ATP World Tennis finals: Djokovic vrs Ferrer

World Number One Serb Novak Djokovic will today lock horns with David Ferrer of Spain in the finals of the World Tennis Championships at Abu Dhabi. In a lop-sided first semi-final on Friday, Djokovic defeated third seeded Roger Federer of Switzerland 6-2, 6-1, while an all-Spanish second semi-final ...

Tendulkar rises, Dravid slips in latest ICC rankings

Iconic Indian batsman Sachin Tendulkar rose a couple of rungs to be joint fourth but fellow veteran Rahul Dravid dropped out of the top 10 in the latest ICC Test rankings issued on Friday.Tendulkar, who scored a half century in the opening MCG Test defeat against Australia, shared the fourth spot wi...

ATP World Tennis finals: Djokovic vrs Ferrer

In the last Tennis tournament of the Calendar Year 2011, World No 1 Novak Djokovic will clash with Spaniard David Ferrer in the final of ATP World Tennis Championship. In the first Semi final at Abu Dhabi, Djokovic thrashed the former World Number 1 Roger Federer in straight sets 6-2, 6-1. In the ot...

World No 1, Novak Djokovic has defeated Roger Federer to reach the final of World Tennis Championships. In Abu Dhabi on Friday, the Serb displayed his class as he thrashed the World No.3 Roger Federer, 6-2 6- 1 in straight sets. Djokovic will be facing the winner of match between Rafael Nadal vs Dav...

World Tennis Championship: Djokovic to face Federer in semifinal today

World No.1 Novak Djokovic beat Gael Monfils of France 6-2, 4-6, 6-2 at the World Tennis Championship in Abu Dhabi.He will take on World No.3 Roger Federer in the first Semifinal today.In the other match, David Ferrer of Spain rallied from a set down to score a 2-6, 7-6, 6-2 win over sixth seed Jo Wi...

Australia beat India by 122 runs in Melbourne Test<br/>

Australia crushed India by 122 runs in the opening Test on day four in Melbourne on Thursday, destroying their batting line-up with aggressive pace. The win gives Michael Clarke&apos;s team a 1-0 lead in the 4 test series. India, chasing 292 runs for victory, were never in the hunt after they sl...

Rising Indian shuttler Sourabh breaks into top 50

Rising Indian shuttler Sourabh Varma on Thursday cracked into the top 50 in the latest world badminton rankings following his superb performance at the Syed Modi Grand Prix gold tournament last week. Sourabh, who finished runner-up at the season-ending tournament, jumped 22 ranking places to be plac...

FIH appoints two Indian officials for London Olympics

R.V. Raghu Prasad and Claudius De Sales have been appointed as an umpire and judge respectively for the 2012 London Olympics hockey event. Hockey India has welcomed the appointment of the two after receiving an official confirmation from the International Hockey Federation (FIH). 33-year-old Bangalo...

Boxer Madan Lal loses to Waseem in semifinals<br/>

Indian boxer Madan Lal has lost to Pakistan&apos;s Mohammad Waseem in the semi-finals of the 52 kilogram category of the second Benazir Bhutto Shaheed international boxing tournament. In the semi-finals held in Islamabad on Wednesday, Waseem outclassed Madan Lal, who had beaten Haroon Khan, the ...

Melbourne Test: India lose by 122 runs

Australia today defeated India by 122 runs in the first cricket test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, MCG.Australia, who resumed the day on the overnight score of 179 for 8 today, was earlier bowled out for 240 in the second innings. The Michael Clarke-side had a lead of 51 runs in the first innings...