The Indian hockey team started its tour of Australia and New Zealand on a convincing note, drubbing a combined Queensland and New South Wales state team 8-1 in the opening encounter, thanks to winger Rajpal Singh's brilliant hat-trick, in Brisbane on Saturday.
Neil Maxwell has been named Chief Executive Officer of the Indian Premier League's Team Mohali. The former Australia 'A' player will oversee the team's operations and work towards building a brand for it. He is actively involved in cricket since the last 22 years. As an all rounder, he played for Australia 'A' and represented New South Wales and Victoria state teams for several years.
Australian opener Phillip Hughes' hopes of earning a Test recall have been dented after he failed to complete the one-day game against Tasmania.
Corus currently employs about 42,000 people and a little over half of them are stationed in the United Kingdom. A company spokesperson told Business Standard that jobs will be cut in three plants - 1,100 in South Wales, 1,400 in the United Kingdom and another 1,000 in Holland.
Former Australian opener Justin Langer will lead the Prime Minister XI against New Zealand in a one-day cricket match at Manuka Oval in Canberra on January 29.
The cricketing community has rallied behind New South Wales all-rounder Sean Abbott whose bouncer struck Phillip Hughes.
All-rounder Kieron Pollard's attacking brand of cricket in Champions League T20 has impressed Australian side New South Wales (NSW), who are planning to rope in the West Indian for their domestic Twenty20 event Big Bash.
The architect of New South Wales' Champions League Twenty20 triumph says he always strives to rise to the big occasions and it was immensely satisfying to shine in Friday night's final against Trinidad & Tobago.
Stuart Clark did the spadework and David Warner then set the tone of the chase as New South Wales crushed Somerset by six wickets with 8.1 overs in the Champions League Twenty20 in Hyderabad on Sunday.
Keiren Pollard's whirlwind knock helped Trinidad and Tobago's beat New South Wales Blues by four wickets in a League B match and move a step closer towards a semi-final spot in the inaugural Champions League T20 in Hyderabad on Friday.
United in their plight and their back against the wall, Sussesx Sharks and Diamond Eagles will hurl themselves at each other's throat for a win that would open up the Super Eight door for them in the Champions League Twenty20 in New Delhi on Tuesday.
World Cup holders India and South Africa will clash in the opening match of the ICC Champions Trophy, 50-over contest, at Cardiff in Wales on June 6, 2013, tournament hosts the England and Wales Cricket Board announced on Tuesday.
The cricket bat Australia's Don Bradman used to make his highest first-class score is up for sale. The bat with which Bradman scored 452 not out for New South Wales against Queensland in 1930 will be auctioned in Melbourne next week.
Australia opener Phillip Hughes did not share the details of his meeting with Sachin Tendulkar but said it was one interaction he would never forget.
Twenty20 might be considered a bowler's nightmare but for Australian speedster Brett Lee it's a format which has helped him finetune his skills.
The Australian vice-captain has been ordered to miss the third ODI against New Zealand to save himself for the upcoming Test series against India.
Australia is facing a tug of war over the site of the Australian Open after politicians in Sydney announced plans to build a multi-million dollar facility to attract the tournament, local media reported on Saturday.
The public inquiry panel probing the botched handling of the Mohamed Haneef case on Monday said it will not interview him as it was satisfied with the submission provided by the lawyers of the Indian medic who was wrongly accused of terrorism in Australia.
Uday Saharan plays copybook, conventional cricket, his style which has so far given India dividends.
Flamboyant all-rounder Shahid Afridi who guided Pakistan to glory in the Twenty20 World Cup in England may soon receive an offer to play in Sheffield Shield for the Australian domestic side New South Wales.
United States President-elect Joe Biden administration is likely to be as tough as President Donald Trump's on the several contentious issues between Washington and Beijing such as the South China Sea, South China Morning Post reported citing experts.
The truth behind the bungled case of Indian doctor Mohammad Haneef, wrongly accused on terror charges in Australia, may never come to light as the head of a government-ordered inquiry said on Monday that much of the sensitive evidence before it cannot be made public as it could harm diplomatic ties with the United Kingdom.
Rajasthan Royals have offered Yorkshire around 25 million pounds (Rs 260 crore/Rs 2.6 billion) to take complete control of the county club.
Cricket Australia (CA) has furloughed about 80 per cent of its workforce due to the coronavirus pandemic and state associations have made deep staff cuts in recent weeks.
The prize is awarded by BioMed North Limited, a not-for-profit agency for the management and commercialisation of intellectual property generated within the state of New South Wales.
Cricket South Africa (CSA) have dismissed claims their players instigated the text-message row that led to batsman Kevin Pietersen being dropped by England. England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) chief executive David Collier told BBC radio on Sunday that Pietersen's texts to South African players during the recent Test series were in response to messages from the opposition.
Skipper Sandeep Singh pumped in three penalty corners as India whitewashed the Queensland-New South Wales State combine 7-0 in the second outing of their Australia-New Zealand tour at the State Hockey Centre in Brisbane on Sunday.
They announced a 15-man squad on Tuesday for the World Cup starting next month in the West Indies.
South Africa captain Faf du Plessis scored an unbeaten century to lead his side to a comfortable eight-wicket victory over Sri Lanka in the first One-day International at The Wanderers on Sunday.
The report said that the expansion to 10 teams would happen in the next five years and "the likeliest locations are the south-west, in Bristol and Taunton, and the north-east, at Durham".
True, you lose weight. But it muscle mass, and not fat, that you lose.
A doctor of Indian-origin has been barred from practising for 10 years after she was found guilty of professional misconduct by an Australian medical tribunal.
Modi thanked his Australian counterpart for supporting him in unveiling the foundation stone of 'Little India', a suburb of Sydney.
Australia has a mandatory 14-day quarantine for international arrivals to curb the spread of COVID-19.
The man suspected of murdering the Sydney dentist Preethi Reddy, whose body was found stuffed in a suitcase in her car parked in an eastern Sydney street, New South Wales, is another Indian-origin dentist and her ex-boyfriend Harsh Narde, police said.
Priceless items, including 500-year-old manuscripts were destroyed in an Indian cultural centre in Woolgoolga township of New South Wales, a report said on Friday.
The challenge at the high court has been filed on her behalf by human rights group Liberty -- it argues that the school has breached race relations and human rights laws
A factfile on Australian bowler Glenn McGrath, who is set to retire from cricket after the 2007 World Cup in West Indies.
The World Sikh Conference will be held in Sydney, Australia, on September 18-19, and discuss issues affecting the community and promote an understanding of Sikhism
