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NEW DELHI
Those are not the bowling figures of Australian leg-spin wizard Shane Warne or Pakistani fast bowling great Wasim Akram, but of a one-time tennis player in a Cricket World Cup match.
ROBSON SHARUKO ON SATURDAY: The Beauty And The Beast
WEDNESDAY was my birthday, the arrival of the day and night, which reminded me that I had spent a cool 41 years on this wonderful Theatre of Life that the Almighty God created for us, for all the animals and all the forests that give mother Earth its beauty.
Tendulkar’s chance to cap a great carrier
By Ben Dirs
AS a small boy I was something of a stats geek, poring over old record books in those pre-internet days and wondering how it was possible anyone could score 18 Test cricket centuries – as my hero David Gower had – let alone the 34 Sunil Gavaskar had amassed.
Kiwis face Kenya
CHENNAI.
Struggling New Zealand will be keen to resurrect their fortunes and start their Cricket World Cup campaign with victory against underdogs Kenya tomorrow.
Jaggers saga rages on
Borlscade Investments – the sole shareholder in JW Jaggers Wholesalers – has approached the High Court seeking an order to provisionally place the troubled firm under judicial management.
Wilshere grabs Xavi, Iniesta shirts
LONDON.
Jack Wilshere ended the “biggest night” of his soccer career by leaving the Emirates having been handed the shirts of Xavi and Andrés Iniesta, the two Barcelona heroes the Arsenal midfielder hopes to emulate.
10 teams for next WC
DHAKA.
The International Cricket Council backed their decision to restrict the next World Cup to 10 top teams, saying minnows were better suited playing the Twenty20 format.
Teenager rapes toddler
A 16-year-old boy in Gwanda has been arrested for allegedly raping a four-year-old girl who had been left in his sister’s custody on Tuesday afternoon.
Girl set on fire in hut
Two Chinamhora men allegedly locked a 12-year-old girl in a hut and set it ablaze after she denied them permission to pass through her homestead.
Sanctions stall economic growth, says VP Mujuru
From Golden Sibanda in NYANGAVice President Joice Mujuru says a double digit economic growth rate is attainable if carefully planned and illegal sanctions are removed.The Vice President was addressing the…