Luis Figo is ready to return for leaders Inter Milan at Catania on Sunday (1930 GMT) after missing three months with a broken leg. Source: Sify.com Sports | 8 Feb 2008 | 11:29 am
Michael Clarke top-scored with an unbeaten 77 and Nathan Bracken took five wickets as Australia beat Sri Lanka by 128 runs Friday in a tri-series limited-overs match at the Sydney Cricket Ground. Source: Sify.com Sports | 8 Feb 2008 | 11:17 am
Pakistan's controversial fast bowler
Shoaib Akhtar could dump the BCCI-backed Indian Premier League
to sign up for the rebel Indian Cricket League as his
relations with the national board continue to deteriorate by
the day. Source: Sify.com Sports | 8 Feb 2008 | 10:01 am
Two rounds with Tiger Woods last week have done a world of good for Damien McGrane, who with a second round score of three-under 69 moved into the pole position after the morning session on the second day of the EMAAR-MGF Indian Masters at the Delhi Golf Club here. Source: News from IndiaeNews.com | 8 Feb 2008 | 10:00 am
The gloomy weather mirrored Jyoti Randhawa's mood and second round at the EMAAR-MGF Indian Masters Friday. Source: News from IndiaeNews.com | 8 Feb 2008 | 10:00 am
Rohan Bopanna bested Farukkh Dustov in straight sets to give India a 1-0 lead in their crucial Asia-Oceania Group I Davis Cup tie against Uzbekistan here Friday. Source: News from IndiaeNews.com | 8 Feb 2008 | 8:30 am
Adam Gilchrist and Michael Clarke made half-centuries to help Australia post a respectable total of 253 for six in their tri-series one-day international against Sri Lanka on Friday. Source: Sify.com Sports | 8 Feb 2008 | 7:59 am
Having emerged as a major threat to
Australia and Sri Lanka in the on-going cricket tri-series,
India's young number three batsman Gautam Gambhir has thrown
down the gauntlet to the hosts ahead of their Sunday clash. Source: Sify.com Sports | 8 Feb 2008 | 7:52 am
India took a 1-0 against Uzbekistan as Rohan Bopanna defeated Farrukh Dustov 6-3, 6-3, 6-1 in the opening singles match of the Davis Cup Asia-Oceania Group I tie at the R.K. Khanna Stadium here Friday. Source: News from IndiaeNews.com | 8 Feb 2008 | 7:30 am
India's tri-series squad is packed
with rookies but promising middle order batsman Rohit Sharma
refuses that the absence of seniors is putting extra pressure
on the youngsters. Source: Sify.com Sports | 8 Feb 2008 | 6:16 am
David Beckham said he respects Fabio Capello, even though the new England manager denied him his 100th national team appearance by leaving the former captain off the squad for a friendly against Switzerland. Source: Sify.com Sports | 8 Feb 2008 | 5:31 am
The traditional Lodhi Course of the Delhi Golf Club (DGC) has been a hit among European golfers taking part in the ongoing EMAAR-MGF Indian Masters. Source: News from IndiaeNews.com | 8 Feb 2008 | 5:00 am
Amelie Mauresmo of France needed less than 10 minutes Thursday to reach the quarterfinals of the Open Gaz de France, advancing when Eleni Daniilidou quit the match because of the flu.The sixth-seeded Mauresmo jumped ahead 3-0 on Daniilidou before the 36th-ranked Greek had to retire. Source: Sify.com Sports | 8 Feb 2008 | 4:29 am
Master batsman Sachin Tendulkar offered tips to younger members of the Indian team in the first outdoor session which the players managed here this evening after a long lay-off due to rains. Source: Zeecric : Cricket News | 8 Feb 2008 | 12:16 am
With the dwindling umpiring standards becoming a major concern for the players, Australia would be pushing for better training and more pay for on-field officials besides asking for an expansion of the 10-member elite panel. Source: Zeecric : Cricket News | 8 Feb 2008 | 12:16 am
In a season of retirements of cricketing greats of the world, Australian pacer Michael Kasprowicz also announced his retirement from all forms of the game. Hounded by a series of injuries, the valiant fast bowler will play his last match at Gabba against Western Australia. Source: Zeecric : Cricket News | 8 Feb 2008 | 12:16 am
England beat New Zealand by 50 runs in their Twenty20 cricket match here Thursday to wrap up the series 2-0. Source: Zeecric : Cricket News | 8 Feb 2008 | 12:16 am
The Lankan team will no doubt tighten up things in the slog overs against the hosts, who have a very strong batting line up, as any slip-ups could prove costly on a Sydney Cricket Ground track expected to favour the batsmen. Source: Zeecric : Cricket News | 8 Feb 2008 | 12:16 am
Team India occupies the fourth spot in the latest ICC Cricket Rankings for ODIs with 110 points while world champions Australia leads the pack with 130 points. Source: Zeecric : Cricket News | 8 Feb 2008 | 12:16 am
Indian Premier League chairman Lalit Modi is confident that IPL`s differences with Cricket Australia would be resolved soon.
