Adelaide, Jan 24: Offspinner Ravichandran Ashwin claimed two big wickets as Australia went to lunch at 98-3 on the first day of the fourth and final cricket test against India on Tuesday....

Defending champions Rajasthan conceded the first-innings lead in five consecutive matches at the beginning of the 2011-12 Ranji Trophy season. From having just five points after five matches, they rallied to make the knock-out phase and then knocked off Hyderabad, Haryana and Tamil Nadu to defend their title...

Mumbai: The rebel World Series Hockey, which was postponed last month and which offers a prize money of $2 million, starts on February 29 with Chandigarh Comets taking on Bhopal Badshahs, according to the fixtures released on Monday....

Adelaide, Jan 21: In his quest for a 100th international century, Sachin Tendulkar has often lost his wicket to defensive batting but the Indian icon is expected to be in top gear in the fourth and final Test against Australia starting here on Tuesday.....

MELBOURNE: Former champion Maria Sharapova of Russia defeated Germany's Angelique Kerber in straight sets to reach the fourth round of the Australian Open on Saturday.

Sharapova won 6-1, 6-2, a scoreline that flattered the fourth seed, who was pushed hard by Kerber in the second set before winning in just under an hour and a half.....

MELBOURNE: Defending champion Novak Djokovic ruined Nicolas Mahut's birthday on Saturday, crushing his hapless opponent with the loss of just two games to reach the fourth round of the Australian Open....

NEW DELHI: Less than a year after being hailed as India's greatest cricket captain, Mahendra Singh Dhoni finds his head on the block after another woeful Test series abroad.

The 30-year-old could do no wrong when he led India to World Cup glory at home in April last year, his second big success as skipper after winning the inaugural World Twenty20 in 2007....

Bloemfontein, South Africa, Jan 18: South Africa sneaked a four-run win over Sri Lanka on the Duckworth/Lewis method in a rain-affected third one-day international on Tuesday to clinch the five-match series 3-0....

NEW DELHI: India's batting woes continued as they lost their top four batsmen in the first session on the first day of the third Test against Australia at the WACA ground in Perth.

Scorecard

India reaches 73/4 at lunch on Day 1 with VVS Laxman (4*) and Virat Kohli (10*) were unbeaten on the crease....

HYDERABAD: Overcoming initial jitters Saina Nehwal stamped her class with a straight-game - 21-19, 21-8 - victory against Shao Chieh Cheng of Chinese Taipei to make it to the quarterfinals of the Malaysia Open Super Series in Kuala Lumpur on Thursday....