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Showing posts with label sports world. Show all posts
India appoints Duncan Fletcher as national team coach
Duncan Fletcher has been appointed the India cricket team’s new coach, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) said on Wednesday.The 62-year-old Fletcher, who has signed on for two years, replaces South African Gary Kirsten, who turned down an extension to his three-year contract after the World Cup.
Feltcher has previously had a successful coaching stint with the England
Cricket: Kohli hits half-century in Bangalore win
He hit two sixes and eight fours in his 38-ball 56 as Bangalore surpassed Delhi's total of 160-6 with three balls to spare for their third win in seven matches of the Twenty20 tournament.
Bangalore needed 22 runs to win in the last three overs, but skipper Daniel Vettori (18 not out) and Syed Mohammad (13 not out) held their nerve under pressure to see their team
Football: Manchester Utd eye Champions League final after Schalke triumph
Schalke goalkeeper Manuel Neuer, a reported United target, kept the three-time champions at bay almost single-handedly before quick-fire second-half goals from Ryan Giggs and Wayne Rooney brought United a deserved victory.
The result puts Sir Alex Ferguson's side firmly in the driving seat ahead of next week's return leg at Old Trafford, when they will seek to book their place in the Champions League final for the third time in
Cricket: Shehzad's century steers Pakistan to victory
Shehzad hit seven fours and one six in his 102 from 148 balls as Pakistan successfully chased 221 for victory in the second ODI at the Beausejour Cricket Ground.
Umar Akmal carried the visitors over the threshold with 12 balls remaining when he lofted a delivery from Dwayne Bravo to long-off for the final boundary of the match.
The result means that Pakistan take a 2-0 lead in the five-match
Motor Racing: Coulthard predicts tight season in Formula One
They lined both sides of the famous street from Ion Orchard to Mandarin Gallery, as David Coulthard drove a Red Bull Racing showcar, at the Red Bull Speed Street event.
The former Formula One ace delighted the crowd down the 800-metre stretch with short sprints and manoeuvres
Football: Torres scores first Chelsea goal
Frank Lampard had given the reigning champions a 44th minute lead and, after Torres broke his duck, Florent Malouda completed the win with a stoppage time strike at Stamford Bridge.
It was Torres's goal that triggered the loudest cheers as the Spaniard finally found the net for the first time after 733 minutes of action following his British record 50 million-pound transfer from Liverpool in January.
The striker had again been left on the bench
PFF announces probables for World Cup qualifiers and Palestine tour
Pakistan Football Federation(PFF) has approved 42 players for the Pakistan national football team camp , who will feature in the 20th World Cup Qualifier and the return leg matches of the bi-lateral series with Palestine.Nabil Aslam, a Danish footballer of Pakistani origin, who plays for Alliance Club Horsensin, is among the 42 probables and will be serving his first call to a PFF camp.
Other overseas players are Atif Bashir Qureshi, Zeeshan Rehman,
S. Lanka relent over IPL issue to avoid ‘embarrassing BCCI’
Sri Lanka said on Thursday they had allowed their players to honour their Indian Premier League commitments to avoid embarrassing neighbours India.
“We are giving players more time to play the IPL before joining the team for the England tour, after several requests from the Indian cricket board,” Sports Minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage told AFP.
“We have excellent relations with the government of India and
Golf: Westwood takes five-shot lead in Indonesia
The Englishman bogeyed the last hole but was still 16 under par on 200, putting himself in an excellent position to mark his 38th birthday with a victory at the Royale Jakarta Golf Club.
Westwood was the world number one for 17 weeks before being replaced by Martin Kaymer of Germany in February and could regain the top spot if he wins on Sunday and Luke Donald does not in the United States.
The Englishman, who had to complete the last
‘Pakistan, India plan for ODI series this year'
Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, who visited Mohali last month to watch the India-Pakistan World Cup semifinal, said the Boards of the two countries are holding negotiations for renewing cricket ties.
"We want to restart cricket ties with India. Negotiations are underway and nothing has been finalised as yet," Gilani told reporters on the sidelines of a reception he hosted on Monday
Pakistan can beat Windies: Intikhab
Talking to newsmen during a short Pakistan team’s training camp here at the Gaddafi Stadium on Tuesday, he said: “Now team is embarking upon a new journey and if the players play to their full potential no matter we can beat the West Indies in their own backyard.”
Pakistan cricket team manager Intikhab Alam said the team needed a batting coach and Javed Miandad was approached for this assignment but he denied the job.
Intikhab said
David Beckham's soft drink video stirs debate,
But Beckham was somewhat evasive when asked in Toronto on Tuesday if the amazing video, done for a popular soft drink label, was real or doctored.
"Of course," the former England captain said told the Toronto Star. "I spent five or six hours on the beach so I had a lot of time to practice."
Wearing khaki shorts and a white shirt, Beckham puts down a soft drink he is holding and drifts three ball into the rubbish bins while
Football: Man Utd through to semis
Goals from Mexican striker Javier Hernandez and South Korean international Park Ji-Sung either side of a lone Chelsea effort from Didier Drogba clinched a deserved victory for United in front of 74,672 fans.
The win put Sir Alex Ferguson's side into a semi-final against either Schalke 04 or holders Inter Milan, who play each other on Wednesday.
"Overall we were the better side, though, it was
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