DUBAI/NEW DELHI: Reacting sharply to a British newspaper claim that the India-Pakistan semifinal in the 2011 cricket World Cup may have been fixed, the ICC on Monday dismissed the claim as “spurious”.

ICC also dismissed the claim that it was investigating the semifinal match.

“The story carried by [...]

NEW DELHI: Rahul Dravid throwing a chair? It may seem hard to believe but that is what the Indian batting great, known for his calm and composed demeanour, once did after a heavy defeat.

Dravid’s rare act of indescrition has been disclosed by his wife Vijeeta in an [...]

NEW DELHI: Former Indian captain Sourav Ganguly found little substance in the report published in a British newspaper about the World Cup semifinal between India and Pakistan being fixed.

“I don’t know how they have got the information but let me tell that India are world [...]

NEW DELHI: BCCI on Monday declined to comment on an unsubstantiated newspaper report that claimed that last year’s World Cup semifinal match between India and Pakistan at Mohali was rigged.

BCCI vice-president Rajiv Shukla, who is also the IPL chairman, said unless they received [...]

CHENNAI: The disastrous tour of Australia notwithstanding, Indian team was capable of bouncing back in the ongoing Asia Cup, feels Selection Committee chairman Krishnamachari Srikkanth.

“We have to accept the fact that cricket is a game, sometimes there are ups, some times there are downs. But I am [...]

MIRPUR: Desperate to restore their battered reputation after the recent debacle in Australia, title holders India would be hoping for a positive start to their campaign in the Asia Cup when they take on Sri Lanka on Tuesday.

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LONDON: Cricket again came under a cloud as the Sunday Times, London, carried out a sting operation on a Delhi-based bookie who claimed last year’s World Cup semifinal between India and Pakistan at Mohali was rigged.

The man, identified as Vicky Seth and described [...]

MIRPUR: In the end, the Bangladesh fans were stunned into silence and disbelief. They had every reason to feel let down after their heroes threw away the Asia Cup opener which they had fully under control.

Scorecard | Match in Pics [...]