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January 16, 2014 5:29 PM

Pak cricket journalist Qamar completes 400 Test matches

Veteran Pakistani cricket journalist Qamar Ahmed became only the third man in history to cover 400 Test matches today, at the third match between Pakistan and Sri Lanka in Sharjah. The 76-year-old, fondly known as Q to friends and cricketers around the world, follows British journalist John Woodcock...

January 16, 2014 5:26 PM

F1 boss Bernie Ecclestone to be tried on bribery charges

Formula 1 boss Bernie Ecclestone will be tried on bribery charges, a court in Munich has ruled. Mr Ecclestone is accused of making a 45 million dollar bribe to a German banker, Gerhard Gribkowsky, who is serving a jail sentence for receiving the payment. Prosecutors allege that the payment was to en...

January 16, 2014 2:23 PM

Oz Open: Sania, Bopanna, with team mates advance to 2nd round

Sania Mirza and Rohan Bopanna, with their team-mates, today advanced to the second round of the Australian Open Tennis tournament at Melbourne. In the Women's Doubles first round, the sixth seeded Indo-Zimbabwean pair of Sania Mirza and Cara Black defeated the Aussie team of Arina Rodionova...

January 16, 2014 1:55 PM

Sania, Boppanna among Indian players in 2nd round at Oz Open

Sania Mirza and Rohan Bopanna, with their team-mates, today advanced to the second round of the Australian Open Tennis tournament at Melbourne. In the Women's Doubles first round, the sixth seeded Indo-Zimbabwean pair of Sania Mirza and Cara Black defeated the Aussie team of Arina Rodionova...

January 16, 2014 1:17 PM

Australia sears under heatwave; Play suspended at Tennis Open

Parts of Australia are seeing soaring temperatures, as a report warns that the country's heatwaves are becoming hotter and longer. In Adelaide, temperatures were forecast to reach 46 degree Celsius, nearing the city's record of 46.1 degree Celsius. In Melbourne, Australian Open ten...

January 16, 2014 11:42 AM

Sania Mirza & Cara Black advance to 2nd round of Aus Open Doubles

Sania Mirza and her Zimbabwean team-mate Cara Black today advanced to the second round of the Australian Open Tennis tournament at Melbourne. The sixth seeded Indo-Zimbabwean pair defeated the Aussie team of Arina Rodionova and Tammi Patterson in straight sets, 6-1, 6-4. In the Men's Double...

January 16, 2014 11:22 AM

Oz Open: Djokovic,Williams enter 3rd round

Title favourites Novak Djokovic and Serena Williams have reached the third round of the Singles event at the Australian Open Tennis championships, alongside China's Li Na.In the Men's Singles, Djokovic comfortably beat Argentina's Leonardo Mayer 6-0, 6-4, 6-4, extending hi...

January 16, 2014 9:40 AM

Oz Open: Djokovic,Williams enter 3rd round

Title favourites Novak Djokovic and Serena Williams have reached the third round of the Singles event at the Australian Open Tennis championships, alongside China's Li Na.In the Men's Singles, Djokovic comfortably beat Argentina's Leonardo Mayer 6-0, 6-4, 6-4, extending hi...

January 16, 2014 9:02 AM

Hockey World League Final: India lose to Australia in QFs

India have crashed out of the Hockey World League Final. In the last quarter-final match of the event in New Delhi today, the hosts squandered a two-goal lead to suffer a 2-7 hammering at the hands of world champions Australia.In the other three quarter-finals played today, England defeated Belgium ...

January 16, 2014 8:34 AM

Malaysia Super Series Badminton: Indian men & women enter 2nd round

Saina Nehwal and P V Sindhu have notched up straight-game victories in their respective opening round women's singles matches in the 500,000 Malaysia Super Series Premier badminton tournament. In Kuala Lumur yesterday, while eighth seeded Saina got the better of Indonesia's Hera De...

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