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Sachin Tendulkar and Sanath Jayasuriya would return to haunt Kolkata Knight Riders when they pad up once again on Friday just days after their 92-run drubbing at the hands of the Mumbai Indians in the Indian Premier League. The veteran ... Read More »

Having lost the previous encounter against Kings XI Punjab, Royal Challengers Bangalore will aim to make amends for the disappointment when the two sides take on each other for the second time in the Indian Premier League here on Friday. ... Read More »

Suresh Raina struck a dazzling 55-ball 98 to fashion Chennai Super Kings’ impressive 38-run win over defending champions Rajasthan Royals in their Indian Premier League match on Thursday. Riding on Raina’s blistering knock, Chennai got their campaign in the T20 ... Read More »

Table toppers Deccan Chargers’ winning streak was on Thursday brought to an end by Delhi Daredevils who cantered to a comfortable six-wicket victory in an Indian Premier League match. Put into bat, Deccan Chargers recovered from a disastrous start to ... Read More »

Mexico readied a “temporarily closed” sign, taking the drastic step of ordering a suspension of nonessential federal government and private business activity to stamp out a swine flu epidemic, as the World Health Organization raise its alert level and warned ... Read More »

New York, Apr.30 (ANI): After the former presidential hopeful John Edwards confessed to having an affair, his wife Elizabeth Edwards writes in her new book, “I cried and screamed, I went to the bathroom and threw up.” Elizabeth, 59, who ... Read More »

Kuala Lumpur, Apr 30 (ANI): The Malaysian Indian Congress is gripped by election fever, with different factions of the party holding their meetings to finalise their strategy over the next fortnight. Although most of the major factions have retained their ... Read More »

New Delhi, Apr 30 (ANI): A SU-30 MK-I aircraft of the Indian Air Force on a routine training mission crashed 70 kms southeast of Jaisalmer in Rajasthan, today. The aircraft had taken off from aircraft had taken off from the ... Read More »

Washington, April 30 (ANI): Researchers from Toshiba and Cambridge University’s Cavendish Laboratory have developed high speed detectors that are capable of receiving information with much higher key rates, thereby able to receive more information faster, in a technique known as ... Read More »

Toronto, April 30 (ANI): Researchers have issued a call for meteorite-hunters and interested locals to start searching for a meteorite that landed on rural land north of Newmarket, Ontario, in Canada. The space rock fell to Earth at 8:37 p.m. ... Read More »

Sydney, Apr. 30 (ANI): Former captain Steve Waugh believes Australia are entitled to be slight favorites in this year’s Ashes series, but feels bowling selections will be crucial to the outcome. Waugh was part of four triumphant Ashes tours between ... Read More »

London, Apr 30 (ANI): Indian origin England batsman Ravi Bopara has been preferred for the No.3 position for the first Test against West Indies, beating Michael Vaughan, Ian Bell and Owais Shah to get the coveted spot. Coach Andy Flower ... Read More »

Cape Town (South Africa), Apr. 30 (ANI):  Bangalore Royal Challengers coach Ray Jennings may be thinking about giving Jacques Kallis another mini-break to freshen him up better for the business end of the Indian Premier League? The Royal Challengers are ... Read More »

Edinburgh, April 30 (ANI): Two communities in Tanzania have gained appreciation for making bagpipes from ethical sources of wood for the first time. All Highland bagpipes and many other traditional Scottish pipes are made from African blackwood, which comes from ... Read More »

Pretoria (South Africa), Apr.30 (ANI): US President Barack Obama will not be among the heads of state attending ANC leader Jacob Zuma’s inauguration as the country’s fourth democratically-elected president, the foreign affairs department said on Wednesday. Director general Ayanda Ntsaluba ... Read More »