NEW DELHI: A blazing innings by India's Gautam Gambhir could not prevent a South African win in a rain-hit one-off Twenty20 international at the Wanderers Stadium on Friday.

New Delhi, Mar 31: Indian wrestlers Amit Kumar and Yogeshwar Dutt have qualified for the 2012 London Olympics after  bagging and gold and a silver medal in their respective categories, a press release from Wrestling Federation of India says.
 

Miami: The possibility of an almost Indian showdown in the ATP Miami Masters final was wiped out after Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna crashed out of the event in the semifinals even as Leander Paes and his Czech partner Radek Stepanek advanced to the final.

BRIDGETOWN: West Indies defeated Australia by 14 runs at Kensington Oval on Friday to win the second Twenty20 international and draw the two-game series 1-1.

JAIPUR: Rahul Dravid on Thursday rubbished speculations that things were not well between him and Sachin Tendulkar. The speculations arose after the Little Master gave Dravid's felicitation ceremony in Mumbai on Tuesday a miss.

NEW DELHI: MS Dhoni's Team India has flown all the way to South Africa to play just one T20 game in Johannesburg on Friday. The reason is steeped in history: the 150th anniversary of Indians landing in South Africa.

Galle (Sri Lanka): Rangana Herath completed a maiden 10-wicket match haul to take Sri Lanka to an emphatic 75-run win in the first test against England despite Jonathan Trott's defiant century threatening to steal the game.

LONDON: Yuvraj Singh, recovering after his treatment in a US hospital for a rare germ cell cancer, got a morale-boosting visit by his idol Sachin Tendulkar.

Jamshedpur (Jharkhand): Nisha Rani Dutta, who took part in several international archery championships, has sold her costly bow for Rs 50,000 to an up-and- coming Manipuri archer, in order to repair her dilapidated house here.

So close, yet so far. That's been the story of Mumbai Indians in the Indian Premier League (IPL) till now. Finalists in the third season, third-placed finish in the fourth (after losing the second play-off to RCB), the franchise - that seems to be the most balanced sides in the tournament - hasn't been able to lay its hands on the coveted trophy as yet.