South Africa bowled out for 265
South Africa were bowled out for 265 on the first day of the third and final cricket Test against India at Green Park Stadium in Kanpur on Friday. ANI
IPL facing boycott by Indian media
The inaugural Indian Premier League was facing a media boycott after the influential Indian Newspaper Society joined calls for offending accreditation conditions to be lifted. ANI
Exiled Tibetans stage protest march in Delhi against Beijing Olympics
Exiled Tibetans staged a protest march here against the Beijing Olympics today. ANI
Dhoni first wicketkeeper to lead India in Tests
Mahendra Singh Dhoni today became the first Indian wicketkeeper to captain the Test team after Anil Kumble failed a fitness test hours before the third and final cricket Test against South Africa. Kumble, who was to undergo the fitness test yesterday, had postponed it to this morning hoping to recover fully from a groin injury which he picked up during the series. ANI
Tendulkar preferred Dominic Thornely to Symonds and Ponting
Sachin Tendulkar, captain of the Mumbai Indian team of the Indian Premier League (IPL), preferred NSW batsman Dominic Thornely to Andrew Symonds or Ricky Ponting. ANI
Australian cricketers shoot for a movie in Jaipur
Australian cricket players are busy with the shooting for a promotional movie Victory based on the 20-20 cricket matches. ANI
Shoaib says he couldnt report match-fixing offers because ACSU didnt exist then
Pakistans banned fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar, who has been the center of criticism for not reporting to his countrys cricket Board or the ICC about being approached with money offers to under perform, has said that he could not report it to the ICC because the offers to him were made in 1998 and 1999 when ICCs anti-corruption unit did not exist. ANI
Private cricket leagues in India must be monitored to check match fixing: ex-Pak players
Former Pakistan cricketers Sarfraz Nawaz and Rashid Latif have warned that those playing in private Indian leagues would be vulnerable to match fixing offers because their national honour would not be at stake in such leagues. They said that these leagues should be closely monitored because big money are involved. ANI