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India batsman Virat Kohli said he had to keep his cool against a world class South African bowling attack as he guided the 2007 champions to a comprehensive six-wicket win in the ICC World Twenty20 semi-final at the Shere-E-Bangla National Stadium here Friday. He smashed an unbeaten 72 off 44 deliveries as India won the semi-final by six wickets and ...

Virat Kohli-starrer, upcoming final Twenty20 World Cup match, will be played on Sunday evening by India riding high on a brilliant unbeaten 72 that it pulled off in a comprehensive six-wicket win over South Africa on Friday evening. The final match will be played by the sub-continent heroes on Sunday at 7 pm IST at the Sher-e-Bangla National cricket Stadium, ...

The arrest of a cop who had three bullets in his pocket was arrested on his arrival for vacation in India and as expected it has led to a fresh diplomatic row between India and the United States. Two US lawmakers asked Secretary of State John Kerry to demand India to release a New York police officer after a tabloid ...

Telugu actor Allu Arjun, nephew of Chiranjeevi, has a son on Friday. His wife Sneha Reddy gave birth to a boy in Hyderabad on Friday. “It’s a baby boy for Allu Arjun and Sneha Reddy. The mother and the baby are healthy and doing absolutely fine,” Arjun’s manager told IANS. Arjun, who started his film career with 2003 Telugu film ...

India successfully placed into orbit a satellite using own rocket on Friday, thus moving a step closer to setting up its own satellite navigation system in a typical copy-book style. With the successful launch of the second of the planned seven satellites under the Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS), India moved nearer to a select group of nations that ...

India beat South Africa at the semifinal match held in Sher-e-Bangla National stadium on Friday. South Africa scored 172 for 4 wickets in 20 overs and set a target of 173 for Indian batsmen, who chased 176 for 4 in 19.1 overs. With this, India qualified for its second ICC World Twenty20 final, beating South Africa by six wickets. India ...

The sports ministry on Friday questioned the reason behind choosing UAE venues such as Dubai, Sharjah and Abu Dhabi to conduct the first leg of IPL 2014 matchs.  It has asked the BCCI about the steps being taken to check match-fixing and betting. The ministry in a letter to Ratnakar Shetty, chief administrator of the Board of Control for Cricket ...

South Africa won the toss at the semifinal match of Twenty20 ICC World Cup 2014 match on Friday and elected to bat first. India, good in chasing the runs throughout the tournament, was able to restrain South Africa to 74 in the first 11 overs, averaging about 150 runs in the innings. India, will start batting in an hour now ...

New Delhi, April 4: India’s best bet Saina Nehwal was knocked out of the $250,000 India Open Super Series badminton by Chinese third seed Yihan Wang at the Siri Fort Sports Complex here Friday. The women’s singles World No.2 won 21-16, 21-14 in 39 minutes in the women’s singles quarter-final and took a 8-1 lead in career meetings over the ...

Berlin, April 4 : Reacting to reports in the English media, German football giants Bayern Munich have denied accreditation, for the second leg against Manchester United, to Daily Mirror and The Sun journalists. “UK media the Daily Mirror and The Sun published disrespectful, discriminatory and personally insulting ‘reports’ about our player Bastian Schweinsteiger. This is unacceptable to FC Bayern Munich ...