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Indian Squad for 2011 ICC World Cup announced

1. M S Dhoni [Captain & Wicket Keeper]

2. Zaheer Khan

3. Munaf Patel

4. Ashish Nehra

5. R Ashwin

6. Harbhajan Singh

7. Yusuf Pathan

8. Sachin Tendulkar

9. Virender Sehwag

10. Praveen Kumar

11. Gautam Gambhir

12. Piyush Chawla

13. Virat Kohli

14. Suresh Raina

15. Yuvraj Singh

        Former India skipper Dilip Vengsarkartoday expressed satisfaction at the 15-member squad picked bythe national selectors for the ICC Cricket World Cupcommencing next month in the sub-continent.

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"It''s a good team and what I expected. It''s a good mixof youth and experience. I am especially happy over theselection of Piyush Chawla as leg-spinner can make thedifference," said Vengsarkar.

Tamil Nadu spinner Ravichandran Ashwin and Piyush Chawlawere named in the squad to be captained by Mahendra SinghDhoni, which also includes star players like Sachin Tendulkar,Virender Sehwag and Zaheer Khan.But Mumbai''s Rohit Sharma and Kerala pacer S Sreesanthwere omitted from the squad.

Vengsarkar, though terming Rohit as a good player, saidYusuf Pathan always had an edge because of his ability tochange the complexion of a match.

"Rohit Sharma is a good player. But Yusuf Pathan canturn a match upside down. He''s an explosive player," said theformer chief selector and member of the 1983 World Cup-winningteam.

Vengsarkar was also of the view that the spinners canplay a crucial role in the middle overs, especially as the Cupis being played mostly in March.

"Spinners can play a crucial role in the middle overs.

But the result of the match could hinge on how the bowlersperform in the last five overs," he said.

The 10th edition of the mega-event is to be playedbetween February 19 and April 2 in India, Sri Lanka andBangladesh.

ICC World Cup 2011 Schedule

Group A: Australia, Pakistan, New Zealand, Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe, Canada and Kenya
Group B: India, South Africa, England, West Indies, Bangladesh, Ireland and Netherlands.
Schedule:
Sat Feb 19 1st match - India v Bangladesh
Sun Feb 20 3rd match - Sri Lanka v Canada
Sun Feb 20 2nd match - Kenya v New Zealand
Mon Feb 21 4th match - Australia v Zimbabwe
Tue Feb 22 5th match - England v Netherlands
Wed Feb 23 6th match - Kenya v Pakistan
Thu Feb 24 7th match - South Africa v West Indies
Fri Feb 25 9th match - Bangladesh v Ireland
Fri Feb 25 8th match - Australia v New Zealand
Sat Feb 26 10th match - Pakistan v Sri Lanka
Sun Feb 27 11th match - India v England
Mon Feb 28 12th match - Netherlands v West Indies
Mon Feb 28 13th match - Canada v Zimbabwe
Tue Mar 1 14th match - Kenya v Sri Lanka
Wed Mar 2 15th match - England v Ireland
Thu Mar 3 17th match - Canada v Pakistan
Thu Mar 3 16th match - Netherlands v South Africa
Fri Mar 4 19th match - Bangladesh v West Indies
Fri Mar 4 18th match - New Zealand v Zimbabwe
Sat Mar 5 20th match - Australia v Sri Lanka
Sun Mar 6 21st match - India v Ireland
Sun Mar 6 22nd match - England v South Africa
Mon Mar 7 23rd match - Canada v Kenya
Tue Mar 8 24th match - New Zealand v Pakistan
Wed Mar 9 25th match - India v Netherlands
Thu Mar 10 26th match - Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe
Fri Mar 11 28th match - Bangladesh v England
Fri Mar 11 27th match - Ireland v West Indies
Sat Mar 12 29th match - India v South Africa
Sun Mar 13 30th match - Canada v New Zealand
Sun Mar 13 31st match - Australia v Kenya
Mon Mar 14 33rd match - Bangladesh v Netherlands
Mon Mar 14 32nd match - Pakistan v Zimbabwe
Tue Mar 15 34th match - Ireland v South Africa
Wed Mar 16 35th match - Australia v Canada
Thu Mar 17 36th match - England v West Indies
Fri Mar 18 37th match - New Zealand v Sri Lanka
Fri Mar 18 38th match - Ireland v Netherlands
Sat Mar 19 40th match - Bangladesh v South Africa
Sat Mar 19 39th match - Australia v Pakistan
Sun Mar 20 41st match - Kenya v Zimbabwe
Sun Mar 20 42nd match - India v West Indies
Wed Mar 23 1st Quarter Final at Mirpur
Thu Mar 24 2nd Quarter Final at Colombo
Fri Mar 25 3rd Quarter Final at Mirpur
Sat Mar 26 4th Quarter Final at Ahmedabad
Tue Mar 29 1st Semi Final at Colombo
Wed Mar 30 2nd Semi Final at Chandigarh
Sat Apr 2 Final at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai

