Doha: Top-seeded Rafael Nadal was hustled out of the Qatar Open in the semi-finals on Friday, joining second-seeded Roger Federer at the Doha exit door after the Swiss star pulled out with a back injury....

HYDERABAD: World No. 6 Jiang Yanjiao downed India's Saina Nehwal 21-17, 21-10 in the quarterfinals of Korea Open Super Series Premier at Seoul on Friday.

Jiang, who is nowhere near China's best shuttlers, surprised Saina with her sharpness at the net. "Today I was off colour. I started well and was sure too to wrap first set but could not. I was playing well but all my smashes and drops went in wrong direction," Saina told TOI from Seoul.....

SYDNEY: Former Australian captain Ricky Ponting scored his first Test century in two years on Wednesday, reaching the milestone just after lunch on the second day of the second Test against India....

NEW DELHI: Ben Hilfenhaus clean bowled Rahul Dravid 'through the gate' as India lost their second wicket on the third day of the second Test at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Thursday.

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This is the fourth time in four innings that Dravid has been clean bowled. Once of a no-ball off Peter Siddle in the first innings at the MCG, then by Hilfenhaus in the same innings, again in the second by James Pattinson and now in this innings....

SYDNEY: Australian captain Michael Clarke set new records by slamming his maiden triple century on the third day of the second Test against India at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Thursday.

Clarke brought up his triple century shortly after lunch on the third day.

Clarke ran and punched the air in joy as he celebrated being just the sixth Australian to reach the milestone....

SYDNEY: India's middle-order batsman Virat Kohli was fined 50 per cent of the match fee for showing his middle finger to the crowd on the second day of the second Test at the SCG.

"Mr Kohli, along with the manager of the team, Mr Shivlal Yadav, were summoned by match referee Ranjan Madugalle this morning. The player pleaded guilty and accepted his mistake. The matter is now closed," said media manager GS Walia on Thursday....

NEW DELHI: Captain Michael Clarke hit his maiden double century to take the Australian lead over the 200-run mark on the second day of the second Test against India at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Wednesday....

NEW DELHI: Zaheer Khan gave India an early breakthrough when he had David Warner caught by Sachin Tendulkar at first slip on the first day of the second Test at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Tuesday....

CHENNAI: Eighty minutes was all Yuki Bhambri took on Monday to send Slovakia's Karol Beck crashing out of Aircel Chennai Open.

In the first match of the tournament, the Indian wild card took advantage of world No. 101's error-strewn show to storm to a 6-2, 6-3 victory at the SDAT stadium in Nungambakkam. This was Yuki's second win in an ATP event after thrashing Yew-Ming Si at the Kuala Lumpur Open in 2010....

Chennai: Indian ace tennis star Somdev Devvarman pulled out of the ATP Chennai Open on Monday because of a recurring shoulder injury.

"With great disappointment, I have to inform the fans and organisers of the Chennai Open 2012 that due to a recurring shoulder injury I will not be able to participate in th

Chennai: Indian ace tennis star Somdev Devvarman pulled out of the ATP Chennai Open on Monday because of a recurring shoulder injury.

"With great disappointment, I have to inform the fans and organisers of the Chennai Open 2012 that due to a recurring shoulder injury I will not be able to participate in this year's event," said Somdev, a finalist here in 2009....