[caption id="attachment_20451" align="aligncenter" width="468"] Lionel Messi [/caption]Zurich:  Lionel Messi became the first four-time winner of the FIFA Player of the Year award after shattering the world record with 91 goals last year for Barcelona and Argentina. The 25-year-old won for the fo

A spirited India clinched a sensational 10-run victory in a low-scoring thriller to avoid a series whitewash and restore some pride in the third and final cricket one-dayer against arch-rivals Pakistan here today. The Indians were first bundled out for a paltry 167 in 43.4 overs but relied on a b

Licking the wounds of yet another series defeat, India's struggling cricketers will seek to restore some pride when they go into the last one-dayer against arch rivals Pakistan here on Sunday with their captain M S Dhoni being a doubtful starter because of a sore back. The collective failure of t

Pakistan 250 (Jamshed 106, Hafeez 76, Ishant 3-34, Jadeja 3-41) beat India 165 (Dhoni 54*, Ajmal 3-20, Junaid 3-39) by 85 runs They lost eight successive overseas Tests. They lost a home Test series. And now the ODI world champions have lost a home bilateral series for the first time in more than

KOLKATA: It's not always that a member of the losing team runs away with the Man-of-the-Match award. Mahendra Singh Dhoni's heroic 113 made for a closer contest in Chennai, but it didn't win India the opening ODI against Pakistan. In a cricket-crazy country where the individual is often saluted m

SYDNEY (AP) — Hospital officials say former England captain and cricket commentator Tony Greig has died after suffering a heart attack. He was 66. Greig had recently been diagnosed with lung cancer, but the cause of death was a heart attack at his home on Saturday morning and he died early Saturday

(Agencies) / 29 December 2012 Yuvraj Singh cracked a dazzling 72 before the bowlers staged a brilliant recovery at the death overs as India clinched a nerve-wracking 11-run victory over arch-rivals Pakistan in the second T20 International to level the series 1-1 on Friday. India posted a compe

NEW DELHI: Yuvraj Singh played a blinder of an innings as he notched up 72 off 36 to help India post massive 193-run target for Pakistan in the second Twenty20 international at Sardar Patel Stadium in Motera, Ahmedabad. Yuvraj added 97-run partnership in just 44 balls with skipper MS Dhoni to pow

[caption id="attachment_18830" align="aligncenter" width="620"] Indian players MS Dhoni, Yuvraj Singh and Suresh Raina during a practice session at Motera in Ahmedabad on Thursday. PTI[/caption] hmedabad: A look at the Indian team combination in the last three T20 internationals suggests that the

New Delhi: Overwhelmed by the tributes that have poured in ever since he announced his retirement from one-day cricket, senior Indian batsman Sachin Tendulkar today said the "love and support" brought tears to his eyes. The 39-year-old, who quit ODIs on Sunday, has been holidaying in Mussoorie af

[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="300"] Bhuvneshwar Kumar of India celebrates after taking wicket of Umer Akmal of Pakistan duringthe first T20 match at M Chinnaswamy stadium in Bangalore on Tuesday. (TOI Photo)[/caption] NEW DELHI: Chasing 134-run target, Pakistan lost skipper Mohammad Haf

Pakistan batting great, Hanif Mohammad on Tuesday, rated Sachin Tendulkar better than the legendary Australian Sir Donald Bradman and described him as the best batsman he has seen in my life. “I am one of those fortune people who have seen Bradman and Tendulkar bat in my lifetime and in my opinio

We are here to enjoy the game, says Pakistan skipper Hafeez Bengaluru: More than four years after their bilateral cricket ties snapped due to the Mumbai terror attack, India and Pakistan are set to slug it out in what promises to be a high-voltage limited-over series starting with the first Twenty2

The Pakistan team is delighted to be in India again after five years, albeit on a short visit to play two T20s and three one-dayers in five cities across the country from Dec 25 (Christmas night). “We are very happy to be in India again to play some good cricket after a long time, as winning or l

Chandigarh, Dec 21 (IANS) International wrestler and Olympic Games bronze medallist Yogeshwar Dutt has been named the brand ambassador of the Haryana health department, Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda said Friday. Dutt will promote various health schemes of the department. Hooda said Dutt

Kolkata, Dec 20 (IANS) Triple Olympic hockey gold winner Leslie Claudius died at a private hospital here Thursday after a prolonged battle with cirrhosis of liver, hospital sources said. Claudius, 85, is survived by his wife and three sons. "He died at 3:25 p.m. due to multi-organ failure. He had

Former India captain Rahul Dravid is worried about the “skill, ability and talent” of the current crop of Indian cricketers. Dravid said the challenges Indian cricket face is from its domestic circuit, whose standards are falling. “People talk about attitude and say (the players) don’t care beca

Bangalore: The captain of the Pakistan blind T20 team (the world cup is currently on in Bangalore) who is partially visually impaired, accidentally drank diluted soap, which was kept in a plastic bottle on a table where usually mineral water bottle is kept at his hotel here on Saturday, official sou