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Chris Cairns approached me thrice for spot-fixing: Brendon McCullum

- I was shocked. I sort of thought he may have been joking, but I quickly became aware that he was not: McCullum on Cairns' spot-fix approach.
- McCullum said that Cairns had spoken to him in a hotel in Kolkata in 2008 during the first season of the Indian Premier League.
- McCullum also narrated a brief telephonic conversation and one over red wine and a curry with Cairns, about spot-fixing.

Adding credence of

Thoughts on retirement

I was preparing for the season when I figured things were coming to an end. I just went ahead with the decision. It was clear that it was time for me to walk away from the game.

Zak the bowler to Zak the coach?

It is pretty early right now but in whatever capacity I can, I would like to stay connected with the game. There are various things you can do to stay connected with the game. I'll see what is the best way for me to stay connected.

Can a county stint help the current set of fast bowlers?

Personally, I have always

Since he (Manohar) was not at the ICC meeting I phoned him and he invited me to tour India for talks: Khan.

I told the BCCI officials during discussions with them in Dubai that they must confirm or reject the tour in the next 10 to 12 days: Khan.

The ball is now in the court of the Indian Board: Khan.

After long periods of impasse, the prospects of an India-Pakistan bilateral series in

Lionel Messi put his injury woes to one side as he took his family out for a night at the theatre on Friday.

The Barcelona superstar, currently recovering from a knee injury sustained against Las Palmas last month, hobbled into the Teatre Tivoli on crutches.

The Argentina captain was dressed rather smartly for the occasion, sporting a waistcoat and shirt.

Messi was joined by

Portugal have secured progress to next summer's Euro 2016 tournament
Cristiano Ronaldo has been released from the squad by Fernando Santos
Real Madrid star has been making the most of his time away from football
Santos has also allowed Tiago and Ricardo Carvalho to enjoy early break

Cristiano Ronaldo has been released from

Manchester United legend Peter Schmeichel has risked the wrath of Liverpool fans by calling out Jurgen Klopp on his comments about winning titles on Twitter.

Klopp signed a three-year deal to take over at Anfield on Thursday after Brendan Rodgers was sacked last week. The Northern Irishman had seemingly lost the faith of the fans and this appointment seems to have brought the optimism back at

MANCHESTER UNITED manager Louis van Gaal has instructed the Old Trafford board to tie up a deal for Southampton forward Sadio Mane in January, according to reports.

It is claimed Van Gaal was impressed with the Senegal international's sensational display in Saints' 3-1 victory over Chelsea at

Mobile commerce firm Paytm has thrown its hat in the ring for the title sponsorship rights of Indian Premier League (IPL) in case Pepsi pulls out
Paytm recently bagged a Rs 203-crore deal as BCCI's title sponsor for home matches for a period of four years

Mobile commerce firm Paytm has thrown its hat in the ring for

Even as PepsiCo India has made its "right choice" to disassociate from the title sponsorship of IPL, the brand of cricket league is still considered to be hot property
Whilst past incidents may have somewhat dented IPL's image, most of the official sponsors said they will stick around and support the platform going forward

Even as PepsiCo India has made its "right choice" to disassociate from the title sponsorship of IPL, the brand of cricket league is still considered to

Top BCCI officials felt that Pepsi's decision was more to do with its "own financial problems" than the controversy surrounding Indian Premier League
Pepsi had paid Rs 396 crore for the five-year IPL title sponsorship in 2012, almost double of what DLF had paid for the previous five-year period

Indian Premier League (IPL), which has seen its image take a beating after the 2013 spot-fixing scandal, suffered another blow on Friday with

As reports of the cola giant Pepsi pulling out of their sponsorship of the Indian Premier League with two years still left on their contract began to gather steam, Rajeev Shukla, the chairman of the T20 league, praised Pepsi as being a 'very good partner' and stated that the matter will be brought up in the next BCCI meeting on October 18. BCCI has released an official statement, saying, "BCCI has assured that steps will be taken to address the concerns and will work necessary solutions in the interests of the league as well as Pepsico."

