India now undone by spin
Rex Clementine
COLOMBO, July 26: If spin was once the weapon India unleashed for their very modest success in Test cricket, mostly at home, dealing with it seems now to be beyond their illustrious, h Nomination
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KOLKATA, July 26: The Maldah DSA's Mr Subhashis Sarkar's nomination for vice president in Cricket Association of Bengal's elections was cancelled today but Mr Indranath Dey of H City Bits
East Bengal win
East Bengal beat Mohammedan Sporting 4-1 in the ONGC Bengal Premier League at Haldia. Poulomi Ghatak was adjudged Player of the Match.
On Sunday, Stag will play Rungta group at Barrack Briefs
Paes-Dlouhy
TORONTO, July 26: Leander Paes and his Czech partner Lukas Dlouhy prevailed over Mahesh Bhupathi and Mark Knowles, 6-4 3-6 10-5, to breeze into the doubles semifinals of the $ 2,615,000 A Perform or perish, PCB tells Malik
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KARACHI, July 26: Captain Shoaib Malik has been given a stern warning by his cricket board to either show results in the next few series or face the axe. At a meeting of the PCB's internation Record fee for Tevez
MANCHESTER, July 26: Manchester United are reportedly set to sign Argentina striker Carlos Tevez on a permanent transfer for a British record £32m ($63.6 million; euro40.4 million). Tevez scored 19 go Robinho ‘desperate’ to leave Real Madrid
Jason Burt
LONDON, July 26: The Brazil international Robinho is "desperate" to leave Real Madrid to join Chelsea and is considering making an extraordinary public statement denouncing the behaviour of Sorry, says dominatrix who sold her story and let Mosley down
Andy McSmith
LONDON, July 26: Woman E, the dominatrix whose betrayal set off the events that led to Max Mosley's court victory this week, has confessed that selling her story was the worst mistake she Smarty Pant pulls it off
KOLKATA, July 26: Smarty Pant won the Great Tribute Cup, the feature event here this afternoon. D Ashish rode the A Doctor trained winner. The trainer and jockey combination thus completed a hattrick, Statistics:
India's biggest defeats:
Margin Opponent Venue Year
Inns & 336 runs West Indies Kolkata 1958
Inns & 285 runs England Lord's 1974
Inns & 239 runs Sri Lanka Colombo SSC 2008
Inns & 226 runs Australia B Third umpire strikes thrice
COLOMBO, July 26: As if it was not enough that Sri Lanka's spinning duo ran rings round Indian batsmen, the International Cricket Council's experimental rule allowing teams to review the umpire's deci Seniors take stick from Shah
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AHMEDABAD, July 26: The Board of Control for Cricket in India's secretary, Mr Niranjan Shah, today expressed disappointment at India's humiliating defeat despite there being so many senior ba Getting the wind up
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NEW DELHI, July 26: Dola Banerjee vouches she and fellow Indian archers have not left any stone unturned in their preparation for the Olympic but remains wary of the wind in Beijing.
Lest it Laxman's Notts deal vetoed by cricket board
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LONDON, July 26: VVS Laxman's planned move to Nottinghamshire has fallen through after the deal was vetoed by the India Board of Control for Cricket, the English county said.
The 33-year-old Smith’s concern about security
Worcester, July 26: South Africa captain Graeme Smith said Friday his players had 'major concerns' about playing in the Champions Trophy due to the security situation in Pakistan, echoing the fears of | 