The 16th Asian Games 2010, Guangzhou - Review

The asian games started on 12th November ,2010. The co-host cites are Dongguan, Foshan and Shanwei..The opening ceremony will visual treat for all the viewers of the 2010 Asian Games.So dont miss to watch it.First day of the Games will be devoted to the opening ceremony, while the last day will be a few sports and the closing ceremony.Swimming has given gold medals since the first day, such as dance sports, shooting and judo. However, the most medals will be awarded on the penultimate day of the event is November 26, where 48 medals were awarded gold, etc.Some of these events will have a long prelude to the golden ball and towers basketball and cricket, even.Handball, which has a gold medal is associated, as will be seen playing more than 14 days.Football is the only species that begins even before the Asian Games.While India's expectations on football has flown away as Israel thrashed India 2-1 in a crunchy match. We can expect more drama in the coming day.As china (host country of 2010 Asian Games) was first in 2008 Olympics , China is expected to be in the top spot. India is approaching the games with a group of sportsmen with high confidence level gained from the 2010 Commonwealth Games.The opening ceremony will visual treat for all the viewers of the 2010 Asian Games.China has studied many lessons from the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Thus Asian Games 2010 will be a wonderful event where countries clash with their sporting skills.

London Olympics - 600 days to go..

London is going to host the 2012 Olympics and the construction works of stadiums are in progress.London is training their athletes so hard that they can have a reasonable number of medals at their home ground.London considered Commonwealth games as a trial for theOlympics 2012 though the slipped away to the third position behind India at the Delhi CWG 2010.But it is to be remembered that England got 59 silver medals in the games.The gold winners of all 59 events was Australia , a country which remained in top five position of BeijingOlympics 2008. London was elected as the host city for the Games of the XXX Olympiad on 6 July 2005 at the 117th IOC Session in Singapore. London eventually succeeded in the fourth round of voting taking 54 votes from a possible 104. London faced stiff opposition during the vote from the other four candidate cities: Paris, New York,Moscow and Madrid. There will be 26 sports on the Olympic programme in London in 2012 and around 10,500 athletes. Construction work on the new lake and competition courses has been completed at the London 2012 canoe slalom venue in the Lee Valley Regional Park and this has allowed water to start flowing at the venue, so that the courses can be tested. The venue is expected to be completed later this year and will include a standard 300m competition course, a boat conveyor, a 160m intermediate/training course, a 10,000m² finish lake, and a facility building and pumping house.Thousands of seats are soon to be installed in the London 2012 basketball arena, which is reported to be one of the largest temporary venues ever used for an Olympic and Paralympic Games. The seating structure is now taking shape, before the black and orange seats – representing the colours of a basketball – are put into place. At Games-time, the venue will host basketball, handball, wheelchair basketball, and wheelchair rugby.Work has begun on preparing the ground at Greenwich Park, the site of London’s Olympic equestrian venue. The work, which will be carried out by London 2012 sub-contractors in association with The Royal Parks, will ensure that the condition of the grass is ideal for the competitors in 2012. Work will include irrigation, de-compaction, mowing, and some other enhancements. The Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) has also announced plans for thousands of new trees, parks, play areas, and open spaces to support the new homes being delivered in theLondon 2012 Olympic Village. Landscaping is already underway for the creation of an extensive wetlands area on the Village site, with the overall plans forthese green spaces adding to the landscaping works already underway in the Olympic Park site, which is creating one of the largest new urban parks in the UK for over 100 years.With a little under 2 years to go, the London 2012 venues are rapidly taking shape, as water is now flowing at the canoe slalom venue, the seating structure is taking shape at the basketball arena, ground preparation work is beginning at Greenwich Park, and landscaping work is getting underway at the Olympic Village. With athletes and teams now in the process of qualifying for the 2012 Games, this progress is a reassuring sign that London is on time and on track to welcome the world’s top sports people in 2012.Sources say London Olmpics igoing to be far more better than Beijing Olympics 2008