'Working on specifics' Addressing the media on Monday evening after the Indian team's practice session, Virender Sehwag spoke in an uninhibited manner and his answers are likely to raise a few eyebrows...
Sledging is here to stay, says Boucher The International Cricket Council may be contemplating to crack its whip on over-the-top-sledging, but South African wicketkeeper-batsman Mark Boucher believes it will be hard to stop players getting involved in exchanges in the heat of battle.
INDIA-SA SERIES
No live telecast on Doordarshan A large number of television viewers in the country will be deprived of watching the cricket Test series between India and South Africa as Doordarshan will not telecast the three-match series.
Police to file charge sheet against Dalmiya Former BCCI president Jagmohan Dalmiya has been found to have misappropriated over Rs 2.90 crore of the cricket body's funds during his tenure, police said on Monday.
HOCKEY / Travancore Cup
Pradeep stars in KSP win Riding on a brace from Pradeep, Karnataka State Police (KSP) defeated Army Service Corps (ASC) 2-0 to enter the quarterfinals of the Travancore Cup hockey tournament here on Monday.
Indian Test skipper Anil Kumble (left) and off-spinner Harbhajan Singh bowl at the nets at the MA Chidambaram stadium in Chennai ahead of the first Test against South Africa which begins on Wednesday. AFP
Does Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen’s decision to leave India indicate a setback to the country’s liberal image? Deccan Herald had invited its readers to opine on the issue. Many of our readers said India’s liberal image will not be tarnished by Taslima’s decision to leave and even termed her comments as ungrateful. Some others opined that the country has lost its credibility as a democracy because it bowed down to fundamentalists and Leftists of West Bengal.
