Khel Ratna Award is a great honour: Saina

Khel Ratna Award is a great honour: Saina

Saina Nehwal's purple patch has just got an extension. Four weeks after the nation celebrated her terrific triple - hat-trick of wins at Indian Open, Singapore Super Series and Indonesia Super Series - the government bestowed upon her the prestigious Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award, the highest sporting honour in the country.

Surprisingly, the champion shuttler is not celebrating, rather she does not have time to celebrate. Her coach Pullela Gopichand insisted that she should not skip evening practice.

Worse still, she'll be doing the 'super circuit' considered the most difficult and energy sapping session of the whole week. "I am ecstatic. It's a great honour, the best I got and one of my long term dreams. But I wish it was not announced on Friday."

"Notwithstanding the hard work, I am enjoying every moment of my career. This award brings more responsibility to me and I'll work hard to bring more honour for the country," Saina said.



After the customary congratulations she expected her coach to give her an off. "He patted me and told me to sleep in the afternoon so that I can do the 'super circuit' session. I can't say no to him. It's a different experience going through the gruelling session even before the excitement of getting the award could sink in," Saina said.

The world number two thanked the government for the honour and said that though she got several honours nothing would match the Khel Ratna. "I know sportspersons die to get this Award. I am no different. I badly wanted to win it. I rate it as one of the biggest achievements of my life. I thank the government for this award. These things give us a lot of motivation and encourages us to work even harder," said Saina.

Incidentally, this is the third major award for her in the last one year. She won the Arjuna last August, Padma Shri this January and now the Khel Ratna.

President Pratibha Patil will present the award to Saina at a ceremony on August 29 in New Delhi. The award comprises a scroll of honour, medal and a cash prize of Rs 7.5 lakh. 

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Shahid Afridi resign from test captaincy

As the thesocialdoctor was highly critisising the dicision of making him the test captain. he has proved it by resigning that was he was a wrong choice.

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Saina Nehwal breaks into top-3 of world rankings

Saina's rise follows back-to-back title triumphs at the India Open Grand Prix and the Singapore Open Super Series respectively.

By virtue of the consecutive titles earlier this month, Saina, with 64791.2637 points, made a significant upward movement in the chart and is just behind Chinese duo of Yihan Wang and Xin Wang.

Saina's previous best ranking was a fifth position which she attained in March this year after becoming the first Indian woman to reach the semifinals of the prestigious All England Super Series Championships.

However, she dropped to the sixth position in the subsequent weeks.

Saina is presently playing in the Indonesia Open and is well on course for a hat-trick of titles after reaching the quarterfinals of the Super Series event.

In the men's ranking, the Indian trio of Chetan Anand, P Kashyap and Arvind Bhatt moved up a rung to the 16th, 27th and 28th spot respectively.

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The World's TOP 10 Richest Tennis Player WORLD LATTEST NEWS FIRST TIME ON INTERNET

The World's TOP 10 Richest Tennis Player

Welcome to the rating of the richest tennis player of the planet. Revenues consist of athletes of different sources. For example, Maria Sharapova, mainly the "rich" by advertising products known corporations, such as «Canon», «Colgate-Palmolive», «Motorola», «Nike», «Tiffany» and «Land Rover». Only on the promotion of dandruff shampoo company «Unilever» tennis player receives more than $ 2 million in the same time, revenue Roger Federer is mainly composed of bonus payments for tournaments.

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01. Roger Federer (Switzerland) - $ 35 million. The picture shows Roger Federer sends the ball to Juan Martin Del Potro (Argentina) in the first set final match US Open in New York on 14 September 2009. yeh the same, more images after the break.



02. Maria Sharapova (Russia) - $ 26 million on the photo: Maria Sharapova in 3 Sete match with Melanie Udine US Open tournament on Sept. 4, 2009. Udine won the match 3-6, 6-4, 7-5.

