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Thursday, March 18th, 2010
Melbourne, Mar.18 (ANI): A new book about 20th-century reporting has revealed that future Nazi regime dictator Adolf Hitler raised his own cricket team to play some British prisoners of war during the First World War.
According to the book’s author, John Simpson, Hitler declared the sport "unmanly" and tried to rewrite ...
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Thursday, March 18th, 2010
[caption id="attachment_3866" align="alignleft" width="220" caption="Ricky Ponting"][/caption]Sydney, Mar 18 (ANI): Australian captain Ricky Ponting has said that fast bowler Ryan Harris could make his debut in Friday’s first Test against New Zealand, if he overcomes his side strain.
South Australia seamer Peter George has been added to the squad as cover ...
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Thursday, March 18th, 2010
London, Mar 18 (ANI): Arsenal defender Gael Clichy has said that winning the English Premier League this season would mean more than lifting the European Cup or even the World Cup.
The French international is desperate to end the Gunners’ five-year trophy drought. And with Arsenal in a three-way title ...
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Thursday, March 18th, 2010
Lahore, Mar.18 (ANI): The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has suspended acting chief financial officer Mushtaq Ahmad, as he failed to improve the board’s awry financial affairs.
Insiders said Mushtaq, who was also suspended by former PCB chairman Dr. Nasim Ashraf but was restored by incumbent Ijaz Butt, failed to impress the ...
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Thursday, March 18th, 2010
Lahore, Mar.18 (ANI): A day after the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) clarified that players must seek permission from it to participate in any foreign cricket tournament, former captain Mohammed Yousuf has been allowed to play in a private league in Bangladesh.
“Yousuf had requested the PCB that he wanted to play ...
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Thursday, March 18th, 2010
Lahore, Mar.18 (ANI): The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has given 30 days to appeal to the seven players who were banned and fined for their misconduct during the winless tour of Australia.
A PCB spokesman said the board had informed all the seven players about the reasons behind their punishments.
“They ...
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Thursday, March 18th, 2010
Melbourne, May 18 (ANI): Ten local cricketers in Australia will be handed down their punishment by a cricket tribunal for racially abusing six Indian players.
The Geelong Cricket Association launched a probe after receiving an official written complaint against 10 Thomson cricketers for alleged racial abuse of opposition Indian players ...
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Wednesday, March 17th, 2010
[caption id="attachment_33779" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Sachin Tendulkar"][/caption]Mumbai, Mar. 17 (ANI): Former cricketers felicitated Ramakant Acherkar – the late coach of master blaster Sachin Tendulkar – after he was conferred with Padma Shri, one of the country''s highest civilian awards.
Some of Achrekar''s former students attended the event and expressed their happiness at ...
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Wednesday, March 17th, 2010
Mumbai, Mar 17 (ANI): The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) national selectors will meet in Mumbai on March 26 to pick up the squad for the International Cricket Council (ICC) World T20 championship to be played the next month in the West Indies.
The five-member selection panel headed ...
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Wednesday, March 17th, 2010
[caption id="attachment_29021" align="alignleft" width="218" caption="Michael Clarke"][/caption]Wellington, Mar.17 (ANI): Australian vice-captain Michael Clarke believes that youngster Steve Smith is ready for international honours, and will do whatever it takes to make the grade.
Interacting with 50 journalists at Wellington’s Westpac Stadium, Clarke said Smith is looking forward to making his Test debut, ...
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