Wimbledon: Nadal crashes out

World Number 2 Rafael Nadal of Spain has crashed out of the Wimbledon Tennis Championships, taking place at the All England Club in London. In the Men's Singles second round match yesterday, Nadal was stunned by the one hundredth seed Lukas Rosol of the Czech Republic, 7-6, 4-6, 4-6, 6-2, 4...

EURO Cup: Italy beat Germany, to face Spain in final

Beckham omitted from Britain's Olympic soccer squad

David Beckham has been omitted from Britain's Olympic soccer squad in a blow for the former England captain's dreams of crowning his career in style.The Los Angeles Galaxy midfielder had been widely expected to win selection as one of the three over-ageplayers in Stuart Pearce&...

<br/>Wimbledon: Maria Sharapova, Serena Williams enter third round

Maria Sharapova and Serena Williams have reached the third round of the Wimbledon tennis championships. In London today, top seeded Sharapova overcame Bulgarian Tsvetana Pironkova in three sets 7-6, 6-7, 6-0. The match was halted yesterday evening with the Russian leading 3-1 in the second set .In a...

<br/>1 day International series: England, Australia to play first of 5 match tomorrow

England and Australia play the first of a five-match One-day International series at Lord&apos;s tomorrow. Australia are the world&apos;s top-ranked ODI side but England come into this match on the back of six straight home series wins in the 50-over game and a run of six wins in as many com...

Pawar's reign as ICC President ends, Isaac takes over

Sharad Pawar&apos;s reign as the president of the International Cricket Council ended today as New Zealander Alan Isaac took charge from him for a two-year term at the ICC Annual Conference in Kuala Lumpur.The 60-year-old Isaac, a former New Zealand Cricket chief, became the eighth president of ...

Left red-faced after the powerful BCCI opposed the Decision Review System at the Executive Board Meeting in Kuala Lumpur, the ICC today said that it will not force India to accept the controversial technology in bilateral series.With India unrelenting in its opposition to the DRS, the ICC Board did ...

AFC Under 22 Qualifiers: India take on UAE in Muscat tonight

India take on UAE in a crucial encounter of the AFC Under 22 Qualifiers at Royal Oman Police Stadium in Muscat later tonight. The match begins at 9.15 pm IST. It is an important game for India as a positive outcome against UAE would mean that India remains in contention. UAE has won both its matches...

Euro 2012: Germany vs Italy in second semi-final tonight

Germany meet Italy tonight in the second semi-final of the Euro 2012 football tournament at the National Stadium in Warsaw. Germany start as favourites as they have won all four matches in the tournament so far and are on a 15-match winning run in competitive matches. However, Italy have history beh...

Jwala Gutta expresses confidence to do well in Olympics<br/>

Ace shuttler Jwala Gutta has expressed confidence that she would do well in next month&apos;s Olympics. She told reporters at a commercial event in Hyderabad today that she is focusing on her fitness to be battle-ready for the London Games. Jwala will be playing two events - women&apos;s dou...