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Speed: 2011 World Cup will be shorter

April 29th, 2007

International Cricket Council chief executive Malcolm Speed has admitted the current World Cup tournament has been too long. The 47-day event is generally considered to have been a lacklustre affair and its length is one of a number of aspects to have been criticised. The tournament has failed to sustain mass interest over its six […]


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Chennai lad Narain Shankar ruled the roost

April 21st, 2007

Chennai lad Narain Shankar ruled the roost winning both the races in the second edition of the JK Tyre Racing Cup motor sports series held here at the MMSC race track at Irungattukottai, Sriperumbudur, near here today. It was a beehive of activity at the track with drivers in 19 cars from Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai, […]


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Bob Woolmer was poisoned and then strangled

April 15th, 2007

FORENSIC tests have indicated that Bob Woolmer, the Pakistan cricket coach, was poisoned before being strangled, a source close to the Jamaican police has disclosed. Detectives believe the killer or killers used the poison to incapacitate Woolmer before murdering him in his hotel room last month. They are now focusing their investigation on the food […]


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Afro-Asian Cup at Chennai and Bangalore

April 12th, 2007

The second edition of the Afro-Asian Cup featuring three day-night one-day matches will be hosted by Bangalore and Chennai in June, Sharad Pawar, chairman of the Afro-Asian Cricket Co-operation, said on Wednesday. “It’s the first major collaboration on any sporting level between the two continents and I’m sure, it will come to be seen as […]


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India a future F1 destination: Bernie Ecclestone

April 10th, 2007

Formula One management head Bernie Ecclestone has said that India is a Formula One destination and that it would be ideal to have an Indian competing in the World championship. The President and CEO of F1 Management, in a statement in Chennai, said that he was ‘personally enthusiastic’ about the prospects of having a round […]



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Chennai girl Rohini Rau for World Sailing Championships 2007

April 7th, 2007

Chennai lass Rohini Rau has been selected to represent India at the ISAF World Sailing Championships 2007 at Cascais (Portugal) from 28 June to 13 July. This event is also the first qualifier for the 2008 Olympic games at Beijing. The Laser Radial class has been introduced in the Olympic Games for the first time […]


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Afro-Asian Cup in Bangalore and Chennai

April 5th, 2007

The dates for the second Afro-Asian Cup one-day series, which is being staged in India, have been announced. The three-match second Afro-Asian Cup will be held in Chennai and Bangalore in June. The three matches between the Asian Tigers and the African Lions, which the ICC have granted full ODI status, will be played in […]




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Woolmer’s neck was broken: police sources

March 23rd, 2007

Kingston (Jamaica), Mar 22: The murder plot in Bob Woolmer’s mysterious death thickens as police sources now revealing that the Pakistan caoch could have been strangulated in his bath as the bones on his neck had broken and there were cut marks on his throat.Suspicions that Pakistan cricket coach Bob Woolmer was murdered were strengthened […]