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  Ross Taylor fired as NZ cricket captain

  Cricket | December 07, 2012 12:07 IST

  Wellington, Dec 7: Ross Taylor made himself unavailable for New Zealand's cricket tour to South Africa this month after being fired as national captain and replaced by Brendon McCullum.New Zealand Cricket chief executive David White

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  I didn't get maid fired: Lopez

  Hollywood | November 08, 2012 8:33 IST

  London, Nov 8: Singer Jennifer Lopez is "hurt" by claims that she got a hotel maid fired for asking for her autograph.The 43-year-old has been accused by German maid Pray Dodaj of getting her sacked

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  Prithvi II successfully test fired

  India | October 04, 2012 11:33 IST

  Balasore (Odisha), Oct 4: Sharpening its missile prowess, India today successfully test-fired its nuclear-capable Prithvi-II ballistic missile with a strike range of 350 km from a test range near here as part of a user

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  Arjuna Ranatunga fired as SLC head for opposing IPL

  Cricket | April 28, 2012 17:13 IST

  Colombo, Apr 28: Sri Lanka's World Cup-winning captain Arjuna Ranatunga's tenure as the head of the Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) came to be short-lived because of his opposition to IPL, a report has claimed. 'The

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  Sports Ministry Sacks Ukrainian Coach Amid Doping Scandal

  Other Sports | July 05, 2011 13:23 IST

  New Delhi, Jul 5 :  Taking serious note of the dope scandal in athletics, the government today cracked the whip by sacking India's foreign athletics coach Yuri Ogrodnik and formed an inquiry panel to probe

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  Ruud Gullit Fired As Terek Grozny Coach

  Football | June 15, 2011 16:16 IST

  Moscow, Jun 15: Barely six months into his contract, Ruud Gullit was unceremoniously fired Tuesday as coach of Russian club Terek Grozny, after the club from Chechnya made a poor start to the Premier League

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  2 Killed In Shooting Involving US Soldiers

  World | March 02, 2011 23:09 IST

  Frankfurt (Germany), Mar 2: A gunman fired shots at US military personnel on a bus outside Frankfurt airport today, killing two people and wounding two before being taken into custody, authorities said.Kosovo's interior minister told