MELBOURNE: China's Li Na guns for her second Grand Slam title and her first in three Australian Open finals on Saturday against a player who is in some of the best form of her life.

LONDON: Manchester United on Friday confirmed they have agreed a club record deal to sign Spanish midfielder Juan Mata from Chelsea.

PERTH: Stand-in Australian captain George Bailey on Thursday shrugged off injury fears and declared himself fit to lead the new world number one side in the fourth one-day international against England.

HAMILTON: Mahendra Singh Dhoni blamed the slow start for India's second successive failure in chasing down a big target, despite coming so close in both the games.

MELBOURNE: Bowling great Shane Warne was on Thursday named as spin coach ahead of Australia's World Twenty20 campaign starting in Bangladesh in March.

HAMILTON: Handed a shock defeat in the opening match, world number one India would look to plug their batting loopholes when they square off against a gutsy New Zealand in the second ODI on Wednesday.

HAMILTON: Often criticised for letting his emotions get the better of him even on the field, Indian batsman Virat Kohli on Tuesday conceded that he made a few mistakes early on in his career but has now realised that "use of words" is not necessary in a face-off.

ABU DHABI: Sri Lankan captain Angelo Mathews hit a pugnacious hundred to pull Sri Lanka out of trouble on the fourth day of the first Test against Pakistan in Abu Dhabi on Friday.

SYDNEY: Australia dismissed England for 155 just before tea on day two to maintain its stranglehold on the fifth Ashes Test at the Sydney Cricket Ground as it tries to close out a 5-0 series whitewash.

 BHUBANESWAR: For Amit Mishra, 2013 was a very good year. Against Zimbabwe, he equalled Javagal Srinath's world record of most wickets in a bilateral ODI series.