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  Ready to captain India Test team, says Gambhir

  Cricket | June 01, 2012 21:19 IST

  New Delhi, June 1: Having led Kolkata Knight Riders to the Indian Premier League triumph, Gautam Gambhir on Friday said that he is ready to captain the Indian Test side.Asked if he was ready to

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  Lazio captain Mauri arrested over match-fixing

  Football | May 28, 2012 22:05 IST

  Cremona, May 28: Italian authorities arrested Lazio captain Stefano Mauri and more than a dozen others Monday as part of a wide-ranging investigation into match-fixing in football.Police also swept through the Italy national team training

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  Ganguly's days as Pune captain over, to serve as mentor only

  Cricket | May 10, 2012 22:11 IST

  Pune, May 10: Sourav Ganguly will no longer be the captain of Pune Warriors in Indian Premier League and will serve only as the team's mentor, putting an end to intense speculation over the struggling

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  Gambhir is a brilliant captain, says Lee

  Cricket | May 07, 2012 18:54 IST

  New Delhi, May 7: Kolkata Knight Riders' Australian pacer Brett Lee said his IPL skipper Gautam Gambhir is one of the most brilliant captains he has played under as the Indian backs up good leadership

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  Dhoni To Visit Army Bases In Border Areas

  Cricket | March 21, 2012 20:05 IST

  Dehradun, Mar 21: After donning the olive greens of the Army last year, Indian cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni is planning to undertake a tour of forward areas to motivate the soldiers deployed in the

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  Sehwag Denies Reports Of Dissensions In Team

  Cricket | March 10, 2012 16:30 IST

  Mumbai, Mar 10: Senior batsman Virender Sehwag today denied reports of any rift with Captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni during India's dismal cricket tour of Australia, saying they were just media creations.“I don't think there is

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  South Africa 191-7 On Day 1 Against NZ

  Cricket | March 07, 2012 20:37 IST

  New Zealand, Mar 7: Chris Martin dismissed three of the world's best players within four deliveries on Wednesday to reassert his power over South African batsmen and to spark New Zealand's sharp resurgence on the

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  Hugo Lloris Named As France's Euro 2012 Captain

  Football | February 29, 2012 9:36 IST

  Bremen, Germany, Feb 29: France coach Laurent Blanc has chosen Hugo Lloris as his captain for the European Championship, preferring the Lyon goalkeeper over AC Milan center half Philippe Mexes and Barcelona left back Eric

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  NZ Captain Taylor To Miss South Africa ODI Series

  Cricket | February 17, 2012 7:40 IST

  Wellington, Feb 17: New Zealand cricket captain Ross Taylor will miss the one-day international series against South Africa to continue his recovery from a calf injury.Taylor was injured while making a century in New Zealand's

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  Rooney Backs Gerrard For England Captaincy

  Football | February 13, 2012 9:55 IST

  Manchester, England, Feb 13: Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney says that Steven Gerrard is the ideal choice to be the new England captain.England are without a captain or coach after manager Fabio Capello resigned on

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  Misbah Emerges As Pakistan Perfect Change Manager

  Cricket | February 08, 2012 7:56 IST

  Dubai, Feb 8: When Misbah-ul-Haq was appointed test captain while Pakistan cricket was enduring dark days, only the most ardent supporters could have imagined the dramatic transformation that culminated this week in a decisive series

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  Misbah Says Pakistan Is A Power In World Cricket

  Cricket | February 07, 2012 12:27 IST

  Dubai, Feb 7: Captain Misbah-ul-Haq wants Pakistan to be recognized as a power in world cricket after leading his country to its first ever clean sweep against England in a test series on Monday.Few gave

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  England Needs To Learn From Humiliation, Says Strauss

  Cricket | February 07, 2012 12:22 IST

  Dubai, Feb 7: England captain Andrew Strauss has called on his underperforming batsmen to learn from their struggles on the spin-friendly pitches in the humiliating series loss to Pakistan with test tours to Sri Lanka

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  IPL Not A Distraction For England, Says Strauss

  Cricket | February 02, 2012 21:05 IST

  Dubai, Feb 2: England captain Andrew Strauss disagreed the lucrative Indian league was a distraction for his team which faces a 3-0 defeat against Pakistan in the third and final Test starting from Friday. Pakistan won

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  Sri Lankan Captain Says, Team Will Not Be Complacent About India In Tri-Series

  Cricket | January 27, 2012 17:40 IST

  Colombo, Jan 27: Sri Lankan captain, Mahela Jayawardene, has said that his team will not be complacent about India because of its current run in tests in Australia.Speaking before the team's departure to Australia, Jayawardene

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  Ponting To Sue Indian Firm For Using Image Without Permission

  Cricket | January 26, 2012 18:53 IST

  Melbourne, Jan 26: Former Australian cricket captain Ricky Ponting has warned of action against an Indian firm for using his photograph in a phone application without seeking his permission."We weren't aware of it and we'll

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  India Struggling On 61-2; Australia 604-7 Declared

  Cricket | January 25, 2012 14:16 IST

  Adelaide, Jan 25: Captains past and present—Ricky Ponting and Michael Clarke—scored double tons and shared a record 386-run stand to give Australia the stranglehold after two days of the fourth and final test against India

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  We Caught Off Guard Early Says Strauss

  Cricket | January 20, 2012 13:02 IST

  Dubai, Jan 20: England captain Andrew Strauss said on Thursday his team could not recover from the early loss of five wickets in the first test against Pakistan as his top-ranked side slumped to a

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  Italy Cruise Wreck Rescue Halted, Captain Under House Arrest

  World | January 18, 2012 21:32 IST

  Giglio Island, Italy, Jan 18: The judge investigating the Costa Concordia disaster today said the captain had shirked his responsibilities, as divers halted the search for survivors on the increasingly unstable wreck.Judge Valeria Montesarchio released

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  Cruise Captain Under Scrutiny, 6th Body Found

  World | January 16, 2012 22:03 IST

  Rome, Jan 16: Rescuers raced against time and increasingly turbulent waters today in search of survivors from the capsized Costa Concordia cruise ship off the Tuscan coast, while prosecutors focused on the captain, who is