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Pakistan board fines Asif after Dubai detentionKARACHI (Reuters) - The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has fined pace bowler Mohammad Asif one million rupees ($10,250) for bringing Pakistan into disrepute, after he was detained in Dubai last year for possessing opium.Source: Reuters: Cricket News | 2 Jul 2009 | 11:48 am Changing test format will damage game, says MiandadKARACHI (Reuters) - Former Pakistan test captain Javed Miandad has urged the International Cricket Council (ICC) to resist calls for a shake-up of the traditional test match format.Source: Reuters: Cricket News | 2 Jul 2009 | 7:25 am FEATURE - Broad looks to turn potential into performanceLONDON (Reuters) - Stuart Broad, as befits the son of former England opener Chris, has always looked a cricketer of the highest pedigree.Source: Reuters: Cricket News | 2 Jul 2009 | 2:49 am FEATURE - England's Bopara plans to prolong golden runLONDON (Reuters) - Three consecutive ducks in his first three tests were the worst of times for Ravi Bopara. Centuries in his last three test innings are the best.Source: Reuters: Cricket News | 2 Jul 2009 | 2:44 am Anand retains second spotNEW DELHI: World champion Viswanathan Anand remained in second place behind Bulgaria’s Veselin Topalov in the latest world rankings list effective from Wednesday. Anand collected five rating points during the last quarter of the ...Source: The Hindu - Sport | 2 Jul 2009 | 12:00 am Ivanovic needs 1-2 weeks of rest for injuryWIMBLEDON: Ana Ivanovic has been advised rest for one to two weeks to recover from a micro-tear in her left thigh muscle that forced her to quit her fourth-round Wimbledon match against Venus Williams. “Although highly painful, the ...Source: The Hindu - Sport | 2 Jul 2009 | 12:00 am Arun stuns SheraziBANGALORE: Qualifier M.S. Arun pulled off a stunning 151-126, 115-151, 86-151, 152-95, 152-98 victory over young Mundir Sherazi, the National sub-junior champion, in the 40th senior State-ranking billiards tournament here. In the clash ...Source: The Hindu - Sport | 2 Jul 2009 | 12:00 am Magesh holds top seedNEW DELHI: Grandmaster P. Magesh Chandran and top seed Matthieu Cornette of France drew their sixth round game to continue sharing the lead at 5.5 points in the Montcada International Open chess tournament at Montcada, Spain, on Tuesday. ...Source: The Hindu - Sport | 2 Jul 2009 | 12:00 am Easy win for Nilgiris CCUDHAGAMANDALAM: Nilgiris Cricket Club defeated All Stars Cricket Club by 150 runs in the TNCA-NDCA first division league for the M.A. Chidambaram Rolling Trophy at the Laidlaw Memorial School grounds recently. ...Source: The Hindu - Sport | 2 Jul 2009 | 12:00 am Kaka dismisses talk of rivalry with RonaldoMADRID: Kaka, who was unveiled as Real Madrid’s latest ‘Galactico’ on Tuesday, said he was not worried that playing with Cristiano Ronaldo would create tensions within the squad. “It will be a privilege to play ...Source: The Hindu - Sport | 2 Jul 2009 | 12:00 am Singapore GP: minor changes on trackMumbai: After consultation with the FIA, changes at different turns on the five-kilometre track to increase the potential of overtaking, road surface improvements and revisions for pit lane entry and exit points would be undertaken for the ...Source: The Hindu - Sport | 2 Jul 2009 | 12:00 am Calming Influence pleasesBANGALORE: Calming Influence, Distinctly Ahead, Coorg Honey and Greenbro pleased when the horses were exercised here on Wednesday morning (July 1). Inner sand: 600m: Leagues Apart (rb), Kemrock (A. Velu) 39.5. ...Source: The Hindu - Sport | 2 Jul 2009 | 12:00 am Graeme Smith bags top honoursJohannesburg: South African captain Graeme Smith’s inspirational leadership and prolific batting fetched him the ‘Cricketer of the Year’ and ‘Test Cricketer of the Year’ at the country’s annual cricket ...Source: The Hindu - Sport | 2 Jul 2009 | 12:00 am Railway TT championships from tomorrowBANGALORE: South Western Railway will conduct the 57th All India Railway table tennis championship from July 3 to 7 at the newly-built Chalukya Institute in Hubli. The event will feature 100 men and 40 women players from all units of ...Source: The Hindu - Sport | 2 Jul 2009 | 12:00 am Prime Minister congratulates women's hockey teamPrime Minister Manmohan Singh Wednesday congratulated the women's hockey team for winning the Champions Challenge II tournament at Kazan in Russia.Source: News from IndiaeNews.com | 1 Jul 2009 | 2:00 pm Ashutosh shocks third seed; enters ITF tournament quartersIndia's Ashutosh Singh upset third seed Hyun-woo Nam of South Korea 3-6, 6-3, 6-2 while Yuki Bhambri dispatched qualifier Ashwin Vijayragavan 6-1, 6-2 to enter the quarter-finals of the $15,000 International Tennis Federation (ITF) tournament at DLTA here Wednesday.Source: News from IndiaeNews.com | 1 Jul 2009 | 1:30 pm 'Winning Champions Challenge II is a step in right direction'Women's hockey coach M.K. Kaushik feels that the team's triumph in Champions Challenge II is a small but right step towards their development.Source: News from IndiaeNews.com | 1 Jul 2009 | 1:30 pm
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