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Gayle wins Jamaica's
Cricketer of the Year title
Left-handed
opening batsman Christopher Gayle won Jamaica's
Cricketer of the Year title - the second year in a row that he has received the honor.
Gayle, 26, received the award
from the Jamaica Cricket Association on
Wednesday.
Gayle did not have an impressive year in Test matches for the West Indies, but still made 317 against South
Africa in the fourth and final match at the Antigua Recreation Ground in May.
He was one of the stars of the Jamaican
team that won the Busta International Shield in March, scoring two centuries, 131 and 150, against the Leeward
Islands. (AP) |
2. India win the series by 2-0
India won the test by 259 runs.
Brief scores:
India 398 and 316 for nine declared
Sri Lanka 206 and 249 all out in 92.3 overs (T Dilshan 65,
M Jayawardene 57, U Tharanga 47; A Kumble 5/89, Harbhajan Singh 3/79).
3. Juan Carlos
Ferrero to play Sydney tournament
Former world number one Juan Carlos Ferrero has been granted a wildcard for the Sydney International tennis tournament, organisers said on Friday.
The 25-year-old
Spaniard, who has suffered bouts of illness and injury after climbing to number one in the world in 2003, has spent much of
2005 rebuilding his career after slipping to 92nd earlier this year. He is now ranked 18th.
4. Team India is most valued global brand in sports
The Indian
cricket team has become the most valued brand globally across all sports in terms of sponsorship revenues, pushing Italian
football club Juventus to the second place.
5. 53rd national Kabaddi meet in Hyderabad from 27th Dec
As many as 33 teams are expected
to take part in the 53rd National Kabaddi Championship, offering the highest ever prize tag of Rs 25 lakh.
6. Soccer-Brazil defender Cicinho joins Real in five-year deal
Real Madrid have bought Brazil defender Cicinho from world
club champions Sao Paulo, the Spanish side announced.
7. sports
accessories major Nike Inc has bagged the official kit sponsorship for the Indian cricket team for five years.
Outbidding
Adidas and Reebok by quoting the tender at Rs 196.66 crore, the company will now sponspor Team India from 2006 to 2010
8. Hockey:
Indo-Pak hockey Test series in Feb
• India and Pakistan
hockey teams will play a six-match Test series between February 15 and 25, with both the countries hosting three matches each.
Pakistan Hockey Federation Secretary Musarratullah Khan said that
India would host the first three games.
9. US
Open champion Michael Campbell has a mission in the new year: to reclaim the course record at the tiny, nine-hole golf course
north of Wellington where he learned to play.
The
6-under-par 62 Campbell shot as a 16-year-old on Christmas Eve 1985 was improved Friday by
Ngamanu Clay, who played 18 holes at the Titahi Bay Golf Club in 7-under 61.
10. Former World Junior Champion Levon Aronian of Armenia
comprehensively defeated former World champion Ruslan Ponomariov of Ukraine
2-0 in the tie-break games of the final to annex the World Chess Cup.
Winning both the games under rapid time control,
Aronian stamped his authority on the event and remained the only contestant in this long seven-round grind to remain undefeated.
