Ashes: Australia beat England by innings and 46 runs in final test

In the Ashes, Australia defeated hosts England by an innings and 46 runs to win the final Test of the 5-match series at the Oval yesterday evening. England had already clinched the series with victories in three of the first four games. Needing 129 runs with 4 wickets in hand to avoid an innings def...

Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt retains World 100 meter title in Beijing

Jamaican Usain Bolt trumped American rival Justin Gatlin to retain his world 100 metre title today. Bolt, also the double Olympic gold medallist and world record holder in the blue riband event, ran a season's best of 9.79 seconds. Gatlin, who has served two doping bans, was just one-hundre...

In the Colombo Test, chasing victory target of 413 runs set by India, Sri Lanka were 72 for 2 in their 2nd innings at stumps on Day Four

Chasing a victory target of 413 runs set by India in the second Test in Colombo, hosts Sri Lanka were 72 for 2 at stumps in the second innings on the fourth day.Ravichandran Ashwin dismissed Kaushal Silva for 1 and Kumar Sangakkara for 18 to put India in control of the second test. Sangakkara walked...

Jamaican Usain Bolt retains 100 metre title at the World Athletics Championships

Jamaican Usain Bolt trumped American rival Justin Gatlin to retain his world 100m title today. Bolt, also the double Olympic gold medallist and world record holder in the blue riband event, ran a season's best of 9.79 seconds. Gatlin, who has served two doping bans, was just one-hundredth o...

Usain Bolt of Jamaica wins 100 meter gold at World Athletics Championships in Beijing

On the second day of the World Athletics Championships in Bejing today, Great Britain ranks first in the medals tally with two gold, followed by United States with 4 medals, including one gold. Germany ranks third with two medals, one of which is gold. Usain Bolt of Jamaica today won the 100 meter g...

Indian shot-putter Inderjeet Singh enters final round of World Championships in Beijing

Reigning Asian Champion, Inderjeet Singh became the first Indian shot-putter to enter the final round of World Athletics Championships on the second day of competitions in Beijing today. The final round is slated later this evening. Baljinder Singh produced his personal best to finish a creditable 1...

India in control of 2nd Cricket Test against Sri Lanka in Colombo<br/>

Chasing a victory target of 413 runs set by India in the second Test in Colombo, hosts Sri Lanka were 72 for 2 at stumps in the second innings on the fourth day. Ravichandran Ashwin dismissed Kaushal Silva for 1 and Kumar Sangakkara for 18 to put India in control of the second test. Sangakkara walke...

Sania Mirza & Martina Hingis out of women's doubles at Cincinnati Masters

The Indo-Swiss tennis combine of Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis lost their women&apos;s doubles semi-final, to crash out of the Cincinnati Masters, following a three-set defeat .The top seeds were upset 4-6, 6-0, 6-10 by the unseeded Chinese Taipei&apos;s sister pair of Hao-Ching Chan and Yu...

India set winning target of 413 for Sri Lanka in second Test

India declared their second innings on 325 for eight, setting Sri Lanka a winning target of 413 runs on the fourth day of the second cricket Test in Colombo today. Ajinkya Rahane scored 126 in the second innings while opener Murali Vijay made 82. The scores so far: Sri Lanka: 306 India: 393 and 325 ...

Ajinkya Rahane&apos;s century helps India take a lead of over 300 runs against Sri Lanka on the fourth day of the second Cricket Test in Colombo. The visitors took 87 runs lead in the first innings. When reports last came in, India were 224 for 3. Rahane and Rohit Sharma were at the crease.India...