Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Messi misses Argentina friendly with pulled muscle

Messi misses Argentina friendly with pulled muscle


Messi misses Argentina friendly with pulled muscle

Posted: 29 Mar 2011 08:22 PM PDT

Barcelona forward Lionel Messi was a late withdrawal with a leg injury from the Argentina side that lined up against Costa Rica in a friendly.


Tops seeds Nadal, Djokovic roll to Miami wins

Posted: 29 Mar 2011 07:14 PM PDT

The world's two best players rolled into the quarterfinals of the ATP and WTA Miami Masters, following a two hour afternoon rain interruption.


Paes and Bhupathi in third round at Miami

Posted: 29 Mar 2011 07:11 PM PDT

Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi entered the third round at the Miami Masters, defeating Spanish pair Marc Lopez and David Marrero 7-6(5) 6-4.


Clijsters back from brink in Miami escape

Posted: 29 Mar 2011 05:52 PM PDT

Battling Kim Clijsters saved five match points to overhaul Ana Ivanovic for a place in the quarterfinals of the Miami Masters 7-6 (7/4), 3-6, 7-6 (7/5).


Clarke appointed Australian captain

Posted: 29 Mar 2011 05:42 PM PDT

Michael Clarke was appointed Australia's Test and one-day captain, a day after Ricky Ponting bowed to pressure and quit after the country's World Cup exit.


Brazil hits back at FIFA, says no divisions over 2014

Posted: 29 Mar 2011 05:37 PM PDT

Brazil's top soccer official has hit back at criticism from FIFA boss Sepp Blatter, saying there was harmony between the government and the 2014 World Cup organising committee.


Uruguay edge Ireland in five-goal thriller

Posted: 29 Mar 2011 05:08 PM PDT

Uruguay edged a five-goal thriller at the Aviva Stadium here in Dublin on Wednesday, defeating an inexperienced and experimental Ireland side 3-2.


Gyan late show earns Ghana draw with England

Posted: 29 Mar 2011 04:52 PM PDT

Asamoah Gyan grabbed an injury-time equaliser as World Cup quarterfinalists Ghana snatched a 1-1 draw with England in an entertaining friendly.


Spain unbeaten after seeing off Lithuania

Posted: 29 Mar 2011 04:36 PM PDT

World and European champions Spain remained unbeaten atop Group I of Euro 2012 qualifying with a 3-1 victory over Lithuania on Tuesday.


American Fish flails Del Potro in Miami

Posted: 29 Mar 2011 04:13 PM PDT

2009 US Open winner Juan Martin del Potro was at a loss for words after his 4th-round ouster at the Miami Masters at the hands of Mardy Fish 7-5, 7-6 (7/5).


Sweden edge Moldova despite Ibrahimovic miss

Posted: 29 Mar 2011 04:08 PM PDT

Zlatan Ibrahimovic atoned for a penalty miss by setting up the decisive second goal in a 2-1 win over Moldova in a Euro 2012 Group E qualifier.


Pavlyuchenko salvages 1-1 draw for Russia in Qatar

Posted: 29 Mar 2011 03:47 PM PDT

Roman Pavlyuchenko scored his first international goal in nearly 19 months to salvage a 1-1 draw for Russia against Qatar in a friendly on Tuesday.


India vs Pak: Will rain play dampener?

Posted: 29 Mar 2011 02:22 PM PDT

More than any other game in the World Cup so far, this will be decided not on technicalities or precedent but attitude, nerve and character.


Blue vs Green in a match that's red hot

Posted: 29 Mar 2011 02:04 PM PDT

This is not just the 2011 ODI World Cup semifinal match between India and Pakistan, this is simply the biggest game cricket can conjure.


Lehmann makes Arsenal comeback with reserves

Posted: 29 Mar 2011 10:47 AM PDT

Jens Lehmann played his first game for Arsenal in nearly three years on Tuesday when he turned out for the club's reserves in a 2-1 defeat at Wigan Athletic.


Lanka beat New Zealand to enter final

Posted: 29 Mar 2011 09:58 AM PDT

Fine batting by Dilshan (73) and Sangakkara (54) helped Sri Lanka beat New Zealand by 5 wickets to enter the final of World Cup 2011 in Colombo.


Silva falls as New Zealand fight back

Posted: 29 Mar 2011 09:29 AM PDT

Chamara Silva edged a Tim Southee delivery onto his stumps to leave Sri Lanka at 185/5 in their World Cup semifinal encounter in Colombo.


Sangakkara falls as Kiwis fight back

Posted: 29 Mar 2011 09:05 AM PDT

Andy McKay had SL captain Kumar Sangakkara caught by Scott Styris at third man to place the hosts at 169/4 in their World Cup semifinal clash.


Robben returns to Bayern training

Posted: 29 Mar 2011 08:51 AM PDT

Bayern Munich announced that Arjen Robben had resumed training after missing out on a return with Netherlands due to an adductor muscle injury.


Dilshan, Sangakkara lead SL run chase

Posted: 29 Mar 2011 08:33 AM PDT

SL encountered a minor hiccup in their run chase losing Dilshan and Jayawardene in successive overs in their World Cup semifinal against NZ.


Abhijit takes lead in Northern India Amateur Golf

Posted: 29 Mar 2011 08:03 AM PDT

Local lad Abhijit Chadha returned the only sub-par card of the day as he took lead after round one of the Northern India Amateur Golf Championship.


NSFs are run by politicians who don't know about sports: Maken

Posted: 29 Mar 2011 07:56 AM PDT

Sports minister Ajay Maken said the Indian athletes have the potential to achieve much more but it was necessary to clean up the administrative system first.


'Pak must find a way to sort out Yuvraj'

Posted: 29 Mar 2011 07:52 AM PDT

Wasim Akram feels Pakistan need to bowl intelligently to Yuvraj Singh and get rid off him as early as possible during their World Cup semifinal on Wednesday.

China beat Honduras in friendly

Posted: 29 Mar 2011 07:37 AM PDT

China tuned up for the looming World Cup 2014 qualifiers by beating visiting Honduras 3-0 in Wuhan city on Tuesday.


Manchester United to face Barcelona in summer tour

Posted: 29 Mar 2011 06:50 AM PDT

Manchester United will play Barcelona as part of a pre-season summer tour of the United States, it was confirmed on Tuesday.


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