Melbourne, Australia: Rafael Nadal stayed in contention for his second Australian Open title six years after his first with a 7-5, 6-1, 6-4 fourth-round win Sunday over Kevin Anderson.The 2009 Australian Open winner turned around
Sydney: Australia's stand-in One-Day International (ODI) captain George Bailey isn't shying away from the fact he could be the man to make way for returning skipper Michael Clarke at the ICC Cricket World Cup.A lot
Port Elizabeth, South Africa: South African batsman Jean-Paul Duminy does not believe a whitewash of the West Indies in the ongoing One-Day International (ODI) series will have much resonance for the team when the ICC
Madrid: FC Barcelona continued to heap pressure on first-placed Real Madrid by trouncing Elche 6-0 in La Liga action, a match that turned into a rout after Argentine star Lionel Messi's penalty goal and the
Dunedin, New Zealand: New Zealand clinched a 4-1 series victory over Sri Lanka by winning Sunday's sixth game of the seven-match one-day series by 120 runs.Kane Williamson made 97, Ross Taylor 96 and Corey Anderson
Rio de Janeiro: Multi-talented Botafogo player Tang Shi may become the first Chinese to play for Spanish football powerhouse Real Madrid, albeit for the reserve team.The 20-year-old, who had trained with Real Madrid Castilla for
Melbourne: Second-seeded Maria Sharapova is through to the Australian Open quarterfinals after a 6-3, 6-0 win over China's Peng Shuai on Sunday, setting up another Grand Slam meeting with Eugenie Bouchard.Peng, playing with her usual
Sydney: Celebrated wicketkeeper-batsman Adam Gilchrist and late former captain and selector Jack Ryder will be inducted into Australian Cricket Hall of Fame at the annual Allan Border Medal ceremony here on January 27."Former Australian wicketkeeping
Dunedin: New Zealand made 315-8 batting first in Sunday's sixth one-day international against Sri Lanka, with Ross Taylor scoring 96 to partly atone for running out Kane Williamson for 97.Taylor, who scored just 65 runs
Dunedin: New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum won the toss and chose to bat against Sri Lanka in the sixth one-day cricket international at University Oval on Sunday.Daniel Vettori was named to play his 284th match,
Jaipur: Has the popular Indian Premier League commercialized the game of cricket? Has it killed the actual spirit of the game? Has it not given an impetus to budding cricketers?These were the questions raised during
Melbourne: Bringing back memories of the tragic death of Philip Hughes in November last, an Australian cricketer Daniel Hughes was left unconscious briefly after being hit by an almost identical bouncer on his neck during
Melbourne, Australia: Novak Djokovic took a break from his tennis match Saturday to applaud a marriage proposal in the stands."It's nice to see this moment," Djokovic said, after advancing to the fourth round of the
Karachi: Pakistan suffered yet another setback when their fast bowler Junaid Khan not only ruled out from the two forthcoming one-day clashes against New Zealand due to thigh injury but his participation in the World
Agartala: Kerala grabbed three points owing to their first innings lead over Tripura in a match that ended in a tame draw on the fourth and final day of their Group C Ranji Trophy tie,
Porvorim: Off-spinner Swarupam Purkayastha single-handedly destroyed Goa in their second innings as well and returned with an impressive six-wicket haul to earn a comfortable 10-wicket win for Assam in a Group C Ranji Trophy cricket
Munich: Bayern Munich winger Franck Ribery has blasted the Ballon d'Or process, saying FIFA's top individual award is "purely political."Ribery watched his teammate Manuel Neuer finish third in the ceremony earlier this month, the same
Madrid: Spain manager Vicente del Bosque has expressed his delight at the return of striker Fernando Torres to La Liga holders Atletico Madrid and has predicted that it will be good "for him" and also
Melbourne, Australia: Novak Djokovic advanced to the fourth round of the Australian Open for the ninth consecutive year with a 7-6 (8), 6-3, 6-4 win over Fernando Verdasco on Saturday.Four-time champion Djokovic won the tiebreaker
Lucknow: Leading Indian shuttlers Saina Nehwal and Kidambi Srikanth reached the finals of the women's and men's singles competitions, respectively of the $120,000 Syed Modi International India Masters at the Babu Banarasi Das Indoor Stadium
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