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  • …and the Sania-Hingis domination is complete

    The top seeds, who joined forces only in March, beat Spain’s eighth seeds Garbine Muguruza and Carla Suarez Navarro 6-0, 6-3 in 66 minutes, much of which looked more like an exhibition match than a season finale. Hingis, 35, and Sania, 28, have also won Wimbled ....

    The top seeds, who joined forces only in March, beat Spain’s eighth seeds Garbine Muguruza and Carla Suarez Navarro 6-0, 6-3 in 66 minutes, much of which looked more like an exhibition match than a season finale. Hingis, 35, and Sania, 28, have also won Wimbled ....

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  • Dale Steyn: Fast-bowling's outlier

     The most fascinating of fast-bowlers is the ageing fast-bowler. Often sufficiently elastic of limb to still bowl quick, he is more considered with his use of pace; by now, the reckless rush of youth has spent itself, replaced by an understanding of body, craft, and se ....

     The most fascinating of fast-bowlers is the ageing fast-bowler. Often sufficiently elastic of limb to still bowl quick, he is more considered with his use of pace; by now, the reckless rush of youth has spent itself, replaced by an understanding of body, craft, and se ....

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  • Dhoni should continue as captain till next WC: Sehwag

     Virender Sehwag, who has recently called time on his international cricket career, has backed under-fire skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni to stay on as India’s limited overs captain till the next World Cup. Replying to queries about Dhoni, Sehwag said: “He ....

     Virender Sehwag, who has recently called time on his international cricket career, has backed under-fire skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni to stay on as India’s limited overs captain till the next World Cup. Replying to queries about Dhoni, Sehwag said: “He ....

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  • Sachin didn’t do justice to his talent: Kapil Dev

     Former India captain Kapil Dev says the iconic Sachin Tendulkar “did not know how to make double hundreds, triple hundreds and 400 though he had the ability” to scale such peaks and was “stuck in the Mumbai school of cricket”. “Don&rsq ....

     Former India captain Kapil Dev says the iconic Sachin Tendulkar “did not know how to make double hundreds, triple hundreds and 400 though he had the ability” to scale such peaks and was “stuck in the Mumbai school of cricket”. “Don&rsq ....

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  • BCCI expresses regret over cancellation of talks: PCB

    The Pakistan Cricket Board on Thursday said the BCCI has in a letter expressed regret over the cancellation of talks between the heads of the two boards, Shaharyar Khan and Shashank Manohar. The PCB said in an announcement that the Board of Control for Cricket in India h ....

    The Pakistan Cricket Board on Thursday said the BCCI has in a letter expressed regret over the cancellation of talks between the heads of the two boards, Shaharyar Khan and Shashank Manohar. The PCB said in an announcement that the Board of Control for Cricket in India h ....

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  • Ten-man Dynamos prolong ATK’s agony

     Gustavo dos Santos played Super Sub, finding an injury-time goal as 10-man Delhi Dynamos downed defending champion Atletico de Kolkata 1-0 and picked up its fourth win of the ISL, here at the Salt Lake Stadium on Thursday. The turnaround for the visitors happened i ....

     Gustavo dos Santos played Super Sub, finding an injury-time goal as 10-man Delhi Dynamos downed defending champion Atletico de Kolkata 1-0 and picked up its fourth win of the ISL, here at the Salt Lake Stadium on Thursday. The turnaround for the visitors happened i ....

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  • BCCI mulls felicitating Sehwag at Kotla

     On the lines of Zaheer Khan’s felicitation at the Wankhede Stadium during the fifth and final ODI, the BCCI is looking to give veteran batsman Virender Sehwag a formal send-off in the fourth Test in Delhi starting December 3. Sehwag announced his retirement f ....

     On the lines of Zaheer Khan’s felicitation at the Wankhede Stadium during the fifth and final ODI, the BCCI is looking to give veteran batsman Virender Sehwag a formal send-off in the fourth Test in Delhi starting December 3. Sehwag announced his retirement f ....

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  • MCA curator was given guidelines for slow turner

    It was revealed to The Hindu by a top source in the BCCI Ground and Pitch Committee on Wednesday that instructions were indeed conveyed to Ramesh Mamunkar (BCCI certified curator) that a “slow pitch that would assist the spinners” should be prepared for last ....

    It was revealed to The Hindu by a top source in the BCCI Ground and Pitch Committee on Wednesday that instructions were indeed conveyed to Ramesh Mamunkar (BCCI certified curator) that a “slow pitch that would assist the spinners” should be prepared for last ....

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  • Sachin stopped me from retiring in 2007: Sehwag

     Revealing that he wanted to retire at the top of his game, veteran batsman Virender Sehwag on Wednesday said that it was iconic cricketer Sachin Tendulkar who stopped him from calling it quits after the swashbuckling opener was dropped from the Indian team in 2007. ....

     Revealing that he wanted to retire at the top of his game, veteran batsman Virender Sehwag on Wednesday said that it was iconic cricketer Sachin Tendulkar who stopped him from calling it quits after the swashbuckling opener was dropped from the Indian team in 2007. ....

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  • Leading, Ferguson style

    It was January 1984 and Moore had come to the eastern metropolis to give away the trophy at the end of the Nehru Gold Cup football tournament and we were talking about Sir Alf Ramsey, the English coach, who steered Moore’s team to victory in the 1966 World Cup at ....

    It was January 1984 and Moore had come to the eastern metropolis to give away the trophy at the end of the Nehru Gold Cup football tournament and we were talking about Sir Alf Ramsey, the English coach, who steered Moore’s team to victory in the 1966 World Cup at ....

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