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Hindu (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago
ChennaiBarnala stresses need for starting sports schools — Photo : A. Muralitharan DESERVING HONOUR: G. Madhavan Nair, Chairman, ISRO (right) and Olympic gold medallist Abhinav Bindra (second from left) who were conferred the honorary Doctor of Science and honorary Doctor of Literature respectively at the convocation of SRM University in Kattankulathur on Sunday. Governor Surjit Singh Barnala...
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Hindu (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago
Governor calls for sports schools He says both education and sports are important to the youth — Photo: A. Muralitharan DESERVING HONOUR: G. Madhavan Nair, Chairman, ISRO (right) and Olympic gold medallist Abhinav Bindra (third from left), who were given the honorary Doctor of Science and honorary Doctor of Literature at the convocation of SRM University at Kattankulathur on Sunday. P. Sathyanarayanan,...
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Hindu (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago
Bindra hopes his medal will inspire others Sports Reporter — Photo: A. Muralitharan FELICITATION: Olympic gold medallist Abhinav Bindra being honoured by SRM University, Chennai, on Sunday. CHENNAI: Abhinav Bindra’s ace marksmanship in the Beijing Olympics may have marked a watershed in Indian sport, but fans across the country continue to be puzzled over the shooter’s rather subdued celebration...
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Hindu (Free subscription) | yesterday
Sports : GeneralBindra arrives in City — Photo: A. Muralitharan CHAMPION COMES VISITING: Olympic gold medallist Abhinav Bindra arrives at the Chennai Airport on Saturday. Chennai: Cocooned in Z-Plus security, usually provided to heads of State, Olympic gold medallist Abhinav Bindra arrived at the Chennai airport on Saturday.Bindra is in the city to receive an honorary doctorate from the SRM...
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Hindu (Free subscription) | yesterday
Construction of culverts begins across Pallavaram-Thoraipakkam Radial Road K. Manikandan This follows an order of the Madras High Court passed last year — Photo: A.Muralitharan In full swing: Work in progress on one of the three culverts coming up on the Pallavaram - Thoraipakkam Radial Road. TAMBARAM: The Chennai City Roads division of the State Highways Department has started building three...
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Skysports.com (Free subscription) | 09/06/2008
... Lanka's leading cricketers, including skipper Mahela Jayawardene, Kumar Sangakkara, Muttiah Muralitharan and Ajantha Mendis, appear determined to honour their IPL contracts.The players refused to attend talks with Sports Minister Gamini Lokuge and SLC officials on September 5 and instead sent Sri Lanka Cricketers' Union representative Graeme Labrooy. No final decision was made at the meeting."I...
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Sify (Free subscription) | 09/06/2008
... mooted and want to go ahead with their initial commitments. Skipper Mahela Jayawardane, Muttiah Muralitharan, Sanath Jayasuriya, Kumar Sangakkara, Pervez Mahroof, Thilakaratne Dishan and Dilhara Fernando are some of the key players who have signed three-year contracts with the IPL. The 38-year-old left-handed Sanath Jayasuriya is the third highest paid player of the IPL. Sri Lanka's new...
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Daily News Analysis (Free subscription) | 09/06/2008
... was mooted and want to go ahead with their initial commitments.Skipper Mahela Jayawardane, Muttiah Muralitharan, Sanath Jayasuriya, Kumar Sangakkara, Pervez Mahroof, Thilakaratne Dishan and Dilhara Fernando are some of the key players who have signed three-year contracts with the IPL. The 38-year-old left-handed Sanath Jayasuriya is the third highest paid player of the IPL.Sri Lanka's new...
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Thaindian News (Free subscription) | 09/06/2008
... was mooted and want to go ahead with their initial commitments.Skipper Mahela Jayawardane, Muttiah Muralitharan, Sanath Jayasuriya, Kumar Sangakkara, Pervez Mahroof, Thilakaratne Dishan and Dilhara Fernando are some of the key players who have signed three-year contracts with the IPL. The 38-year-old left-handed Sanath Jayasuriya is the third highest paid player of the IPL.Sri Lanka’s new...
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CNN (Free subscription) | 09/05/2008
National captain Mahela Jayawardene, Kumar Sangakkara, Sanath Jayasuriya, Muttiah Muralitharan, Chaminda Vaas and Chamara Silva all have contracts with the IPL, as have Farveez Maharoof, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Chamara Kapugedera, Lasith Malinga and Ajantha Mendis.
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Sify (Free subscription) | 09/05/2008
... who formed a deadly combination with the world's highest Test wicket-taker, off spin ace Muthiah Muralitharan, in the three-Test rubber that his team won 2-1, was slightly less successful in the five-match one-day series that followed and which was won by India.
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Daily News Analysis (Free subscription) | 09/05/2008
... who formed a deadly combination with the world's highest Test wicket-taker, off spin ace Muthiah Muralitharan, in the three-Test rubber that his team won 2-1, was slightly less successful in the five-match one-day series that followed and which was won by India.The 23-year-old Lankan, India's bugbear from the Asia Cup final in Pakistan, still managed to take 13 wickets in the ODI series...
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BBC News (Free subscription) | 09/05/2008
Several top Sri Lanka players including captain Mahela Jayawardene, Kumar Sangakkara, Chaminda Vaas, Muttiah Muralitharan, Dilhara Fernando, Sanath Jayasuriya and Upal Tharanga have signed lucrative three-year deals to play in the Twenty20 IPL tournament.
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Hindu (Free subscription) | 09/05/2008
ChennaiSecurity stepped up for Manmohan, Sonia visit Intelligence agencies bring vital installations, select areas of public gathering under surveillance — Photo: A.Muralitharan Police personnel assemble at the Chennai airport on Thursday as part of the security arrangements put in place for Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s visit on Friday. CHENNAI: Elaborate security arrangements have been made...
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Indian Express (Free subscription) | 09/05/2008
... 20-year-old Monish Parmar, who has hit the headlines more often than not for his action. A Muttiah Muralitharan clone, he has both the conventional off-spinner and the doosra. The other similarity is that Parmar, like the Sri Lankan legend, has been under constant scrutiny with the microscope on the degrees at which his elbow bends while bowling. But today, all talk was about the deviation...
