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Pakistan Cricket Board Eyes Series With India in England

India and Pakistan were supposed to play a short bilateral series in December but the Board of Control for Cricket in India ruled it out. 

Karachi: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is hopeful that following the thaw in India and Pakistan relations a breakthrough will come soon in the restoration of bilateral cricket ties with a short series in England likely to open doors in 2016.(Shaharyar Still Hopeful of Series)

A reliable source in the PCB told PTI that stung by whatever had transpired in the last two to three months by way of the planned bilateral series between Pakistan and India in December the PCB had now decided to change its policy.(PCB Gives up Playing India in December)

"The PCB has also got feelers from the government to remain quiet on Indo-Pak cricket ties," the source said.(India Won't Play us: PCB Chief)

"They have been told that the surprise visit by Indian Prime Minister Narendar Modi to Lahore which had led to a thaw in tensions between the two countries could lead to restoration of bilateral cricket ties as well," the source disclosed.

"But the PCB has been told not to speak anymore on planned series and wait until some announcement comes from India," he stated.

According to the source there is hope that the Indian cricket board will get permission from its government to play cricket with Pakistan and they could then agree to play three ODIs and three T20 matches in England in 2016.

"The series could happen in England sometime in June as the IPL is from April 9 to May 29 and both teams will have a window in June," the source said.

He said since Pakistan is due to reach England in early July for a three month tour the short series is also being planned in England where there is a big expatriate community of Pakistanis and Indians.

"Pakistan also played a "home" series against Australia in England in 2010 when they last toured England for a full series," he reminded.

"The England and Wales Cricket Board is also silently supporting such a proposal as its President Giles Clarke has been playing the role of a mediator between the Pakistan and Indian boards," he added.

SAFF Cup: 18-year-old Chhangte has potential to take over from Chhetri as India's next football star

It was a watershed moment for Indian football when Bhaichung Bhutia, whom IM Vijayan famously called 'God's gift to Indian football', donned that blue jersey a final time for a farewell match against Bayern Munich at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in New Delhi. Among the huge crowd that had turned up to bid adieu India's greatest footballing son, there was one person who had reigned in his emotions and posed a pragmatic question. There stood a guy in the stands with placard that simply said 'who will replace Bhaichung?'

It's not just the 40 goals Baichung scored for the Blue Tigers that made him irreplaceable. It was his aura, it was his mythic stature in Indian football. In a country where sports means cricket, Bhaichung was the one name every kid could take when asked about Indian football. He was synonymous with it. You can find someone who'll score 40 international goals, maybe. But it is really hard to replace an icon. But someone did. His name is Sunil Chhetri.

2015 review: The highs and lows in Indian sports

January

Highs

8: Virat Kohli becomes the first batsman to score centuries in each of his first three innings as a Test captain.16: Sania Mirza clinches her first title of the season in the form of Apia International in Sydney, partnering Bethanie Mattek-Sands.25: Saina Nehwal retains the women’s singles title in Syed Modi Grand Prix Gold badminton meet, beating Carolina Marin of Spain 19-21, 25-23, 21-16. Parupalli Kashyap wins the men’s title, beating K. Srikanth.

Lows

1: Temporary truce between Indian Olympic Association and sports ministry breaks down with the former once again threatening to move court over the ‘age and tenure clause’ in the national sports code.6: Somdev Dev Varman crashes out in first round of Chennai Open, losing 3-6, 4-6 to Chinese Taipei’s Yen Hsun Lu17: Paddlers Sutirtha Mukherjee, Oishwarya Deb and Priyadarshini Das are banned for two seasons for allegedly fudging their age records.

February 

Highs

1: Leander Paes and Martina Hingis win the Australian Open mixed doubles, beating Daniel Nestor and Kristina Mladenovic 6-4, 6-3.16: Yuvraj Singh tops the IPL auction table for the second time in succession, going for Rs 16 crore to DareDevils.22: Anirban Lahiri wins Hero Indian Open golf.23: Lahiri moves up to 34 in the official world golf rankings.

Lows

2: Twenty-one year old Maharashtra netball player, Mayuresh Pawar, dies during the National Games in Thiruvananthapuram. He drowned while trying to take photos at the Shamkumugham beach.7: Pacer Ishant Sharma is ruled out of India’s World Cup squad, owing to a knee injury.21: Thirty-year-old footballer Chandrasish De, captain of Aryan, dies in a road accident.

