PCB planning charity match with India in Glasgow

October 12th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The government should consult the church and the Missionaries of Charity before taking a decision on the Albanian government's request for Mother Teresa's remains, the Catholic Bishops Conference of India (CBCI) said Monday. "As and when such a request comes to us, we will take a considered decision in consultation with the Missionaries of Charity," said CBCI spokesperson Rev Babu Joseph.

May 13th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Indian Premier League (IPL) chairman and commissioner Lalit Modi has said that he would look into the footage of the match between Kolkata Knight Riders and Royals Challengers Bangalore to see if the game was fixed. Knight Riders surprisingly dropped their top-run getter Australian Brad Hodge for the match against Royal Challengers.

May 7th, 2009 LONDON - Former Spice Girl Geri Halliwell has launched a campaign to help provide better care for women during childbirth. Halliwell, 36, joined Sarah Brown, wife of British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, at the country's House of Commons Wednesday to highlight a new parliamentary report, which claims over 20 million women suffer debilitating injuries during the birth process each year, reports contactmusic.com.

April 7th, 2009 WELLINGTON - Final scoreboard at the end of third test between India and New Zealand at the Basin Reserve here Tuesday: India: first innings 379 New Zealand: first innings 197 India: second innings 434-7 dec. New Zealand: second innings (overnight 167-4) Tim McIntosh c Dravid b Khan 4 Martin Guptill lbw Harbhajan 49 Daniel Flynn b Khan 10 Ross Taylor b Harbhajan 107 Jesse Ryder c Dravid b Harbhajan 0 James Franklin lbw Tendulkar 49 Brendon McCullum c Dravid b Tendulkar 6 Danniel Vettori not out 15 Tim Southee c Dhoni b Harbhajan 3 Iain O'Brien not out 19 Extras (b 10, lb 2, w 1, nb 6) 19 Total (for eight wickets in 94.3 overs) 281 Fall of wickets1-30 (McIntosh, 10.6 ov), 2-54 (Flynn, 22.3 ov), 3-84 (Guptill, 31.2 ov), 4-84 (Ryder, 31.4 ov), 5-226 (Taylor, 77.4 ov), 6-244 (McCullum, 84.1 ov), 7-253 (Franklin, 86.3 ov), 8-258 (Southee, 89.1 ov) Bowling: Zaheer Khan 19.3 6 57 2 (1w) Munaf Patel 13 4 22 0 Ishant Sharma 12 2 57 0 (1nb) Harbhajan Singh 33 8 59 4 (1nb) Yuvraj Singh 1 0 4 0 Virender Sehwag 7 0 25 0 (3nb) Sachin Tendulkar 9 0 45 2 Toss: New Zealand, who chose to field first Result: Match drawn, India win three-match series 1-0 Player of the match: Gautam Gambhir (India) Umpires: Daryl Harper (Australia) and Simon Taufel (Australia) TV umpire: Tony Hill (New Zealand) Match referee: Aland Hurst (Australia)

March 31st, 2009 JALANDHAR - A family in this Punjab city has been left shattered after it received news that their son was stabbed to death in an unprovoked incident in Glasgow city in Scotland last week. The youth, Kunal Mohanty, 30, was stabbed on Beford street of Glasgow while he was walking with two other friends.

March 14th, 2009 AUCKLAND - Indian skipper Mahendra Singh won the toss and decided to bat in the rain-delayed fifth and final One-Day International (ODI) cricket match against New Zealand at Eden Park here Saturday. The match had been shortened to 43 overs with the three powerplays being reduced to nine, four and four overs.

March 12th, 2009 LONDON - Hollywood actors Keanu Reeves, Luke Wilson and Adrien Brody will compete in the 2009 Toyota Grand Prix in Long Beach, California, for charity. The stars will race against celebrities, including Jon Hamm, model Tyson Beckford and actresses Raven-Symone and Mary Lynn Rajskub, star of US TV series '24', at the April 18 event, reports contactmusic.com.

March 6th, 2009 WELLINGTON - Brisk half-centuries from Sachin Tendulkar and Virender Sehwag went in vain as rain washed out the second one-day international between India and New Zealand at the Westpac Stadium here Friday. The match was interrupted by rain thrice forcing the umpires to abandon the match as India maintained a 1-0 lead in the five-match series.

March 2nd, 2009 AUCKLAND - Skipper Sandeep Singh and Dilip Tirkey struck as India beat New Zealand 2-0 in the fourth and last hockey match at the Lloyd Elsmore Stadium here Sunday and wrapped up the four-match Test series. Tirkey opened the account in the 43rd minute and Sandeep doubled the lead just three minutes from the final whistle to end the tour on a winning note for India.

February 9th, 2009 COLOMBO - India pulled off a thrilling three-wicket win against Sri Lanka in the one-off Twenty20 match here Tuesday night. Chasing Sri Lanka's 172, India reached the target with four balls to spare and three wickets in hand with Pathan brothers Yousuf (22 not out) and Irfan (33 not out) turning the odds in their favour after India were seven down for 115.

February 7th, 2009 COLOMBO - India failed to register a 5-0 whitewash against Sri Lanka losing the fifth and final One-day international cricket match by 68 runs at the Premadasa stadium here Sunday. India, however, won the series 4-1.

February 7th, 2009 COLOMBO - Tillekaratne Dilshan scored a flamboyant 97 and Kumar Sangakkara hit 84 as Sri Lanka made 320 for eight against India in their fifth and final One-day international cricket match at the Premadasa Stadium here Sunday. For India, Ishant Sharma picked up 3 wickets for 60 runs while Yuvraj Singh got two.

February 4th, 2009 PERTH - India slumped to their second successive loss in Fed Cup tennis as they went down 0-3 to Indonesia in the Asia Oceania Zone Group I tie at the State Tennis Centre here Thursday. Sanaa Bhambri, replacing Rushmi Chakravarthi in the first singles, lost 6-2, 3-6, 2-6 against Lavinia Tananta.

January 25th, 2009 LONDON - British actress Sienna Miller will promote jewellery and pens from Mont Blanc for charity. According to mirror.co.uk, the 27-year-old Miller is posing draped in jewels for a Unicef campaign.

December 22nd, 2008 MOHALI - India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni said Tuesday that a three-match Test series should be held instead of two to make the series result oriented. 'It will be good for Test cricket if we have three-match series rather than two-match series.