New Zealand cricket captain Daniel Vettori has slammed his batsmen for their soft dismissals which handed Australia the Chappell-Hadlee Trophy on a...

Defending the Pakistan Cricket Board's (PCB) decision to impose a ban and hefty penalties on seven top cricketers, board chairman Ijaz Butt has said such strong action was needed to stamp out indiscipline in the national...

Union Agriculture Minister and President-elect of the International Cricket Council (ICC) Sharad Pawar will not attend the opening ceremony of the third edition of the cash-rich Indian Premier League (IPL) tournament that kicks off on Friday evening at the D Y Patil Stadium...

The International Cricket Council (ICC) has reportedly rejected the Pakistan Cricket Board's (PCB) application against the Indian Premier League (IPL) for snubbing Pakistani cricketers, saying it can not take action against any domestic...

Australian vice captain Michael Clarke, who returned home in the middle of the ODI series against New Zealand due to personal problems, has got the backing of Sports Minister Kate Ellis over his decision to leave the tour...

Commonwealth Games Federation President Michael Fennel has advised the organising committee of this year's event to speed up work in areas such as proper venues, transport and catering of the participating...

Singer Cheryl Cole has started house-hunting after confirming her spit from soccer husband Ashley...

Customer service, sport, construction expertise merge as 360 Sports Systems launches to design, construct and install state-of-the-art TigerTurf field & landscape systems. Beverly, MA...

Portsmouth administrator Andrew Andronikou has promised fans that no players will be moved on ahead of their FA Cup semi-final.It was the second major boost for the cash-strapped south coast club in...

The closest Wayne Rooney will ever get to the World Cup? Maybe, unless one of his new Real Madrid team-mates brings it into training ... Photograph: Carl De Souza/AFP/Getty Images The Mill has...

Berlin - German playing great Franz Beckenbauer has defended the country's football federation chief Theo Zwanziger who has come under pressure over a refereeing affair. German media reports have...

Kolkata Knight Riders skipper Sourav Ganguly insists his team will do their talking out in the middle when they take on the Deccan Chargers in the 2010 IPL opener.Last year the Knight Riders'...

South African fast bowler Rusty Theron continued his upwardly mobile career when he was awarded a contract to play for the Kings XI Punjab franchise in the third season of the Indian Premier...

Indian news broadcasters will cover the IPL after all, with the tournament organisers and the News Broadcasters' Association (NBA) resolving the dispute regarding tournament footage. Lalit Modi...

So smooth in its opener, O'Dea found cold shooting (30.9 percent) and a sizable opponent in the quarterfinals. Senior guard Robby Douglas scored 23 points as Shadle Park (22-4) moved into the...

Regardless of what happens from here on out, this will be the first time since 2001 the Metro League won't win the 3A title. Saturday's championship game will be the first without a Metro team since...

The Eagles (20-7) didn't let a late tip-off slow them down as they advance to the semifinals and assured themselves of a state trophy for the first time in school history. Scheduled to start at 8:30...

The Crusaders maintained their forward momentum with a hard earned 26-19 Super 14 rugby win over the Chiefs in Hamilton tonight. They scored two tries to one in a match of almost constant ball...

(CNN) -- South African Charl Schwartzel overcame tough conditions on Doral's Blue Monster course to take the first round lead at the WGC-CA Championship in Florida on...

Northants have signed Indian batsman Virender Sehwag for this summer's Twenty20 campaign.His arrival at Wantage Road is subject to approval by the Board of Control for Cricket in India. But the 2009...

Wheelchair curler Michael McCreadie will carry the British flag in Friday's opening ceremony to start the 10th Winter Paralympics in Vancouver.Over 500 athletes from 44 countries will bid for medals...

After more than 40 years in motor sports, from rally co-driver to director of the Ferrari team, Jean Todt was elected president of the International Automobile Federation, the governing body of world...

The 60th anniversary season of the Formula One world championship begins at the Bahrain Grand Prix on Sunday as the series exits one of its greatest decades wondering whether the next will be as...

There will be 12 teams racing in the 2010 season, including three new ones and one with a major management change. Here, in the order of their finishing position in the series last year, is a look at...

