Cricketers Allan Border, Kambli, Fleming had fun time playing with underprivileged

Former Australian cricket captain Allan Border along with ex-Test players Vinod Kambli, Damien Fleming, former Australian woman cricketer Melanie Jones, Olympian Basketball player Brett Wheeler, professional NBL player Darren Smith and renowned soccer coach Tim Wastil visited DY Patil Sports Academy's stadium, Nerul on Thursday. The occasion was a charity event by Australian-based NGO Red Dust Role Models and Pratham Council for Vulnerable Children that looks after underprivileged children and tries to make their future bright.

Upsets top seed Rohan Gide, tops it upwith doubles title

It’s not the age, but the skill and endurance matters in the game of tennis, and none other than former Davis Cupper Nitin Kirtane will be the perfect example for this. Nitin, who will turn 35, on March 4 this year, has validated the point that he has lot more tennis left in him as he entered the single’s final followed by title in the doubles along with his cousin Sandeep in the DES Trophy All India Ranking Men’s Tennis Tournament at Fergusson College here on Thursday.

In the singles semi-final, top seed Rohan Gide from Pune struggled against Nitin’s aggression with a combination of backhand slices and forehand strokes and he went down tamely 4-6 3-6 in straight sets.

No bandobast could stop the Rajesh Pillay Academy (RPA) and Vikram Pillay Academy (VPA) as they sent the police force out of the reckoning in the, Late Professor Shardul B Gaikwad Invitational Hockey Tournament at the Ammunition Factory ground here on Friday

RPA and VPA scripted an impressive wins in their high energy encounters against Railway Police and Pune City Police respectively.

Claim seven wickets among them as MCA thump Cadence Cricket Academy by 9 wickets

Holders, Maharashtra Cricket Association’s under-13 outfit thumped Cadence Cricket Academy by nine wickets in the first semi-final of the Cadence under-13 Cricket championship, at the latter’s ground in Mundhwa, here on Thursday.

In what could be termed as a repeat of last year’s semi-finals, wherein Cadence Cricket Academy did give some fight to the same opponents. This year the Cadence turned out to be a mere pedestrians as their innings was folded for a mere 90 runs and the state under-13 outfits cantered past the target in 16.2 overs to make it to the final of this 7th edition of the championship for the second year in succession.

London, Feb. 27 : Millionaire football star Carlos Tevez is nicknamed the Hitcher because he takes lifts from his Manchester United teammates.

They are helping him out after cops impounded his 140,000 Bentley, reports The Sun.

Officers stopped the Argentinian near the club's training ground because his windows were too dark - then discovered he might not be allowed to drive in the UK.

The Bentley is now stuck on the drive of the star's 1.8 million pound home at Alderley Edge, Cheshire, while the matter is sorted out.

Wellington, Feb. 27: Sixty-one from 47 balls against Australia and 56 not out from 49 balls against India on Wednesday night might sound reasonable, but Kiwi wicketkeeper batsman Brendon McCullum has been virtually anonymous at the crease, partly it has to be said due to a lack of strike.

New Zealand coach Andy Moles cannot predict how McCullum will bat tonight, but confirmed he was not under instructions to play second fiddle to anyone.