When contacted, PepsiCo mirrored BCCI's sentiments on

Two years after announcing his retirement, Sachin Tendulkar reckons Indian cricket is moving in the right direction,although there is still room for improvement
Tendulkar said as long as there is commitment and passion for the game, things will be on track for the young Indian team

Two years after announcing his retirement, batting legend Sachin Tendulkar reckons Indian cricket is moving in the right direction, although there is still room for improvement. Tendulkar said as long as there is commitment and passion for

In an interview with Philly.com, Mark Henry revealed that he plans on retiring after Wrestlemania 32. Here are highlights:

On when he will retire: “I don’t know how I let Vince [McMahon] convince me into signing another contract back in 2013. He did a bit of magic. He’s got that magic where you just go in the office and he’ll talk you into it. I won’t be signing any more contracts …I’m 100 percent sure (this is my final contract). I’m leading toward WrestleMania and

In an interview with FOX Sports, Chris Jericho revealed the worst argument he ever had with Vince McMahon during his time in WWE. Here are highlights:

On the worst argument he’s had with Vince McMahon: “The worst argument is when I got the job to host Downfall, the game show that I had to audition for quite a few times. I didn’t tell him because I didn’t want him getting involved because

Former WWE Superstar Carlito was interviewed this week after suffering a loss against Mr. 450 at WWC Aniversario 42, which you can watch in the video below. He said that even though he lost the title match, he will be back, although he did not say when. When the interviewer asked him about rumors regarding him returning to

Years ago, Kim Kardashian West revealed when she lost her virginity. The reality star opened up to Oprah Winfrey, 61, in 2012 that she lost her virginity when she was just 14. However, she kept mum about revealing the name of the person she lost her v-card to. ADVERTISEMENT Sean Smith, the author of an e-book titled Kim, based on the reality star's life has however claimed the name of the guy whom KiKi lost her virginity to. The author claims that the 34-year-old had sex for the very first time with Michael Jackson's nephew, Tito Joe Jackson.

The Keeping Up With

Justin Bieber is still not over his ex girlfriend, Selena Gomez and still leaving no chance to praise and gush about her. ADVERTISEMENT During a recent radio interview, the 21-year-old singer revealed that Selena Gomez was the ‘best' thing that ever happened to him. When asked what was his favourite memories from his teenage, Justin directly went to Gomez and gushed about her. Although Justin got fame and worldwide recognition at a very young age, won millions of fans and awards, the first thing he remembered was his pretty ex, Selena.

"I would say, the best part of

Selena Gomez has finally come out to discuss on her lupus diagnosis, undergoing chemotherapy and haters in an interview with Billboard magazine for their Oct. 17 issue. While talking about the condition, Gomez cleared as to why she was away from the spotlight which caused a flurry of speculation as to what was keeping the star away. ADVERTISEMENT "I was diagnosed with lupus, and I've been through chemotherapy. That's what my break was really about. I could've had a stroke," Gomez revealed to the magazine. "I wanted so badly to say, 'You guys have no idea. I'm in

Soon after Justin Bieber's private pics showing his bare frontal were leaked online, Twitter has exploded with memes of his family jewels! The 21-year-old pop star was in Bora Bora for a vacation and the paparazzi went a bit ahead by clicking pics of a naked Justin Bieber. Although we have seen his bare butt before (when he uploaded on Instagram), now the leaked pics of his bare frontal have broke the internet (literally). ADVERTISEMENT As soon as his naked frontal pics went viral, fans flooded Twitter to poke fun at the "What Do You Mean' singer with a series of very cheeky memes hiding his asset with

