NEW DELHI: Captain Michael Clarke and David Warner hit centuries as Australia surged towards a big total against Sri Lanka in the second final of the triseries at the Adelaide Oval in Adelaide on Tuesday.

India returned from another exasperating tour and there seems to be no answers for the series of losses that have come in back-to-back away series - first England and now Australia. Such is the stern silence emanating from the Indian camp that no cricketer wants to do a post-mortem.

NEW DELHI/BANGALORE: Amidst allegations and counter-allegations, the sports ministry on Monday cleared the deck for the national hockey camp in Bangalore, which will now begin on Tuesday. The decision to give the green signal to the camp followed confusion over its schedule.

NEW DELHI: Former Indian captain Kapil Dev's view that Sachin Tendulkar should have retired from ODI cricket after the World Cup on Monday evoked sharp reactions from former cricketers who said that he was still the "main player" of the team and should be allowed to decide when to retire.

NEW DELHI: David Warner hit a career-best 163 as Australia set a mammoth 322-run victory target for Sri Lanka in the first final of the triseries at the Gabba in Brisbane on Sunday.

DUBAI: Roger Federer, with the step of a ballet dancer and full repertoire of silken strokes on display, silenced Briton Andy Murray in the singles final of the Dubai Duty Free ATP World Tour final on Saturday, clinching his fifth title. The second seed came through 7-5, 6-4 in 97 minutes late on Saturday.

New Delhi: After an impressive outing in the Hockey Olympic qualifier, ace drag-flicker Sandeep Singh is all set to showcase his acting skills on the silver screen.

NEW DELHI: Daniel Christian dismissed Thisara Perera, Sachithra Senanayake and Nuwan Kulasekara to take a hat-trick in the last league match of the tri-series at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on Friday.

DUBAI: Roger Federer kept on course for a record fifth title at the Dubai Open when he reached the semifinals in a repeat of the 2007 final against Mikhail Youzhny on Friday.

New Delhi, March 1: Indian cricketer Yuvraj Singh has completed the second cycle of chemotherapy, continuing his recovery from a rare germ cell cancer in Boston ( United States).