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Australian fast bowler Brett Lee, said that he is using the IPL matches to get back to shape before the Twenty20 World Cup and Ashes. “I am looking forward to the Ashes and the ICC World Twenty20. The IPL has been a brilliant platform for me to prepare a comeback,” he said.

India’s hockey coach , Spaniard Jose Brasa feels he is already half-Indian, having spent time with his wards during the Asia Cup tournament in Kuantan. He says his experience with he Indian players has been fantastic. He says that the players and coaches have accepted him whole heartedly and he feels at home with these boys.


Cricketer Rohit Sharma now representing Deccan Chargers did his primary education in Mumbai. He excelled in the Giles and Harris Shield school cricket tournaments after which he was selected for the Mumbai Under-17 team. But he also has connections to Visakhapatnam as his mother Purnima Sharma hails from there.

Mohun Bagan club has pulled up its captain Baichung Bhutia for not travelling with the team and even skipping a match in order to participate in a television realty show. Bhutia failed to join the team in an exhibition match recently, which spurred the club management to send a show cause notice to the player. Bhutia has now put out a word that he is quitting the club.


Cricketer Herschelle Gibbs is considered to be one of the world’s most dangerous fielders at backward point, and is often compared with the legendary Jonty Rhodes in his ability to hit the stumps. But Gibbs reportedly does not prefer to practice too hard in the nets before a match. He prefers to depend upon his instincts.