Melbourne, Jan 19 - India's Rohan Bopanna and his American partner Rajeev Ram were surprisingly defeated by Italians Simone Bolelli and Fabio Fagnini 2-6, 6-7 (3) in the second round of  Read more »

London, Jan 18 : Wicketkeeper Matt Prior has insisted England will always remain his priority despite putting his name forward for the Indian Premier League.  Read more »

Johannesburg, Jan 18 : Former South African wicketkeeper Mark Boucher has been engaged to mentor young keeper-batsman Quinton de Kock, to prepare for his role as a wicketkeeper for the three-match series,  Read more »

Moscow, Jan 18 : Russian football shows no signs of progress because three-quarters of the country's top-flight teams live off government money, the head of Vladimir Putin's presidential administration said Friday.  Read more »

Brisbane, Jan. 18 : An incisive spell of in-swing bowling by Nuwan Kulasekara helped Sri Lanka to thrash Australia by four wickets in the third one-day international played at The Gabba on Friday.  Read more »

London, Jan. 18 : West Ham manager Roy Keane has claimed that Wayne Rooney will never take another penalty for Manchester United because Sir Alex Ferguson will be "fuming" about his latest miss.  Read more »

Washington, Jan 18 : Cyclist Lance Armstrong has admitted that he used the performance enhancing drug EPO and did blood doping during his racing days in an interview with US talk show host Oprah Winfrey.  Read more »

Sydney, Jan. 18 : Skipper Michael Clarke continues to insist that there is not much skill gap between the top 16 players in the country.  Read more »

Ranchi, Jan 18 : Basu Dev, curator of the newly built JSCA International Stadium, expects the team batting first to score approximately 350 runs.  Read more »

Sydney, Jan. 18 : The Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) is emerging as the favoured place for hosting the 2015 World Cup final, although the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) is also under consideration.  Read more »

Sydney, Jan. 18 : Till a few months ago the international cricket careers of party boys and best friends Shaun Marsh and Luke Pomersbach looked dead and buried.  Read more »

Melbourne, Jan. 18 : Cricket Australia (CA) has rubbished rumors that Australia's "Mr. Cricket" Michael Hussey had a spectacular falling out with skipper Michael Clarke after his farewell Test at the SCG earlier this month.  Read more »

Johannesburg, Jan. 18 : Former West Indies captain Brian Lara has reassured that the rising popularity of Twenty20 international games is not harmful for Test cricket, as both the formats can succeed together.  Read more »

Johannesburg, Jan. 18 : English Premier League champions Manchester City will headline the Asia Trophy in Hong Kong as they join their top rivals Tottenham Hotspur  Read more »

London, Jan 18 : Amir Khan was seen leaving a London nightclub with a mystery woman just hours before flying out to see his fiancee.  Read more »

Rio de Janeiro, Jan 18 - Ferrari driver Felipe Massa has said he intended to vie for the Formula 1 drivers' championship this year alongside team-mate Fernando Alonso.  Read more »

Rome, Jan 18 - Napoli are back in second place in Serie A standings after having had their two-point penalty annulled on appeal in the match-fixing scandal.  Read more »

Adelaide, Jan 18 - Former West Indies captain Carl Hooper says he has no interest in becoming the next head coach of the Bangladesh cricket team.  Read more »

Milan, Jan 18 - Serie A giants Milan have confirmed that they are talking with Real Madrid about a possible January move for Kaka.

The club's TV station, Milan Channel, has revealed that  Read more »

Rio de Janeiro, Jan 18 - Reigning Brazilian Serie A champions Fluminense have denied holding talks with Real Madrid about signing unsettled midfielder Kaka, local media reported.  Read more »