A campaign ‘Dare to Care’ will witness Delhi Daredevils and UNICEF working towards sensitizing the public on the important role girls can play in society. BeyondHeadlines News Desk The UNICEF’s initiatives for the adolescent girls of India got a major leg up with Delhi Daredevils announcing their support for its campaign. The campaign coined as [...]
Shamik Bag They continue to entertain the crowds at Indian Premier League cricket matches, but Western-style mini-skirts and lewd dance moves have been shelved by the teams’ cheerleaders. Two teams, the high-profile Kolkata Knight Riders and the Pune Warriors, have opted for inoffensive saris and less suggestive Indian-style choreography. Cheerleading squads for most other teams [...]
Soutik Biswas Are cricket fans turning their backs on the ongoing fifth edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL), the world’s showcase fast cricket contest? If TV ratings figures are to be believed, fans have had enough of cricket despite the nine-team, 76-match, seven-week Twenty20 tourney. Viewer ratings were down 18.7% in the first six games - a [...]
Amit Tiwari Stage is set for Olympic qualifiers at Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium in New Delhi and Indian women hockey team is in a quest to book their berth for London Olympics 2012. It was in 1980 Moscow Olympics when Indian eves represented country in the games and that too on an invitational basis. [...]
The void of missing the Beijing Olympics may never be fulfilled but watching the teams at practice in stills the belief that India’s return to the Olympics is on the cards. While talking to reporters, the coach of the men’s team Michael Nobbs said that his boys are working hard for the qualifiers. The training [...]
Uzair Rizvi, BeyondHeadlines All-rounder Shahid Afridi on Tuesday reversed his decision to retire from International cricket, saying he wanted to play for Pakistan since the Chairman of the cricket board has been replaced. Afridi is available for selection for Pakistan in the limited-overs formats. He announced his retirement from International cricket in May after having [...]
Uzair Rizvi, BeyondHeadlines Discipline bowling and then proficient batting from Kohli and Gambhir steered India to an Eight-wicket win over England in 2nd ODI at Feroz Shah Kotla, New Delhi. Chasing a gettable target of 238, the unbroken 209 run-stand between Gambhir (84*) and Kohli, who scored a whirlwind century (112*) took India safely to [...]
Uzair Rizvi, BeyondHeadlines Skipper MS Dhoni fireworks late down the order inspired India to a 126-run win over England in the 1st ODI of the 5 match ODI series at Hyderabad. This was India’s first victory after a losing streak of 10 International matches (five ODI’s, four tests and one T-20) that includes last two [...]
Uzair Rizvi, BeyondHeadlines With just over 20 days left for India’s first ever Formula One race, Force India, co-owned by Vijay Mallaya, is set to sell a minority stake in Formula One team to Sahara India for an undisclosed amount.Mallaya and Subrata Roy are due to hold a joint news conference later in the evening. [...]
Uzair Rizvi, BeyondHeadlines Monaco-Ryan Giggs has been bestowed with the 2011 Golden Foot Award. The Welshman, who has become an iconic Manchester United midfielder, received the highest number of votes among the ten nominees. The veteran winger has been a permanent fixture in United’s side. Prince Albert II of Monaco on Monday night gave Giggs [...]
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