Islamabad, Aug 20(ANI): Pakistan’s Senate Committee on Privileges has recommended to President and Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) patron, Asif Ali Zardari, to remove PCB Chairman Ijaz Butt on charges that he maligned and questioned the credibility of some of its members on sports.
Senator Tahir Mashadi, who heads the privileges committee, said that the committee gave its recommendations after finding Butt guilty in the two privilege motions moved by the senators.
Mumbai, Aug 20 (IANS) India’s Telecom giant Bharti Airtel Friday bagged the sponsorship rights for the Indian cricket team’s home series for a period of three years (2010-2013).
“Bharti Airtel has won the Series Sponsorship Rights for the period of 2010-2013 with a bid amount of Rs.3.33 crore per Test/ODI/T20 International,” Indian cricket board secretary N.Srinivasan said in a statement.
Sydney, Aug 20ANI): Australian fast bowler Doug Bollinger has started his pre-Ashes mind games by targeting the England team snubbed by the International Cricket Council (ICC) for the player of the year award despite a successful year.
Though England had defeated Australia in last year’s Ashes series, ODI series and the Twenty20 World Cup final, it did not have any representative in the 16-man shortlist for the award.
On the other hand, Bollinger has been rewarded for a stellar year with nominations for Test player of the year, one-day player of the year and the cricketer of the year awards.
Pipria Singipur (Uttar Pradesh), Aug 20 (IANS) Can you imagine a power outage for nine long years? That’s exactly what this village in Pilibhit district has had to endure after its main transformer developed a snag in 2001. Pilibhit is the parliamentary constituency of Bharatiya Janata Party MP Varun Gandhi.
Dubai, Aug 19 (IANS) The International Cricket Council (ICC) Thursday included England off-spinner Graeme Swann in the list of nominations for the Cricketer of the Year award, terming his omission from the original list a “genuine oversight.”
England players, current and former, and the media have been vocal in criticising Swann’s omission from the list.
London, Aug.19 (ANI): With Pakistan and England returning to The Oval for the third Test for the first time after the 2006 fiasco, former Australian umpire Darell Hair has said that “politics” played the biggest role in the abandonment of the infamous match four years ago.
New Delhi, Aug 19 (IANS) This week’s book rack boasts of some heavyweight names. Former speaker Somnath Chatterjee, acclaimed writer Khushwant Singh or former Indian president Rajendra Prasad…take your pick.
1. Book: “Keeping the Faith”; Written by Somnath Chatterjee; Published by Harper-Collins India; Priced at Rs.499
Lahore, Aug.19 (ANI): Holding Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Ijaz Butt responsible for the current pathetic situation of the sport in the country, former Test cricketer Aamir Malik has said the game is dying at the grassroots and club levels due to the board’s negligence.
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