ICC World Twenty20, 2010

The ICC World Twenty20 2010 is a 20/20 cricket tournament scheduled to take place in West Indies in April-May 2010. It will be the third World Twenty20 cricket series. The ICC World Twenty20 2010 will be contested by 12 teams which have been 'seeded' and divided into four groups are A, B, C and D.

Group A - Pakistan (A1), Bangladesh (A2) and Australia
Group B - Sri Lanka (B1), New Zealand (B2) and Zimbabwe
Group C - South Africa (C1), India (C2) and Afghanistan
Group D - West Indies (D1), England (D2) and Ireland

Twenty20 World Cup

Apr-2010
Tue 27 13:30 GMT, 09:30 local	Warm-up - Pakistan v Windward Islands Beausejour Cricket Ground, St. Lucia
Tue 27 17:30 GMT, 13:30 local	Warm-up - Australia v Zimbabwe Beausejour Cricket Ground, St. Lucia | Scoreboard
Tue 27 17:30 GMT, 13:30 local	Warm-up - Barbados v Bangladesh Kensington Oval, Barbados
Tue 27 17:30 GMT, 13:30 local	Warm-up - Ireland v New Zealand Providence Stadium, Guyana | Scoreboard
Tue 27 21:00 GMT, 17:00 local	Warm-up - West Indies v Afghanistan Providence Stadium, Guyana
Wed 28 13:30 GMT, 09:30 local	Warm-up - South Africa v Sri Lanka Kensington Oval, Barbados
Wed 28 17:30 GMT, 13:30 local	Warm-up - Bangladesh v England Kensington Oval, Barbados
Wed 28 17:30 GMT, 13:30 local	Warm-up - Afghanistan v Ireland Providence Stadium, Guyana
Wed 28 21:00 GMT, 17:00 local	Warm-up - West Indies v New Zealand Providence Stadium, Guyana
Thu 29 17:30 GMT, 13:30 local	Warm-up - England v South Africa Kensington Oval, Barbados
Thu 29 17:30 GMT, 09:30 local	Warm-up - Windward Islands v Australia Beausejour Cricket Ground, St. Lucia
Fri 30 17:00 GMT, 13:00 local	1st Match, Group B - Sri Lanka v New Zealand Providence Stadium, Guyana
Fri 30 21:00 GMT, 17:00 local	2nd Match, Group D - West Indies v Ireland Providence Stadium, Guyana
May-2010
Sat 01 13:30 GMT, 09:30 local	3rd Match, Group C - India v Afghanistan Beausejour Cricket Ground, St. Lucia
Sat 01 17:30 GMT, 13:30 local	4th Match, Group A - Pakistan v Bangladesh Beausejour Cricket Ground, St. Lucia
Sun 02 13:30 GMT, 09:30 local	5th Match, Group C - India v South Africa Beausejour Cricket Ground, St. Lucia
Sun 02 17:30 GMT, 13:30 local	6th Match, Group A - Pakistan v Australia Beausejour Cricket Ground, St. Lucia
Mon 03 13:30 GMT, 09:30 local	7th Match, Group B - Zimbabwe v Sri Lanka Providence Stadium, Guyana
Mon 03 17:30 GMT, 13:30 local	8th Match, Group D - West Indies v England Providence Stadium, Guyana
Tue 04 13:30 GMT, 09:30 local	9th Match, Group B - New Zealand v Zimbabwe Providence Stadium, Guyana
Tue 04 17:30 GMT, 13:30 local	10th Match, Group D - England v Ireland Providence Stadium, Guyana
Wed 05 13:30 GMT, 09:30 local	11th Match, Group A - Australia v Bangladesh Kensington Oval, Barbados
Wed 05 17:30 GMT, 13:30 local	11th Match, Group C - South Africa v Afghanistan Kensington Oval, Barbados
Thu 06 13:30 GMT, 09:30 local	13th Match - A1 v D2 Kensington Oval, Barbados
Thu 06 17:30 GMT, 13:30 local	14th Match - C1 v B2 Kensington Oval, Barbados
Fri 07 13:30 GMT, 09:30 local	15th Match - A2 v C2 Kensington Oval, Barbados
Fri 07 17:30 GMT, 13:30 local	16th Match - B1 v D1 Kensington Oval, Barbados
Sat 08 13:30 GMT, 09:30 local	17th Match - C1 v D2 Kensington Oval, Barbados
Sat 08 17:30 GMT, 13:30 local	18th Match - A1 v B2 Kensington Oval, Barbados
Sun 09 13:30 GMT, 09:30 local	19th Match - C2 v D1 Kensington Oval, Barbados
Sun 09 17:30 GMT, 13:30 local	20th Match - B1 v A2 Kensington Oval, Barbados
Mon 10 13:30 GMT, 09:30 local	21st Match - B2 v D2 Beausejour Cricket Ground, St. Lucia
Mon 10 17:30 GMT, 13:30 local	22nd Match - A1 v C1 Beausejour Cricket Ground, St. Lucia
Tue 11 17:00 GMT, 13:00 local	23rd Match - B1 v C2 Beausejour Cricket Ground, St. Lucia
Tue 11 21:00 GMT, 17:00 local	24th Match - D1 v A2 Beausejour Cricket Ground, St. Lucia
Thu 13 15:30 GMT, 11:30 local	1st Semi-Final - TBC v TBC Beausejour Cricket Ground, St. Lucia
Fri 14 15:30 GMT, 11:30 local	2nd Semi-Final - TBC v TBC Beausejour Cricket Ground, St. Lucia
Sun 16 15:30 GMT, 11:30 local	The Final - TBC v TBC Kensington Oval, Barbados

