Salman Butt fined
Posted on October 12, 2007 - Filed Under Sports | Leave a Comment
50 percent of the match fee has been imposed on Salman butt the Vice-captain of Pakistan for condemning the judgment during the current second Test against South Africa.
According to an ICC spokesman “Butt has been charged under level two of the ICC (International Cricket Council) code of conduct for criticizing match officials after a hearing [...]
Shahar Peer Advances to the Second Round
Posted on October 10, 2007 - Filed Under Sports | Leave a Comment
Shahar Peer of Israel has advanced to the second round of the Bangkok Open after defeating Melinda Czink of Hungary in the Thai capital on Tuesday.
Third seed Peer made double blunders in the ninth game to give Czink a 5-4 lead and early control in the first set. World number 16 Peer jumped ahead in [...]
Minister keen to bring Atapattu back
Posted on October 10, 2007 - Filed Under Sports | Leave a Comment
It is believed that the Sri Lankan Sports Minister Gamini Lokuge is very keen to bring back former captain Marvan Atapattu into the team. In the coming month the Sri Lankan team is scheduled to go to Australia.
Spokesperson Kapila Bamunuarachchi told AFP, “The minister hopes to see Marvan in the next few days to hear [...]
‘Do or Die’ Situation for India
Posted on October 8, 2007 - Filed Under Sports | Leave a Comment
After the attempt of blowing first, Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni won the toss and elected to bat first against Australia in the fourth one-day international at Chandigarh on Monday.
At present it’s a do-or-die situation for the host country. This is because the Indian team lost the last two games and trail pushing Australia to [...]
Serena Williams Out of WTA Tournament
Posted on October 6, 2007 - Filed Under Sports | Leave a Comment
The whole world including Serena Williams were baffled by her exit from Stuttgart’s WTA tournament. At the same time world number one Justine Henin was happy with her performance to reach the last four.
Sixth-seed Williams suffered her first loss to Sveltlana Kuznetsova when she won their quarter-final clash 6-3, 6-3 on Friday evening.
Serena said “I [...]
Venus Williams Defeats Denmark’s Caroline
Posted on October 5, 2007 - Filed Under Sports | Leave a Comment
Venus Williams has proceeded to the finals of the Japan Open by defeating Denmark’s Caroline Wozniacki with 6-3, 7-5 on Friday. Williams is ranking No. 8 in the WTA rankings. She was in full form and had her hands full with the 17-year-old Wozniacki.
Wozniacki had full hopes of reaching the finals as she was with [...]
Lewis Hamilton to Concentrate On His Last Races
Posted on October 4, 2007 - Filed Under Sports | Leave a Comment
In an interview Lewis Hamilton said that he is trying not to think about the championship and is mainly concentrating on the next two races which are scheduled for this weekend in China.
he McLaren driver, who may perhaps make Formula One history this weekend by becoming the first driver to secure [...]
Advances to the Third Round
Posted on October 3, 2007 - Filed Under Sports | Leave a Comment
Top seed Tommy Robredo has advanced to the third round of the Open de Moselle by defeating Andreas Seppi of Italy with 6-4, 6-2.
Robredo is definitely looking forward to reach his second successive ATP final. In the Beijing open He lost to Fernando Gonzalez in three sets. Evgeny Korolev of Russia has also advanced by [...]
Saurav Ganguly the Best Indian Captain
Posted on October 3, 2007 - Filed Under Sports | Leave a Comment
Saurav Ganguly who has made a come back has been named India’s ‘Best Captain’ in 75 years of Test cricket at the 10th Castrol Awards for Cricketing Excellence in Kochi.
In addition to Ganguly, Late CK Nayudu, Late Vinoo Mankad, Nari Contractor, Chandu Borde, Ajit Wadekar, Bishan Singh Bedi, Sunil Gavaskar, Gundappa Viswanath, Sachin Tendulkar and [...]