MUMBAI: Indian selectors will deliberate if injured skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni along with some other seniors should be rested when they pick squad on Friday for the upcoming five-match ODI series in Zimbabwe.

LONDON: It was like the last 100 yards of a marathon. Two men charging down the track, matching each other stride for stride; one tenacious, the other terrifying; one a counter-puncher, a warrior, the other a hulking powerbroker with a damaging serve and an injured knee.

NEW DELHI: The next ODI World Cup may be nearly one-and-half years away but BCCI selectors seem to have already zeroed in on nine players who will form the core of Team India in 2015.

LONDON: When Kirsten Flipkens, the Belgian outsider, ranked 262 in the world 12 months ago, clenched her fists and let out a guttural yell after reaching the last four of the Wimbledon women's singles draw late on Tuesday, it wasn't so much a celebration of victory as it was the scream of a survivor.

LA PAZ: Bolivian President Evo Morales arrived home late on Wednesday after a flight interrupted by an unscheduled stopover caused by suspicions US intelligence leaker Edward Snowden was traveling with him.

GUWAHATI: Critical of the hurried clearance of the Food Security ordinance, BJP president Rajnath Singh on Thursday said the UPA government was just doing a "political gimmick in a hurry" before the 2014 general elections.

MUMBAI: Life insurance companies are relaxing the norms to ensure faster and easier claim settlement for the victims of Uttarakhand floods.

KINGSTON: Kemar Roach got himself a perfect birthday present as he guided West Indies to a thrilling one-wicket victory over India in a nail-biting encounter in the second ODI of the Tri-series on Sunday.

RIO DE JANEIRO: A young and inexperienced Brazilian side led by 21-year-old striker Neymar crushed world and European champions Spain 3-0 win in the Confederations Cup final here on Sunday.

KINGSTON: Stand-in captain Virat Kohli admitted that he missed the vast experience of Mahendra Singh Dhoni during pressure situation against West Indies as India lost a close encounter by one wicket in their first match of the Tri-series.