BANGALORE: Mahesh Bhupathi and Sania Mirza's win in the French Open gives a fresh twist to India's London challenge. India's best chance for a medal in tennis, after all, is in the mixed doubles and not in the men's doubles.

PARIS: Rafael Nadal clinched a record seventh French Open title on Monday, defeating world number one Novak Djokovic 6-4, 6-3, 2-6, 7-5 and shattering the Serb's dream of Grand Slam history.

New Delhi: India today named a 16-member hockey squad, to be led by goalkeeper Bharat Chetri, for next month’s London Olympics, ending days of speculation but as expected without any major surprises.

CHENNAI: Delhi Daredevils virtually handed the final berth to Chennai on a platter at the Chepauk on Friday.

Nottingham: A century from Marlon Samuels and the highest ever test score by Darren Sammy dragged West Indies back into the second test with England at Trent Bridge, steering the tourists to 304-6 at stumps on Friday.
Samuels ended day one unbeaten on 107, with 15 fours from 225 balls, while captain Sammy was 88 not out, after an aggressive innings spanning 121 balls, with a six and 13 fours.

MUMBAI: The Wednesday night fracas at Wankhede stadium deteriorated on Thursday into a rigid standoff between Shah Rukh Khan and the Mumbai Cricket Association on Thursday, with a "father's love for his daughter" being weighed against a "star's abusive and drunken behaviour".

The global cricket media has long run out of epithets to tag on to Chris Gayle's T20 heroics. 'Gayle force' or 'Gayle storm' is now commonplace but lacks the frenzy of certain Gayle onslaughts, like for example the one at the Ferozeshah Kotla on Thursday. 'Happy and Gayle' doesn't seem to cut it for obvious reasons.

NEW DELHI: Spot-fixing and underhand financial dealings seem to be rampant in the world's richest, glitziest T20 competition, the Indian Premier League, if a sting operation by India TV is to be believed.

BANGALORE: Mumbai Indians' Ambati Rayudu and Royal Challengers Bangalore's Harshal Patel have been fined for breaching the Code of Conduct after an ugly spat occurred between the two just after an Indian Premier League match.

Mohali: Gurkeerat Singh stroked his 33 runs with the thrill in end to bring Kings XI Punjab 4-wickets win against target of 191 given by Deccan Chargers in Indian Premier League match here today.Gurkeerat hitted 33 and was not out at the end of match whereas David Hussey was at non strikers end with 65 runs.
Sudhindra finished off his spell with figures of 47 for 0. Last ball trying for a yorker ends up bowling a low full-toss and Hussey hits it for a maximum.