Scott Disick can't resist seeing his ex partner, Kourtney Kardashian stripping down completely and flaunting her toned new body. The Lord has been impressed after seeing Kourtney Kardashian's artsy photograph from her recent photo shoot. The reality TV star and the mother of his 3 kids bared completely lying on the side and showing her naked derriere. The image is part of photographer Brian Bowen Smith's Metallic Life series which was released 2 days ago. Scott Disick now shared the pic of Kourtney on his account and called her a hot mama! Scott captioned the shot, "Now that's

Yes guys, seems like Salman Khan has so many surprises for us. Few minutes back, Salman Khan posted his first look of his much awaited film, Sultan and it is too promising to miss! In the picture, Salman has sported the subtle moustache look posing as a wrestler and a quote written on his picture which reads, "Wrestling is not a sport, it's about fighting what lies within" Intriguing, huh? ADVERTISEMENT Salman Khan posted this picture of his, on Twitter and wrote, "Here is a picture that was taken while training."

As we said, Salman will be

No doubt, Alia Bhatt is on the roller coaster of success, with back to back hit films and already pre-occupied with handful of upcoming projects.Yesterday (October 8, 2015) during song launch of her upcoming film, Shaandaar, she said something very interesting about Shahrukh Khan and Salman Khan. Interestingly, Alia is also going to share screen with Shahrukh Khan for the first time in Gauri Shinde's upcoming untitled project. ADVERTISEMENT When being asked by the media, how does she feel about working with Shahrukh and Shahid, she said, "I feel intimidated by Shah Rukh obviously because of his experience. But

Amy Jackson is on a high after the success of Singh Is Bliing, in which she starred opposite Akshay Kumar. Despite the success, Amy has a big regret that she rejected a Salman Khan starrer movie Kick, and the role went on to Jacqueline Fernandez. Yes, Amy Jackson was offered to play the lead actress in Kick much before Jacqueline, however she turned down the offer because she was locked in a three-year-contract with South Indian movie Vikram starrer 'I'. In a recent interview, Amy Jackson spoke about her blues by saying, "I missed out on an opportunity to work with Salman Khan in Kick. I was offered the film but

We all know that Shahrukh Khan is busy shooting for Dilwale starring opposite Kajol, Varun Dhawan and Kriti Sanon. Little did we know that Shahrukh Khan has signed an exciting deal with Southern star Tamannaah Bhatia. Yes, Shahrukh Khan and Tamannaah Bhatia have come together for a project and have already completed the shoot. Tamannaah even tweeted a picture along with SRK. Confused? Dont be. SRK and Tamannaah are not doing a movie, instead they are together for an advertisement. The Humshakals actress was super excited about collaborating with the Baadshah of Bollywood and took to

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan starrer Jazbaa has taken a slow start. The film opened low for the morning shows with an occupancy of approximately 20% at the box office. The film marks the comeback of Aishwarya and hence had gathered a decent amount of buzz.

The film being a crime thriller, will not enjoy much of the younger audience which usually flocks to theaters for morning shows and hence there is a chance that the film may pick up later in

After their superhero drama “Ra.One”, director Anubhav Sinha has once again collaborated with superstar Shah Rukh Khan. This time they have come together for a concert, through which they will raise funds for the welfare of distressed farmers of the country.

Shah Rukh will perform at the fundraiser ‘Son of Soil’ for the benefit of the farmers, who have been committing suicide due to drought-like conditions and lack of funds. The three-hour long concert will be held on November 28th, but Sinha has to zero in on

Argentina and Brazil got off to a miserable start to their World Cup qualifying campaign with defeat on Thursday.

The battle for progression to the Russia World Cup in 2018 began in unexpected style as Argentina, missing injured Barcelona striker Lionel Messi, were surprisingly beaten 2-0 at home by Ecuador, 30 places lower in the FIFA rankings.

To compound Argentina's misery, Manchester City striker Sergio Aguero limped off injured midway through the first half and will miss next Tuesday's match away to Paraguay.

