LAS VEGAS : Argentina's Marcos Maidana came close to one of the bigger upsets in recent boxing history on Saturday as he took the fight right up to Floyd Mayweather Jr. for 12 tough rounds,
ROME : Lorenzo Insigne scored two early goals as Napoli edged Fiorentina 3-1 to win the Italian Cup in a final marred by pre-game violence on Saturday. A fan was in serious condition following a
SHANGHAI : Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton captured his third straight Formula One race with ease on Sunday, leading from start to finish to win the Chinese Grand Prix. Mercedes showed again that it's in a
HOUSTON: Fernando Verdasco won the U.S. Men's Clay Court Championship on Sunday for his sixth ATP World Tour title and first since 2010, beating Spanish compatriot Nicolas Almagro 6-3, 7-6 (4). The 30-year-old Verdasco ended
CHARLESTON, South Carolina: Andrea Petkovic ended a surprising week at the Family Circle Cup by winning her first WTA tournament in three years, outlasting Jana Cepelova for a 7-5, 6-2 victory Sunday. Petkovic was once
Busan (Korea): Somdev Devvarman had to dig deep into his reservoir of experience to tame a fighting Hyeon Chung but Sanam Singh lost the second singles to Yong-Kyu Lim, leaving India and Korea locked at
KEY BISCAYNE, Florida : Martina Hingis won her first doubles title in seven years when she and Sabine Lisicki beat Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina 4-6, 6-4, 10-5 on Sunday at the Sony Open.The doubles
Sepang (Malaysia): English Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton won the Malaysian Grand Prix, the second race of the 2014 Formula One season, Sunday, while Spanish Ferrari driver Fernando Alonso finished in fourth place.German Force India driver
Chittagong (Bangladesh): Brendon McCullum's 65 off 45 balls gave New Zealand a six-wicket victory over the Netherlands in a Group 1 match here Saturday and kept them in contention for a semi-final berth in the
BERLIN : Bayern Munich set a new milestone in its dominance of German football on Tuesday, beating Hertha Berlin to wrap up the quickest Bundesliga title in 51 years of the league.Goals from Toni Kroos,
Canberra, Australia: New South Wales won the Sheffield Shield title for the first time since 2007-2008 when skipper Steve Smith and his Western Australian counterpart agreed to end the rain-interrupted domestic first-class final early. Smith's
Chennai: Arjuna awardee squash champion Dipika Pallikal Monday won her long-drawn legal match against Axis Bank in a consumer court here.Holding Axis Bank responsible for deficient service, the consumer court ordered the bank to pay
KEY BISCAYNE, Florida -- Stanislas Wawrinka bounced back from his first loss of the year with a victory at the Sony Open on Saturday. Playing at Key Biscayne for the first time since 2011, Wawrinka
KEY BISCAYNE: Florida Serena Williams capitalized on a critical double-fault by Yaroslava Shvedova to survive a 69-minute first set and win her opening match at the Sony Open 7-6 (7), 6-2 on Thursday.The top-ranked Williams
Mirpur, Bangladesh: Bangladesh opened its World Twenty20 campaign Sunday with a comfortable nine-wicket victory over Afghanistan in a Group A qualifying match. Left-arm spinner Shakib-Al-Hasan grabbed 3-8 as the host dismissed Afghanistan for 72 in
Melbourne, Australia: Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg comfortably won the Formula One season-opening Australian Grand Prix on Sunday after pole sitter Lewis Hamilton and world champion Sebastian Vettel retired early with mechanical failures. Vettel's Red Bull
Barcelona, Spain: Cristiano Ronaldo scored his Spanish league-leading 25th goal to give Real Madrid a lackluster 1-0 win at Malaga on Saturday, when the pacesetters extended their unbeaten run to 30 matches in all competitions.
Washington: Award-winning Indian author Pankaj Mishra is among eight writers from seven countries who have won a USD 1, 50,000 Yale University prize each in recognition of their literary achievements.Essayist and novelist Mishra has been
New Delhi: The Netherlands coasted to a 7-2 win over New Zealand in the summit clash to lift the Hockey World League Final title at the Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium here Saturday.Earlier, World No.4
New Delhi: The minority Aam Aadmi Party government on Thursday crossed the first hurdle in the Delhi Assembly when its confidence motion sailed through easily with the backing of the members of Congress, JD (U)
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