Kumar Sangakkara quits Lankan captaincy

Kumar Sangakkara has quit the post of the Sri Lankan captian. This comes just three days after Sri Lanka's World Cup final defeat at the hands of India.

World Cup: India goes crazy on networking sites

MUMBAI: Thousands of cricket fans from around the world turned commentators as the World Cup Final unfolded at Wankhede on Saturday. Ball-by-ball updates flooded social networks with audiences posting messages about everything they saw on TV and even live at the stadium.

Another record? 68 million watched World Cup final

NEW DELHI/MUMBAI: Team India's victory at Wankhede will not only go down in history as one of the greatest cricketing victories for the country, but also as one of the most viewed sporting events on television ever.

Sachin, Zaheer, Yuvraj make it to ICC's team of the World Cup

NEW DELHI: Their crucial contribution in guiding India to their first World Cup title in 28 years on Saturday fetched the trio of Sachin Tendulkar, Yuvraj Singh and Zaheer Khan a place in the International Cricket Council's Team of the Tournament.

India deserved to win World Cup, says Sangakkara

MUMBAI: Sri Lanka captain Kumar Sangakkara said his team were disappointed at missing out on a second World Cup title but proud to go down to a team that deserved victory more. 

Cricket World Cup: Sachin Tendulkar - myth or man?

"To us he is no more a person
Now but a whole climate of opinion
Under whom we conduct our different lives."
W H Auden, from his elegy to Sigmund Freud

Shahid Afridi is "THE MAN" -

Shahid Afridi Arrival Home Sibteintv Exclusive - This is an interview which was recorded.

3000 Pak fans selling final tickets in black?

Mumbai: For the match in Mohali on Wednesday, the city hosted over 3,000 guests from across the border. The visitors from Pakistan had come to the country hoping they would see their team go on to win the World Cup. They had bought tickets online for both the semi and the grand finale on Saturday.

A look back at all the nine World Cup finals

India, who had won just one match in the previous two editions, stunned West Indies in the 1983 World Cup final when they defended a modest 183 by dismissing their rivals for 140. 

Team India fought on empty stomach in Mohali!

MOHALI: The Indian and Pakistani fans were not the only ones to be hit by the heavy security and traffic situation in Mohali on Wednesday. It has been learnt that MS Dhoni's team began the all-important semifinal clash with their neighbours without having their lunch!

Why India won, Why Pakistan lost

We will remember this game all our lives: a needle contest where fate hung by the narrowest of threads. In the ultimate analysis, Pakistan's fine bowling could not compensate for its abysmal catching skills. India's batting was below its best but MS Dhoni's men showed admirable fighting qualities whenever the chips were down. Team India deserved to win this game; Pakistan didn't. Hard luck, my friends!

Employees go on mass leave for Indo-Pak clash

Pak federal interior secretary Chaudhry Qamar Zaman had made a recommendation to the Establishment Division a few days ago that Wednesday be declared a public holiday. In India, around one lakh Facebook users agree to this, and more than 36,000 have decided to skip work and college as India and Pakistan meet in a World Cup semifinal at Mohali today.