"I'm not God. I have a right to fail," said Sachin Tendulkar replying to if he would get a triple or quadruple century.
Danny Boyle, the director of the film Slumdog Millionaire, which is set in Mumbai, paid homage to the Indian city after his film bagged top honour at the British Independent Film Awards.
At 6ft 6in and looking more like an All Black forward Jacob Oram is latest in a line of fine New Zealand all-rounders.
'As she was dragged off the yacht, the princess cried, "I won't go back to the UAE, just kill me now!"' 'She hasn't been heard of since then.' 'Perhaps she is dead.' 'If so, Modi's government has blood on its hands,' notes Sunanda K Datta-Ray.
'... to Imran Khan, that there's not going to be any mediation of any meaningful sort given his (Modi's) special relationship with Trump.'
India's first full series in Pakistan in over 14 years has produced such superlative cricket that the general consensus in Pakistan is that it is being played to a script.
The wicket for the second and final Test between India and New Zealand is expected to generate "good bounce", the curator of the pitch said.
Nepal's defence secretary said his country would approach others if India and the UK stopped military aid.
The injured pace bowler wants the national cricket selectors to take him at his word if he says he's fit enough to tour Sri Lanka next month.
'It was a mission undertaken in darkness in every sense -- literally, because Afghanistan had no electricity at that time; and, metaphorically because Delhi historically dealt only with the Pashtuns of Afghanistan and the foreign ministry's vast archives had nothing to offer on the culture and politics of the northern tribes in the Hindu Kush.'
Sourav Ganguly admitted that the team never played to its potential throughout the Asia Cup.
Several large cities within the low elevation coastal zone like Mumbai and Chennai will go under the sea if the present growth rate of greenhouse emissions continues, with new infrastructures being made along the coastline of these cities coming under the danger zone. 'This isn't going to happen gradually. What we are going to see is a series of coastal surges, you will see inundation, salt water intrusion -- which will cause lots of harm and devastation.
The CIA released 4,70,000 additional files seized in May 2011 when US Navy SEALs burst into the Abbottabad compound and shot dead Laden.
Kevin Pietersen and his men should call off their tour of India because the situation there is far from safe, former England and Wales Cricket Board chairman Lord MacLaurin said on Tuesday. MacLaurin said it would be sad if the ECB, which is awaiting a report from its security adviser Reg Dickason, eventually gives its go-ahead for the two-match Test series.
Musharraf claimed that Nawaz Sharif's India policy was a "total sell out".
David Hookes launched a stinging attack on Sourav Ganguly after the Indians' tour opener against Victoria at the MCG petered out in stalemate.
Narendra Hirwani said the selectors had spoilt many a career and that his was not a solitary case.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Thursday
Major Suman Gawani, who served as a UN Peacekeeper in South Sudan, is the first Indian to receive the UN Military Gender Advocate of the Year Award. 'On seeing the Indian flag on my uniform,' she says,' the locals would get very excited and say, 'Hindi, Hindi'.'
The Indian test cricketer has joined forces with police in the hope of identifying a man whose body was found in a Lancashire pond.
Indo-Pak cricket is embellished with stories from the past, little nuggets of human behaviour that reflect the very special nature of cricket played between the two countries.
Mark Tully on the India he loves.
The Left, which provides crucial outside support to the ruling Congress-led UPA, has threatened the government with mid-term polls if the talks with IAEA for the implementation of the Indo-US deal continue beyond December.
Nottinghamshire has given V V S Laxman time till Friday to make up his mind whether to join the county or not. Laxman was supposed to join the club as a replacement for Australian Adam Voges.
With most private television channels deserting it, DD Direct Plus, the direct-to-home (DTH) company from Prasar Bharati, has become a true pubcaster carrying 34 channels of which 31 are from Doordarshan.These 31 DD-channels include 19 television channels and 12 All India Radio channels. The private channels that were recently disconnected from DD Direct Plus include Aaj Tak, Headlines Today, BBC World, Star Utsav and Akash Bangla, sources said.
The clamour for his sacking as England's ODI captain has grown shrill after the debacle against India but former coach Ashley Giles feels it is too late to do this as the World Cup is just five months away.
Greg Chappell was happy for Ganguly, who showed the Australians that there is a degree of steel in his system.
Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone described abuse of Lewis Hamilton in Spain as an "isolated incident".
The Australian fast bowler has until Friday to shrug off his hip injury or his long-awaited return to the international game will be over before it began.
A bronze statue of English umpire Harold "Dickie" Bird will be unveiled in his Yorkshire home town of Barnsley this year with replicas in Melbourne and a site in India.
If I am honest, my aim is to be able to break that record again, though I know the conditions and environment were on my side this time around.
Veteran journalist and author Vinod Mehta passed away on Sundayafter a prolonged illness. He was 73.
In England for a five-week stint at Northamptonshire, India's most successful captain told BBC Radio Northampton, 'I want to put runs on the board and get back into the national team.'
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has said no prime minister can revoke Article 370 of the Constitution granting special status to the state "without calling into question" its accession to India.
The ECB chairman will succeed acting ICC president Ray Mali till 2010 after a compromise deal struck with BCCI president Sharad Pawar.
The ongoing India vs England series is turning out to be a battle within a battle with both Virat Kohli and Joe Root vying for the title of the best batsman in world cricket.
Ben Stokes can recover to become one of England's best ever players after his World Twenty20 nightmare when he was hit for four sixes in the last over of the final, team mate Stuart Broad said on Wednesday.
There are only two things that can make the always-in-a-hurry Mumbaikar to stop and take notice: Ganapati Visarjan and Sachin Tendulkar.
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