Halle (Saale): Roger Federer is hoping to kick-start his season on the Halle grass this week as he goes in search of a morale-boosting first tournament success this season.

London: Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni insisted on Monday his Champions Trophy squad was not distracted by the spot-fixing row back home. Indian cricket was thrown

New Delhi: Cricket officials on Monday suspended the co-owner of an Indian Premier League (IPL) team and announced plans for a major clean-up of the sport after an illegal

Lausanne: European football's governing body UEFA said Monday it has opened match-fixing investigations into Romanian champions Steaua Bucharest and Turkish side Besiktas.

BIRMINGHAM: Prolific batsman Hashim Amla (81) hit a splendid half-century before Ryan McLaren took four wickets as South Africa mauled Pakistan by 67 runs to keep themselves in

Paris: Rafael Nadal's stirring comeback from a career-threatening knee injury was crowned at the French Open on Sunday when he won the Roland Garros title for a record

Paris: Argentina travel to Ecuador for their latest 2014 World Cup qualifier with a big doubt hanging over the head of star striker Lionel Messi. A victory would all but

Dhaka: Sensations kept on rocking the nations after Mohammad Ashraful opened the Pandora’s box on spot fixing following the neighbouring India that got mesmerized about

Paris: Serena Williams warned her punchdrunk rivals that she is still to realise her potential and that retirement is not on her agenda as she targets adding to her 16 Grand

Dhaka: Bangladesh Krira Shikkha Prothistan (BKSP) emerged champions in the Young Tigers U-16 Cricket Competition with an emphatic seven wickets victory over Daaka Metro in the

Birmingham: England beat Australia by 48 runs in their Champions Trophy Group A opener at Edgbaston on Saturday. Defending champions Australia, set 270 to win, finished on

Paris: Serena Williams won her second French Open title on Saturday, 11 years after her first triumph, defeating title-holder Maria Sharapova 6-4, 6-4 in a brief, but

Paris: Rafael Nadal is happy to suffer if it allows him to become the first man to capture the same Grand Slam title eight times when he tackles Spanish compatriot David Ferrer

New Delhi: Former Indian Premier League champions Rajasthan Royals faced suspension from the cash-rich tournament on Friday after its co-owner admitted to betting on the

New Delhi: Indian cricket team's captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni has been ranked at 16th place on Forbes` list of highest- paid athletes in the world. Golfer Tiger Woods is

New Delhi: The beleaguered Rajasthan Royals management on Friday sought to distance itself from co-owner Raj Kundra, who has been accused of betting during IPL matches, saying

London: Pakistan captain Misbah-ul-Haq was stranded four short of what would have been his first one-day century in 118 matches on Friday in the Champions Trophy Group B 50

London: Australia captain Michael Clarke has been ruled out of his side's opening Champions Trophy match with England on Saturday due to a back problem, Cricket Australia

Cardiff: Beleaguered South Africa suffered a major blow on Friday when fast bowler Morne Morkel was ruled out of the rest of the Champions Trophy with a leg injury. Morkel

Wellington: New Zealand batting great Martin Crowe on Friday said the cancer he was diagnosed with last year was under control and he was cutting all ties with cricket to