Tendulkar’s ‘most embarrassing moment’ not captured on camera!

September 25th, 2009 KARACHI - For Pakistans teenage pacer Mohammad Aamer bowling against India in the crucial Champions Trophy encounter is like a dream come true. Aamer made an exciting debut for Pakistan in the World Twenty20 championship in England in June last year and has already emerged as a key players in the Champions Trophy with some excellent bowling in its opening match against West Indies Wednesday.

September 23rd, 2009 BANGALORE - M. Chinnaswamy cricket stadium in Bangalore has been equipped with sensitive cameras and long distance explosive detectors.

September 20th, 2009 LONDON - South African skipper Graeme Smith has defended Andrew Flintoff decision to become a freelancer, and said like all professional sportsmen he wants to earn the best money he can. The decision of Flintoff to not sign a new contract with the ECB has sparked a massive club vs country clash of interests across in every major cricketing nation.

September 13th, 2009 SYDNEY - Out of favour Australian opening batsman Phillip Hughes had lunch and a long one-hour chat with Sachin Tendulkar when he was in India. He also spent some time in Nagpur with his coach Neil D' Costa, who is contracted to the Vidarbha Cricket Association academy.

August 28th, 2009 LONDON - Brit actress Kacey Barnfield has for a long time been known as a former child star of TV's Grange Hill, but now at the age of 21 she is turning out to be one of the sport's hottest WAGs. Barnfield, from Enfield, north London, who is dating England cricket ace Stuart Broad, 23, was pictured posing in lingerie after she signed to the International Model Management (IMM) agency for two years.

August 25th, 2009 LONDON - Ashes hero Andrew Flintoff stunned England fans when he emerged from boozy celebrations sober, and said how the emotion of the day moved him to tears. Flintoff clutched cans of Red Bull as he modestly denied he was one of the all-time greats.

August 17th, 2009 KOLKATA - A young female fan stunned everyone at a function Monday as she tried to publicly hug and kiss Indian cricketer Irfan Pathan, but the pacer used his reflexes to block her advances at the last moment. The incident took place at a city hotel, and Irfan could only manage an embarrassing smile as he thwarted 24-year-old Kolkata girl Sabina Khatun's advances.

August 1st, 2009 WARWICKSHIRE - "I've got a bittersweet taste in my mouth today (Friday) after getting past the (Allan Border) record," said Australian cricket captain Ricky Ponting after being dismissed for 38 on the second day of the third Ashes Test. At the start of play, Ponting, on 17, needed eight more runs to overtake Border's Test run record of 11, 174.

July 27th, 2009 NORTHAMPTONSHIRE - Australian cricket team coach Tim Nielsen continues to support struggling Australian fast bowler Mitchell Johnson despite another terrible game against Northampton. Johnson was the worst of Australia's bowlers in a three-day match against Northampton, which Australia won by 135 runs yesterday.

July 17th, 2009 LONDON - England captain Andrew Strauss has warned Australia that he has 'unfinished business' and he would try to grind them into the Lord's pitch today. Strauss, who batted through the opening day to reach an unbeaten 161, claimed there was more to come as he set his sights on his first Test double ton.

July 3rd, 2009 Phoenix police: Mercury's Taurasi cited for DUIPHOENIX — Phoenix Mercury star Diana Taurasi said Friday that she's embarrassed after being cited for drunken driving a few hours after she helped lead her team to victory over the Seattle Storm. An officer stopped Taurasi early Thursday for speeding, police spokesman Luis Samudio said.

June 29th, 2009 BRISBANE - Sacked Australian cricketer Andrew Symonds has denied that he is an alcoholic, but admitted to being a binge drinker. In an interview on Nine Network's Sixty Minutes last night, Symonds said: "I am not an alcoholic, I have been diagnosed as a binge drinker.

June 22nd, 2009 SYDNEY - In its attempt to pioneer day-night Tests, Cricket Australia (CA) will set a mock Test with different coloured balls under lights. CA's operations manager Michael Brown said that it would be a controlled experiment during which players would be invited at the Melbourne Cricket Guard (MCG) or the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) to face coloured balls under lights and Channel Nine will see how it looks on camera.

June 8th, 2009 MUMBAI - BIG TV, the direct-to-home (DTH) satellite TV service provider of the Reliance-Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group, is offering stadium-like cricket viewing experience to its customers along with interactive options like multi-lingual audio and different camera views. The service called iCricket will enable viewers to even highlight all sixes, fours and fall of wickets at the click of a button.

June 1st, 2009 Menchov turns attention to Tour after Giro winROME — Denis Menchov almost lost the Giro d'Italia within sight of the Colosseum that marked the finish after falling on the rain-slicked cobblestones of Rome with a little more than half a mile to go. The Russian got right back up and, on a spare bike provided by a team member, still finished the race with a 41-second lead over runner-up Danilo Di Luca.