British actress Elizabeth Hurley and current beau Shane Warne intend to tie the knot soon after IPL 2011—should Warne’s team, Rajasthan Royals, win the tournament.
The blonde leg-spinner led RR to the title in the inaugural edition of the IPL, in 2008.
Liz Hurley is finalising her divorce from Indian businessman Arun Nayar.
What he said:
Tamim Iqbal on being selected to the Lords’ honour board.
“I was the happiest man in the world, happier than Bill Gates!”
What he definitely didn’t mean:
“I’m richer than Bill Gates.”
Gilani and Manmohan Singh will be in attendance at all the games
In the wake of the Indian government’s decision to resume cricketing ties with Pakistan, the sports ministry has decided to go ahead and clear a slew of sporting tours between the two nations over the next few months.
Despite the removal of any barrier to bilateral series between the two neighbours, the cricketing calendar does not have any slots free until 2012.
Browsing cricketing articles can be a source of joy, especially when the writer knows what he’s talking about.
Aakash Chopra is one among few ex-cricketers who dons his thinking cap before typing words into his posts.
In his recent article “Reinventing The ODI,” the ex-India opener tackles the future of the 50-over format.
IPL franchisee owners are clamouring for change.
Fed-up of being short-changed by the non-availability of key players, team honchos have decided to drive changes in the format of the IPL.
“After paying superstars millions of dollars, the least you could expect is that they would be on hand for the duration of the tournament.
But no such luck.”
“National team commitments are deemed more important”, complains a prominent unnamed IPL co-owner.
World No.3 Roger Federer called up Belgian Kim Clijsters to express his sympathy for her freak disco-dancing injury at her cousin Tim’s wedding.
Kim thanked him and asked for his advice as to how best to recover and avoid similar injuries in the future.
The great Swiss reportedly broke into song on the telephone, yodelling to the tune of Genesis’ ‘I can’t dance’:
That Poonam Pandey enjoys flirting with danger was well evident in her offer to do the Full Monty if Team India won the World Cup.
Despite receiving threatening calls and recovering from kidney stone removal surgery, the model intends to keep her word.
As if to make up for her hardships, Akshaye Kumar has offered her a chance to appear on his dare-devil television show for ladies “Khatron Ke Khiladi”.