‘Sports’ Archives
Sachin Tendulkar not recommended for the Bharat Ratna
Sachin Tendulkar's name has not been recommended for the Bharat Ratna awardperformance of the highest order "in any field of human endeavour" It was earlier limited to recognising "exceptional services in arts, literature and science, and in recognition of public services of the highest order" The changes were brought about after Sports [...]
Sania-Elena pair reaches Aus Open semis
Sania Mirza and Elena Vesnina showed nerves of steel under pressure as they shocked second seeds Liezel Huber and Lisa Raymond to breeze into the women's doubles semifinal of the Australian Open on Tuesday The sixth seeded Indo-Russian pair staved off very strong resistance from the Americans for a 6-3, 5-7, 7-6 6 win in the marathon [...]
Australia 335-3 at stumps on day 1
Ricky Ponting and Micheal Clarke vanquished any hopes that stand-in Indian skipper Virender Sehwag had of restricting Australia to a small total, after Indian bowlers dismissed the hosts top three batsmen early in the first session runs at nearly 4 runs an over to wrest the initiative from the Indians5 minutes of play Warner looked to take the [...]
Ponting crosses 13,000 Test runs
Australia's Ricky Ponting has become the third batsman to 13,000 Test runs after achieving the record on the first day of the fourth Test against India in Adelaide62nd Test, started the match needing 81 to reach the milestone and achieved it with a sweep past square leg for a single off R Ashwin1, 1743,000 runs Ponting's score was 81, at which [...]
Federer advanced to Australian Open semis
Roger Federer advanced to the Australian Open semi-finals for the ninth consecutive year with a 6-4, 6-3, 6-2 victory over Juan Martin del Potro, one of only two men who've beaten him in a Grand Slam final,000th tour-level match with an emphatic win on Tuesday over the 2009 US Open champion, Federer might have to beat the other one — No0-time [...]
Clijsters, Azarenka surges into semifinals
Kim Clijsters continued her Australian Open title defence with a 6-3, 7-6 ranking0th match of the season on Tuesday, securing a place in her second career Grand Slam semifinal with a 6-7 0-6, 6-0, 6-2 defeat of Agnieszka Radwanska at the Australian Open [subscribe2]
Djokovic advances to quarterfinals
Defending champion Novak Djokovic reached the Australian Open quarterfinals for the fifth straight year with a 6-1, 6-3, 4-6, 6-3 win over former No-ranked Lleyton Hewitt on Monday night Djokovic, aiming to become only the fifth man in the Open era to win three consecutive majors after collecting the Wimbledon and US Open titles last year, was [...]
Dilshan quits, Jayawardene to lead Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka cricket captain Tillakaratne Dilshan resigned Monday from all three forms of the game after the team's disastrous tour of South Africa, Sri Lanka Cricket said5-member squad which also included Dilshan1 Tests as captain, he averaged 336 ODIs, he crossed 50 just twice while averaging a lowly 171 attempts was a poor record for [...]
India mull two spinners for Adelaide Test
India looking for playing two spinners in the fourth and final Test in Adelaide against Australia and have brought leftarmer Pragyan Ojha into the squad for the match, stand-in captain Virender Sehwag said on Monday2-man squad after missing the third Test in Perth, where the tourists were thrashed by an innings and 37 runs on a lively wicket to go [...]
Australia pick Lyon over Starc for Adelaide Test
Australia have left paceman Mitchell Starc out of their team to face India in the fourth and final test and brought spinner Nathan Lyon back into the side, captain Michael Clarke said on Monday1 to give us every chance to win this Test match,” said skipper Michael Clarke said Australia Team: Michael Clarke c, Ed Cowan, David Warner, Shaun [...]
Australia name Bailey T20 captain, recall Hogg
The Australian squad has been named on Monday for two Twenty20 internationals against India in Australia next month23 One-Day Internationals, but mounted a comeback after an outstanding season for the Perth Scorchers who have reached the final of Australia's Big Bash Twenty20 league Australia T20 Team : George Bailey captain, David Warner, [...]
Sania in quarters of women’s and mixed doubles
Sania Mirza today reached the quarterfinals of both the women’s doubles and the mixed doubles events in Australian Open with Elena Vesnina and Mahesh Bhupathi respectively2-10 in the second round match1 minutes to dispatch their fighting opponents2th seeds Jarmila Gajdosova of Australia and Bethanie Mattek-Sands of the USA 7-5, 6-3 to make the [...]
Murray moves into quarterfinals
Andy Murray is into the Australian Open quarterfinals after Mikhail Kukushkin retired from their fourth round match on Monday with a left hip injury, 6-1, 1-0 when the Russian-born Kazakhstan player came to the net and said he couldn’t continue in the first set, Kukushkin called for a trainer, who gave him medication [subscribe2]
Australian Open: Sharapova reaches quarterfinals
Maria Sharapova is back into the quarterfinals of the Australian Open for the first time since she won the title at Melbourne Park in 20084 Sabine Lisicki at Rod Laver Arena on Monday night and will meet fellow Russian Ekaterina Makarova in the next stage No 56-ranked Makarova caused the upset of the Open so far when she beat five-time champion [...]
Australian Open 2102: Nishikori upsets Tsonga
Kei Nishikori beats Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in Australian Open968, with an exhausting 2-6, 6-2, 6-1, 3-6, 6-3 victory over former finalist Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France player in Japan But that never gives me the pressure" [subscribe2]
ODI rankings: Lanka wins helps India regain 2nd spot
India back to second spot in the ICC ODI rankings, not with own performances, Sri Lanka’s two consecutive wins against South Africa which placed India in 2nd place India had lost second place to the Proteas after they won the first three ODIs against Sri Lanka, however, the reversal in the fourth and fifth match helped India regain its [...]
IOA calls meet to discuss IOC threat
Faced with the threat from the International Olympic Committee to take action if it does not explain sacked CWG Organising Committee Chief Suresh Kalmadi's status in the court cases, the IOA today decided to call a meeting of its Executives Board to discuss the issue1 and when it came to light yesterday it was swiftly rubbished as "fabricated and [...]
Sangakkara leads perfect chase for Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka won the toss and decided to field first on overcast conditions with fifty percent chances of rain over already bowled The interruption seemed to have done Tharanga as he perished to Tsotsobe in trying to up the ante, Sangakkara joined Dilshan and they started to rebuild the innings, against the run of play Dilshan edged one off [...]
Rajasthan defend Ranji Trophy title
Rajasthan completed formalities on the fifth and final day as they successfully defended the Ranji Trophy by virtue of first-innings lead against Tamil Nadu, at the Chepauk on Monday3 overs2 years all-out 92, Jagannathan Kaushik 3 for 91 drew with Tamil Nadu 295 all-out & 8 for 2 Kuthethurshri Vasudevadas 7*; Gajendra Singh 2 for 5 Man of [...]
Australian Open 2102: Serena Williams knocked out
Five-time champion Serena Williams is out of the Australian Open in a shocking upset, beaten on Monday by unseeded Ekaterina Makarova of Russia 6-2, 6-3 Williams came into the tournament with a badly-injured left ankle that forced her to pull out of a warmup tournament in Brisbane two weeks ago On Monday, she appeared to be moving well, but [...]
