SYDNEY:  James Pattinson took four wickets as Australia bundled India out for 191 on the opening day of the second test Tuesday, before coming through a top order crisis... More»

DOHA:  Roger Federer is hoping his ageing body will be able to stand up to a hectic start to 2012, the former world number one said on Monday. The... More»

LAS VEGAS: A judge here sentenced boxer Floyd Mayweather yesterday to six months behind bars for a 2010 attack on the mother of his children, but half of that jail... More»

ASUNCION:   Chile have suspended five national team players for 10 matches for returning late and drunk from time off before a World Cup qualifier last month. Midfielders Arturo Vidal,... More»

LONDON:  A top British sprinter desperate to run in his home London Olympics next year has raised 32,550 pounds in sponsorship by auctioning himself on eBay. James Ellington told... More»

CHON BURI:  Former world number one Lee Westwood surged to a seven shot victory at the Thailand Golf Championship on the back of the “best golf” of his stellar... More»

YOKOHAMA:  Striker David Villa will be out for up to five months after breaking his left leg in Barcelona’s 4-0 Club World Cup semi-final victory over Al Sadd of... More»

JAKARTA: He has every other major title in the game, but China’s Lin “Super” Dan can fill the only gap in his resume at this week’s badminton Superseries Finals... More»

LONDON: Jonny Wilkinson, England’s most globally renowned rugby player, on Monday night announced his retirement from the international game at the age of 32 after a 13-year career during... More»

Hobart. Doug Bracewell bowled New Zealand to a sensational seven-run victory over Australia in the second Test in Hobart on Monday for the Kiwis’ first win in Australia for... More»

LONDON:   Chelsea and Arsenal experienced contrasting late drama in the Premier League on Monday with an 89th minute Frank Lampard goal giving Chelsea a 2-1 win at Wolverhampton Wanderers... More»

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia climbed seven steps in the Fifa world rankings to end the year in 148th position. Malaysia, lying in 155th spot last month, managed to improve its... More»

LONDON:   Liverpool striker Luis Suarez has been banned for eight matches and fined 40,000 pounds for racially abusing Manchester United defender Patrice Evra during a Premier League match at... More»

MELBOURNE:  Seven-times grand slam champion Venus Williams has withdrawn from her Australian Open warm-up event in New Zealand due to “health reasons,” placing her participation in the year’s first... More»

LONDON:  David Silva restored Manchester City’s two-point lead in the Premier League with a 1-0 win over Arsenal on Sunday after Wayne Rooney’s lightning-fast header had helped Manchester United... More»

MELBOURNE:  Five-times Olympic champion Ian Thorpe has dismissed concerns about his underwhelming return to the pool as “premature”, after disappointing at another meeting in Italy over the weekend. Thorpe... More»

WELLINGTON:  Former All Blacks assistant coach Steve Hansen got the promotion he wanted on Friday when he was named head coach of the rugby World Cup champions. The 52-year-old... More»

SHAH ALAM: The prize money for the 2012 Super and Premier league champions has been increased by 50 percent, FA of Malaysia (FAM) vice-president Hamidin Mohd Amin said today.... More»

LONDON:Chelsea  inflicted a first league defeat of the season on Premier League leader Manchester City after substitute Frank Lampard secured a 2-1 victory from the penalty spot at Stamford... More»

UTRECHT: Paralympic silver medalist Monique van der Vorst has miraculously become an able-bodied Olympic hopeful after a crash reversed her paralysis. Paralyzed from the hip down since she was... More»