England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) chairman Giles Clarke is gearing up for a legal battle as world renowned sports management company, International Management Group (IMG) served him with a writ for defamation. IMG had earlier demanded an apology from Clarke, who in an email to the Indian cricket board, ...

A court here Saturday issued notice to three officials of the rebel Indian Cricket League (ICL) for not paying the Rs.700,000 dues of a local hotel. Chandigarh Industrial and Tourism Development Corporation (CITCO), a semi-government corporation here, had filed a complaint in the court alleging that the ICL authorities had not ...

Pakistan leg-spinner Danish Kaneria, who is playing for English county Essex, was arrested and later released on bail by Essex police following the police's investigation into alleged spot-fixing in his team's Pro40 match against Durham last September. Essex's young fast bowler Mervyn Westfield has also been arrested along with Kaneria. "Both men ...

Cricket greats Sunil Gavaskar and Wasim Akram have come out in support of Mahendra Singh Dhoni saying that removing him as the Indian captain from Twenty20 and ODI teams will be a hasty decisions. Gavaskar said Dhoni has done the best that he could. "I still think he is the best ...

Middle-order batsman Misbah-Ul-Haq is the lone post-graduate in the Pakistani cricket team, which has only one graduate, parliament was informed Friday. The sports ministry said in a written reply in the National Assembly that Misbah-Ul-Haq has an MBA degree and is also a post-graduate. This apart, the team has six players who ...

Despite being disappointed with the early ouster of the Indian cricket team from the ongoing World Twenty20 in West Indies, Sachin Tendulkar still considers them as the No.1 team. "We have to remain positive; ups and downs are part of life, not only in cricket but everywhere. We have to ignore ...

Banned former Pakistan captain Shoaib Malik has got the permission of the board to play for the English county Lancashire. "We have given Malik the required No Objection Certificate (NOC)," Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) spokesperson Nadeem Sarwar was quoted as saying in The Dawn. Malik was among the seven players banned by ...

England batsman Kevin Pietersen became a father Monday after his wife Jessica Taylor gave birth to a baby boy. "This really is the most amazing experience of my life," said Pietersen, after he flew back from the ICC World Twenty20 to be present at the birth. A statement on Pietersen's website ...

Senior players would be rested for the upcoming triangular cricket series in Zimbabwe, the national selectors Sunday announced while appointing Suresh Raina as captain of the 15-member squad. The selection committee, that met in Kodaikanal, rested senior players like Sachin Tendulkar, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Yuvraj Singh, Zaheer Khan, Gautam Gambhir, Virender ...

There seems to be no end to controversies surrounding Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Malik. Now the Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA) has banned his entry into Gymkhana Cricket Grounds here. HCA joint secretary D.S. Chalapathi confirmed to IANS Friday that Malik, who has been banned by Pakistan Cricket Board for one year, ...