Melbourne, January 18 Defending champions raced into the Australian Open second round today as the year’s first Grand Slam was rocked by claims of widespread match-fixing in tennis. Former winners Roger Federer and Maria Sharapova also progressed smoothly on a day of high temperatures at Melbourne Park, where one ballboyRead More

Melbourne, January 18 Destructive West Indies batsman Chris Gayle today equalled Yuvraj Singh’s record of fastest Twenty20 half century by hitting a 12-ball 50 for Melbourne Renegades in a Big Bash League match against Adelaide Strikers here. Displaying his immense prowess as a T20 specialist yet again, Gayle hit asRead More

Melbourne, January 18 India’s Yuki Bhambri crashed out of the Australian Open men’s singles event after losing in straight sets to world No. 6 Tomas Berdych in the opening round here on Monday. Berdych kicked off his 50th consecutive Grand Slam in style, demolishing Yuki 7-5, 6-1, 6-2 in 1Read More

Melbourne, India have been thoroughly hammered in the first two One-day Internationals — this despite the fact that Australia are fielding a second-string pace bowling attack. India have batted first twice and racked up 300-plus totals, but that was clearly not enough. India’s bowling frailties have been thoroughly exposed. They nowRead More

Johannesburg, Stuart Broad produced a sensational display of fast bowling as England swept to a series-clinching victory over South Africa on the third day of the third Test at the Wanderers Stadium on Saturday. Broad took six for 17 as South Africa were bowled out for 83 in their second innings.Read More

Shah Alam (Malaysia), SSP Chawrasia registered his first-ever point in an international team event, while Anirban Lahiri lost for the second successive day as Europe doubled their overnight lead over Asia to six points and went up 9-3 after two days of the EurAsia Cup. The two teams will play 12Read More

Melbourne, Novak Djokovic deserves a “little star” next to his name for a spectacular 2015 season that saw him win three Grand Slams among his 11 titles but the men’s game is not simply a matter of the Serb versus the rest, Roger Federer said on Saturday. The world number one’sRead More

Brisbane, January 15 For the second match in a row, Rohit Sharma’s excellent century was overshadowed by Australia’s batting might as the hosts notched up a seven-wicket victory in the second One-day International to take a 2-0 series lead. Rohit, named the Man of the Match, made a 127-ball 124,Read More

Brisbane, January 15 In the first two One-day Internationals of the current series, India have racked up their highest ODI scores in Australia. Yet, Australia easily overhauled India’s 309 at the WACA in Perth and 308 today at the Gabba in Brisbane. The Indian batsmen mounted these huge totals againstRead More

Shah Alam (Malaysia), Jan 15 Anirban Lahiri and SSP Chawrasia lost their respective matches as Europe outputted Asia to grab a three-point lead on the opening day of the second EurAsia Cup here today. The visitors grabbed four-and-a-half points against Asia’s one-and-a-half after most of the Asian players were foundRead More