Svetlana Kuznetsova raced into the quarter-finals of the French Open with a quickfire 6-2, 6-3 win over Belarussian Victoria Azarenka on Tuesday. Source: Sify.com Sports | 3 Jun 2008 | 12:25 pm
Force India is banking on Adrian Sutil's new-found confidence and Giancarlo Fisichella's cracking record at Montreal to seal their first podium finish in the seventh race of the Formula One season Sunday. Source: News from IndiaeNews.com | 3 Jun 2008 | 12:00 pm
Indian Premier League champions Rajasthan Royals not only made a mockery of their underdog tag, but also showed that money prowess alone cannot ensure success in sports. Source: Sify.com Sports | 3 Jun 2008 | 11:42 am
The Pakistan Cricket Board Tuesday said it would consider pacer Mohammad Asif innocent until he is chargesheeted by authorities in Dubai for possessing banned drug. Source: Sify.com Sports | 3 Jun 2008 | 11:39 am
After months of squabbling, Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi have finally agreed to put their personal differences aside and team up for the Beijing
Olympics following a fresh round of peace talks brokered by the All India Tennis Association. Source: Sify.com Sports | 3 Jun 2008 | 11:29 am
Most quick bowlers love a shiny, hard new ball in their hands but Brett Lee showed on Monday with a superb spell of five wickets in 18 balls that a battered old one can also be a deadly weapon. Source: Sify.com Sports | 3 Jun 2008 | 11:17 am
Mahendra Singh Dhoni may have lost the Indian Premier League final but every run he scored in the 44-day tournament was worth nearly Rs 1.5 lakh. Source: Sify.com Sports | 3 Jun 2008 | 11:11 am
The Punjab government has asked Mohali Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Ranbir Singh Khatra to go on one month leave following his public spat with Ness Wadia, industrialist and owner of Indian Premier League (IPL) team Kings XI Punjab. Source: Sify.com Sports | 3 Jun 2008 | 11:09 am
The Mohammad Asif detention case took a new turn Tuesday with the pacer, accused of and detained for drug possession, claiming he had been implicated following his brawl with some officials at the Dubai airport. Source: Sify.com Sports | 3 Jun 2008 | 11:09 am
Pakistani fast bowler Mohammad Asif was reportedly arrested on Sunday at the Dubai airport for possessing hashish. Source: Sify.com Sports | 3 Jun 2008 | 11:07 am
Motor racing's world governing body met on Tuesday to decide the fate of their president Max Mosley after a sex scandal. Source: Sify.com Sports | 3 Jun 2008 | 10:56 am
The warring Indian tennis players Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi have decided to keep aside their differences and team up for the doubles event at the Beijing Olympics in August. Source: News from IndiaeNews.com | 3 Jun 2008 | 10:01 am
KARACHI (Reuters) - Pakistan fast bowler Mohammad Asif has been detained at Dubai airport for possession of illegal drugs, a Pakistan Cricket Board official said on Tuesday.
The numbers for the Indian Premier League (IPL) are not in, neither for the viewership nor the ones that balance the books. But be sure, when they are out, the former will be a cause for yet another party, and the latter a cause for some concern. Source: News from IndiaeNews.com | 3 Jun 2008 | 5:01 am
The Punjab government has asked Mohali Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Ranbir Singh Khatra to go on one month leave following his public spat with Ness Wadi, industrialist and owner of Indian Premier League (IPL) team Kings XI Punjab. Source: News from IndiaeNews.com | 3 Jun 2008 | 3:30 am
(Reuters) - Scoreboard on the fourth day of the second test between the West Indies and Australia at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, North Sound, Antigua, on Monday.
NORTH SOUND, Antigua (Reuters) - Most quick bowlers love a shiny, hard new ball in their hands but Brett Lee showed on Monday with a superb spell of five wickets in 18 balls that a battered old one can also be a deadly weapon.
