Stanislas Wawrinka played like a champion and true to his top billing while outclassing seventh seeded Frenchman Eduard Roger-Vasselin 7-5, 6-2, in the singles final of the Aircel Chennai Open,here Sunday. Wawrinka, the 28-year old Swiss and ranked No.8, picked up $72,490 and 250 ATP Tour points while Roger-Vasselin went home richer by $38,180 and […]
Australian skipper Michael Clarke praised his bowlers after their 5-0 whitewash of England in the Ashes series, calling them the best attack in the world. The Clarke-led Australia side won the fifth and final Test at the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) by 281 runs becoming only the third squad in the history of the game […]
Portuguese football legend Eusebio died of cardiac arrest early Sunday morning here at the age of 71. Eusebio played in Benfica for 15 years and was considered one of the best players ever in Portugal and also in the world, reports Xinhua. Eusebio da Silva Ferreira was born on Jan 25, 1942 in Mozambique’s capital […]
Real Madrid will again look up to their impressive home record to stand up to the pressure and remain in the race for the Spanish La Liga football title when they take on struggling Celta Vigo Monday. Real Madrid have only lost one home game all season, to Atletico Madrid, and defeat to Celta, unlikely […]
Australia won the Ashes in a 5-0 whitewash after a 281-run win over England on the third day of the fifth and final Test at the Sydney Cricket Ground here Sunday. Resuming the day on 140/4 in their second innings and leading by 311, Australia continued to pile on runs before being dismissed for 276 […]
Former England batsman Geoffrey Boycott has described the current team’s 0-5 drubbing in the Ashes series by Australia as “depressing and humiliating”. “This has been one of the most depressing and humiliating days for English cricket,” Boycott wrote in his column for The Telegraph Sunday when England lost the fifth and final Ashes Test in […]
Former Bayern Munich and Real Madrid midfielder Ze Roberto is being pursued by Brazilian top-flight club Santos, according to local media reports. The 39-year-old former Brazil international would be the latest in a series of high profile signings for Santos ahead of the 2014 season, Xinhua reported. Selecao striker Leandro Damiao joined the club from […]
World No.8 Stanislas Wawrinka and Eduard Roger-Vasselin survived close semi-final matches here Saturday to make it to the title round of the Aircel Chennai Open. The 28-year-old Swiss Wawrinka, winner here in 2011, looked relieved when Canadian World No.32 Vasek Pospisil conceded the match due to a sore lower back at 5-5 in the second […]
Iranian football club Esteghlal’s defender Pejman Montazeri Saturday joined Qatar’s Umm Salal. Montazeri will replace Australian defender Sasa Ognenovski in Umm Salal, reports Xinhua. The Iranian 31-year-old signed an 18-month deal with Umm Salal for an undisclosed fee. The Iranian international defender joined Esteghlal in 2007 and has won two Iran league and two Iran […]
Identical centuries from skipper Vijay Zol and Sanju Samson helped India lift the U-19 Asia Cup cricket title with a 40-run win over arch-rivals Pakistan in the final at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium here Saturday. Put in, Samson and Zol struck 100s as India posted a competitive 314 for eight in 50 overs. Pakistan finished […]