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FIFA WORLD CUP 2010 GROUPS & MATCHES

Date	Venue		Result
11 June	Johannesburg	South Africa	-	Mexico
11 June	Cape Town	Uruguay	-	France
16 June	Pretoria	South Africa	-	Uruguay
17 June	Polokwane	France	-	Mexico
22 June	Rustenburg	Mexico	-	Uruguay
22 June	Bloemfontein	France	-	South Africa

Date	Venue		Result
12 June	Johannesburg	Argentina	-	Nigeria
12 June	Port Elizabeth	Korea Republic	-	Greece
17 June	Bloemfontein	Greece	-	Nigeria
17 June	Johannesburg	Argentina	-	Korea Republic
22 June	Durban	Nigera	-	Korea republic
22 June	Polokwane	Greece	-	Argentina

Date	Venue		Result
12 June	Rustenburg	England	-	United States
13 June	Polokwane	Algeria	-	Slovenia
18 June	Johannesburg	Slovenia	-	USA
18 June	Cape Town	England	-	Algeria
23 June	Port Elizabeth	Slovenia	-	England
23 June	Pretoria	USA	-	Algeria

Date	Venue		Result
13 June	Johannesburg	Germany	-	Australia
13 June	Pretoria	Serbia	-	Ghana
18 June	Port Elizabeth	Germany	-	Serbia
19 June	Rustenburg	Ghana	-	Australia
23 June	Johannesburg	Ghana	-	Germany
23 June	Nelspruit	Australia	-	Serbia

Date	Venue		Result
14 June	Johannesburg	Netherlands	-	Denmark
14 June	Bloemfontein	Japan	-	Cameroon
19 June	Durban	Netherlands	-	Japan
19 June	Pretoria	Cameroon	-	Denmark
24 June	Rustenburg	Denmark	-	Japan
24 June	Cape Town	Cameroon	-	Netherlands

Date	Venue		Result
14 June	Cape Town	Italy	-	Paraguay
15 June	Rustenburg	New Zealand	-	Slovakia
20 June	Bloemfontein	Slovakia	-	Paraguay
20 June	Nelspruit	Italy	-	New Zealand
24 June	Johannesburg	Slovakia	-	Italy
24 June	Polokwane	Paraguay	-	New Zealand