March 

High 

1: Jagmohan Dalmiya is elected unopposed as BCCI president.7: Saina becomes the first Indian woman to reach the final of the All-England Badminton Championships.24: GM Surya Sekhar Ganguly emerges champion of the International Grandmasters Chess tournament.28: Saina becomes the World No.1 as per the BWF points system.

Lows

26: India bow out of the World Cup, losing by 95 runs in the semi-finals to Australia.29: (The then) ICC chairman, Narayanswami Srinivasan, suffers the embarrassment of being booed by a section of the record-shattering 93,013 turnout at the Melbourne Cricket Ground for the World Cup final.30: No Indian cricketer finds a place in Team of the World Cup 2015 announced by ICC.

April 

Highs

10: Lahiri becomes the second golfer after Jeev Milkha Singh to make the cut at the Augusta Masters.12: Sania becomes the first Indian woman tennis player to achieve the world No.1 ranking in doubles, following her title win at the WTA Family Circle Cup, with Hingis.25: Viswanathan Anand finds his way back to the 2800-rating club and jumps to second spot in world rankings.

Lows

20: Ankit Keshri, a former captain of the Bengal Under-19 team, dies three days after a freakish accident on the field during a CAB senior division knockout match.26: Swimmer Masadur Rahman, who crossed the English Channel as a double amputee in 1997, dies following multiple organ failure. He was 46.28: East Bengal bow out of the AFC Cup after losing 0-1 to Johor Darul Ta’zim, at the Salt Lake Stadium.

May 

Highs

24: Mumbai Indians win their second IPL title, beating CSK by 41 runs in the final at Eden Gardens.28: Abhinav Bindra becomes the fourth Indian shooter to win a quota place for the Rio Olympics after he finished sixth in men’s 10m air rifle final at the ISSF Shooting World Cup in Munich.31: Mohun Bagan emerges I-League champions, holding Bengaluru FC 1-1 in the decider, in Bangalore. This was Bagan’s first national football title in 13 years.

Lows

7: Aparna Ramabhadran, a 17-year-old athelete, dies after a mass suicide attempt at the SAI hostel at Punnamada in Kerala’s Alappuzha district.8: Sania and Hingis  surrender the No. 1 spot to Bethanie Mattek- Sands and Lucie Safarova.16: Thirteen wrestlers are suspended by the Wrestling Federation of India ( WFI) for regularly skipping training sessions meant for the 2016 Rio Olympics qualifiers. Three coaches are also sacked.

June 

Highs 

5: Parupalli Kashyap shocks world No. 1 Chen Long 14- 21, 21- 17, 21- 14 to enter the men’s singles semi-finals of the Indonesian Open Super Series badminton tournament.14: Rohan Bopanna and Florin Mergea win their second title of the season, lifting the Mercedes Cup.26: Satnam Singh Bhamara becomes the first Indian basketball player to be drafted in NBA as he is  picked up by Dallas Mavericks.

Lows

5: The Archery Association of India  decides to withdraw the Indian team from the World Youth Championship in South Dakota, in protest against the US embassy’s refusal to grant visa to 20 archers.16: Indian football touches a new low as the national team suffer a humiliating 1- 2 defeat against Guam in a World Cup qualifier. Sunil Chetri, though, scores his 50th international goal in 87 matches.21: India lose an ODI series to Bangladesh for the first time. Riding left-arm pacer Mustafizur Rahman’s heroics, Bangladesh take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the 3-match series.

July

Highs

9: Shot putter Inderjeet Singh creates history by becoming first-ever gold medallist from India at World University Games.12: Sania and Hingis win the doubles title at Wimbledon.13: Leander bags his 16th Grand Slam title, by winning the Wimbledon mixed doubles final with Hingis.28: India women’s recurve team earn Olympic quota for the 2016 Rio Games.

Lows

4: A three-member committee, led by ex-Chief Justice of India Justice RM Lodha, bans both CSK and Rajasthan Royals from participating in the Indian Premier League for 2 years. In addition, Gurunath Meiyappan and Raj Kundra are also banned for life by the committee.24: Paul van Ass is officially sacked as the Indian national hockey coach after days of turmoil and controversy.

