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World brands French footballer Thierry Henry a cheat

London: The world has turned on French football star Thierry Henry, branding him a cheat, even as Irish football chiefs have approached FIFA with a demand for a replay of the World Cup tie. It maybe recalled that Henry's blatant handball led to William Gallas' decisive goal against the Irish two days ago. The Sun quoted Henry's .. more »

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Bond back in NZ Test squad after two years

Bond's selection on Friday follows a two-year absence from the New Zealand Test team due to injury and his participation last year in the rebel The injury-prone 34-year-old has played only 17 Tests since his debut in 2001 but he has taken an impressive 79 wickets at an average of 22.39. He returned to the New Zealand one-day and Twenty20 team .. more »

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McIntosh's ton highlights Pak tour match

The left-handed McIntosh scored 131 not out as the invitation side, which had trailed Pakistan by 52 runs on the first innings, reached 231 for two in its second innings before stumps were drawn with no result in prospect. McIntosh's New Zealand teammate Daniel Flynn made 56 in the second innings after being dismissed for 49 in the first and .. more »

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IPL set to take cricket places: Chappell

"I can see the day when IPL becomes a world format and we'll have New York playing Bombay playing Beijing playing Sydney playing London," Chappell said. Chappell said the growing Twenty20 mania and the dwindling spectator count in Test matches could see cricket's oldest and longest format shrinking to just four or five .. more »

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IPL affect: Chappell predicts ‘NY vs Bombay’ T20 in near futur...

"I can see the day when IPL becomes a world format and we'll have New York playing Bombay playing Beijing playing Sydney playing London," Chappell said. Chappell said the growing Twenty20 mania and the dwindling spectator count in Test matches could see cricket's oldest and longest format shrinking to just four or five .. more »

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"IPL set to take cricket places"

Former Australian captain Greg Chappell says the IPL will become a world event and take cricket to hitherto unexplored regions. "I can see the day when IPL becomes a world format and we'll have New York playing Bombay playing Beijing playing Sydney playing London," Chappell said. Chappell said the growing Twenty20 mania and the .. more »

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MS Dhoni: We never panicked

Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni said it was just a matter of seeing through the early overs and his team never panicked. Eight wickets separated Sri Lanka from a win but the Indian batsmen came with a much improved show in the second essay to walk away with a draw, scoring 222 runs while losing just a couple of wickets. "We needed a .. more »

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'Test cricket will reduce in size rather than grow'

Greg Chappell has delivered a blunt message to cricket's administrators: Test cricket is under threat from Twenty20 and something must be done to save the traditional form of the game. Chappell believes the situation is so severe that there could come a time when only four or five nations play Test cricket, with the weaker countries focusing .. more »

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FIFA refuses Irish request for WC playoff replay

A statement on FIFA's website said: "FIFA has today, 20 November 2009, replied to the request made by the Football Association of Ireland (FAI) to replay the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa play-off match held on 18 November 2009 between France and the Republic of Ireland in Paris. "In the reply, FIFA states that the result of the .. more »