Date	Venue		Result
15 June	Port Elizabeth	Ivory Coast	-	Portugal
15 June	Johannesburg	Brazil	-	Korea DPR
20 June	Johannesburg	Brazil	-	Ivory Coast
21 June	Cape Town	Portugal	-	Korea DPR
25 June	Durban	Portugal	-	Brazil
25 June	Nelspruit	Korea DPR	-	Ivory Coast

Date	Venue		Result
16 June	Nelspruit	Honduras	-	Chile
16 June	Durban	Spain	-	Switzerland
21 June	Port Elizabeth	Chile	-	Switzerland
21 June	Johannesburg	Spain	-	Honduras
25 June	Pretoria	Chile	-	Spain
25 June	Bloemfontein	Switzerland	-	Honduras

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Best Sport Sites...!!

Olympic Games - GO - official site of the world's premier sporting event - the Olympic Games. World Sports Award - GO - highly prestigious Laureus World Sports Awards - 2003 winners list.
Rugby World Cup 2003 - GO - official website of the Rugby World Cup 2003.
Rugby World Cup 2003 - GO - World Cup website from Australia.
NZ Rugby - GO - official site of the All Blacks, featuring downloadable clips of the famous haka, the Maori wardance performed at the beginning of every match.
FIFA World Cup - GO - official FIFA World Cup website.
ESPN - GO - fast sports portal - comprehensive news, latest scores, fantasy games & more.
FoxSports - GO - sports news, links, articles & scores.
CBS SportsLine - GO - sport articles, news & results.
Sporting News - GO - quality sports portal & community for sports fans.
Rivals - GO - sports portal with news, latest scores & more.
Sports Jones - GO - sports news, humor, books & more.
Athlete.com - GO - hockey, basketball, baseball, soccer & extreme sports.
Runner's World - GO - for devotees of track & field.
CricInfo - GO - for lovers of cricket.
Cricket Woman - GO - devoted to woman's cricket - includes links & resources.
Active.com - GO - sports database with calendars, community features, training tools, shop & online registration for events and activities.
Tiger Woods - GO - Tiger Woods' incredible ability, youth & background make the Tiger Woods story one of the most inspiring golf stories of recent years.
Ian Thorpe - GO - an outstanding swimming champion - living proof that humans evolved from the sea.
Golden Bear - GO - Jack Nicklau is one of the greatest golfers of the modern era.
Chicago Bulls - GO - official website of the Chicage Bulls with video & audio clips. Manchester United - GO - one of the most famous soccer clubs in the world. Official site with a 'virtual reality tour' of the Manchester United home ground.
A C Milan - GO - official web site of another of the world's most famous soccer clubs.
NBA - GO - National Basketball Association of America, the world's preeminent basketball league.
NHL - GO - hockey in the USA refers to ice hockey, not the game played on grass or synthetic surfaces in much of Europe, Asia & Australia. The NHL incorporates teams from Canada, as well as the US. NFL - GO - National Football League - site features all the major teams playing the sport known to the rest of the world as 'gridiron'.
MLB.com - GO - check out all the US major league baseball teams from the one site.

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Hockey World Cup Schedule 2010

All matches wll be played in Dhyan Chand National Stadium, Delhi

Sunday February 28:

16:35 Pool B South Africa vs Spain
18:35 B Australia vs England
20:35 B India vs Pakistan

Monday March 1:

16:35 A New Zealand vs Canada
18:35 A Germany vs Korea
20:35 A Netherlands vs Argentina

Tuesday March 2:

16:35 B South Africa vs England
18:35 B Pakistan vs Spain
20:35 B India vs Australia

Wednesday March 3:

16:35 A Canada vs Germany
18:35 A Argentina vs Korea
20:35 A New Zealand vs Netherlands

