Three tainted Pakistan Cricketers dropped from playing the Twenty20 and ODI matches against England
Posted on 02. Sep, 2010 by Latha B. Reddy in Sports
Giving in to the pressure from within the home and from ICC and ECB, Pakistan decided to drop the tainted trio from the limited overs series with England that is starting on Sunday, September 05, 2010.
The trio including the Pakistan captain Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Aamir are implicated in the ’spot-fixing’ of the [...]
Kevin Pietersen tenders apology to ECB for remarks on his Twitter page
Posted on 01. Sep, 2010 by Latha B. Reddy in Sports
England batsman Kevin Pietersen offers apology to England for the Twitter FAUX pas after not being picked in the squad for the limited overs’ matches.
The ECB is mulling with the idea of taking a disciplinary action against the out-of-form KP after he tweeted ‘ it’s a f**k up’ remark on the micro-blogging site for his [...]
US Open Tennis 2010 Grand Slam tennis event begins today
Posted on 30. Aug, 2010 by Latha B. Reddy in Sports
The most spectacular Grand Slam events of the year the US open 2010 is set to begin in few hours from now. World Number one Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer and Kim Clijsters favorited as the Grand Slam event starts today.
While Belgian tennis ace Kim Clijsters is confident of defending the title, it is predicted that [...]
Belgian Grand Prix 2010 winner is Lewis Hamilton
Posted on 29. Aug, 2010 by ARK in Sports
Lewis Hamilton is working hard to win the 2010 Formula One drivers world championship. He presses hard to win the Belgian Grand Prix in an emphatic style on Sunday, August 29, 2010.
This was Hamilton’s first victory at the Belgium, 15th win of his career (among 64 Grand Prix races he took part making his win [...]
LG ICC Awards 2010 categories and nominations
Posted on 27. Aug, 2010 by Latha B. Reddy in Sports
The LG ICC Cricket Awards 2010 will see a host of players eyeing top honors. The awards function is scheduled to take place in Bangalore on October 06, 2010.
List of nominees for the LG ICC Awards 2010
It’s a long list and we have it presented in the alphabetical order for several categories. The list will [...]
Cricket Australia appoints Greg Chappell full time selector and member of the National Selection Panel
Posted on 23. Aug, 2010 by Latha B. Reddy in Sports
CA makes Greg Chappell full time selector in National Selection Panel for Australia Former cricketer and former coach of Indian cricket team Greg Chappell was appointed as Australia’s first full-time selector by Cricket Australia (CA).
Andrew Hilditch will still be the Chairman of Australia’s National Selection Panel and Greg Chappell will join the panel of 4 [...]
Arjun Atwal becomes first Indian to win on US PGA tour
Posted on 23. Aug, 2010 by ARK in Sports
Arjun Atwal scripts his name in the history of golf. He becomes the first Indian to win the US PGA Tour title.
The Indian golfer Arjun Atwal takes home the Wyndham Championship trophy that he won at Greensboro, and the Wyndham Trophy win means that Atwal will get two-year exemption on US tour, the golfer lost [...]
England cricketers face Twitter and Facebook ban
Posted on 22. Aug, 2010 by Latha B. Reddy in Sports
The ECB (The England and Wales Cricket Board) bans England cricketers from being active on social networking websites including Twitter and Facebook, while on duty..
The list of players that own sizeable fan following at their respective Twitter pages include Graeme Swann, Kevin Pietersen, James Anderson and Steven.
Among these, both Anderson and Swann are tweet regularly [...]
Paul the Octopus hired by England’s 2018 World Cup bid team
Posted on 20. Aug, 2010 by Latha B. Reddy in Sports
Paul the octopus took away as much attention as the Soccer teams at FIFA 2010 in South Africa. Paul became popular by rightly predicting the results of all Germany’s matches at this year’s World Cup. No wonder Paul made many fans across the world.
Paul has now hit headlines by getting hired as an ambassador [...]
Nicolas Anelka slapped with an 18-match ban
Posted on 17. Aug, 2010 by ARK in Sports
Nicolas Sebastien Anelka, the disgraced France footballer has been slapped by the French Football Federation (FFF), with, what could be an end to his career; an 18-match ban. The ban comes for his show at the FIFA World Cup 2010.
Anelka had been sent back home from South Africa after he had a tussle with the [...]