03. Rafel Nadal (Spain) - $ 18 million Rafael Nadal beats Fernando filing Gosnalesa (Chile) in the third set the match in the tournament chetvertfinalnogo US Open 12 sentbrya 2009. Nadal won 7-6, 7-6, 6-0 (UPI / Monika Graf   04. Andy Rod**** (USA) - $ 15 million Andy Rod**** beats blow Swede Robin Soderling in the semi-final match of the tournament BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, California March 20, 2010. Rod**** won 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 and reached the final. 05. Serena Williams (USA) - $ 15 million US Open winner Serena Williams in a match with Alexa Glatch. Playing the first round of US Open August 31, 2009 in New York.   06. Venus Williams (USA) - $ 15 million Venus Williams beats starting Magdalena Rybarikovoy (Slovakia) in the first set match on US Open September 4, 2009 in New York.     07. Justine Henin (Belgium) - $ 10 million first scattering Justine Henin in the quarterfinal match against Serena Williams at the French Open Roland Garros in Paris June 5, 2007. Henin won 6-4, 6-3. 08. Novak Djokovic (Serbia) - $ 9.5 million by turnstile count third rank number ATP Novak Djokovic takes the ball to David Ferrer (Spain) in the final of Men's Dubai Tennis Championships on Saturday, February 28, 2009. Djokovic won the match 7-5, 6-3   09. Ana Ivanovic (Serbia) - $ 8 million first scattering Anna Ivanovich against Vera Dusheninoy (Russia) in the first set match in the tournament US Open August 26, 2008 in New York.   10. James Blake (USA) - 7.5 million. In the photo, James Blake in a match against Ruben Ramirez-Hidalgo in the tournament US Open August 31, 2009 in New York.

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Mr. & Mrs. Dhoni Latest Pics | Mrs Dhoni looking awesome indian cricketer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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bangladesh cricket team latest news Mortaza replaces Shakib as Bangladesh captain

Mashrafe Mortaza, the Bangladesh allrounder, has been named captain of the squad for the ODI tour of the United Kingdom in place of Shakib Al Hasan, who will be the squad's vice-captain.

The surprise move was announced in a BCB press release on the eve of the team's departure from Dhaka, two days after the squad for the tour had been released, and comes as a significant snub to Shakib, who led the team with determination during an arduous Test series against England last month.

Khaled Mahmud, the assistant coach and former national captain, admitted he was surprised by the decision, but told Cricinfo that Mashrafe, who was Shakib's immediate predecessor, had always been in contention to reclaim the captaincy, assuming he was able to prove his fitness following his rehabilitation from knee surgery. His first tenure lasted just 6.3 overs before he collapsed mid-over during Bangladesh's famous victory at Kingstown last July.

"Before Shakib became captain, the selectors always said that if Mashrafe could get fit, he might be able to take the job again," said Mahmud. "I'm not sure if it's the right or wrong move, but it's been a tough time for Shakib, whose recent performances, particularly with the bat, have not been up to standard. It's important for Bangladesh that he performs well, and perhaps the pressure of the captaincy is too much. He's still young, while Mashrafe is more mature."

Shakib, 23, was recently ranked as the leading allrounder in international cricket, and he was Bangladesh's leading wicket-taker in the course of their four Tests against England, claiming 17 scalps with his left-arm spin at 36.94. However, his batting fell away badly both in England and at the subsequent Asia Cup, with few glimpses of the ability he had showcased in making his maiden Test century against New Zealand earlier this year.

Nevertheless, the timing of the handover is not ideal, especially given that Shakib and Mashrafe had a falling-out during England's ODI series in Bangladesh back in March. Mashrafe went wicketless during his comeback match at Dhaka, before walking out on the squad ahead of the second ODI - apparently to be by the side of his ailing mother, but in reality because he was about to be dropped.

"The way Mashrafe bowled before his injury, that Mashrafe we might have missed tonight," said Shakib, in the aftermath of a narrow two-wicket defeat in the second match. "But the way he bowled in the last match and the practice match, not really. He needs some time to get back to full confidence and rhythm. He needs to play some games and get match-fit again."

Assuming he is back to full fitness, Mortaza will doubtless be an asset during a one-day tour that comprises three matches against England, two against Ireland and one against Scotland. With 137 ODI wickets in 107 appearances, he is Bangladesh's most prolific strike bowler, and his familiarity with English conditions should enable him to utilise any swing and seam on offer.

Squad Mashrafe Mortaza (capt), Shakib Al Hasan (vc), Tamim Iqbal, Imrul Kayes, Junaid Siddique, Raqibul Hasan, Mushfiqur Rahim, Mahmudullah, Faisal Hossain, Jahurul Islam, Rubel Hossain, Shafiul Islam, Nazmul Hossain, Abdur Razzak, Syed Rasel

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BEST PHOTOS OF SHOAIB MALIK WIFE SANIA MIRZA LATTEST PICURES ON INTERNET

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Virender Sehwag worlds best opener : Hayden

It May be a Exaggerating statement to say that Indian Batting Depends upon Virender Sehwag but At lest Current stats especially the ones in Sri Lanka at present depict more or less the same story.

Thanks to Sehwag India has ,managed to reach finals as throughout the ODI Series sehwag has scored 240 runs in four games.Skipper MS Dhoni is a distant second with only 73.

