HYDERABAD: Riding on her rich vein of form and continuing her love affair with Jakarta, Saina Nehwal stormed into her fourth consecutive final of the Indonesia Open with a 22-20, 21-18 victory over Ji Hyun Sung of Korea in the semifinal on Saturday.

COLOMBO: Thisara Perera bagged a hat-trick to bowl Sri Lanka to a dramatic 44-run victory over Pakistan in the fourth one-day international in Colombo on Saturday.

Jamshedpur: Tata Steel today said money will not be a hurdle for providing best of facility to the country’s top rank woman archer Deepika Kumari to ensure a medal in the forthcoming London Olympic Games.

HYDERABAD: Faced with Saina Nehwal's continued persistence, the Chinese seem to be wilting. The 22-year-old world No. 5 yet again proved a thorn in China's flesh as she wore down former All-England champion Shixian Wang 21-17, 21-23, 21-19 in an energy-sapping quarterfinal of the Djarum Indonesia Super Series Premier in Jakarta on Friday.

BANGALORE: Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi are officially India's doubles entry for the London Olympics, but it's by no means certain that they will actually turn up as a team there. Even as All India Tennis Association general secretary Anil Khanna made the eagerly awaited announcement on Friday, saying the pair was the 'unanimous choice', Bhupathi told a TV channel that the pairing was 'the worst possible in the interest of the country.'

HYDERABAD: The Olympics berth has obviously done a world of good to Parupalli Kashyap's confidence. For, it has now become a habit with the youngster to net one big fish after another in his bag. On Thursday at the Djarun Indonesia Open, the Indian recorded the biggest victory of his career when he stunned world No.3 and top seed Chen Long of China 21-17, 21-14 in the pre-quarterfinals.

Sydney: Michael Clarke has earmarked the short tour to England as the start of Australia's push to regain the No. 1 ranking in all forms of cricket.
Australia, which has climbed from fifth to third in the test rankings under Clarke's captaincy, hosts No. 2-ranked South Africa later this year before an Ashes tour in 2013 against top-ranked England.

MELBOURNE: Outgoing ICC chief executive Haroon Lorgat on Wednesday said that the world body will not consider the idea of incorporating IPL into the Future Tours Programme as such a concession would mean creating windows for other domestic T20 leagues as well.

KHARKIV (Ukraine): Germany are on the verge of the Euro 2012 quarterfinals following their 2-1 win over Holland on Wednesday as Mario Gomez scored twice, while the Dutch are heading for a first-round exit.

DUBAI: India remained fourth even as England took an outright lead as the number one team after claiming the three-match Test series against the West Indies 2-0 in the latest ICC Test Championship table.