This fairytale of New York written by Andy Murray was more than just an achievement to savour for itself. Few sporting voyages have carried such baggage, and Murray’s alone has resembled a flea carrying a piano up a mountain. In a single win, hair ruffling his Scottish locks, Murray put a deal of pain to [...]
Finally tested, even trailing, at the U.S. Open, Serena Williams turned things around just in time. Two points from defeat, Williams suddenly regained her composure and her game, coming back to win the last four games and beat No. 1-ranked Victoria Azarenka 6-2, 2-6, 7-5 on Sunday night for her fourth championship at Flushing Meadows [...]
Real Madrid overturned a 3-2 first leg deficit against rivals Barcelona to win the Spanish Super Cup on away goals. Real capitalised on two blunders to quickly go 2-0 up in the second leg at the Bernabeu, with Gonzalo Higuain and Cristiano Ronaldo firing in. Barcelona had Adriano red-carded for hauling down Ronaldo but the [...]
South Africa captain Graeme Smith (R) and teammates celebrate with the ICC World Test Mace after usurping England as the number one Test side following their victory in the Lord’s Test in London on Monday Vernon Philander took five wickets as South Africa replaced England as the world’s number one Test side with a 51-run [...]
India Under-19s celebrate their World Cup triumph at the Tony Ireland Stadium in Townsville on Sunday. Indian next generation of cricketers sealed the Under-19 Cricket World Cup-2012 stunning hosts Australia by six wickets in the final match on Sunday. Indian opener Unmukt Chand cracked an unbeaten century of 111 off 130 balls as Indian young [...]
Pakistan have appointed former pace bowler Mohammad Akram as their new bowling coach, senior Pakistan Cricket Board official Intikhab Alam said on Friday. Intikhab told reporters in Lahore that Akram had been given a one-year contract and would join the team for the one-day series against Australia in the United Arab Emirates starting this [...]
Ravichandran Ashwin spun a web around New Zealand’s batsmen to capture six wickets as India enforced the follow-on before rain halted their victory charge on day three of the opening Test on Saturday. Off-spinner Ashwin took six for 31, his best Test haul, while Pragyan Ojha picked up three wickets to skittle New Zealand for [...]
China’s world number one Yi Siling won the first gold of the London Olympics in the women’s 10m air rifle competition at London’s Royal Artillery Barracks on Saturday. In a tense contest watched by International Olympic Committee president Jacques Rogge, Poland’s Sylwia Bogacka took silver after a fierce battle for the top spot while Yu [...]
Gautam Gambhir has said India need to improve their bowling in the last ten overs of an ODI if they want to win consistently. India conceded 90 and 97 to Sri Lanka’s lower-middle order from overs 41 to 50 in the first and third games of this series, and needed the batsmen to provide buffer [...]
Kumar Sangakkara has been ruled out of cricket for four to six weeks after a fracturing his finger during the third ODI against India in Colombo. The injury has put doubts on Sangakkara’s participation in the inaugural season of the Sri Lanka Premier League that starts on August 11, apart from missing the remaining two [...]