NEW DELHI: The deadlock between Sahara group and BCCI finally ended as both parties reached compromise on Thursday. The corporate group will continue to sponsor the Indian cricket team and will own the Pune Warriors.

BCCI agreed to open trading window of players for the Sahara Group. The [...]

MELBOURNE: Former Australian all-rounder Andrew Symonds, one of the game’s highly talented but maverick players, on Thursday announced his retirement from all forms of professional cricket, bringing an end to a career marked by controversies and disciplinary breaches.

The 36-year-old Symonds, a temperamental and colourful personality whose racial row with [...]

DUBAI: Return-to-form batsman Ravi Bopara on Wednesday warned England to avoid any complacency against a dangerous Pakistan team despite racing into a 2-0 lead in their one day international series.

England won the first match by 130 runs on Monday and then doubled the lead with a hard earned 20-run [...]

BRISBANE: The India cricket team on Thursday chose to stay locked inside their hotel rooms, making it the 16th day in the past 64 days of the tour when the players turned their backs on bat and ball.

Out of 64 days, 22 days have been spent on the cricket field, 10 [...]

NEW DELHI: Indian cricketer Yuvraj Singh on Thursday revealed that the malignant lung tumour, for which he is undergoing chemotherapy in the Unites States, is “almost out of his system” after the first cycle of treatment.

“Got very good news from dr lawrence today! The tumor is almost [...]

BRISBANE: As the cricketing caravan moved from Adelaide to Brisbane on Wednesday afternoon, Gautam Gambhir was secure in the knowledge that he would be enjoying a paid holiday this weekend. The opener, who scored 92 and 91 in his previous two innings, will have to sit out as per the [...]

BRISBANE: Mahendra Singh Dhoni might well fancy scriptwriting as a future vocation. The way he authors heart-stopping finishes on the cricket pitch, several Bollywood producers might be tempted to ask him to write thrillers for them too.

As India captain, dealing with pressure is an occupational hazard for him. However, [...]

NEW DELHI/MUMBAI: Some headway seems to have been made in talks between the Indian cricket board and Sahara India to resolve the crisis arising out of the company threatening to pull its team, Pune Warriors, out of the Indian Premier League.

BCCI is believed to have told Sahara [...]

ABU DHABI: Alastair Cook hit a second successive hundred to guide England to a 20-run win over Pakistan in the second day-night international on Wednesday, giving his team a 2-0 lead in the four-match series.

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England put up a challenging 250-4 powered [...]