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Sri Lanka on the brink

They’ll lose more of their top players soon, and political interference in the game is rife. What does the future hold? Peter Roebuck September 28, 2011 Geoff Marsh has taken on a tough assignment, one...

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Joe Frazier

Even now, 35 years on, you can conjure the excitement as if it was yesterday, coming in off the sidewalk of North Broad Street, Philadelphia, into Joe Frazier’s gym and finding a place amid the...

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The reason for Sri Lanka’s 43 all out goes beyond cricket

Sri Lanka collapsed to their lowest ODI total of 43 when they lost by 258 runs to South Africa in the first one-day international at Boland Park © Getty Images   By Sidhanta Patnaik   Of late,...

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Celebrations start early for Ali’s 70th

Gareth Davies Boxing great Muhammad Ali, with his wife, Lonnie, right, looks down from a balcony at friends attending a celebration for his 70th birthday at the Muhammad Ali Center on Saturday, Jan....

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Pepsi ditches Indian cricket for football!

First, Sahara sent shockwaves with a temporary pullout of IPL and now taking cue, one of the biggest sponsors, PepsiCo, has ditched cricket for football with its first-ever football campaign in India....

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Corporate sponsors tighten grip on the Olympics

By Paul Stuart 2 August 2012 The accumulated impact of corporate sponsorship on each successive games is choking to death whatever remains of the original Olympic ideal. The Daily Telegraph quoted...

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Sweden flabbergasts Germany with a comeback in World Cup qualifier

  BERLIN, Oct. 16 (Xinhua) — Sweden neutralized a 4-0 lead by Germany within 30 minutes to flabbergast the host at Berlin Olympia stadium in Group C of the World Cup qualifiers on Tuesday. Germany...

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Sri Lanka stun defending champion England in a thriller

Mumbai: Sri Lanka Women sprung the surprise of the day at the ICC Women’s World Cup India 2013 when Shashikala Siriwardena’s side beat the current world champion, England, by one wicket in a thrilling...

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The Most Beautiful Cricket Grounds in the World

As international cricket comes to Dharamsala, a ground nestled among the northern Indian mountains close to the home of the Dalai Lama, our writers recall their memories of the most stunning grounds...

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Jose Mourinho returns as Chelsea manager on four-year deal

Jose Mourinho has been confirmed as Chelsea’s manager, returning for a second stint in charge at the club. Mourinho, 50, replaces Rafael Benitez after leaving Real Madrid, and has signed a four-year...

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Test cricket: Does the oldest form of the game have a future?

It might seem odd to be contemplating the future of Test cricket in the middle of a sold-out Ashes summer. But the undimmed appeal of five-day contests between England and Australia only highlights...

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Cricket Needs Comprehensive Governance Reforms Not A Concentration Of Power:...

Transparency International (TI) chapters from nine cricket-playing countries, including Australia, India and United Kingdom, express serious concern at proposed reform of the International Cricket...

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