Mohammed Azharuddin to contest Lok Sabha polls from West Bengal

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 28, 2014, 18:49

Former India captain and current Lok Sabha MP Mohammed Azharuddin, in all likelihood, would contest the 2014 Lok Sabha elections from a constituency in West Bengal.

Pujara is ICC`s Emerging Cricketer of the Year

Last Updated: Saturday, December 14, 2013, 09:46

Rising Test batsman Cheteshwar Pujara bagged the `Emerging Cricketer of the Year` trophy as India had to be content with just two winners in the ICC Annual awards announced on Friday in which Australian captain Michael Clarke clinched the top honours.

Cook hopes Jonathan Trott will resume England`s No.3 position

Last Updated: Thursday, December 5, 2013, 15:19

England batsman Alastair Cook has expressed hopes that Johanthan Trott will return to his No. 3 position despite his abrupt departure from the Ashes tour with a stress-related illness.

No amount of `prancing` can save a player once he`s shown his `fear`: Steve Waugh

Last Updated: Sunday, December 1, 2013, 20:07

Former Australian captain Steve Waugh has said that no amount of `prancing, preening or dialogue` can rescue a `fearful` cricketer once he has shown his vulnerability in the confined space of a cricket ground.

Taliban invoke Sachin Tendulkar to defend `martyr` tag for militants

Last Updated: Friday, November 29, 2013, 11:25

The Pakistani Taliban have contended that those opposed to referring to dead militants as martyrs are like persons who do not want cricketing icon Sachin Tendulkar to be praised because he is an Indian.

Sachin Tendulkar will never retire from our hearts

Last Updated: Sunday, November 17, 2013, 23:28

Sachin is not just one of the greatest cricketers in the history of the game but he is surely one the greatest sportsperson that the world has seen, transcending time and space.

Stokes and Madsen win Cricket Writers` awards

Last Updated: Monday, September 30, 2013, 16:20

England all-rounder Ben Stokes has rounded off a memorable season that saw him gain selection for the upcoming Ashes tour by becoming the first Durham player to be named the Cricket Writers` Club Young Cricketer of the Year.

Amla third Proteas player to be named SA`s Cricketer of the Year twice

Last Updated: Tuesday, September 10, 2013, 11:35

Hashim Amla has become third South African player to be named country`s `Cricketer of the Year` on two occasions.

Should always be seen as cricketer: Pervez Rasool

Last Updated: Tuesday, September 3, 2013, 17:12

Unfazed by the politics that followed after he became the first player from Jammu and Kashmir to be picked in the Indian team, all-rounder Parvez Rasool on Tuesday said that he should be seen and judged solely as a cricketer.

Former Australian Test cricketer to run for election

Last Updated: Monday, August 12, 2013, 13:29

Former Australian Test cricketer Nathan Bracken on Monday said he will stand in next month`s national elections, where he will be joined by a one-time A-League football coach.

Siddharth Kaul declared best emerging cricketer at PCA meet

Last Updated: Sunday, August 4, 2013, 22:40

Medium pacer Siddharth Kaul was declared as `Best Emerging Cricketer` at an Annual General Meeting organized by the Punjab Cricket Association here on Sunday.

Gulab Jamun to Gulmarg: Jonty Rhodes on his Indian escapades

Last Updated: Friday, August 2, 2013, 16:28

Syrupy gulab jamuns, snow-laden mountains in Gulmarg and houseboating in the backwaters of Kerala are experiences that attract South African cricket icon Jonty Rhodes to India. He believes it is the common "entrepreneurial spirit" of the people that binds the two nations.