Cricket
My job is to protect ICC’s interests, says Shashank Manohar
MUMBAI (TIP): Shashank Manohar’s critics feel that he has let the BCCI down – first by deserting the ship just when the whole foundation was about to be hit by the Supreme Court-constituted Lodha Committee […]
CRY America & Sharmila Tagore call for support to give underprivileged children the opportunities to realize their dreams
NEW YORK (TIP): Child Rights and You America Inc, a 501c3 non-profit that works to ensure children their rights, hosted its annual benefit dinner ‘Pledge 2016’ on June 10th 2016, at The Taj Pierre in […]
Banned Pak cricketer Danish Kaneria appeals to BCCI for help
MUMBAI (TIP): When you meet a legspinner who’s taken 261 wickets in 61Tests (I’d have taken at least 500 if I was still playing, he says), you’d want to talk to him about his art, […]
Champion declared for the first MoneyGram Cricket Bee
EDISON, NJ (TIP): At a game show like set of the MoneyGram Cricket Bee on Saturday,May 7th, Bharat Jayakumar of Sunnyvale, California bagged the title of Champion and $10,000 prize money. Jayakumar answered Australia as […]
Sedition Arrests in India Inflame Old Free-Speech Tensions
Over the years, the thousand-acre campus of Jawaharlal Nehru University has seen too many protests by its leftist student body to count, most of them petering out without incident. But one staged this month seems to have […]
SUPREME COURT TO BCCI: CARRY OUT ALL LODHA COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS
NEW DELHI (TIP): The Supreme Court of India on Feb. 4 suggested to the Board of Control for Cricket in India that it accept all the recommendations of the Justice Lodha Committee relating to structural […]
DDCA probe panel chief alleges pressure, wants to meet Rajnath Singh seeking transfer to Centre
Chetan Sanghi, a senior IAS officer serving in the Delhi government, who had claimed that he was under “pressure” for naming a “certain VIP” in the DDCA probe panel report, has sought an appointment of […]
DDCA row: AAP, Kirti Azad intensify attack on Jaitley
NEW DELHI (TIP): Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, December 30, came under fresh attack over DDCA affairs with AAP accusing him of pressuring the then Police Commissioner to “close” investigation involving a cricket club of a bank […]
Jaitley’s DDCA affairs
The controversy over the CBI searching the office of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal perfectly illustrates why politicians must not get involved with sports administration, especially cricket, which is flush with money and vulnerable to corruption. […]