Mohali (PTI): Yuvraj Singh is sure the “spirit of cricket” pledge, which all the IPL T20 captains are required to take in tournament, would not bar players from playing their natural game.
“It’s a good thing to happen and I think it will affect our game in a good way. I don’t think […]
Mumbai (PTI): Sachin Tendulkar on Thursday brushed aside reports saying he was doubtful for the opening Mumbai Indians IPL tie against Bangalore Royal Challengers.
He said there were two more days left for him to get into shape to lead his team at the Wankhede Stadium here.
“I am following the fitness […]
Mumbai: Reliance Mobile has signed a $103 million deal with the International Cricket Council (ICC) for eight years. “ Reliance Mobile will be the global partner with the ICC. From today the ICC rankings for Tests and ODIs will be known as Reliance Mobile ICC Rankings,” said Sanjay Behl, Head of Branding, Reliance Communications.
The deal […]
New Delhi, April 16 At a time when the Olympic torch has been accorded security status available only to the highest dignitaries in this country, 62-year-old Jatinder Lal Singh fondly recalls a far simpler era. “If I remember correctly, there was only one policeman around the stretch my father carried the torch through.” Singh is […]
NEW DELHI: The anti-Chinese protests by exiled Tibetans across the world notwithstanding, many would like to know what keeps the Olympic torch alight?
Well, it is propane, which keeps the Olympic torch alight during the relays on the aircraft.
As part of the ancient rituals, the flame […]
Karachi (PTI): Former Pakistan captain Inzamam-ul Haq has admitted that the Twenty20 format of cricket was not as easy as it appeared to the spectators while it had also taken its toll on the fitness of the squad which played in the Indian Cricket League.
“We have learnt that Twenty20 cricket is not […]
Washington, April 14: Damage to cells lining the mouth can predict similar damage in the lungs that eventually leads to lung cancer in smokers, US researchers reported on Sunday.
They hope it may be possible to some day swab the mouths of smokers to predict who is developing lung cancer — saving painful and dangerous biopsies […]
Chicago, April 15: Powerful diuretics used to control blood pressure can also steal calcium from the bones and cause significant bone loss in men who take them, researchers reported on Monday.
Older men who used the drugs the most had triple the bone loss of men who never used them, the researchers reported in the Archives […]
Moscow, April 13: Russia will use the Baikonur space centre in Kazakhstan until 2050, the head of the Russian space agency said.
‘The Russian president has set the task to use the Baikonur space centre in full until 2050. We have approved the proposal,’ Anatoly Perminov, head of the federal space agency Roscosmos told journalists on […]
Stockholm, April 14: Scientists have found a cluster of spruces in the mountains in western Sweden which, at an age of 8,000 years, may be the world`s oldest living trees.
The hardy Norway spruces were found perched high on a mountain side where they have remained safe from recent dangers such as logging, but exposed to […]
