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'Human bomb' Navjot Sidhu will explode once he enters Congress:
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
NewDelhi [India], Oct. 26 (ANI): After Congress leader Partap Singh Bajwa said former Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Navjot Singh Sidhu would join their party on the auspicious day of Diwali, Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal on Wednesday said the cricketer-turned politic
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Akram, Afridi make it to Ahmed Shehzad's list of favourites
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], Oct.22 (ANI): Pakistan's out-of-favour opener Ahmed Shehzad has picked legendary fast bowler Wasim Akram as his all-time favourite cricketer and former T20 skipper Shahid Afridi as his favourite all-rounder.
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Waugh, Gillespie offer themselves up for Aussie selector gig
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Sydney [Australia], Oct.18 (ANI): Former Australian cricketers Steve Waugh and Jason Gillespie have expressed their desire to succeed out-going Rod Marsh as the country's chairman of selector.
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De Villiers accuses Aussies of worst sledging during 2014 Test series
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Melbourne [Australia], Oct.17 (ANI): South Africa skipper AB de Villiers has claimed that the sledging done by Australian cricketers in their last three-match Test series in 2014 was the worst he has witnessed in his entire career.
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PCB unhappy with Afridi-Miandad spat, likely to take measures
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], Oct.14 (ANI): Disappointed by the ugly tiff between Shahid Afridi and Javed Miandad, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is likely to take measures to stop former cricketers from levelling match-fixing allegations against each other to settle `personal scores`.
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Cricket Australia accused of `prefabricating evidence` as Phillip Hughes i
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Melbourne [Australia], Oct.14 (ANI): The counsel representing Phillip Hughes's family has slammed the legitimacy of the testimony provided by cricketers in a startling conclusion to the inquest into the South Australian batsman's death.
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Afridi to take legal action against Miandad for match fixing allegations
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], Oct. 10 (ANI): Pakistan cricketer Shahid Afridi has decided to take legal action against legendary batsman Javed Miandad after the latter levelled allegations of match fixing against the former T20I captain.
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Money has always been an issue for Miandad, says Afridi
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], Oct.10 (ANI): Pakistan cricketer Shahid Afridi has hit back over legendary batsman Javed Miandad's recent comments that the former T20 skipper "wanted the farewell game only for money".
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Former Australian 'mystery' spinner John Gleeson passes away at
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Melbourne [Australia], Oct. 9 (ANI): Former Australia cricketer John Gleeson has died at the age of 78 in Tamworth, New South Wales.
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Irfan, Parthiv back BCCI's decision of having `no cricketing ties` wi
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], Oct. 6 (ANI): Expressing their solidarity with the nation and the Indian Army, out of favour cricketers Irfan Pathan and Parthiv Patel have come out in support of BCCI's decision to not play cricket with Pakistan, saying it is not the right time to play crick
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Kirti Azad slams BCCI for threatening to call off series against Kiwis
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct. 4 (ANI): Former cricketer-turned politician Kirti Azad on Tuesday lashed out at the BCCI for threatening to call off the series against New Zealand after the Supreme Court-appointed Justice R.M. Lodha Committee directed banks to freeze accounts of the cricket board.
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Say no to war: Afridi tells India, Pakistan amidst escalating tensions
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept.30 (ANI): Amid escalating tensions between India and Pakistan after the recent surgical strikes by the Indian Army across the Line of Control (LoC), Pakistan cricketer Shahid Afridi has urged that two Asian neighbours to maintain peace and say no to war.
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