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New Delhi, Thursday 20 November 2008: Just days after retiring from international cricket, Sourav is set to make yet another comeback. This time the former Indian skipper has joined hands with BCCI as part of the technical committee. Dada will join the panel headed by Gavaskar and look into the technical aspects of the game in the country. The Committee members will frame rules and regulations for all the domestic and international tournaments in India. The BCCI’s technical committee is head
Watching England in one-day internationals away from home is rarely easy but, after two heavy defeats in Rajkot and Indore, the next five games and the long hours spent between games on the train are starting to look tougher by the day. But away from the cricket itself the first week of England's epic odyssey across the length and breadth of India has thrown up the usual array of the fantastic that tend to become the norm on a tour of this amazing country. Take my TWO TV appearances for insta
KANPUR: England captain Kevin Pietersen won the toss and elected to bat in the third one-day international against India at the Green Park stadium here on Thursday. The match was shortened to 49 overs-a-side after the start was delayed by 45 minutes due to morning haze. The hosts made one change to the team that won the second one-dayer in Indore, bringing in paceman Ishant Sharma in place of Rudra Pratap Singh. England brought in off-spinner Graeme Swann for fast bowler Stephen Harmison.
ROME: Former World Player of the Year Ronaldo has admitted for the first time that retirement is a possibility if his knee fails to improve. The 32 year-old underwent surgery on his knee in February 2008 and has been without a club since that injury negated his contract with AC Milan. Ronaldo did receive a pay-as-you-score offer from Siena, but the former Barcelona, Inter Milan and Real Madrid striker turned it down as he was weighing up his future. He told La Gazzetta dello Sport: “I”m than
RIO DE JANEIRO: A Brazilian surfer broke his own record after riding a wave on an extra-long 30-foot (9.16-metre) surfboard for over ten seconds. In 2006, Rico de Souza broke the Guinness World Record by riding a wave on a 25.6-foot board (8.05-m). From his prior experience, Souza developed the new 100-kilo (220-pound) surfboard with the adjustments he had missed before. Souza said that surfing the lengthy board was a challenging, but thrilling experience. Souza also organized another