Frickson Erazo got Ecuador's opener on

How long to persevere with Wayne Rooney

Wayne Rooney’s form is no longer the elephant in the room at Old Trafford. With the United captain approaching his thirtieth birthday this month, his lack of goals and form has now become an open debate.

Van Gaal has been staunch in his defence of Rooney, insisting he remains an important part of the team and confident that he will deliver the 20 league goals that he expects from his first-choice centre-forward.

But Rooney has scored just

Jamaican sprinting legend Usain Bolt has committed a football crime.

The avid Manchester United supporter ditched his colours and donned a brand spanking new Arsenal jersey after losing a confident bet with Mexican television presenter Patty Lopez de la Cerda.

Bolt, a holding midfielder by trade, once publicly said he was good enough to play for his beloved Manchester United and tried to

Louis van Gaal is desperate to add Southampton attacker Sadio Mane to his Manchester United squad, according to reports.

The Dutch boss was keen on signing the Senegalese forward in the summer but a move did not materialise.

However, LvG has now insisted that United complete a deal for him in January, according to Spanish outlet Fichajes.

Van Gaal wants to add some new attacking options to the United squad to take the pressure of young Anthony Martial.

And he will attempt to bring Mane to the club when the transfer window reopens.

India T20 team is a work in progress: Ravi Shastri

The final T20I may have been washed out but India team director Ravi Shastri felt that there was little that could be done. He also outlines the Indian T20 team's plan over the next few months among other topics in a press conference.

It's quite a long series that's coming up. How is the team looking at rebuilding ahead of the ODI and Test series?

You're right. It's a long season coming up. But I think, this has been a great exposure for the team. We might have lost the series, but I take it as great exposure in

Can a run out be more freakish than Sreevats Goswami's on the first day of the Ranji match here? The Bengal batsman's dismissal triggered heated discussions that resonated through the KSCA stadium. It must have been the most perplexing dismissal of the left-hander's career.

Goswami, who had turned out for Royal Challengers Bangalore in the IPL a few seasons ago, walked in to bat when the medium-pacers were getting the ball to dart around and decided to take his stance outside the batting crease.

He would often step out to the medium-pacers to throw them off the

WWE Tough Enough's Patrick Clark may be close to signing a deal with the company if he's not already signed one.

An indie promoter who has Clark booked to wrestle there was told that he's now out as he's scheduled to report to the WWE Performance Center on October 19th. WWE would not confirm or deny his signing to The Wrestling Observerbut as noted, WWE has also been interested in some of the other Tough Enough competitors that didn't make it to the finals also.

WWE Superstar Retiring Soon, Who Is It?

Mark Henry was interviewed by Vaughn Johnson of Philly.com, following week’s WWE Smackdown tapings.

During the interview, Mark revealed that his current WWE contract will be his last one, as he won't be signing anymore.

“I don’t know how I let Vince convince me into signing another contract back in 2013. He did a bit of

Centuries-old mansions, Spanish moss-draped trees, spooky cemeteries, cobblestone walks: in a word, Charleston. As you walk the gas lamp-lit streets at night, past horse-drawn carriages and the antebellum architecture, you just might think you've traveled back in time. But just because

There's no other city in the United States — the world, even — that celebrates childhood quite like Orlando. The feeling that you get when you catch the light off Epcot Center's Spaceship Earth (found in Walt Disney World, of course); or from your first sip of Butterbeer in Hogsmeade (located inside Islands of Adventure's Wizarding World of Harry Potter); or when you witness the soaring heights of Shamu's flips (during the "Believe" water show at SeaWorld) — all prove that being

Consistently sunny weather and 70 miles of magnificent coastline are what draw active types to San Diego throughout the year: that and the mouthwatering cuisine, thriving nightlife and one of the country's favorite zoos. And then there are the beaches: Retreat to Mission Beach to soak up the rays, to La Jolla to catch a wave and to

