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  • Rain plays spoilsport

    By Our Correspondent

    Play started two hours and five minutes late, following rain in the third One-day International between West Indies and India on Friday at the Beausejour Cricket Ground.

  • Injured Muralitharan ruled out of 1st game

    By Our Correspondent

    Muttiah Muralitharan was on Friday ruled out of the first Test against Pakistan with a knee injury, dealing a huge blow to Sri Lanka’s bid to win the emotionally-charged series.

  • Revived Lee stakes claim for Ashes

    By Our Correspondent

    Australia quick Brett Lee made a statement of intent by taking five wickets against the England Lions and followed up with an equally blunt message to the selectors.

  • It’s Fedex vs Roddick

    By Our Correspondent

    Roger Federer reached a record 20th Grand Slam final and a seventh straight Wimbledon title match with a 7-6 (7/3), 7-5, 6-3 win over German veteran

  • Venus wary of Serena’s steely big match nerves

    By Our Correspondent

    Venus and Serena Williams clash in a fourth all-sister Wimbledon final on Saturday determined to prove that their domination of the event is not a backward step for the sport’s future welfare.

  • Records drive Roger

    By Our Correspondent

    Roger Federer admitted that shattering records is driving him forward in his pursuit of tennis history. “I’m very proud of all the records I’ve achieved, because I never thought I would be that successful as a kid,” said Federer, one of only six men to complete a career Grand Slam of all four majors.

  • Leander-Cara enter title round

    By Our Correspondent

    Top seeds Leander Paes and Cara Black stormed into the final of Wimbledon mixed doubles event with a straight-set victory over Stephen Huss and Virginia Ruano Pascual here on Friday.

  • Astana boss plays down Lance, Alberto rivalry

    By Our Correspondent

    Astana boss Johan Bruyneel played down the rivalry brewing between teammates Lance Armstrong and Alberto Contador on the eve of Saturday’s opening stage of the 2009 Tour de France.

  • Bengaluru Sunday runners

    By Our Correspondent

    Bengaluru, July 3: Following are the acceptances for the races to be held here on Sunday.

  • Aboline, Shotgunn work impressively

    By Our Correspondent

    Bengaluru, July 3: Aboline, Shotgunn and Cart Wheel excelled in the workouts when the following horses were exercised on the trial track here on Friday.

  • Tanishak trounces champion

    By Our Correspondent

    Andhra Pradesh’s K. Tanishak stunned defen-ding champion and second seed Aravind Bhat 21-19, 21-16 in the first-round match at the second edition of the Tata Open All India senior-ranking badminton tournament at the Cricket Club of India on Friday.

  • More Indians to be in Hall of Fame: Morgan

    By Our Correspondent

    The presence of just three Indian cricketers in International Cricket Council’s Hall of Fame may have generated a controversy in the country but the game’s governing body on Friday made it clear that more Indians would be added to the elite list.

  • Bruckner best bet for main event

    By Our Correspondent

    Pesi Shroff-trained Bruckner, who has improved a great deal since his fourth to Polish Patriot and now aided by an extra gear ‘Blinkers’, holds an edge over others in the H.B. Gundappa Gowda Memorial Trophy (1400 metres), the feature event of the races to be held here on Saturday.