Thursday March 4:

16:35 B South Africa vs Australia
18:35 B England vs Pakistan
20:35 B India vs Spain

Friday March 5:

16:35 A Korea vs New Zealand
18:35 A Netherlands vs Canada
20:35 A Germany vs Argentina

Saturday March 6:

16:35 B Australia vs Spain
18:35 B South Africa vs Pakistan
20:35 B India vs England

Sunday March 7:

16:35 A Korea vs Canada
18:35 A New Zealand vs Argentina
20:35 A Germany vs Netherlands

Monday March 8:

16:35 B Spain vs England
18:35 B Australia vs Pakistan
20:35 B India vs South Africa

Tuesday March 9:

16:35 A Germany vs New Zealand
18:35 A Netherlands vs Korea
20:35 A Canada vs Argentina

Wednesday March 10: Rest Day.

Thursday March 11:

15:35 Classification.11-12 6th Pool A vs 6th Pool B
18:05 Semi-final 1st Pool A vs 2nd Pool B
20:35 Semi-final 1st Pool B vs 2nd Pool A

Friday March 12:

15:35 Clas. 9-10 5th Pool A vs 5th Pool B
18:05 Clas. 7-8 4th Pool A vs 4th Pool B
20:35 Clas. 5-6 3rd Pool A vs 3rd Pool B.

Saturday March 13:

15:35 Bronze medal match
18:05 Final

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Latest Fifa rankings of the top 15 countries (Nov. 2009)

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2010 FIFA World Cup At A Glance

Tournament Dates. The one-month tournament to be held in South Africa opens on Friday June 11, 2010 with two matches (South Africa vs Mexico and France vs Uruguay). The final will be played on Sunday July 11, 2010.

Composition of the 8 Groups. The top two countries in each of the 8 groups will qualify for the round of 16,
the winners of which will proceed to the quarter-finals on a knock-out basis.



Calendar of all first-round matches in June 2010.

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IPL to be shown live on YouTube.!!

Internet search giant Google has announced it will stream all Indian Premier League cricket matches live via its YouTube video-sharing website
Under the terms of the agreement, Google will have exclusive online rights over the contents for two years.


Both Google and the Indian Premier League (IPL) will share revenues from sponsorships and advertising jointly.

Google says it is the first time that it is live streaming a cricket tournament, which starts on 12 March.


"We are thrilled to have the IPL as our global partner," said Shailesh Rao, a senior manager of Google India.


The third edition of the popular T20 tournament, featuring the world's top players in eight teams owned by rich businessmen and Bollywood stars, has attracted much media attention.


"This unique initiative by IPL to partner Google India will give the league a global reach on a single distribution platform," IPL Chairman Lalit Modi said. (ANI)

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IPL 2010 : IPL 2010 Schedule Match Fixtures

