IPL loses global viewership, but fresh opportunities knockLONDON - The global television audience for the 2009 Indian Premier League (IPL) was markedly down on the heights achieved during the inaugural season, according to a report published in London. Hewitt hauls himself back from brink in CincinnatiCINCINNATI - Two-time runner-up Lleyton Hewitt led fellow Aussie Chris Guccione to win Tuesday at the Cincinnati Masters with his upset of Swedish 12th seed Robin Soderling 3-6, 7-6 (10-8), 6-4. Chelsea continue perfect startLONDON - Chelsea maintained their perfect start to the season as they came from behind to beat Sunderland 3-1 at the Stadium of Light. Arsenal, Stuttgart, Olympiakos take huge steps in group stageHAMBURG - Arsenal, Stuttgart and Olympiakos Piraeus Tuesday took a giant step towards the lucrative group stage of the Champions League with away wins in their first leg matches in the play-off round. After battle with depression, Trescothick faces India return
Bolt times sports history to 9.58s in 100m race
Y.E. Yang upstages Tiger Woods at US PGA golfHAZELTINE - South Korean Y.E. Yang produced one of the biggest surprises in golfing history as he upstaged world number one Tiger Woods on Sunday to win the 91st US PGA Championship at Hazeltine National. Usain Bolt smashes world record for 100m sprintBERLIN - Olympic champion Usain Bolt redefined the sprint again with a stunning world record run of 9.58 seconds in the fastest 100m sprint in history. Nadal toppled from number two as Murray beats Tsonga
Australian swimwear designer defends her `burqini’
Chavez shot at golf ‘out of bounds’: USWASHINGTON - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez was “out of bounds” by suggesting that golf was a bourgeois sport, the US State Department has said, defending the sport as a “truly global” game played by people with a variety of backgrounds. International games return to Wanderers after IPL disputeJOHANNESBURG - Relieved South African cricket fans have welcomed the news that international games will return to the premiere Wanderers Stadium here after Cricket South Africa (CSA) earlier banned games there in the wake of a dispute with the provincial Gauteng Cricket Board (GCB), which controls the venue. John Kennedy’s sister Eunice Shriver dead
Another Indian attacked in Australia with baseball bat, beer bottlesSYDNEY/INDORE - Another Indian was attacked by four Australian youth last night. Mohit Mangal from Indore was attacked when he was on his way to a shopping mall in Sydney. Muhammad Ali to visit ancestral home in Ireland
Howzzat: Patels swing an English cricket matchLONDON - Stand aside Smiths, Browns and Joneses - make way for the Patels on the English village green. Tiger Woods farts at fans
South Korea’s Oh Eun Sun reaches 13th 8,000-metre summit
Abu Dhabi to host international hunting, equestrian exhibitionABU DHABI - The capital of the United Arab Emirates is gearing up to host the popular hunting and equestrian exhibition in September. Last year it attracted 95,000 visitors from 37 countries, WAM news agency reported Monday. Rob Newbiggin a woman boxer?
WADA’s ‘whereabout’ clause is not infringement on players’ privacy: GillNEW DELHI - Union Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports MS Gill on Monday came out in support of the WADA (World Anti-Doping Agency) after the Board for Control of Cricket in India (BCCI) backs its players’ refusal to sign up the directive. Four world records set on final day of World Swimming Championships
Phelps wins show-down in Foro Italica with world recordROME - Michael Phelps Saturday broke the world record in the men’s 100m butterfly to win world championship gold in the Foro Italico in Rome. Van den Burgh was worried after winningROME - Although South African Cameron Van den Burgh had just won the world championship in the 50m breaststroke and broken his own world record in the process, he was a worried man as he came out of the pool. No regrets for Safin as his tennis career draws to a closeLOS ANGELES - Marat Safin holds no regrets on ending his tennis career in November despite reaching the quarter-finals of the Los Angeles Open for a third consecutive year with a 2-6, 6-3, 6-4 defeat of Latvian Ernests Gulbis. How do geese outperform world’s top athletes?VANCOUVER - Little bar-headed geese tame the world’s highest mountains of the Himalayas to fly between India, China and Mongolia annually. Canadian scientists now say they have found why these birds are able to outperform the world’s most accomplished athletes in stamina. World records set at the swimming world championshipsROME - A list of the world records set at the Foro Italico in Rome by the end of Thursday’s events. The competition ends Sunday. Michael Schumacher announces F1 comebackHAMBURG - German Formula One racing star Michael Schumacher Wednesday announced he will be returning to the F1 Grand Prix circuit to fill in at Ferrari for badly injured driver Felipe Massa. Recession drives footie fans away from Premier clubsLONDON - A third of football fans plan to go to fewer matches this season as recession bites, according to a new survey. Somdev loses in LA Open first roundLOS ANGELES - India’s Somdev Devvarman failed to make headway after reaching the main draw of the LA Tennis Open and lost to fifth-seeded Russian Igor Kunitsyn 5-7, 2-6 in the first round. Biedermann crushes Phelps in world swimming championshipROME - Superstar Michael Phelps crashed to a rare defeat Tuesday when he was beaten in the final of the men’s 200m freestyle at the world swimming championship in Rome by Germany’s Paul Biedermann, who broke the American’s world record in the process. Applications to be football World Cup volunteers exceed 15,000JOHANNESBURG - Just a week after the opening of applications for volunteers for the 2010 football World Cup, the number of applicants has exceeded the number required, BuaNews reported Tuesday. Sidelined by PCB, Shoaib still eyeing a comebackKARACHI - Undaunted by comments that he is a spent force, fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar is eyeing a successful comeback during Pakistan’s tours of New Zealand and Australia starting in November this year. Somdev makes the LA main draw but Prakash failsLOS ANGELES - Indians had a mixed day in the qualifiers at the LA Tennis Open as Somdev Devvarman made the main draw while his US-based compatriot Prakash Amritraj lost out in a tight contest. More than 15,000 apply for FIFA World Cup volunteersJOHANNESBURG - More than 15,000 people have applied for volunteers at the FIFA World Cup next year, since the South African authorities began distributing applications a week ago, BuaNews reported. |
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LONDON - Former England Test batsman Marcus Trescothick faces returning to India three years after a terrifying attack of depression led the talented cricketer to cut short an India tour.
BERLIN - Usain Bolt produced one of the greatest moments in world sport when he lowered the 100 metres world record to an astonishing 9.58 seconds for the world title Sunday night.
MONTREAL - Rafael Nadal lost his number two ranking to Andy Murray Saturday as the Scot beat France’s Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 6-4, 7-6 (10-8) for a place in the finals of the Montreal Masters.
SYDNEY - Australian swimwear designer Aheda Zanetti Thursday defended the full-length swimming costume she launched as the “burqini” five years ago.
Tiger woods farts not only at the fans but also at journalism, top ranked prestigious media houses served the exclusive coverage of the most obnoxious scene without any hesitation, to us it is surely a horrific death of journalism, what you think?
SEOUL - South Korean climber Oh Eun Sun became the first woman to climb 13 of the world’s 14 peaks above 8,000 metres, the national news agency Yonhap reported Tuesday, quoting her sponsor Black Yak.
Three times winner 44 years old Southport boxer Rob Newbiggin is all set to fight his last fight against Michael Gomez as a man, the match is scheduled at the Ritz in Manchester on August 14.
ROME - The final session at the Foro Italico at the world swimming championships in Rome saw four world records being broken to take the tally for the eight-day meet to an incredible 43.
