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Kolkata, December 6: Skipper Alastair Cook created history by cracking his 23rd Test century, the most by an Englishman, and his third consecutive one in the series as England took complete control of the third cricket Test against a listless India here today. Cook remained unbeaten on a brilliant 136 to lay the platform for a mammoth first innings total as the visitors cruised to a comfortable

Melbourne, December 6: India turned a leaf in their hockey history to enter the semi-finals of the men's Champions Trophy on their return to the tournament after a gap of six years. They beat Belgium in a 1-0 cliffhanger to book a meeting with either Australia or England. The win earned India their first shot at a Champions Trophy medal in 30 years, with their last medal - a bronze - coming in

The cheers that accompanied Sachin Tendulkar as he made his way to the middle were deafening as always. But what followed next, had most of them sitting with their fingers crossed for the best part of an hour. It went like this: 2 dots, 1 run, 12 dots, 1 run, 4 dots, Edged four, 9 dots, 1 run, 4 dots, 1 run, 1 run, 5 dots, 1 run. He just couldn’t get the ball away. Monty Panesar bowled two maidens

Kolkata, December 5: Sachin Tendulkar marked his return to form with a patient 76 but England claimed the honours on the opening day by reducing a jittery India to 273 for seven in the first innings of the third Test on Wednesday. Tendulkar played a composed innings under pressure facing 155 balls and hitting 13 boundaries in the process. His partnership of 79 for the fifth wicket with Yuvraj

Sydney, December 5: Australian great Shane Warne said he would consider coming out of retirement to play in next year’s Ashes series against England if asked by national team captain Michael Clarke, but Warne later tweeted that the suggestion might have been taken out of context. The 43-year-old leg-spinner, who retired in 2007 after taking 708 test wickets, including 195 in Ashes tests, said he

I'm no statistician. On the contrary, I go cross-eyed, my head spins like a top and I'm overcome by panic each time I'm confronted with a page peppered generously with numbers. This unfortunate phenomenon has everything to do with my rocky and ill-fated relationship with arithmetic since my teens. But every once in a while, even with the odds stacked against me, I'm compelled to flirt with numbers

India elected to bat after winning the toss on Day 1 of third Test between India and England from the Eden Gardens, Kolkata. The series is tied 1-1 and it makes this Test a pivotal one for both teams. India have a wonderful record at the Eden Gardens. They have not lost a Test here since 1999 when they lost to Pakistan in the Asian Test championship. Egged on by a crowd that approaches close to 60

Switzerland, December 5: The International Olympic Committee (IOC) suspended India's national Olympic committee on Tuesday because of government interference in its election process, two officials with knowledge of the decision told The Associated Press. After months of warnings, the IOC executive board imposed the sanction when the Indian Olympic Association failed to comply with the world body's

Melbourne, December 4: A spirited India topped Pool A in the FIH Champions Trophy hockey despite losing 2-3 to Olympic champions Germany after giving them a tough fight in Melbourne on Tuesday. In the quarterfinals, eight-time Olympic champions India will on Thursday face Belgium, who finished fourth and last in Pool B. For India this was their first loss in the ongoing tournament. They had

Kolkata, December 4: With the four-Test series levelled at 1-1 after India's ploy to prepare a turning track backfired in Mumbai, the hosts will seek to bounce back as they go into the third cricket Test against England here tomorrow with intense pressure on their under-performing star players to deliver before its too late. After India's humiliating loss in the second Test, the build-up to the