Posted by: niuse on: December 16, 2008
Posted by: niuse on: August 12, 2008
India clinched its first ever individual Olympic gold medal in 108 years when Abhinav Bindra won the 10 meter air rifle event in one of the most pulsating shooting finals in the history of the world’s biggest sporting extravaganza.
The historic victory for the 25-year-old pro from Chandigarh came against heavy odds as he entered [...]
Posted by: niuse on: August 11, 2008
Beijing, Aug 11: Even the ever-calm Abhinav Bindra couldn’t control his emotions at the press conference following his gold winning exploits at Beijing. “I can’t describe how happy I am,” he said. Bindra pipped the likes of reigning Olympic champion Qinan Zhu to grab the gold medal in the 10m air rifle event to win [...]
Posted by: niuse on: August 11, 2008
Result Sri Lanka won by 8 wickets
Series Sri Lanka won the 3-match series 2-1
Test debut KTGD Prasad (Sri Lanka)
Player of the match KC Sangakkara (Sri Lanka)
Player of the series BAW Mendis (Sri Lanka)
Drip by drip, Sri Lanka made their way to a comprehensive series win, their first over India since 2001. On what turned out [...]
Posted by: niuse on: August 1, 2008
“He is talented, very talented, but has no brains,” was Geoff Boycott’s on-air verdict after Virender Sehwag’s attempt to hook a ball from outside off stump found the fielder at deep square leg and triggered a first-innings collapse at the SSC.
Sehwag’s response to a question regarding his approach after his maverick innings – a 15th [...]
