'God has been cruel on us. One hand he gave me all the joy while on the other he snatched it all away,' Haneef's mother said.
The Indians will take on Sussex in a four-day match from July 7-10 before the first Test at Lord's on July 19.
The 15-member Indian team, led by Rahul Dravid, left Mumbai early on Wednesday morning for London en route to Ireland on a 80-day tour of the United Kingdom.
Mumbai youngster Rohit Sharma is hoping to make the best of opportunities that come his way in the ODIs in Ireland and Scotland.
Lack of adequate time to recover after a late night match affected Saina Nehwal's performance in the semi-finals, feels her coach Vimal Kumar, who called for perfect scheduling of matches in big ticket events such as World Championship and Olympics.
If India manage to beat France in the play-offs, it will be the first time they would be promoted to Division 2 of the world team championships.
Indian shuttlers thrashed New Zealand 5-0 in a Group B encounter in Glasgow.
The fast bowler was included in a list of 20 players for a conditioning camp ahead of two ODIs against India in Scotland next month.
The eighth seeded Indian, who won the Indonesia Super Series Premier and Australian Super series Open in June, defeated Russia's Sergey Sirant 21-13 21-12 in less than 30 minutes. The World No. 8 will take on France's Lucas Corvee tomorrow.
Banned from competition for a year, Asian Games bronze medallist L Sarita Devi said she would utilise the period by taking corrective measures in her technique so that she can be ready for the 2016 Rio Olympics.
The defending champions knocked out Osasuna while Espanyol triumphed over Werder Bremen.
Vinesh Phogat created history by becoming the first Indian woman wrestler to win a gold medal at the Asian Games, brushing aside her rivals with remarkable ease in the 50kg category.
Usain Bolt, the world's fastest man, may continue competing until the 2017 world championships in London, the Jamaican has told the BBC.
United Breweries Group Chairman Vijay Mallya said on Friday his group was eyeing acquisition of a large Scottish whiskey company, with an enterprise value of around Rs 4,000 crore (Rs 40 billion).
Indian shuttlers continued their impressive show with top stars P V Sindhu, Saina Nehwal and Kidambi Srikanth progressing to the semifinals of their respective events in the 21st Commonwealth Games' badminton competition, in Gold Coast, on Friday.
Arsenal had scored 10 goals in two matches against BATE Borisov in the same competition in 2017 but never looked like being as prolific in the freezing temperatures of Belarus.
Indian weightlifting had two contrasting medallists to celebrate on Day 2 of the Commonwealth Games, in Gold Coast, on Friday.
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The Queen's Baton of the 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games was taken at the historic India Gate by the country's top sportspersons in a low-key event on the first day of its India stop on Saturday.
Dinesh Karthik acknowledged that he has an onerous task of replacing a very successful Gautam Gambhir but asserted that he has it in him to steer Kolkata Knight Riders to at least the IPL Play-offs and get the best out of his side.
Indian men's hockey team captain Sardar Singh and former skipper of the national women's side Saba Anjum were conferred with the prestigious Padma Shri Award by President Pranab Mukherjee at a glittering ceremony in Rashtrapati Bhavan.
Chelsea will be hoping to emulate London rivals Arsenal by beating Barcelona in their Champions League first knockout round tie.
The Chennai paddler feels that it's about time that he changes colour of the medal to gold during the upcoming edition in Gold Coast.
A top official from the national federation of a prominent Olympic sport asked if Batra would deem the competition good enough if shooting is brought back into the CWG fold.
Celtic top the group with nine points, followed by United (9), Benfica (7) and FC Copenhagen (4).
A summary of Tuesday night's Champions League matches.
Poland's squad for the World Cup finals in Germany comprises the following 23 players.
World champion Viktor Axelsen of Denmark and Chinese Taipei's No 1 shuttler Tai Tzu Ying will be up for grabs when the high-profile Players' Auction for the lucrative Premier Badminton League gets underway in Hyderabad on Monday.
News of all that's transpired on and off the football field on Thursday
The United States set a world record of three minutes and 50.40 seconds in the women's 4x100m medley relay final at the world championships on Sunday.
Sports Minister Jitendra Singh was far from impressed as he took stock of India's preparations for next year's Commonwealth and Asian Games in a meeting with SAI officials here and expressed dissatisfaction with the progress made so far.
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Monday
At the medal ceremony, Scott shook hands with fellow bronze medallist Martin Malyutin of Russia, who finished with the same time as the Briton, but then completely cold shouldered Sun, refusing to make eye contact and not offering a handshake.
Nine Indians, including National Champion A L Lakra have made it to the semi-finals of the Commonwealth Boxing championship at Glasgow, Scotland.
It was heartbreak for P V Sindhu at the World Badminton Championships. The Indian shuttler had to settle for a second consecutive bronze medal after succumbing to Carolina Marin of Spain in the semi-finals, in Copenhagen, on Saturday.
Morgan Deane Smith, stylish wife of former South African skipper Graeme Smith, auditioned for the latest season on MNet's South Africa's Idols.
New UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin believes London is the perfect choice to stage the climax to Euro 2020 after 12 other cities across the continent host earlier matches, he said on Wednesday.
British tourists returning from Egypt told to leave luggage behind as airport security is tightened in wake of disaster in Sinai
Indian whisky brewed by a Bangalore-based distillery has been launched in Scotland, the home of whisky connoisseurs and the much-celebrated Scotch.
'10,000 athletes compete at an Olympic Games, only 300 go back with a gold medal.' 'It takes time for an athlete to develop, you have to give the athletes a chance and time to develop.'
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