August 

Highs

2: Rajat Chauhan wins silver at the World Archery Championships to become the first Indian archer to win a silver medal in compound individual event.17: Lahiri notches up India’s best- ever result at a Major, by finishing tied fifth at the PGA Championship.23: Aditi Ashok makes history by becoming the first Indian woman golfer to win Ladies British Amateur Stroke Play Golf Championship.

Lows

2: Somdev’s poor singles run continues as he is knocked out of the first round of men’s singles Qualifiers of the ATP Citi Open. Somdev lost to Darian King.26: Somdev and Saketh Myneni fail to cross the first hurdle at the US Open qualifiers as both the Indians lost their openers. Somdev lost 7-5, 5-7, 1-6 to Nerbert Gombos, while Saketh went down 6-4, 4-6, 1-6 to Jan-Lennard Struff.

September

Highs

1: India clinch their first Test series in Sri Lanka in 22 years. India had lost the opening Test before winning next two.5: Indian boxer Vikas Krishan (75kg) wins silver in the Asian Boxing Championships.8: Lahiri becomes the first Indian to be named in the International Team for the Presidents Cup.12: Leander clinches the US Open mixed doubles title with Hingis.

Lows

8: In a huge embarrassment for India, Yogeshwar Dutt is forced to pull out of the Wrestling World Championships, after being found unfit at the eleventh hour, leaving the Wrestling Federation of India red-faced.20: BCCI president Jagmohan Dalmiya dies at the age of 75.22: India’s hopes of getting back to the Davis Cup World Group falls short once again, as they lose to Czech Republic.

October 

Highs 

10: Boxer Vijender Singh makes a smashing professional debut by knocking out Britain’s Sonny Whiting.25: Indian GM Abhijeet Gupta wins the Hoogeveen International Open Chess Tournament after defeating compatriot Neelotpal Das.26: Deepika Kumari bags her fourth silver medal in five years at the Archery World Cup final. She lost 2- 6 to reigning world No. 1 Choi Misun of Korea.

Lows

1: India’s Fifa rankings take a further nosedive as they are placed 167 in the list.5: India lose the T20I series against South Africa.15: Zaheer Khan announces his retirement from international and first-class cricket.20: Virender Sehwag announces his retirement from cricket.25: India lose the ODI series against SA.

November 

Highs

1: Sania and Hingis win the women’s doubles title in the WTA Finals in Singapore.21: Cueist Pankaj Advani wins IBSF World Snooker Championship to take his world title count to 15.27: India win the Nagpur Test to pocket Test series against South Africa.29: Two-time champion PV Sindhu completes a hat-trick of women’s singles titles at the Macau Open Grand Prix Gold.

Lows

21: Royal Wahingdoh FC pull out from the I- League, citing “lack of roadmap and financial impracticability” in the premier tournament of the country.24: Kirti Azad fires a salvo at the Delhi and District Cricket Association alleging two of its senior officials were making money through illegal sale of tickets.28: Indian woman footballer Aditi Chauhan, who plays as a goalkeeper for West Ham United Ladies, faces deportation after she fails to renew her visa.

December 

Highs 

6: MC Mary Kom wins bronze medal at the AIBA’s Olympic Test event in Rio de Janeiro.6: Hosts India win bronze medal at the Hero Hockey World League  final.7: India win the Kotla Test to win Test series versus South Africa 3-0.14: Lahiri wins Asian Tour Order of Merit crown for the year 2015.19: Yuvraj and Ashish Nehra make a comeback as the national selectors name them in T20 squad for the series in Australia.20: Chennaiyin FC win the ISL II, overcoming FC Goa 3-2.

Lows

1: ICC rates VCA Stadium pitch in  Nagpur as poor.2: MAM Ramaswamy, the doyen of Indian racing, passes away after a brief illness. He was 84.20: In an embarrassing incident for Indian football, Chennaiyin FC’s Brazilian recruit Elano is taken to police station following a complaint.14: Viswanathan Anand finishes ninth in the London Classic.

AAP Dig On Cricket Probe Row: BJP Rubbished Commission, Now It is Gospel?

