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Ganguly denies comments appearing in Bengali daily
With India posting a fighting 313 for eight against Australia at the close of the third day's play at Bangalore's Chinnaswamy Stadium, south paw Sourav Ganguly, who contributed a solid 45 to the cause, said on Saturday that he had never made any of the controversial statements being attributed to him by the Bengali daily Aajkal with regard to his omission from the Indian team in 2005-06 and the negative statements against several team mates.
Afghanistan and Hong Kong take a step closer to the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011
Afghanistan and Hong Kong sealed promotion from the Pepsi ICC World Cricket League Division 4 after securing comprehensive victories in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania on Friday.
England must drop keeper Prior if it wants to win Stanford Twenty20: Warne
Former Australian leg spinner Shane Warne has told England to drop wicketkeeper Matt Prior before he compromises the team’s chances of winning 10-million pounds in next month’s Stanford Twenty20 clash.
Borg, Navratilova’s former coach jailed for sexually abusing girls
A tennis coach who helped train Bjorn Borg and Martina Navratilova was jailed for five-and-a-half years for sexually abusing young hopefuls.
Barry "Butch" Heffernan, 47, originally from Australia, molested the teenage girls "week in, week out," using their dreams of stardom as a means of control, a court heard.
Collingwood likes to keep his megabuck earnings under his bed!
England all-rounder Paul Collingwood is not into a flashy lifestyle, and prefers to keep his earnings from the game under his bed.
Botham slams Sri Lanka plan to send second stringers to England
Former England fast bowler, Ian Botham has slammed Sri Lanka for planning to send a second string for the Test series in England next summer because 13 seniors will be released to play in the big-money Indian Premier League.
Hamilton labeled a `cocky track bully’ by Polish racer
A Polish racer has labeled Lewis Hamilton a cocky track bully.
Golfer Ballesteros reported to be suffering from brain tumour
Fifty-one-year-old Spanish golfer Seve Ballesteros is reported to be undergoing several tests at the La Paz Hospital in Madrid after collapsing at Madrid’s Barajas Airport eight days ago. He is reported to be suffering from a brain tumour.
According to The Telegraph, the golfer’s family have stopped taking phone calls and have asked the hospital not to give out any information beyond a statement.
“Severiano Ballesteros has left the intensive care unit where he was admitted due to a partial epileptic fit, and is receiving the prescribed treatment. He is in a stable condition,” a hospital statement said.
Lara cautions BCCI against simultaneous retirement of top five players
Former West Indies captain and cricket legend Brain Lara today cautioned the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) against retiring all the top five players simultaneously.
Glam girl Stephanie Rice boosts Davenport sales
Swimming sensation Stephanie Rice is showing no signs of slowing down if the sales figures of her underwear brand are anything to go by.
Twenty20 an invention with appeal, says its founder
Stuart Robertson, the man credited with inventing Twenty20 cricket, does not believe that he has created a monster that will ruin the traditional spirit of the game.
Lineker’s gal can’t stand football
Former England football star Gary Lineker's wife-to-be, Danielle Bux, 29, has made an astonishing confession - she can't stand football.
Beefy says his walks for leukaemia research worth every toe-blistering mile
Twenty-three years after first undertaking a walk for the advancement of leukemia research, former England cricketer Ian "Beefy" Botham says that the cash that he has raised as a result has "been worth every toe-blistering mile."
Gazza told have second hip operation or will become a cripple
Former England footballer Paul Gascoigne has been told to have surgery on his legs or he faces the prospect of becoming a cripple for life.
'Dickhead' Warne says he was often in drunken stupor during 2005 Ashes
Former Australian leg spinner Shane Warne has candidly admitted that during the 2005 Ashes tour, he often got drunk and cried himself to sleep, unable to deal with the collapse of his marriage and his of-field antics, including sex-related romps.
Lewis Hamilton determined not to blow away his title dream again
Formula One ace Lewis Hamilton has said that he has no intention of blowing away his title dream again.
Roo says he is a better player today than in 2004
England footballer Wayne Rooney believes that he is a better footballer today than he was in 2004 when he lit up Euro 2004 with two goals against Switzerland and another two against Croatia.
Ex-American footballer O J Simpson feels he will be killed in jail by whites
Ex-American football star O J Simpson aka "The Juice", who is facing a life sentence for robbery and kidnap, fears that he could be killed in jail a white supremacist gang.
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