<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> <rss version="2.0"> <channel> <title><![CDATA[merinews: Sports News Articles]]></title> <description><![CDATA[Latest News Articles from Sports ]]></description> <language>en-us</language> <link><![CDATA[http://www.merinews.com/catBrief.jsp?catID=5&category=Sports]]></link> <copyright><![CDATA[&#169;  Copyright 2006, Meri News]]></copyright><item><title><![CDATA[Trusting Dravid, Charu was a mistake: Mallya]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.merinews.com/catFull.jsp?articleID=133906&catID=5&category=Sports]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Bangalore team's performance in the IPL has been pathetic. This has not gone down well with its owner Vijay Mallaya. After showing the door to the chief executive Charu Sharma, Mallaya has apparently blamed Dravid and Sharma for team's dismal show.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vijay Mallya spits fire on Dravid and Charu]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.merinews.com/catFull.jsp?articleID=133901&catID=5&category=Sports]]></link><description><![CDATA[Vijay Mallya likes to be in the race, not away from it. That was the message he sent when he sacked the CEO of Royal Challengers. Unhappy with the team's performance he said that he is regretting for trusting Rahul Dravid as the team's captain.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mallya's Royal Challengers: The blame game begins]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.merinews.com/catFull.jsp?articleID=133894&catID=5&category=Sports]]></link><description><![CDATA[Vijay Mallya is on the war path with the captain and CEO of his Royal Challengers team after seeing the dismal performance of the team he spent a fortune on. It remains to be seen, however whether a cricket team can be run the way a business is run.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Watson guided Rajasthan Royals to victory]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.merinews.com/catFull.jsp?articleID=133893&catID=5&category=Sports]]></link><description><![CDATA[Rajasthan Royals registered another win in the IPL, with Shane Watson stealing the show, playing a brilliant inning of 74 in 40 balls. Even without the presence of star players, they have made a record winning of seven out of nine matches.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prince of Kolkata leading from the front]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.merinews.com/catFull.jsp?articleID=133889&catID=5&category=Sports]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every time Kolkata Knight Riders goes to play, it depends on King Khan, the owner of the team, for boosting it. But why should Shahrukh Khan act repeatedly as cheerleader for his team? Maharaj and team have changed things around.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Victory at last for the Indian Hockey Team]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.merinews.com/catFull.jsp?articleID=133882&catID=5&category=Sports]]></link><description><![CDATA[Indias win against Canada helped them to lift the points from the bottom table, after facing successive defeats against New Zealand and Argentina. The stars of the match were Sardara Singh, Diwakar Ram and Shivendra Singh.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Balaji's hat-trick shapes Chennai win]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.merinews.com/catFull.jsp?articleID=133859&catID=5&category=Sports]]></link><description><![CDATA[In a match billed as the battle of brands (read Yuvraj and Dhoni), it was L Balaji, who emerged victorious. After spending two years in oblivion, the Kerala pacer claimed the first hat-trick of the IPL and shaped Chennai's win over Kings XI.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[IPL: A bane for cricket]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.merinews.com/catFull.jsp?articleID=133745&catID=5&category=Sports]]></link><description><![CDATA[IPL success is perhaps what is bad for cricket. It follows the T20 format of the game. The game finishes in a matter of three hours, which is good for the viewers, sponsors and cricketers, but cricket as a game is loosing its essence in the process.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Khali: Celebrity No 1]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.merinews.com/catFull.jsp?articleID=133732&catID=5&category=Sports]]></link><description><![CDATA[India is a country where, when it comes to sports, cricket basically rules. Cricketers are idolised by their fans and are considered celebrities. Defying the norm, Khali  a wrestler from WWE  has become cynosure of all eyes.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Black takes on red at Eden Gardens tonight]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.merinews.com/catFull.jsp?articleID=133722&catID=5&category=Sports]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is Indian Premier League time again in Eden Gardens today. After two wins and four losses King Khan's men in black are raring to go and post a win over the Bangalore Royal Challengers. SRK, Juhi and the fans are here to cheer them on to a win.]]></description></item></channel></rss>