Sehwag also Proved his Mettle Against Lankans in Test by becoming highest run scorer and further wining the Man of the Series award .“He is the best opener in the world,” declared Matthew Hayden, himself an accomplished opener till he retired in 2009. “Few players leave the impact that Virender can leave in a game,” the Aussie told

As Per Hayden Sehwag's leaves a impact on the game then any other opener in all formats of the game from ball one.

"He leaves an impact on every match, be it a Test, an ODI or a T20 contest. He brings excitement and drama to the game from the very first ball"

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'I'm not a soccer fan' :Ronaldo's girlfriend admits

'I'm not a soccer fan' :Ronaldo's girlfriend admits

She is dating one of the most famous footballers in the world.

But Cristiano Ronaldo's girlfriend Irina Shayk proves exactly why she is well-known in her own right as she shows off her talents in the pages of this month's GQ magazine.

The 24-year-old model has posed for a series of stunning photographs in the magazine, and displays her enviable figure in a variety of revealing sheer outfits.

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Match Fixing Allegations!! pakistani team match fixing scandels

Pakistan recently being hit by the match fixing allegations..


Shane Watson, who reported two approaches by an illegal bookmaker in England last year..It has also emerged that Brett Lee and Mitchell Johnson were approached during the England tour.


Former Pakistan captain Wasim Akram has been summoned to appear next Saturday before an inquiry probing match-fixing allegations during the 1999 World Cup England..



Guys Just make a note, after what I have been searching for.. every Match Fixing news comes up from ENGLAND.. Pakistan, India, Australia all have been into this.. but are they ignoring England behind all this??

The game should be kept alive.. any player being caught in it should be facing a lifetime ban.. We love the game and we love our Nations Pride!! such cheaters have no place on the field, in the peoples hart.

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The 6 categories of life-bans - PCB style

The 6 categories of life-bans - PCB style

1) The "He's so talented to stay banned" ban

In this kind of life-ban the player is banned between a series end and the next series beginning. Before the next series, realization sets in that they dont have a player to replace the banned player, the fans clamour for a comeback, the authorities decide that the banned player has learnt his lesson and the player is pardoned and selected for the next series

A typical Pak fan comment - "He might have murdered someone but it was for his country and anyways I don't care how many he murders as long as he still plays in the next match"

Typical example : - Sohaib Akhtar


2) The "He is just stupid" ban

In this kind of life-ban, the player is banned because of extreme unsporty behaviour/cheating, but is pardoned based on the fact that the player has an IQ below 50. Kind of like when criminals plead insanity as a defense

A typical Pak fan comment - "He doesnt realise that he was cheating while dancing on the pitch or biting the ball because he is such a beast

Typical example :- Shahid Afridi


3) The "He was led astray" ban

In this kind of life-ban, the presence of another player having had more than 2 life-bans automatically helps the newbie to be pardoned based on association. Everyhting is blamed on the more experienced culprit and the other guy is the innocent lamb led astray by the wolf. the newbie is also thought to be completely incapable of independent thoughts, a prime criteria to be 'talented'

Typical Pak fan comment - Ban that senior guy. Why was he in the same state when the newbie commited the offense? He might have retired but he still is such a bad influence on the youngsters

Typical example - Asif (his first time) and possiby Amir


4) The "PCB is your father" ban

This kind of life-ban is enforced by PCB to show a player, who has been getting too big for his boots, his rightful place. The ban can be immediately re-considered if the said player begs forgiveness (despite doing no wrong) and bows to PCB dictates.

A typical Pak fan comment - Why cant X beg forgiveness for all his sins even though he has never commited them. Its for the country's sake

Typical example - YK and MoYo


5) The "Save his *** from ICC" ban


This kind of life-ban is used to protect star players from being banned by ICC. The ban is enforced only to be removed before the next series after a "democratic" tribunal hears the appeal

A typical Pak fan comment - But he has already been punished by PCB once. How can ICC punish him twice for the same crime

Typical example - Asif


6) The "Its all a conspiracy" ban

In this life-ban, the player is banned because of loads of evidence against him but then it is alleged to be a conspiracy by BCCI/RAW/Mossad and following a national outcry, the player is unbanned

Typical Pak fan comment - I am sure BCCI added nandro while he was peeing into a test tube

Typical example - Asif

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Three No Balls that shake world of cricket pakistan cricket in trouble

THEY are the three no-balls that will be recorded in the statistics books forever - and will be remembered for shaking cricket to its core.

Millions of fans who watched Pakistan bowlers Mohammad Amir and Mohammad Asif send down the trio of deliveries over two days' play at Lord's, had no idea they were bowled as part of a match-rigging scam.

