle kingdom’

    Beijing, Aug 5 (Xinhua) Zhao Xiaoming, 47, a manager at an overseas-funded company, used to sit comfortably behind the wheel of his car every day and drive to work in downtown Beijing.

Charlesworth blames SAI for quitting as technical advisor

Aug 4th, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: Sports

New Delhi, Aug 4 (IANS) Australian Ric Charlesworth, who resigned as the technical advisor to Indian hockey after a turbulent period, blamed the Sports Authority for India (SAI) for his quiting the job.



UTV to make biopic on Kishore Kumar (Lead)

Aug 4th, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: Sports

Mumbai, Aug 4 (IANS) Legendary singer-actor Kishore Kumar’s life and times would be captured on the silver screen in a biopic on the artist to be made by UTV, his son, singer Amit Kumar, announced here Monday.



UTV plans a biopic on Kishore Kumar

Aug 4th, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: Sports

Mumbai, Aug 4 (IANS) The legendary singer-actor Kishore Kumar’s life and time would be captured on the silver screen in a biopic film on the artist, his son announced here Monday.



Anil Ambani to buy Newcastle United

Aug 4th, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: Business, Sports

London, Aug 4 (IANS) Reliance Communications chairman Anil Ambani is expected to make a series of proposals to the owners of English Premier League football club Newscastle United in a possible 260 million pound takeover bid, newspapers here reported Monday.



Evidence against Asif ‘damning’

Aug 4th, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: Sports

Karachi, Aug 4 (IANS) A fact-finding committee probing Pakistan pacer Mohammad Asif’s misadventure in Dubai earlier this summer has informed Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Nasim Ashraf that there is enough evidence to punish the dope-tainted player.



Cricket selectors to meet Thursday to pick ODI team

Aug 4th, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: Sports

New Delhi, Aug 4 (IANS) The selection committee to pick the ODI team for the Idea Cup in Sri Lanka and the Champions Trophy in Pakistan will meet in Mumbai Thursday.



Sehwag and Harbhajan move up in ICC Rankings

Aug 4th, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: Sports

Dubai, Aug 4 (IANS) Riding on their match-winning performances in the second Test against Sri Lanka, Virender Sehwag and Harbhajan Singh climbed up in the International Cricket Council (ICC) rankings.



Dhoni awarded Khel Ratna

Aug 4th, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: Sports

New Delhi, Aug 4 (IANS) India’s cricket ODI captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni has been awarded the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award.