http://www.telegraphindia.comThe Telegraph - Calcutta (Kolkata) | Sportsen-usWed, 25 Nov 2009 21:08:14 GMTWed, 25 Nov 2009 21:08:14 GMTThe Telegraph Webdeskttfeedback@abpmail.comttfeedback@abpmail.comSportsCopyright (C) 2009, The Telegraph. All rights reserved.http://www.telegraphindia.com/images/logo_small.gifhttp://www.telegraphindia.comhttp://www.telegraphindia.com/1091126/jsp/sports/story_11787786.jspCalcutta: Rahul Dravid hasn't given up hope, otherwise he would've announced retirement from ODIs, but the selectors don't appear inclined to reopen that chapter.http://www.telegraphindia.com/1091126/jsp/sports/story_11787883.jspKanpur: India opener Gautam Gambhir feels that bowlers can pick up 19 Sri Lankan wickets in the next three days as the pitch is deteriorating.http://www.telegraphindia.com/1091126/jsp/sports/story_11786834.jspKanpur: If someone wanted to sum up how the Green Park track has behaved for the major part of the first two days, he has to look no further than the dismissals of Rahul Dravid and Tillekaratne Dilshan.http://www.telegraphindia.com/1091126/jsp/sports/story_11788019.jspKanpur: Former Sri Lanka player Russel Arnold feels that one should spare a thought for spin wizard Muthiah Muralidharan before criticising him for his below-par performance in the ongoing Test series between India and Sri Lanka.http://www.telegraphindia.com/1091126/jsp/sports/story_11788572.jspLondon: Leander Paes and his Czech partner Lukas Dlouhy lost their match to Bryan bothers ' Bob and Mike ' 3-6, 4-6 in the ATP World Tour Finals, here on Wednesday. The match lasted one hour and 24 minutes.http://www.telegraphindia.com/1091126/jsp/sports/story_11786873.jspCalcutta: Ashish Nehra, who made an impressive comeback into the one-day International side, was Wednesday rewarded with a Grade B contract worth Rs 40 lakh in retainer fees by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). The left-arm pacer is back in the list after a one-year break.http://www.telegraphindia.com/1091126/jsp/sports/story_11787985.jspCalcutta: Edeh Chidi scored his third hattrick of the season Wednesday as Mohun Bagan won their second Calcutta Football League premier division match on the trot with a 4-0 drubbing of Kalighat Milan Samity at the club ground. http://www.telegraphindia.com/1091126/jsp/sports/story_11788013.jspCalcutta: Mohammedan Sporting Thursday take on Mohammedan AC in a Calcutta Football League premier division match at their home ground. http://www.telegraphindia.com/1091126/jsp/sports/story_11787976.jspCalcutta: Edeh Chidi couldn't be any happier. Getting his third hattrick, and 11th goal, of the season so far, the Nigerian said scoring was his duty.http://www.telegraphindia.com/1091126/jsp/sports/story_11788359.jspNew Delhi: Alleged age fudging by a section of the state associations has reduced the ongoing qualification rounds of the National under-16 football championship to a complete farce in Jamshedpur and Mumbai.http://www.telegraphindia.com/1091126/jsp/sports/story_11786527.jspShenzhen: Confident of a strong showing, seasoned Indian pros Jeev Milkha Singh and Jyoti Randhawa are all set to team up for the second time at the prestigious World Cup of golf starting on Thursday at the Mission Hills Club here.http://www.telegraphindia.com/1091126/jsp/sports/story_11787015.jspCalcutta: India opener Gautam Gambhir will receive the Polly Umrigar Award for being India's best international cricketer of the year at the annual BCCI Awards Ceremony for the year 2008-09. The ceremony will be held on December 6, at the East Lawns of the Cricket Club of India in Mumbai.http://www.telegraphindia.com/1091126/jsp/sports/story_11786398.jspDunedin: Captain Daniel Vettori (99) Wednesday missed out on a well-deserved hundred but together with Brendon McCullum, steered New Zealand to 404 for eight on a rain-marred second day of the first cricket Test against Pakistan.http://www.telegraphindia.com/1091126/jsp/sports/story_11788207.jspBrisbane: When Australia face the West Indies first of the three Test series in Brisbane, Ricky Ponting's men will look get over their Ashes defeat in August and re-establish their dominance in world cricket.http://www.telegraphindia.com/1091126/jsp/sports/story_11787832.jspNew Delhi: Rohit Sharma held the Mumbai innings together with an unbeaten 94 as the defending champions took a vital 61-run lead by reaching 248 for eight in their first essay on the second day of their Ranji Trophy Super League Group A match against Railways here Wednesday.http://www.telegraphindia.com/1091126/jsp/sports/story_11787668.jspCalcutta: Manoj Tiwary is confident Bengal will be able to bat the remaining two days to snatch a point against Saurashtra. The visitors declared at 650 for nine.http://www.telegraphindia.com/1091126/jsp/sports/story_11786936.jspCalcutta: Bengal were left struggling at 27 for one at close on the second day after Saurashtra had declared at 650 for nine in their Ranji Trophy match at the Eden on Wednesday. http://www.telegraphindia.com/1091126/jsp/sports/story_11788577.jspNyon: Five clubs in Albania, Latvia, Slovenia and Hungary are suspected in European football's biggest match-fixing investigation, Uefa said Wednesday.