INDIAN WELLS: Top-ranked Novak Djokovic defeated Grigor Dimitrov 7-6 (7-4), 6-1 to reach the fourth round at the BNP Paribas Open on Tuesday with his 20th consecutive victory. Djokovic trailed 5-3 in the first set when the 21-year-old Bulgarian commi...
GELSENKIRCHEN: Galatasaray midfielder Hamit Altintop said the Turkish league leaders are delighted to be in the Champions League quarter-finals for the first time since 2001 after knocking Schalke 04 out.Galatasaray reached the quarter-finals as a la...
SYDNEY: Cricket Australia and New Zealand Cricket on Wednesday appointed Ralph Waters as chairman of the organising committee for the 2015 World Cup after the death last week of James Strong. Waters, a prominent New Zealand businessman, was previousl...
SYDNEY: Australia coach Mickey Arthur on Wednesday said a team culture including unacceptable "back-chat" and "attitude" forced him to controversially axe four players for the next Test in India. The move to suspend vice-captain Shane Watson, James P...
BARCELONA: Two goals from Lionel Messi led a stunning Barcelona fight back as they overturned a 2-0 first-leg deficit against AC Milan with a 4-0 demolition of the Italians at the Camp Nou on Tuesday night.Indeed it was a night so perfect for the Bla...
BRIDGETOWN: Two wickets from Kyle Jarvis gave Zimbabwe a boost on a tough opening day in the first Test saw them all out for 211 before restricting the West Indies to 18 for two at stumps here at the Kensington Oval. Despite a battling top score of 5...
SYDNEY: Australian vice-captain Shane Watson has denied any rift with skipper Michael Clarke and strongly rejected suggestions he is not a team player after being axed for one Test for indiscipline. The 31-year-old returned to Sydney late Tuesday fro...
INDIAN WELLS: Top seed and defending champion Victoria Azarenka shrugged off a sore ankle to reach the Indian Wells quarter-finals on Tuesday with a 6-3, 6-1 victory over Urszula Radwanska. Azarenka remained unbeaten in a 2013 season that has include...
INDIAN WELLS: Maria Sharapova stepped it up when she had to on Tuesday to set up an Indian Wells quarter-final clash with Sara Errani, a rematch of last year's French Open final. Russia's Sharapova defeated Errani in straight sets in the championship...
INDIAN WELLS: World No.3 Andy Murray beat Taiwan's Lu Yen-Hsun 6-3, 6-2 on Tuesday to reach the fourth round of the Indian Wells Masters. Murray, playing his first tournament since falling to Novak Djokovic in the Australian Open final in January, ne...
WASHINGTON: US authorities were investigating Tuesday after hackers posted personal financial data belonging to First Lady Michelle Obama, the head of the FBI and several A-list celebrities online. Hackers using a Russian web address published the cr...
PARIS: A heavy late-winter snowstorm battered northwestern Europe on Tuesday, causing widespread travel chaos with the cancellation of hundreds of flights at main airports and the suspension of train services including Eurostar. The unseasonable snow...
VATICAN: Black smoke has poured from the Sistine Chapel chimney, signaling that cardinals have failed to elect a pope on their first try. The cardinals held the first day of the conclave on Tuesday deeply divided over the problems of the church and w...
VATICAN CITY: Catholic pilgrims cried out as the first smoke to appear from the Sistine Chapel chimney turned black on Tuesday -- meaning no pope had been elected -- saying they hoped for a strong leader who could lead the Church in troubled times. "...
GENEVA: A SARS-like virus that has struck in Britain and the Middle East has claimed a new victim in Saudi Arabia, bringing the global death toll from the mystery illness to nine, the World Health Organization says. The United Nations agency said the...
KARACHI: At least four persons were killed and nineteen wounded in a traffic accident on Wednesday morning here, media reported. Sources said that a coaster from Karachi on way to Hyderabad on Super Highway collided head-on with a truck coming from t...
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados: Zimbabwe captain Brendan Taylor won the toss and chose to bat first in the first Test against the West Indies at Kensington Oval in Barbados on Tuesday. Seeking to extend their winning run in Test matches to five, the hosts omit...
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados: Fast bowler Kemar Roach claimed two early wickets but Zimbabwe weathered the early storm in progressing to 91 for two at lunch on the opening day of the first test against the West Indies at Kensington Oval in Bridgetown on Tues...
VATICAN CITY: The first black smoke emerged from the chimney on the Sistine Chapel roof on Tuesday, signalling that the cardinals meeting in a secret conclave have failed in their first vote to elect a new pope. As the smoke billowed out of the chimn...
PARIS: A heavy late-winter snowstorm hit northwestern Europe on Tuesday, paralysing transport, knocking out power to thousands and leaving hundreds stranded in their cars. France was affected most badly by the unseasonable weather, but Britain, Germa...
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