New Delhi: Yuvraj Singh has been dropped from Grade A in the central contracts of the Board of Control for Cricket in India and Suresh Raina promoted to the top grade.Yuvraj, who has run into poor form and injuries, has been out of the national team for a while now. The dashing left-hander had a disappointing 2010, starting with the World Twenty20...
Indonesia Hoping to Reach Seven Gold
Jakarta - Indonesian contingent hopes to achieve gold medals in seven sports ie badminton, wushu, bowling, karate, dragon boat rowing, weightlifting and beach volleyball at the 16th Asian Games in Guangzhou, China. 12 to 27 November next. Chairman of KONI / KOI Center, Rita Subowo, argued that the Indonesian contingent at a press conference Monday....
Youzhny pulls out of Paris Masters
Paris - Russian tennis player Mikhail Youzhny will not appear on the last ATP tournament in London this month after failing to continue the match on her second round at Paris Masters tennis against Latvian Ernests Gulbis on Tuesday. It requires ninth seed reached the final in Paris to be displayed on the season-ending ATP season, but he withdrew in...
Chelsea: Drogba Recovering from Malaria
London - Chelsea striker Didier Drogba has almost recovered from malaria diagnosis, coach Carlo Ancelotti said on Tuesday. The player from Ivory Coast was absent at last month's match against Aston Villa and Spartak Moscow, because of illness before down the field. Drogba also only played as a substitute in the second round on Sunday when they lost...
Raul scores twice as Schalke beat St Pauli 3-0
Berlin - Raul struck twice and Klaas-Jan Huntelaar also got on the scoresheet as Schalke 04 beat St Pauli 3-0 on Friday to move out of the relegation zone after only their second Bundesliga win this season.Former Real Madrid striker Raul grabbed his first after 14 minutes when Japanese Atsuto Uchida cut the ball into the box, Huntelaar failed to connect...
President cancels seeing off Asian Games contingent
Jakarta - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono canceled his plan to see off the country`s contingent to the Asian Games earlier scheduled at the presidential palace on Friday due to the Mount Merapi eruptions."The President is concentrating his mind and energy on dealing with the impact of the eruptions of Mount Merapi. He will temporarily operate from...
Robin Van Persie
By: Steven YatesFollowing in the footsteps of Dennis Bergkamp as Arsenal’s Dutch striker is an unenviable task. But, at the moment, Robin van Persie is making a good job of it.It didn’t always look like that, though. There has never been any question of the young Dutchman’s ability but, for a time, it looked as if a succession of niggling injuries...