Oahu blends cosmopolitan luxury and breathtaking scenery more than any other Hawaiian island. The state's capital city, Honolulu, showcases the island's urban appeal. Nearby you'll find a host of cultural and historical sites, from the austere USS Arizona Memorial to ornate 'Iolani Palace. In the nearby Waikiki neighborhood, a skyline of high-rises and resort hotels contrasts with sprawling white-sand beaches. For a taste of

Cool, cosmopolitan, crowded, constantly evolving … the Big Apple blends big-city splendor with small-town charm. Amid Gotham's iconic landmarks and towering skyscrapers, you'll experience a vibrant culture permeating each of the city's distinctive neighborhoods and boroughs. Follow trendsetters to the East Village and Brooklyn to check out indie

With its marbled monuments and high-profile politicos, Washington, D.C., has long been saddled with a reputation as a stuffy government-driven town. A "city of southern efficiency and northern charm," as John F. Kennedy once described it, Washington is often seen by outsiders as slow and inefficient. But these days, our nation's capital is awash with a new energy, transforming itself into an exciting, faster-paced East Coast vacation destination. Although government is still the

One of California's most formidable natural landscapes, Yosemite National Park features nearly 1,200 square miles of sheer awe: towering waterfalls, millennia-old Sequoia trees, daunting cliff faces and some of the most unique rock formations in the United States. But despite its enormous size, most of the tourist activity takes place within a seven-square-mile area of Yosemite Valley. Here you'll find the

A jumbled collage of colorful neighborhoods and beautiful views, San Francisco draws those free-spirited types who have an eye for edgy art, a taste for imaginative cuisine and a zeal for adventure. It's really not surprising that songwriter Tony Bennett left his heart here: The city boasts jaw-dropping sights, world-class cuisine, cozy cafes and plenty of booming nightlife venues — there's no

"Grand" doesn't begin to do this canyon justice. Measuring approximately 277 miles in length, up to 18 miles in width and a mile deep, this massive chasm in northern Arizona is truly a natural wonder. For six million years, the Grand Canyon has expanded with the help of the mighty Colorado River, and for centuries, people from all over the globe have traveled to gaze out over its red and orange grandeur. Managed by the

With dramatic peaks and pristine lakes, Yellowstone is an outdoor enthusiast's paradise. Multicolored pools swirl around hot springs; verdant forests weave past expansive meadows; and volatile geysers launch streams of steaming water toward the sky. With so much unspoiled natural beauty, it's no wonder everyone suspected John Colter (a scout for explorers Lewis and Clark) was embellishing when he first

Maui is not nearly as large as the Big Island, nor is it as small as Lanai, as bustling as Oahu or as quiet as Kauai. For many Hawaii vacationers, Maui is just right — offering a taste of just about everything the Aloha State has to offer, from impressive wildlife to intriguing history and culture. While on a visit here, you can shimmy alongside professional hula dancers, golf along

Justin Bieber is gushing about his ex girlfriend, Selena Gomez for the last couple of weeks. Apart from talking about his lost romance over a couple of weeks now, Bieber is also enjoying the success of his new single, "What Do You Mean' which is ruling the charts.

The 21-year-old singer is on a vacation with model Jayde Pierce in Bora Bora. Bieber had been linked to Jayde a few months back after their spottings, but Bieber claimed to be single. Now, the pop star is

Showing off her incredibly toned body on the cover of NME magazine's latest issue, Taylor Swift has opened about a lot of things happening in her life. The 'Bad Blood' singer opened up about her anxieties and the infamous Kanye West's VMA 2009 incident. Not to forget, she also discussed about

Khloe Kardashian is leaving very little to the imagination and proving that workout sessions can be extremely sexy if you are a Kardashian! A month ago, Khloe Kardashian was holidaying in St. Barths but the vacation did not stop her from working out pool side. ADVERTISEMENT The star unlocked her world and gave fans a sneak peek of how she works out even while vacationing. The fitness addict posted photos of herself, and her curvy booty, on