Mysore: Panthers FC won the Mysore District Football Association’s ‘C’ division league title for the Chirag Cup after defeating Friends Union FC 2-1 in the final super league tie played at the Doddakere Maidan here on Monday. ... Source: The Hindu - Sport | 3 Jun 2008 | 12:00 am
Mumbai: “The players will put pressure for an IPL window, but eventually it’s in the hands of the cricket boards of different countries. “They may have their own views about whether to create an IPL window. I ... Source: The Hindu - Sport | 3 Jun 2008 | 12:00 am
New Delhi: Adrian Sutil has no illusion about the unfancied car he drives but the Force India driver reckons he stands good chances of scoring points in some of the wet tracks lining up in this year’s Formula One calendar. The ... Source: The Hindu - Sport | 3 Jun 2008 | 12:00 am
BANGALORE: P.P. Prachura won the ICA Open rapid chess tournament which concluded at the State Youth Centre here on Sunday. Although Prachura tied with Balkishan and Sharanu Bhagavathit for the first place, all finishing with five ... Source: The Hindu - Sport | 3 Jun 2008 | 12:00 am
Mumbai: After a dream victory in the inaugural DLF-IPL, the Rajasthan Royals captain and coach Shane Warne declared that “as long as his body holds” he would return to the Indian Premier League. “I will be 40 next ... Source: The Hindu - Sport | 3 Jun 2008 | 12:00 am
New Delhi: Ukraine’s Vassily Ivanchuk dethroned Viswanathan Anand 2.5-1.5 to win the Leon rapid chess title in Leon, Spain on Sunday. The end to this four-game final was abrupt as Anand blundered in the fourth game and resigned ... Source: The Hindu - Sport | 3 Jun 2008 | 12:00 am
Coimbatore: Krishnamoorthy (119) and Vinu Pradeep (111) hit centuries as Sir Robert Stanes Memorial Club posted a convincing 367-run win over ABT Cricket Club in the Canara Bank-CDCA second division league for the Pricol Trophy at the PSGIMSR ... Source: The Hindu - Sport | 3 Jun 2008 | 12:00 am
Congress MP Rahul Gandhi Monday evening attributed the debacle of the party in the Karnataka assembly elections to 'poor preparation'. Source: News from IndiaeNews.com | 2 Jun 2008 | 6:00 pm
Karnataka, Goa and Services Monday won their knock-out matches to join hosts Jammu and Kashmir in the quarter-final round of the Santosh Trophy championships being played here. Source: News from IndiaeNews.com | 2 Jun 2008 | 5:31 pm
The Marwari community here is thrilled at the Rajasthan Royals winning the Indian Premier League (IPL) final. At the community's homes, offices and temples, the talk Monday was about the home team's scintillating win in the cricket tournament. Source: News from IndiaeNews.com | 2 Jun 2008 | 5:30 pm
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Monday expressed concern over the fall in standard of Indian hockey and hoped for a revival of the golden days of the sport. Source: News from IndiaeNews.com | 2 Jun 2008 | 5:01 pm
MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) - The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has rejected a request from English county team Lancashire to allow Mohammed Yousuf to miss this month's tri-series against India and hosts Bangladesh, a Lancashire spokeswoman confirmed on Monday.
The franchises made a beeline and more than 100 overseas cricketers were sold like hot cakes in auctions of the Indian Premier League (IPL). But as the curtain came down on the Twenty20 extravaganza, some found their investment well worth it, while others felt it simply went down the drain. Source: News from IndiaeNews.com | 2 Jun 2008 | 4:33 pm
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Australia and West Indies have been fined for slow over-rates during the first test in Kingston, Jamaica, which the tourists won by 95 runs, the International Cricket Council (ICC) said on Monday.
Evergreen superstar Salman Khan more than made up for Shah Rukh Khan`s absence at the closing ceremony of the IPL. The Bollywood`s original Macho Man danced with a bevy of starlets to his popular chartbusters particularly to the tunes of his forthcoming gameshow `Dus Ka Dum`. Source: Zeecric : Cricket News | 2 Jun 2008 | 10:53 am
Rajasthan Royals skipper Shane Warne was ecstatic after clinching the inaugural Indian Premier League (IPL) title in a nail-biting finish against Chennai Super Kings here Sunday night. He said the script in the final could not have been any better. Source: Zeecric : Cricket News | 2 Jun 2008 | 10:53 am
An absolute cracker of a match. All the makings of a final match, the momentum swayed throughout the match and went down to the wire. Needless to say, the best team won in the end. Shane Warne`s Rajasthan Royals outclassed and outplayed MS Dhoni`s Chennai Super Kings to beat them by three wickets. Source: Zeecric : Cricket News | 2 Jun 2008 | 10:53 am
Michael Clarke followed up his seventh Test hundred with two late wickets to give Australia a firm advantage in the second Test against West Indies on Saturday. Source: Zeecric : Cricket News | 2 Jun 2008 | 10:53 am
Australia leg-spinner Stuart MacGill will retire from international cricket at the end of the second test against West Indies, Cricket Australia said in a statement on Sunday. Source: Zeecric : Cricket News | 2 Jun 2008 | 10:53 am
