BIRMINGHAM : Tennis star Sania Mirza made a winning return to action after her wedding to Pakistan cricketer Shoaib Malik as she defeated Chan Yung-Jan 6-1, 6-4 in the first round here on Monday. Mirza had taken several months off from tennis to focus on her personal life before marrying Malik in April. But, with the [...]
The 2010 World Cup in South Africa has been insured for more than £6.2bn, according to Lloyd’s of London, the world’s biggest insurance market. Football world governing body Fifa, national teams, broadcasters and other firms with a stake in the tournament’s success have all taken out policies. Stadiums and training venues for the World Cup [...]
JOHANNESBURG: The U.S. World Cup team arrived in Johannesburg on Monday following a 17-hour flight and was greeted by the same visible security presence that was on hand for the arrival for other countries. Armed special task-force members, dressed in dark blue uniforms, surrounded the South African Airways plane at the O.R. Tambo airport as [...]
England wrapped up an eight-wicket win over Bangladesh on the final day of the first Test at Lord’s. They made up for some insipid bowling with Steven Finn moving inexorably closer to obtaining his visa for the Ashes tour to Australia this winter by taking three more wickets. It was an innings return of 5-87, [...]
UN chief Ban Ki-moon and Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni have taken part in a football match to highlight the plight of war crime victims. The event, in the Ugandan capital Kampala, comes ahead of a conference reviewing the progress of the International Criminal Court. An international treaty establishing the court was signed in 1998. Many [...]
It looks like the year 2010 will be the year of comeback for actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan. After teaming up with hubby Abhishek Bachchan and Vikram in Mani Ratnam’s Raavan, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan teamed up with Bollywood’s Khiladi No.1, Akshay Kumar in Vipul Sah directed, Action Replayy, a romantic comedy. This is the first movie [...]
The prospects of Muhammed Yousuf’s comeback in international cricket has become brighter as a result of Pakistan cricket team captain Shahid Afridi, Geo News reported Wednesday. It is expected that Yousuf will take back his decision regarding retirement. According to sources, Afridi a day earlier contacted Yousuf and talked to his friends as well. Shahid [...]
Six Indian cricketers who were involved in a pub scrap with fans (at Tequila Joe’s in St Lucia) last Tuesday, have been issued showcause notices on Tuesday by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). The players being reprimanded are Yuvraj Singh, Rohit Sharma, Ashish Nehra, Ravindra Jadeja, Piyush Chawla and Zaheer Khan, [...]
Jose Mourinho has guided Inter Milan to their first Champions League final in 38 years after the Italian champions survived for 62 minutes with ten men against Barcelona, the holders. Leading 3-1 from the first leg, Inter had Thiago Motta controversially sent off just before the half-hour. Barcelona scored once, through Gerard Pique, the former [...]
England’s World Cup base in South Africa is “the best facility any of the nations have got”, according to former England manager Glenn Hoddle. The Spurs legend visited the Bafokeng Sports Campus earlier this month and was hugely impressed with the venue. “It’s great. It really is a top quality training camp,” he told BBC [...]
