On the verge of victory, Roger Federer stopped playing when he thought a pivotal point had ended. He mistook a fan’s shout for a linesman’s call, which cost him the game. Play continued for another 25 minutes before Federer finally closed out his opening match at the Sony Ericsson Open by beating 19-year-old American Ryan [...]
Cristiano Ronaldo became the fastest player to reach 100 goals in the Spanish league by scoring a brace to help leader Real Madrid rebound from consecutive draws with a 5-1 rout of Real Sociedad on Saturday. Gonzalo Higuain scored before both Ronaldo and Karim Benzema hit doubles as Madrid showed no signs of missing the [...]
Serena Williams, saying she felt nervous and rusty, made a triumphant WTA return from a left ankle injury, defeating China’s Zhang Shuai 6-2, 6-3 on Thursday at the WTA and ATP Miami hardcourt event. Fellow former World No. 1 players Kim Clijsters, Maria Sharapova and Caroline Wozniacki also advanced to the third round at the [...]
We are part of history today. The collective joy of 160 million people has finally been given a rightful place as the Tigers, the beloved Bangladesh cricket team, reached the finals of a major cricket tournament for the first time in its cricket history last night. In beating Sri Lanka by five wickets, the country’s [...]
Lionel Messihit a hat-trick to become Barcelona’s all-time leading scorer and keep the defending Spanish champions in the title chase with a 5-3 win over Granada on Tuesday. Less than two weeks after scoring a Champions League record five times, the three-time world player of the year took his career club tally to 234 goals, [...]
World number one Novak Djokovic dropped his first set of the tournament before seeing off Spaniard Pablo Andujar in Indian Wells. He went through 6-0 6-7 (7-5) 6-2 and in the quarter-finals will face another Spaniard, Nicolas Almagro, who upset seventh seed Tomas Berdych 6-4 6-0. In the women’s quarter-finals Ana Ivanovic beat the reigning [...]
Ian Thorpe faces the decisive moment in his bid to compete in a third Olympic Games at this week’s Australian trials. The five-times gold medallist will compete in the 100m and 200m freestyle, beginning with Friday’s 200m heats. Thorpe, 29, came out of retirement last year but has struggled to post competitive times in his [...]
President Barack Obama, a well-known basketball fan, will treat British Prime Minister David Cameron to a little March Madness Tuesday as the two head to Ohio to catch an NCAA men’s tournament basketball game. There will be two games tipping off the tournament in Dayton, Ohio, a swing state. During halftime of the first game, [...]
Manchester City boss Roberto Mancini says the Premier League title will be decided when his side face Manchester United with three games to go. Mancini’s side lost top spot to United following their shock defeat to Swansea and trail their neighbours by a point. But City host United at Etihad Stadium on 30 April and [...]
Hundreds of scantily clad and nude cyclists took to the streets of Peru’s capital, Lima, to call attention to safety conditions on the city’s roads. Campaigners say that thousands have been killed on the roads because of reckless driving. Many of the cyclists painted slogans and signs on their bare skin. Reports say the convoy [...]