Clear skies, a piercingly hot sun and sand, sand, sand. These are the main physical characteristics of Formula One’s first circuit in the desert, site of the inaugural race of the season on...

Formula One season. Sutil lapped the newly extended Bahrain Grand Prix circuit in one minute, 56.583 seconds while seven-times champion Schumacher, making his comeback with Mercedes at the age of...

Formula One victory after blasting to pole position in Bahrain. It never happened, and after Toyota pulled out at the end of the season the Italian is now resigned to qualifying near the back of the...

Filed at 4:46 a.m. ET DORAL, Fla. (AP) -- For the first 17 holes, it was just Doral. And at the end, it turned into the Blue Monster. Sure enough, No. 18 spared almost no one in the opening round...

New Year's Eve and was whisked inside by bouncers. One of the dozens of people waiting in line to get in -- an alleged Tre-Tre Crips gang member -- took exception. ''We street,'' Willie Clark told...

Yan Zi of China reacts after scoring point during her match against Ayumi Morita of Japan at the WTA Malaysian Open 2010 Tennis Championship in Kuala Lumpur February 24,...

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By Iqbal Khan in Mumbai It will be a hot, sizzling and mouth-watering official opening of the multibillion-dollar DLF Indian Premier League, wich will start on Friday. The signing of a...

New Delhi - A top Indian security official said on Monday that there were "no credible threats" to a series of international sporting events, including the Commonwealth Games, that are scheduled to...

Auckland - Flyhalf Daniel Carter became the highest New Zealand points scorer in Super rugby as the Canterbury Crusaders beat the Waikato Chiefs 26-19 in a Super 14 match in Hamilton on Friday. ...

Bradley August has generally struggled with homesickness - a weakness that left him with the biggest regret of his football career. This past weekend though, the burly player from Cape Town was...

Indian Wells, California - Roger Federer and former tennis greats Pete Sampras, Martina Navratilova and Steffi Graf will play in exhibition matches on Friday to raise money for victims of the Haiti...

Arlington, Texas - The czar of boxing was so devastated the fight didn't happen, it took him weeks to get over it. The (not Don) King of promoters was so mad he could barely utter Floyd Mayweather...

Natalie Randolph will be introduced today as the head coach at Calvin Coolidge Senior High School. She is believed to be the first woman to coach a high school varsity football team in the United...

Stanford forward Nneka Ogwumike was named Pac-10 Player of the Year on Thursday, marking the third straight year and the 14th time since 1989 that a Cardinal player received the...

-- Which sports association seems more desperate? The WNBA's Tulsa Shock, who just signed 34-year-old convicted felon Marion Jones to rejoin a game she hasn't played seriously in almost 15 years? Or...

The Bulls head the southern hemisphere provincial championship standings on points differential from last year's finalists the Chiefs, but crucially have a game in hand on all their main rivals after...

Manchester City have signed a £1billion agreement with Manchester City Council to develop land around their Eastlands stadium. The massive scheme will transform one of the poorest areas of the...

At the time of writing, over 700 people are believed to have lost their lives to the catastrophe and 1.5 million homes have been destroyed. But less than two weeks after the disaster, Chilean...

NFL panel found that certain serious knee and ankle injuries happen more often in games played on the most popular brand of artificial turf than on grass.The league's Injury and Safety Panel is...

(AP Photo/Steve Pope, File)FILE - This June 22, 2001, file photo shows Pro Football Hall of Famer and former television actor Merlin Olsen speaking in Urbandale, Iowa. Olsen died early Thursday,...

Alastair Cook led the way on his first day as England's Test captain with a commanding unbeaten half-century as the tourists reached 155 for two midway through the afternoon session.Shakib Al Hasan...

Former skipper Steve Waugh has warned that Australia are not match-hardened heading into this year's home Ashes series because of a lack of competition from rival teams.Waugh said Ricky Ponting's...

India batsman Virender Sehwag is set to play for Northamptonshire in this summer's Friends Provident T20.The Steelbacks have announced the signing subject to approval from the Board of Control for...

Magic guard Vince Carter makes a shot between Bulls center Brad Miller, left, forward Taj Gibson and forward James Johnson, right, during the first half Wednesday night in Orlando. Carter scored 23...