"This (protection of Cricket Australia`s sponsors) is something which is not acceptable and we have told them. This will go away by the evening," Modi said before the IPL governing council`s meeting with the eight match staging associations` representatives here today. Source: Zeecric : Cricket News | 8 Feb 2008 | 12:16 am
Veteran Bangladesh spinner Mohammad Rafique will retire from international cricket after an upcoming home series against South Africa, selectors announced here today. Source: Zeecric : Cricket News | 8 Feb 2008 | 12:16 am
Australian captain Ricky Ponting believes that outgoing wicketkeeper-batsman Adam Gilchrist would like to finish off his international career by putting the opposition to the sword one last time. Source: Zeecric : Cricket News | 8 Feb 2008 | 12:16 am
It was "better to be friends" with Sachin Tendulkar than sledge him, says Australia`s former leg-spinner Shane Warne of his contest with the Indian batting maestro, even though the Australian believes that sledging without abusing opponents is fine. Source: Zeecric : Cricket News | 8 Feb 2008 | 12:16 am
CHENNAI: I. Ilavazhagi saved the blushes for Tamil Nadu by winning the women’s singles title, the lone success for the host in the 37th National carrom championship which concluded here on Thursday. The reigning SAARC champion, ... Source: The Hindu - Sport | 8 Feb 2008 | 12:00 am
Chennai: Four-time National champion Surya Shekhar Ganguly of Indian Oil handed his petroleum team-mate Deepan Chakkravarthy of Madurai his second defeat in a row to join Tejas Bakre in the lead at the end of the fifth round in the Velammal ... Source: The Hindu - Sport | 8 Feb 2008 | 12:00 am
CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu Special Police overcame RBI 2-1 in a Chennai Football Association senior division league match at the Nehru Stadium here on Thursday. Murugan opened the account for TNSP in the 18th minute, but Senthil equalised for ... Source: The Hindu - Sport | 8 Feb 2008 | 12:00 am
Mumbai: Force India Formula One team unveiled its car for the 2008 season and the team colours at a ceremony at the historic Gateway of India on Thursday evening. Force India, owned by Vijay Mallya, displayed its team colours of ... Source: The Hindu - Sport | 8 Feb 2008 | 12:00 am
HYDERABAD: St. Mary’s College (Yousufguda) got the better of VNR College 42-32 in the final of the inaugural inter-collegiate basketball tournament at the Sanathnagar Playground here on Thursday. The winner led 25-10 at the ... Source: The Hindu - Sport | 8 Feb 2008 | 12:00 am
Dubai: The New Zealand captain Daniel Vettori leads the Black Caps in the much-awaited five-match One-Day International series against England starting in Wellington on Saturday with top spot in the LG-ICC Player Rankings for ODI bowlers ... Source: The Hindu - Sport | 8 Feb 2008 | 12:00 am
VISAKHAPATNAM: Last year’s runner-up Mormugao won the 32nd all-India Major Ports football championship, beating Cochin 2-0 in the final at the Port Stadium here on Wednesday. Both teams had a strong defence and the match was ... Source: The Hindu - Sport | 8 Feb 2008 | 12:00 am
DURBAN, South Africa (Reuters) - Cricket South Africa (CSA) president Norman Arendse and national team coach Mickey Arthur have laid disciplinary charges against each other in an escalating row over the squad to tour Bangladesh.
Second seed Malaysian Ong Beng Hee and Mansoor Zaman of Pakistan will renew their Asian rivalry in the final of the three-star Kolkata International Squash tournament after overcoming their rivals in hard fought encounters here Thursday. Source: News from IndiaeNews.com | 7 Feb 2008 | 6:01 pm
'Lucky loser' Sunitha Rao of India failed to capitalise on her second chance at the $170,000 Pattaya Women's Open tennis as she was thrashed by Russian Ekaterina Bychkova 4-6, 4-6 in the second round. Source: News from IndiaeNews.com | 7 Feb 2008 | 4:03 pm
The 15-event Indian Grand Prix athletics meet will begin Feb 21 at the National Institute of Sports in Patiala as a part of the Athletics Federation of India's (AFI) domestic calendar for this year. Source: News from IndiaeNews.com | 7 Feb 2008 | 4:02 pm
Jyoti Randhawa may not have been too impressed by his first sighting of the Delhi Golf Club (DGC) course in its present state, but that did not stop him from leaving it with a big smile after landing two eagles on the back nine and recording a flawless seven-under 65 on the first day of the $ 2.5 million EMAAR-MGF Indian Masters here Thursday. Source: News from IndiaeNews.com | 7 Feb 2008 | 3:32 pm
Long-time India coach Nandan Bal says the Davis Cup squad to play Uzbekistan in the Asia-Oceania Zone Group 1 from Friday is easily the best that India has fielded in a long time. Source: News from IndiaeNews.com | 7 Feb 2008 | 3:31 pm
