This is as ironic as it can get. On a day when he silenced his ever-increasing band of critics to some extent with a majestic 200 not out for Mumbai in the Ranji Trophy, Rohit Sharma was demoted to Grade C in the Board of Control for Cricket in India’s (BCCI) central contracts list.
The 23-year-old’s knock helped Mumbai pile up a mammoth 621/8 during a Super League Group A match against hosts Bengal at the Eden Gardens on Thursday.
At stumps on Day Two, Bengal were 28 for one. Arindam Das edged one to wicketkeeper off Avishkar Salvi’s bowling to cap off a splendid day for the visitors.
Thursday, November 11, 2010
Breeders Cup 2010 – Race Schedule & Dates
The Breeders’ Cup will be held at Churchill Downs on 5th-6th November, 7th time in 2010 which is more than at any other track. The Breeders’ Cup is having a total of 14 races like last year spread over two days of racing with $25.5 million in purse money on the line.
On November 5th, there will be six races with the Marathon first then all the distaff divisions, headlined by the Grade 1 Breeders’ Cup Ladies Classic (formerly the Breeders’ Cup Distaff) worth $2 million. And on November 6th, there will be eight races headlined by the $5 million Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1) at 1 1/4 miles. This year’s Breeders’ Cup will be broadcasted on ESPN, ESPN2, and ABC with the schedule so far being:
BCS Football Final Rankings 2010
BCS Football Final Rankings 2010 became very popular these days. The first BCS Standings 2010 were announced on last Sunday, 17 October 2010. All the NCAA football fans predicted about the number 1 team and yet some were surprised to know about BCS rankings. Oklahoma opens the rankings with the no. 1 position that was based on their impressive game, strength of game schedule. Fans of NCAA football were surprised that all the predictions came true.
Oregon and Boise State stand on number 2 and 3 in BCS rankings. According to some experts, Boise State may be the leading team but the strength of schedule was affected because of Oregon State won from Washington so that the Boise State came out on the third position. Number 4 team in the BCS Standings is Auburn that currently undefeated at 7-0, landed ahead of TCU.
2014 Fifa World Cup Qualification (AFC, CAF, Concacaf) Wiki Info
The 2014 Fifa World Cup will be the 20th FIFA World Cup, a global football tournament that is scheduled to take place between June and July 2014 in Brazil. The 2014 FIFA World Cup will attribute 32 teams. Among 32 one place has been owed to the hosts, Brazil and lingering 31 places will be determined by a qualification process, in which candidate from among the other 207 teams from the six FIFA confederations will compete.
Through Fifa World Cup Qualification process, a national association football team goes to Fifa World Cup Finals. Qualification is required to decrease the large field of participants from about 200 to 32 as The FIFA World Cup is a worldwide event.
Sunday, November 7, 2010
India suffer 0-2 loss against Kuwait in Asian Games football
India put up a valiant fight before going down 0-2 against Kuwait to get off their Asian Games football campaign on a disappointing note on Sunday.
Sukhwinder Singh's boys were on equal terms against their stronger rivals for most part of the match. They paid the price of conceding an early goal and letting in another via a defensive lapse in the injury time.
Jim Souhan: Especially in football, players have to believe in their coaches
Given the turmoil in the locker room, now is a bad time to be Brad Childress.
Asked this week whether he has lost his team, Brad Childress said, "I don't even know what that means.''
Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard living the Anfield dream
It was one of those iconic European nights at Anfield and Liverpool's most iconic player delivered again, the captain destroying Napoli with a hat-trick. Competing in the Europa League might well be indicative of the decline in Liverpool's powers in the last two years but this was still a grand occasion, the first home game attended by the new owner John W Henry. Gerrard has always thrived on the emotional rush under the floodlights – but he has also suffered the emotional tumult of Liverpool's troubled last year.
"I love it here," he said as he made his way out of Anfield after the game. "That is what you play football for. As a young kid, I used to come to European nights and dream of playing in front of this crowd and winning big European nights." Exhilaration; pride; relief. Gerrard is back doing heroic things on the football field and Liverpool are a club that appear to be back on the right track. About time. "I think the last 12 months have been the most difficult since I was 18 and broke into the first team," he said.
Premier League is 'like the wild west', says new Liverpool owner John W Henry
The new owners of Liverpool, New England Sports Ventures, have admitted that adapting to the world of football has been a "culture shock" and that there are aspects of the way the game works which are "like the wild west."
John W Henry, the principal owner, and Tom Werner, the new chairman, have been shocked by the lack of transparency in football compared to American sport, the influence of agents and the power of players to push through transfers. "It's been a culture shock, there's no doubt about it," Henry said. "It's sort of like the wild west." In American sport, the salaries of players are available to the public, agents are strictly regulated and players only break contracts in exceptional circumstances.
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