Washington, May 29 (IANS) Golf star Tiger Woods announced Wednesday that he would miss his second straight Major Championship, the US Open, due to back injury. “Unfortunately, I won’t be there because I’m not yet physically able to play competitive golf,” Xinhua quoted Woods as saying. Woods had surgery on his back in late March, which […]
Kolkata, May 28 (IANS) Kings XI Punjab captain George Bailey won the toss and elected to field against Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in Qualifier 1 of the Indian Premier League (IPL) at the Eden Gardens here Wednesday. The game was pushed to Wednesday after heavy downpour lashed the ground Tuesday. While the Punjab outfit fielded an […]
Madrid, May 28 (IANS) Despite reigning world champions Spain being one of the hot favourites, the 2014 World Cup will perhaps be a tournament too far for them. The Spanish national side, nicknamed La Rojas, has enjoyed an incredible six years since it finally cast off its habitual inferiority complex by winning the 2008 European Championship, […]
Mumbai, May 28 (IANS) It was not the first time that Trinidad and Tobago medium-pacer Kevon Cooper found himself in trouble over his bowling action when the umpires in the Indian Premier League (IPL) reported him for illegal delivery action. Three years ago, he was sent to the University of Western Australia in Perth to undergo […]
Minister for Sport and Recreation Stuart Ayres says he’s looking forward to joining Australians experiencing sleep deprivation in June as our Socceroos take on the football might of Europe and South America in the 2014 FIFA World Cup. Mr Ayres has given his personal message of support to the Socceroos following last night’s home friendly […]
Paris, May 27 (IANS) Newly-crowned Australian champion Stan Wawrinka was bundled out of the French Open after he lost to Guillermo Garcia-Lopez of Spain 6-4, 5-7, 6-2, 6-0 in the first round Monday. The third-seeded Swiss led 3-1 in the first set before losing it on the Spaniard’s first set point by hitting long. He pulled […]
Zagreb, May 26 (IANS) Saturday was a day for celebration in Croatian camp in the Austrian resort of Bad Tatzmannsdorf after Luka Modric won UEFA Champions League with Real Madrid and Niko Kranjcar earned a promotion to English Premier League with Queens Park Rangers. Yet, there was some bad news Sunday, as well. Kranjcar started the […]
Paris, May 26 (IANS) Fourth seed Roger Federer advanced to the second round of the French Open with a 6-2, 6-4, 6-2 win over Lukas Lacko Sunday. American Serena Williams, the women’s top seed, also reached the second round after beating 138th-ranked Alize Lim, a wild-card entry from France, Xinhua reported. On a court made hard […]
Strasbourg (France), May 25 (IANS) Puerto Rican No.1 Monica Puig won her first WTA title Saturday, beating Spain’s Silvia Soler-Espinosa in the final of the Strasbourg International. Puig, whose tweets often include the hashtag #PicaPower, went into the match ranked 56, and is considered a rising star of the WTA circuit. She took just one hour […]
Lisbon, May 25 (IANS) Real Madrid beat Atletico Madrid 4-1 Saturday at the Estadio da Luz to clinch its 10th European Champions League Cup. Godin put Atletico ahead in the 36th minute, with an effort from the penalty spot that looped over Casillas and went into the bottom-right corner of the net, Xinhua reported. Sergio Ramos […]