Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson says he was resigned to seeing Cristiano Ronaldo leave Old Trafford. The 24-year-old Portuguese winger is poised to complete a record £80m move to Real Madrid, with reports suggesting the deal has long been in place. Ferguson told “He wanted to leave, it is as simple as that. [...]
After the heavy defeat at the hands of West Indies, it was time Australia bucked the trend. Instead, they played similarly with Srilanka and paid the price. They crashed out of the T20 world cup. Srilanka won the toss, put the aussies in. Only the tail enders contribution enabled australia to get around 159 for [...]
The lower seeded Svetlana Kuznetsova beat fellow Russian and world number one Dinara Safina to win the French Open at Roland Garros. The seventh seed, came through the tense game and won at 6-4, 6-2. This is her second major title after the 2004 US open.
Meanwhile, though Safina had hoped to confirm her number [...]
West Indies rode on a smashing Chris Gayle to beat Australia. Australia, worried already with Symonds out and their regular opener Hayden having retired, had no answer to the Gayle onslaught. Chris Gayle smashed 88 off 50 balls as West Indies claimed a stunning win over Australia in the ICC World Twenty20. He hit six [...]
Roger Federer landed himself a French Open final slot with a hard fought win over Juan Martin Potro in the semi finals. Jan Martin was seeded Fifth. It was not smooth though. Federer was outplayed in the first set, which Potro won 6-3. Federer came back to win the second at 7-6 edging past Potro [...]
Netherlands sent England packing out of the first match of the opening match in the T20 world cup being played in England. Netherlands won the match by 4 wickets. And, the victory came in the very last ball of the match, on which Netherlands stole two runs. England managed to score 162 after being comfortably [...]
There were sports which sportsmen played. And, there was Golf. Which was played by Gentlemen. That was once upon a time. Golf typically was a pastime of businessmen who wanted to unwind. But, slowly, slowly, that profile changed. Golf also came into the mainstream of sports and became more sportive and more cut throat than [...]
Andrew Symonds seems to be paying the price for his antics away from the ground. Australia have finally sent him home from the World Twenty20 tournament in England for disciplinary reasons. Cricket Australia said the decision had been taken after the controversial all-rounder, 33, broke team rules relating to alcohol and other issues. “In isolation [...]
India beat their archrivals pakistan in the warm up to the T20 game at the Oval. Pakistan posted 158 for six but India cruised home with 18 balls to spare thanks to openers Rohit Sharma (80) and Gautum Gambhir (52 not out). Pakistan lost Shazaib Hasan early but still hammered the Indian bowlers for 45 [...]
After her sister Venus exited the French open, now it is time for Serena also to go out of the French oepn tennis tournament. At the Rolland Garros, the Seventh seed Svetlana Kuznetsova ended Serena Williams’ hopes of a second French Open title with a topsy-turvy victory in the quarter-finals in Paris. The Russian withstood [...]