March 12 – Deccan Chargers Hyderabad vs Kolkata Knight Riders – Hyderabad
March 13 – Mumbai Indians vs Rajasthan Royals – Mumbai/Nagpur
March 13 – Kings XI Punjab vs Delhi Daredevils – Mohali
March 14 – Chennai SuperKings vs Deccan Chargers Hyderabad – Chennai
March 14 – KolkataKnightRiders vs RoyalChallengersBanglore – Kolkata
March 15 – RajasthanRoyals vs DelhiDaredevils – Jaipur
March 16 – RoyalChallengersBanglore vs Kings XI Punjab – Bangalore
March 16 – Kolkata Knight Riders vs Chennai SuperKings – Kolkta
March 17 – Delhi Daredevils vs Mumbai Indians– Delhi
March 18 – RoyalChallengersBanglore vs RajasthanRoyals– Bangalore
March 19 – Deccan Chargers Hyderabad vs Kings XI Punjab– Vizag
March 20 – RajasthanRoyals vs Kolkata Knight Riders– Ahmedabad
March 20 – Mumbai Indians vs RoyalChallengersBanglore– Mumbai/Nagpur
March 21 – Delhi Daredevils vs Deccan Chargers Hyderabad – Delhi
March 22 – Mumbai Indians vs Kolkata Knight Riders– Mumbai/Nagpur
March 23 – RoyalChallengersBanglore vs Chennai SuperKings – Bangalore
March 24 – Kings XI Punjab vs RajasthanRoyals– Mohali
March 25 – Kolkata Knight Riders vs Delhi Daredevils– Kolkta
March 26 – Chennai SuperKings vs Mumbai Indians– Chennai
March 26 – RajasthanRoyals vs Deccan Chargers Hyderabad– Ahmedabad
March 27 – RoyalChallengers Banglore vs Delhi Daredevils – Bangalore
March 27 – Kings XI Punjab vs Kolkata Knight Riders– Mohali
March 28 – RajasthanRoyals vs Chennai SuperKings – Ahmedabad
March 28 –Deccan Chargers Hyderabad vs Mumbai Indians – Vizag
March 29 – Delhi Daredevils vs Kolkata Knight Riders– Delhi
March 30 – Mumbai Indians vs Kings XI Punjab – Mumbai/Nagpur
March 31 – Chennai SuperKings vs RoyalChallengersBanglore – Chennai
March 31 – Delhi Daredevils vs RajasthanRoyals – Delhi
April 1 – Kolkata Knight Riders vs Deccan Chargers Hyderabad – Kolkata
April 2 – Kings XI Punjab vs RoyalChallengersBanglore – Mohali
April 3 – Chennai SuperKings vs RajasthanRoyals – Chennai
April 3 – Mumbai Indians vs Deccan Chargers Hyderabad- Mumbai/Nagpur
April 4 – Delhi Daredevils vs RoyalChallengersBanglore – Delhi
April 4 – Kolkata Knight Riders vs Kings XI Punjab– Kolkata
April 5 – Deccan Chargers Hyderabad vs RajasthanRoyals – Hyderabad
April 6 – Mumbai Indians vs Chennai SuperKings – Mumbai/Nagpur
April 7 – RajasthanRoyals vs Kings XI Punjab– Ahmedabad
April 8 – RoyalChallengersBanglore vs Deccan Chargers Hyderabad– Bangalore
April 8 – Chennai SuperKings vs Delhi Daredevils– Chennai
April 9 – Kings XI Punjab vs Mumbai Indians – Mohali
April 10 – RoyalChallengersBanglore vs Kolkata Knight Riders – Bangalore
April 10 – Deccan Chargers Hyderabad vs Chennai SuperKings – Hyderabad
April 11 – RajasthanRoyals vs Mumbai Indians – Jaipur
April 11 – Delhi Daredevils vs Kings XI Punjab – Delhi
April 12 – Deccan Chargers Hyderabad vs RoyalChallengersBanglore – Hyderabad
April 13 – Chennai SuperKings vs Kolkata Knight Riders – Chennai
April 14 – Mumbai Indians vs Delhi Daredevils – Mumbai/Nagpur
April 15 – RajasthanRoyals vs RoyalChallengersBanglore – Jaipur
April 15 – Kings XI Punjab vs Deccan Chargers Hyderabad – Dharmsala
April 16 – Delhi Daredevils vs Chennai SuperKings – Delhi
April 17 – RoyalChallengersBanglore vs Mumbai Indians – Bangalore
April 17 – Kolkata Knight Riders vs RajasthanRoyals– Kolkata
April 18 – Deccan Chargers Hyderabad vs Delhi Daredevils – Hyderabad
April 18 – Kings XI Punjab vs Chennai SuperKings– Dharamsala
April 19 – Kolkata Knight Riders vs Mumbai Indians – Kolkata
April 21 – Semifinal Match 1
April 22 – Semifinal Match 2
April 24 – 3rd Place Match
April 25 – FINAL Match

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