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Visakhapatnam: After winning his battle against a rare germ cell cancer, India`s World Cup hero Yuvraj Singh would be the cynosure of all eyes when he starts his journey back to international cricket with the first Twenty20 match against New Zealand on Saturday. Yuvraj was diagnosed with the ailment between his lungs within months of winning the Man of the Tournament award in the 2011 World Cup

Pakistan won the second Twenty20 against Australia in a thrilling Super Over finish at the Dubai Stadium on Friday, taking an unbeatable 2-0 lead in the three-match series. With both tied on 151 runs at the end of 40 fascinating overs in the match, a Super over round was played for the result. Pakistan paceman Umar Gul restricted Australian batsmen David Warner, Shane Watson and George Bailey to

The calls for retirement might have grown louder after Sachin Tendulkar was bowled three times on the trot in the recent Test series against New Zealand, but former India skipper Sourav Ganguly is convinced the senior batsman would respond in a befitting manner. "It's not the first time he has been bowled. It has happened when he was at his peak. He had then found a way and he is going to do it

As the debate on whether Sachin Tendulkar should retire continues, former New Zealand captain and batting great Martin Crowe expressed the view that the Indian maestro was "naturally slowing down" due to age but "he can fix" the problems. "Hand-eye reaction is not Tendulkar's problem; he probably is better and faster with his hands than he was in 1992. But the one thing that he can't escape from

The cricketing world anxiously awaits the Twenty20 contest between India and New Zealand here on Saturday, says a report in The Hindu, adding that for, staging a comeback to the fold would be a valiant son of the game, who nearly got caught in the vice-like grip of the Grim Reaper, but shook himself free after a pretty close call. Yuvraj Singh is no ordinary cricketer, half a dozen sixes off a

New York, September 7: India's Leander Paes and Radek Stepanek of the Czech Republic reached the US Open men's doubles final on Thursday when Marc Lopez, playing with Spanish Davis Cup teammate Marc Granollers, retired. Fifth-seeded Paes and Stepanek, the Australian Open champions, were level at 6-6 in the first set when Lopez called it a day after needing treatment on his left calf. They will

Former India captain Sourav Ganguly is open to coaching the senior national team if the Indian cricket board feels that he is a suitable candidate for the hot seat. "Obviously, I have interest in coaching but only time will tell what can happen in future. If the BCCI feels that I can be a good coach, I will be ready. I feel I can create a difference in terms of the ability of the players, their

New York, September 6: Roger Federer saw his dream of becoming the first man in 87 years to win six US Opens destroyed by big-swinging Czech Tomas Berdych Wednesday in the Swiss legend's earliest New York defeat in nine years. The 17-time Grand Slam title winner, bidding to reach his 33rd Grand Slam semi-final, and ninth in a row at the US Open, was beaten 7-6 (7/1), 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 by sixth-seeded

New Delhi, September 6: On the day India hit their lowest ever FIFA ranking, the country’s football chief said he was eyeing a place at their first World Cup finals in Qatar 2022. The country of 1.2 billion people dropped one place to 169th in the latest FIFA rankings released on Wednesday, behind Aruba, Nepal and Maldives. Sepp Blatter, the head of world football’s governing body, has called

Karachi, September 5: Pakistan’s banned pacer Mohammad Amir is hoping to be allowed back in international cricket in 2015, when he would complete a minimum five-year ban for his role in the 2010 spot-fixing scandal that shook the game.The 20-year-old, appearing in his first television interview on the Geo Super channel on Tuesday, insisted he has learnt from his mistakes.“No one can understand the