Dravid’s fourth successive century puts India on top
MUMBAI, Oct 10: Rahul Dravid became the fourth batsman in Test history to score four successive centuries as India strengthened their grip on the second day of the first Test against...
UEFA urges clubs to stamp out racism
NYON (Switzerland), Oct 10: European football’s governing body UEFA Thursday called on clubs throughout the continent to make a public stand against racism....
Final round ties today
LAHORE, Oct 10: The final round of the National Junior (Under-19) Grade-I One-day Cricket Tournament takes place Friday to decide qualifiers for next week’s triangular series....
Hingis crashes out of top 10
FILDERSTADT (Germany), Oct 10: Martina Hingis will drop out of the world’s top 10 for the first time in six years next week after losing 6-3, 6-1 to Elena Dementieva in...
Bangladesh suffer record 23rd defeat
KIMBERLEY (South Africa), Oct 10: Bangladesh slid to a world record 23rd successive One-day International defeat when South Africa beat them by seven wickets in the third and final One-day International...
ACB concerned over MCG capacity
MELBOURNE, Oct 10: The Australian Cricket Board (ACB) expressed concern on Thursday over the reduced capacity of Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) for the forthcoming Ashes series against England....
India meet S. Korea in final after edging out Pakistan
BUSAN, Oct 10: India scored a dramatic 4-3 victory over arch-rivals Pakistan here Thursday in an ill-tempered Asian Games hockey semifinal which saw one player sent off and several players cautioned.....
Australia favourites to clinch 3-Test series
SHARJAH (UAE), Oct 10: Australia, though rattled in the Colombo Test, are still favourites to clinch the three-match series by winning the second Test starting Friday here at the Sharjah Cricket...
Boxers are last hope for gold
BUSAN, Oct 10: South Korea are in the hunt for 10 gold medals as the Asian Games boxing semifinals begin Friday against a backdrop of complaints over judging....
India’s hat trick on track
BUSAN, Oct 10: India enjoyed the limelight at the Asian Games here Thursday, with their athletes striking three golds on the track....
Officials blame umpiring for defeat
BUSAN, Oct 10: Pakistan hockey team officials Thursday blamed questionable umpiring for their 4-3 defeat against India, urging the International Hockey Federation (FIH) to introduce a replay umpire....
Indonesia back to winning ways
BUSAN, Oct 10: Indonesia got back to winning ways Thursday, with their men’s singles and mixed doubles players advancing to the second round of the badminton competition....
Iran oust South Korea in dramatic shootout
BUSAN, Oct 10: South Korea fell at the semifinal hurdle again Thursday, upset 5-3 in the soccer compeition in a penalty shootout with champions Iran after a goalless draw....
Bhupathi and Paes struggle into final
BUSAN, Oct 10: India’s Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi struggled but advanced to Friday’s men’s doubles final while Bhupathi and Manisha Malhotra could also bring India mixed doubles gold....