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IPL Match 67 Preview: Delhi Daredevils vs Royal Challengers Bangalore

The Royal Challengers Bangalore, deflated by their loss to Mumbai a couple a days ago, will square off against the table-topping Delhi Daredevils at the Feroz Shah Kotla on Thursday night in a make or break clash. With the race towards the play-offs hotting up, the Bangalore boys need to win their remaining two matches to keep themselves afloat in the lucrative tournament. Meanwhile, the Daredevils, who became the first team to qualify for the play-offs with a 5 wicket v...

IPL Match 66: Punjab 65/2 in 10 overs, chasing 121 to win

The Chennai Super Kings, clinging to 4th spot in the Indian Premier League table, were in action for perhaps the last time this season, needing a win to give them a more than even chance of finishing inside the top 4. Their opponents today, moved to their second home in lovely Dharamsala, hoping that wins in their last two fixtures would be enough to propel them into the eliminator round.

The good news from the Punjab camp was the return of skipper Adam Gilchrist for the ...

Lord's Test: Barath falls early after lunch as West Indies slide to 86/3

Is it lambs to the slaughter or the start of a long overdue revival, maybe even a bit of both as the West Indies made their way over to Lord's for the opening test of the three match series between the no.1 side in the world and men from the Caribbean isles. The flip of the coin went the home side's way and Andrew Strauss opted to give his bowlers first use of a fresh pitch in an attempt to make early in-roads. The pitch though looked like a shining mirror, and while the...

NBA playoffs: Lakers down 2 - 0, Celtics pick up the pace with emphatic win

An interesting couple of games were played out on Wednesday night in the NBA playoffs with giants LA Lakers and Boston Celtics in action. The Lakers, who were mauled in Game 1 by Oklahoma City Thunder, fell to another defeat in Game 2, this time with a margin of just 2 points. The Celtics on the other hand, had their 2nd 100 plus game in the postseason as they demolished the Philadelphia 76ers in their own backyard. The performance of the night came from Kevin Garnett wh...

Rome Masters Wednesday Wrap: Federer, Nadal start campaign with comfortable wins

The big guns descended on the red dirt in Rome to really kick off the Internazionali BNL d'Italia in real earnest. While Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal bullied their way into the third round, there were a handful of upsets too as Madrid semi-finalist Janko Tipsarevic and American no.1 John Isner were the shown an early exit.

16-time Grand Slam champion, Roger Federer started his campaign on a high note as he eased past Argentine Carlos Berlocq 6-3, 6-4. Berlocq had a nerv...

Italian Open Wednesday Wrap: Stosur, Serena through, Radwanska ousted

Samantha Stosur and Serena Williams booked their places in the third round of the Internazionali BNL D’Italia tournament in Rome with a couple of hard fought victories over Sara Errani and Nadia Petrova respectively. Joining them in the third round was the older Williams sibling, Venus, along with 8 ^th  seed Li Na and 14 ^th seed Julia Goerges. These were, however, the few seeds to go through on a day when three seeds fell as Agnieszka Radwanska, Marion Bartoli and Carol...

IPL Match 65: Kolkata outplay Mumbai to book their spot in the Play-offs

An inspired bowling performance from the Kolkata Knight Riders saw them bounce back from successive defeats to beat the Mumbai Indians in an emphatic fashion to seal their spot in the knock out rounds of the IPL. Chasing a competent 140, Mumbai were at sea against the Kolkata bowlers and lost wickets at regular intervals. If not for the 34 run stand between Sachin Tendulkar (27) and Dinesh Karthik(21) the story would have been even more shameful for the Indians. The wrec...

Surprises galore in England squad for Euro 2012 as Ruddy, Chamberlain get call-ups

New England manager Roy Hodgson has sprung the odd surprise or two in his 23-man squad for the European Championships in Poland & Ukraine, by picking young Arsenal midfielder Alex-Oxlade Chamberlain and Norwich goalkeeeper John Ruddy. The rest of the squad is largely on expected lines with veteran England center-back Rio Ferdinand missing out as expected in favour of Chelsea skipper John Terry.

The two leading goalkeepers were always expected to be Manchester City's J...

Italian Open Tuesday Wrap: Sharapova, Kvitova made to work hard to reach third round

Maria Sharapova and Petra Kvitova survived testing second round encounters to advance to the third round of the 2012 Internazionali BNL D'Italia in Rome on Tuesdat. With this being the last Premier tournament before the action shifts to the French Open in Paris, both ladies, considered among the favourites for the crown, would want a strong run in this tournament and came through a couple of tough matches today, beating Christina McHale and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova respe...

Rome Masters Tuesday Wrap: Monfils sent packing; Murray, Ferrer through to third round

It was a busy Tuesday at the Internazionali BNL d'Italia as power packed tennis action continued for yet another day on the red clay in Rome. A few amongst the top 8 seeds, who had received first round byes, were in action along with the other pool of players as both first and second round matches were played today.

Barcelona Open finalist Spaniard David Ferrer battled his way past compatriot Fernando Verdasco 6-3, 7-6(3) to charge into the third round. Ferrer looked in t...

Incredible finale as Manchester City come from behind to be crowned champions

Manchester City and Queens Park Rangers played out one of the most dramatic final day games in the history of the Premier League at the Etihad Stadium on Sunday. Both teams ended their season with smiles on their faces as Manchester City finally won their first League Championship in over 40 years while QPR secured a place in next year's Barclays Premier League thanks to Stoke City's 2-2 draw with Bolton. The game had 5 goals in total with the 2 game winning strikes comi...