BJP today demanded an apology from Arvind Kejriwal after the report by the state-appointed commission did not name Union Minister Arun Jaitley.

New Delhi:  Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said the BJP was "defending corruption" and "running away from investigation" after the party demanded an apology from him over an inquiry report into the alleged corruption in the Delhi cricket body.

The party's demand came yesterday after the report by the government-appointed commission did not name Union Minister Arun Jaitley -- who headed the cricket body for 13 years - despite Mr Kejriwal's pointed allegations.

"Why is Jaitley ji afraid of facing enquiry? That's the difference between BJP and AAP. AAP takes strong and swift action on credible evidence. BJP defends corruption and runs away from investigation," the Chief Minister said in a series of tweets.

Mr Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party contends that this report is not final, and there's more to come, and the report, which the BJP is citing, says there should be a commission of inquiry into the matter.

Stepping up the attack, AAP leader Ashutosh said the BJP, which had earlier rubbished the commission, was now considering it a "sacred book".

"Even PM Modi has said you should follow (LK) Advani and resign till he comes clean," he said.

AAP has also accused the BJP government of stalling the commission's progress through Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung. The BJP has questioned Mr Kejriwal's naming of a one-man commission to inquire into the alleged corruption on grounds of jurisdiction.

"A whistleblower had alerted the Delhi government that the formation of the commission will be scuttled through Lt Governor," Ashutosh said.

Mr Jaitley, who has rubbished AAP's allegations, has already filed a defamation case against Mr Kejriwal and Ashutosh. The minister, who headed the DDCA for 13 years till 2013, has said Mr Kejriwal's allegations were meant to to deflect attention from a CBI raid on his principal secretary Rajender Kumar.

Earlier today, the BJP demanded a "public apology" from Mr Kejriwal. "The truth is out. The report does not name Jaitley. There is no allegation against him, there is no indication (of wrongdoing)," said BJP spokesperson MJ Akbar.

AMITABH BACCHAN WILL BE THE COMMENTATOR FOR  INDIA VS PAKISTAN MATCH

Mumbai. ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 match of the India-Pakistan cricket fans eagerly awaited. But knowing that this will increase your impatience and live commentary will match the superstar himself. Live commentary by Amitabh bachhan in ICC world Cup between India Vs Pakistan Match.
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T20 WORLD CUP IN INDIA - ICC ANNOUNCED

New Delhi. The International Cricket Council (ICC) after a important meeting announced and released the schedule of all the major tournaments till 2019. Good news for indian cricket fans that next year 2016 icc world cup will be held in india this newsis confirmed by ICC.

The 2011 World Cup was in 2011 in the Indian subcontinent in 1996, but it was already hosted Twenty20 World Cup will be the first time with the latest announcement in any format of the ICC World Cup will be held in India alone. The tournament will be held from March 11 to April 3, 2016. Besides, the ICC announced the tournament, they are:

ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier 2015- Ireland / Scotland (6 to 25 July 2015)

ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup 2016- Bangladesh (January 22, 2016 on February 14.)

ICC Champions Trophy, England 2017- (1-19 June 2017)

ICC Women's World Cup 2017- England (4-27 August 2017)

ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup 2018- New Zealand (January 12 -4 Feb 2018)

ICC Cricket World Cup 2018- Kwolifayr Bangladesh (March 1 -4 in April 2018)

ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2018- Caribbean (2-25 November 2018)

ICC Cricket World Cup 2019- England (May 30 -15 July 2019)
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NOVAK DJOCOVIC WON AUSTRALIAN OPEN TITLE

Melbourne. World number one Novak Djokovic of Serbia won the Australian Open 2015 men's singles title, defeating Andy Murray of Britain in the final. Djokovic won his eighth Grand Slam title.

Murray Djokovic in the final 7-6 (7-5), 6-7 (4-7), 6-3, 6-0 Score. In the title match between Djokovic and Murray have witnessed the collision and combat lasted three hours 39 minutes. Djokovic has played so far a total of 10 Grand Slam finals, won 8 of the 27-year-old Andy Murray is the eighth Grand Slam final.

Djokovic won the fifth Australian Open title. Before that in 2008, 2011, 2012 and 2013 have the title. Also won Wimbledon twice (2011, 2014) and the US Open (2011).