Colombo, Sep 24: West Indies entered the Super Eights of the ICC World Twenty20 by virtue of superior net run-rate after their final group league encounter against Ireland was called off due to heavy downpour at the R Premadasa Stadium, here today.

Despite both finished on a point each having lost their respective match against Australia, it was West Indies who qualified with a superior run-rate of -1.855 than Ireland’s -2.092 and will be playing the Super Eights against New Zealand, England and hosts Sri Lanka.

KOLKATA: Indian recurve archer Deepika Kumari became the second Indian ever to win a medal in the World Cup finals when the teenager picked up a silver medal at Hibiya Park, Tokyo on Sunday.

Deepika fought bravely till the very last shot before going down to the World No. 1 KI, and KI Bo Bae of Korea 6-4 in the final under heavy rain.

CHANDIGARH: World Cup hero and cancer-survivor cricketer Yuvraj Singh will pen a book on his player-turned-actor father Yograj Singh.

"He is writing a book on me, whose title will be 'Arrogant Master'. The book will deal with the days we spent together, what all incidents we went through, his journey in becoming a cricketer and his battle with cancer and how he came out of it with everyone's blessings and support," Yograj Singh said on Sunday.

Colombo: Off-spinner Harbhajan Singh made a memorable comeback as a India relied on a clinical all-round performance to thrash defending champions England by a whopping 90-run margin in their final group league match of the ICC World Twenty20 in Colombo on Sunday.

COLOMBO: Earlier this week during a warm-up game, India's T20 World Cup hopes were nearly 'smashed' when their best batsman, Virat Kohli, received a beamer from Pakistan fast bowler Mohammad Sami that would have taken the batsman's head off had it connected. Luckily for India, Kohli somehow managed to avoid getting hit. The very next ball, this brightest jewel in the Indian batting crown showed what he is all about, slamming Sami for a six over long off.

Rio de Janeiro: World football's governing body FIFA has released a statement defending its selection process for naming the 2014 World Cup mascot.

Brazilian fans have been critical of FIFA's decision to force the public to choose between three names selected by an independent panel, reports.

New Delhi: Official broadcasters of the ongoing ICC World Twenty20, ESPN STAR Sports, on Saturday said it has got permanent injunction from the Delhi High Court against unauthorised broadcast of the mega-event by cable operators, hotels and websites.

New Delhi: AITA Secretary General Bharat Oza on Wednesday said that Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna can reach out to the executive committee and appeal against the punishment handed to them on the ground of indiscipline.

"We are not denying the yeoman service being done by the two players. They can appeal to the executive committee. We will forward that to the ethics committee," Oza told media.

Colombo: Captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni admitted that India were far from impressive in the 23-run win over minnows Afghanistan in their ICC World Twenty20 opener in Colombo on Wednesday, terming their performance as "good but not great".

Put into bat, it was man-of-the-match Virat Kohli's half-century and an useful contribution of 38 from Suresh Raina which helped India reach a decent target of 159 for five in 20 overs.

In reply, Afghanistan batsmen showed patches of brilliance in their strokemaking but their sheer inexperience saw them get all out for 136 in 19.3 overs.

After a gap of six years and several missed deadlines, hockey returns to the Shivaji Stadium when the first in the series of Nehru hockey tournaments is staged at the venue next month.

The stadium was supposed to be a practice venue for the 2010 Commonwealth Games, but renovation work was delayed. Eventually, it did not feature during the mega event.