MELBOURNE: Sachin Tendulkar’s aura as a batsman will not diminish even if he does not score his much awaited 100th international century, Australian great Steve Waugh has said.

“I think it’s a huge statistic and India is obsessed by stats. The whole country wants him to get his one-hundredth 100 [...]

MELBOURNE: India should draft all-rounder Irfan Pathan and Manoj Tiwary in the side for the next tri-series match even if it means dropping a spinner along with Suresh Raina, suggested former skipper Sourav Ganguly.

India will play Sri Lanka on Wednesday after losing the [...]

NEW DELHI: India’s World Cup star Yuvraj Singh will recover from a cancerous tumour, his doctor said on Monday, as politicians, sports officials and his teammates rallied around the ailing all-rounder.

Yuvraj is undergoing chemotherapy treatment in the United States for a rare condition,

CHANDIGARH: Yuvraj Singh’s father Yograj Singh on Monday lamented that his son’s treatment was delayed a bit, and said a more cautious approach would have helped the cricketer who is suffering from a malignant tumor which is located in space between the two lungs.

Yograj also profusely thanked [...]

NEW DELHI: Stung by Sahara’s pullout as sponsor of Indian cricket team and owner of IPL franchise Pune Warriors, the BCCI on Monday took a more reconciliatory stand towards the aggrieved corporate giant, saying it was ready to sit across the table and sort out all the matters. [...]

DUBAI: Pakistan beat England by 71 runs in the third and final Test to sweep the series 3-0 on the fourth day at Dubai Stadium on Monday.

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England were dismissed for 252 in their second innings as they slumped to a first-ever [...]

NEW DELHI: Yuvraj Singh, who is presently undergoing treatment for his medical condition in US, can resume training in ten weeks, feels his oncologist – Dr. Nikesh Rohatagi.

“Yuvraj has a rare type of seminoma which is completely curable,” clarified Rohatagi while addressing media in the Capital on [...]

CHANDIGARH: Yuvraj Singh’s father Yograj Singh on Monday lamented that his son’s treatment was delayed a bit and that the dashing left-hander had not taken seriously his advice to get himself checked up two years back.

“I don’t want to blame anyone. But I feel that things could have been [...]

NEW DELHI: Jolted after Sahara pulled out as sponsor of the Indian cricket team and owner of IPL franchise Pune Warriors, the BCCI is desperately trying to make up with the corporate giant and said it “doesn’t want to decide anything in haste”.

Two days after [...]

LAHORE: The continuing freeze on Indo-Pak bilateral cricket is “frustrating”, says Shoaib Akhtar but the former pacer does not agree with PCB chairman Zaka Ashraf’s “politically incorrect” statement that the Indians are intimidated by the prospect of taking on an in-form Pakistan.

“Obviously it is frustrating the way [...]