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World Cup enters the Knockout stage

In the first quarterfinal of the ICC world cup 2011, Pakistan a favourite team to win the cup now is going to take on two times world champion West Indies at Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur in Bangladesh. Though there were no major upsets during the group stages because of the format of the tournament all expected teams entered the knockout stage but now as Pakistan is favourite to win the cup some hard hitting by Windies batsmen like Pollard and Gayle may turn the tables for them.

Nakamura tops at Wijk aan Zee

Hikaru Nakamura of the United States got the faintest lead against the wold champion Vishwanathan Anand of India in the Round 11 of the 73rd edition of the Tata Steel Chess a regular event at Wijk-aan-Zee that proved a tournament winner for him. He was half a point ahead in the tournament after that and was leading the table and needed only a draw in the last round with white while Anand needed a win from last round with black pieces to win the tournament.

Eden Gardens loses World Cup match

Construction work still in progress at Eden Gardens, Kolkata, even after the ICC, highest authority in the game of Cricket, decided it would not host the ICC World Cup 2011 game between India and England on February 27 at this venue due to delay in the works and the present condition of the stadium.

Meanwhile the president of the Cricket Association of Bengal, Jagmohan Dalmiya, has appealed to the International Cricket Council (ICC), through the BCCI (Board of Control for Cricket in India), asking for the deadline for completion of work at Eden Gardens to be extended for 10 more days.