Sports EncounterSports Encounter Desk: India are on driving seat after excellent partnership 3rd wicket partnership of 249 runs between Sehwag and Tendulkar. At stumps on day 2, India were 342/5 with an overall lead of 46 runs. Sehwag scored brilliant 165 runs whereas Tendulkar completed his 47th test hundred. South African bowlers were struggling today and [...]
Sports Encounter Desk: World record holder Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt started his 2010 season with victory in 400metres at the Camperdown Classic in Jamaica. Usain Bolt who won the three Olympic sprint golds in Beijing 2008 and three World Championship titles in Berlin last year won the race in 45.86 seconds at the National Stadium [...]
Sports Encounter Desk: World record holder penalty corner specialist Sohail Abbas is hoping for better show in Hockey World Cup which is to be started from 28 February at New Delhi. Pakistan to play its first match against arch rivals India on 28. Sohail Abbas is optimistic about team performance and said we will play [...]
Sports Encounter Desk: New Zealand were 258/5 at stumps on day 1 against Bangladesh of the solitary test match. Kiwis recovered well thanks to unbeaten partnership of 100 runs between Guptill (80*) and McCallum (58*). After putting into bat New Zealand were struggling at one stage with 5 wickets down for only 158 runs on [...]
Osama Tariq for Sports Encounter DUBAI: The second line-up of English cricket team continued to overwhelm Pakistan A at the Sharjah cricket ground Sunday when they won the second Twenty20 match by eight wickets to take an unassailable lead of 2-0 thanks mainly to the leg-spinner Adil Rashid. The orthodox leg-spinner took three important wickets [...]
Sports Encounter Exclusive LONDON: World’s best football player of the Year 2008 and former Manchester United striker, Cristiano Ronaldo can’t forget his days with the Red Devils as he hinted a possible return Sunday. Ronaldo had quite Sir Alex Ferguson’s Manchester United last year to join Spanish Real Madrid in a mega £80million transfer deal.
Sports Encounter Desk: Afghanistan beat UAE by 4 wickets in tense encounter and qualify for upcoming ICC T20 World Cup. Chasing 101 to qualify in 20 overs, Afghanistan had to worked hard for their runs and they achieved the target in 19.3 overs. Batting first UAE were restricted to 100 in 20 overs for the [...]
Sports Encounter Desk Tuesday AC Milan v Manchester United Venue : San Siro Kick-off : 1945 GMT Managers : Leonardo (40, Brazilian) v Alex Ferguson (68, Scottish). Group stage : Milan finished second in their group, four points behind Real Madrid, winning just two of their six games. They only lost once, though, at home [...]
Sports Encounter Desk: Fracture on right arm will force Giggs out of action for four weeks. Giggs suffered the injury in his right arm against 1-1 draw match with Portsmouth when he collided with Steve Sidwell in the second half. Giggs will miss all important matches which includes both legs of the Champions League last-16 [...]
Sports Encounter Desk: After good effort with the ball West Indies were looking to make a good match but rain ruins the chances of West Indies first win in the series. The 3rd ODI ended as No result. After put Australia in to bat at Sydney cricket ground West Indies made early in roads. Australian [...]
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