Incredibly, during live coverage, respected TV and radio pundits exclaimed to worldwide audiences how bad every one of the faked no-balls looked - little knowing they were ordered by money-grabbing fixer Mazhar Majeed, who just a day earlier had collected £150,000 from undercover News of the World reporters.





And it all played out like clockwork exactly as Majeed promised it would. He claimed the players had demanded we pay the cash as our entry ticket into an existing shady gambling syndicate based in India.

In return he revealed solid details of the three no-balls he'd planned for the Lord's Test. . .

MAJEED: "There's no risk, there's no signal. . . these three are definitely happening. They've all been organised, okay? So, the first ball of the third over of the innings, yeah.

"Asif and Amir are going to be bowling. Amir is to bowl the first over (meaning he will also bowl the third), yeah?

"Okay? Then the tenth, the last ball. . . sixth ball of the tenth over."

REPORTER: "The tenth over. Who's bowling it?"

MAJEED: "Asif will be bowling it."

Majeed then explained that the third no-ball would come in the first over that teen wonder boy Amir got to deliver to an England right-hander, after one of the opening two left-handers had been dismissed.

Just to convince us Amir was onside Majeed telephoned the young star at his hotel. "Are you sleeping f***er?" he asked crudely. Amir confirmed that's what he was trying to do.

"Ok, sleep," said Majeed. "We've spoken about everything before anyway. Ok, don't mind. You sleep'."

But when Amir prepared for his day's work at the 4th Test on Thursday morning, he was certainly awake to what was expected of him.

Pakistan captain Salman Butt strolled out to meet England skipper Andrew Strauss in the middle of the ground shortly before the weather-delayed toss at 1.10pm on the opening day of the test.

Pakistan won the toss and elected to put England in to bat.

Butt had his customary huddle with his team but bizarrely did not even bother to inspect the recently uncovered wicket like his opposite number Strauss. As predicted Butt put Amir and Asif on to open the bowling.

And, as promised, on the FIRST BALL of the THIRD OVER to England opening batsman Alastair Cook Amir overstepped the white line marking his bowling crease by a huge margin.

Umpire Billy Bowden immediately raised his arm to signal the no-ball at 1.56pm.

Pakistan's 18-year-old rising star had sealed cricket's shame on the pitch once illuminated by legends including WG Grace, Ian Botham and Don Bradman.

But the sly player brazenly tried to hide the truth, raking the spikes of his boots across the line and asking for sawdust to be put down as he falsely blamed the no-ball on loose footing.

Bemused Sky commentator Ian Botham exclaimed: "No-ball. Because of the one-dayers, you don't see that too often with the bowlers who play two forms of the game. They've got into the discipline of keeping behind that front line."

The BBC online commentary read: "Dirty great no-ball from Amir, that was fully two feet over."

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Ex-girlfriend says Asif a 'serial fixer' (WATCH THE XCLUSIVE PIX ON PAGE 3)

As a panelist on a news channel, Asif's former girl friend Veena Malik accused the fast bowler of being 'criminal minded' and a 'serial match-fixer.' -Photo by AP

Mohammad Asif's ex-girl friend has launched a scathing attack at the bowler and accused him of being directly involved in match-fixing.
As a panelist on a news channel, Asif's former girl friend Veena Malik accused the fast bowler of being 'criminal minded' and a 'serial match-fixer.'

Here's what she had to say:

-Asif reportedly told her that Pakistan will not win a series until 2010
-She has accused Asif of bribing an Indian doctor during his doping trial at the Indian Premier League
-He is supposed to have told Mohammad Amir "I have had more court cases than your age (18)"
-He reportedly told Veena Malik: "Stop praying....we will not win a single match during the tour to Australia."

Asif's alleged dealings:

"He went to Bangkok to meet some bookmakers within a notice of 24 hours. This is when we were in a relationship. The conversation on the phone before the tour of Australia was specifically about fixing."

-Kalim Imran supposedly provided Asif with nandrolone injections. Malik claims she had asked what had happened to Asif's performance to which Asif replied, "That wasn't me, that was the nandrolone."

-Indian bookie's incoming text: Asif used to send texts to Dhiraj Dixit from his servant's numbers.
Conversation: Dhiraj says: "I can give you 40,000 dollars for this deal. Asif says: "No I want 200,000 dollars." Dhiraj says: I would like some more team members for this deal."

She adds: "After this Asif disappeared for a day. After some checks I found out he had gone to Bangkok and returned within 24 hours. Upon returning and finding out that I had discovered something, Asif became a little shady and we started having fights."

-When Pakistan started losing in Australia, I jokingly said, "For god's sake win a match." To this he replied, "We won't win anything until 2010."

Veena Malik, a former model and TV host, has said she is willing to part of any hearing related to match-fixing and will surely testify.

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