Indian Sports News
Tough start to Formula One for Force India team
The first Indian-owned team to start a Formula One race were given a tough lesson in the realities of the sport when both their cars failed to finish Sunday’s Australian Grand Prix.Force India, which is co-owned by Indian billionaire Vijay Mallya, never expected to challenge the likes of McLaren and Ferrari for victory but were […]
Charlesworth turns down curtailed role
Ric Charlesworth on Monday refused to accept the curtailed role offered to him by the ministry of sports and the Indian Hockey Federation (IHF).
The Australian hockey legend, who arrived in the capital on Monday morning at the behest of the ministry, was not willing to restrict his role to the junior men’s and the women’s […]
Sania Mirza sends Peer packing
Sania Mirza continued her domination of Shahar Peer, defeating the ninth-seeded Israeli in three sets, to reach the fourth round of the Pacific Life Open here on Sunday. Sania triumphed 6-7(7), 7-5, 6-3 for her third straight win over Peer in four meetings.“We always play tough matches, but it’s about finding a way to win,” […]
Remorseless Hayden relishing bad reputation
Matthew Hayden’s recent comments about Harbhajan Singh have upheld his reputation as Australia’s most unforgiving on-field sledger. By David Hopps.
Matthew Hayden has escaped with a reprimand from Cricket Australia after a Brisbane radio interview in which he vilified the Indian spinner Harbhajan Singh as an “obnoxious weed” and happily imagined teaching their spindly, young fast […]
Second Round auction next week: Modi
The Cricket Board-floated Indian Premier League (IPL)will conduct a second players’ auction next week to enable franchises, that have money left after the initial auction held on February 20, from the five million USD cap, supplement their player base.
“We plan to hold an internal players auction next week with only the team mangement who have […]
India has the last laugh after a bitter summer: Aussie media
Australian media again highlighted off spinner Harbhajan Singh as India claimed epoch-making tri-series victory at Brisbane and described the young side’s feat as having “the last laugh after a bitter summer of explosive tensions”.
Harbhajan, who had hit headlines throughout the long tour for being at the centre of off-field controversies, proved to be the nemesis […]
Indian Premier League: Good bye sports
Whatever maybe the outcome of this “Great Tamasha,” it is bound to change the face of cricket and could well entice cricketers to put a price on their heads as TV channels and other stake holders come out with innovative methods to reap profits.
And now for 44 days from April 18, India’s great cricket tamasha […]
Cricket’s new order
The official Indian Premier League (IPL), and the rebel Indian Cricket League (ICL) are two rival, cash-rich competitions, which threaten the stability of international cricket as we know it.
Here we pick through the details and explain how a brilliant English concept which started in 2003 (Twenty20 cricket) could, in a worst case scenario, spell the […]
Lalit Modi’s IPL threatens English cricket
The full scale of the threat to English cricket posed by the billion-dollar Indian Premier League was revealed to The Daily Telegraph yesterday when the man leading the revolution said “the majority of the England players have been in contact with us”.
Lalit Modi, the chairman of the IPL, has stood by a deal with the […]
Hayden admits being ‘insensitive’
Australian opener Matthew Hayden has admitted being “insensitive” in making the ‘obnoxious little weed’ remark against Harbhajan Singh but said it was not against the spirit of cricket and did warrant a reprimand.
“I can see that my comments were insensitive but they were not intended to be denigrating and especially not contrary to the spirit […]