Chelsea, Valencia and Lazio shook things up in England, Spain and Italy by climbing to the top of their respective leagues.
Chelsea replaced Arsenal as Premier League leaders after Arsene Wenger’s men were stunned at home by unfancied Hull City, while Valencia moved above Villarreal in the Primera Liga on goal difference.
Lazio capitalised on Inter […]
THE BOARD of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) brass have become such masters at exploiting the existing market demand for cricket, that the cash registers just keep ringing. Usually, any talk of cricket’s riches is followed by complaints and envy from the bodies governing other sports in India.
The cricket board is now in […]
World number eight Andy Roddick will not retain stand-in coach Patrick McEnroe after a straight sets defeat to Spain’s Rafael Nadal knocked his US team out of the Davis Cup.
“Patrick has Davis Cup, he is in charge of player development, he is going to have three baby girls under two years old running around his […]
Former Pakistan captain Salim Malik’s lawyer has claimed that there was no life ban on the batsman and he was only contesting his case in a civil court in Lahore against the one million-rupee fine imposed on him by a judicial commission probing a match-fixing scandal way back in 2000.His lawyer Shahid Karim said that […]
American sports tycoon Stan Kroenke has joined Arsenal’s board in a move designed to bolster the club’s defences against a potential takeover by Russian businessman Alisher Usmanov.
The appointment of Kroenke was announced Friday as the club unveiled a bumper rise in profit for the year to May.
Kroenke, who owns a 12.4 percent stake in the […]
LaDainian Tomlinson missed his second straight day of practice because of a jammed right big toe as the San Diego Chargers prepare for Monday night’s home game against the New York Jets.
Coach Norv Turner doesn’t know if Tomlinson will practice on Friday.
“He’ll come out like he did today, move around a little bit, get treatment, […]
The Pakistan Cricket Board has sought advice from the Lahore High Court on whether it can allow controversial Shoaib Akhtar to play in the domestic Twenty20 tournament even if the paceman delays the payment of a fine of seven million rupees.The PCB legal counsel confirmed they have submitted an application with the Lahore High Court, […]
Adelaide United secured a creditable 1-1 draw at Kashima Antlers in their Asian Champions League quarterfinal Wednesday, giving the Australians an edge going into next week’s home leg. Travis Dodd gave the visitors the lead with a 38th minute header but Robert Cornthwaite put the ball into his own net in first-half stoppage at Kashima […]
In the doldrums after six national team members announced hasty retirements to join the Indian Cricket League, the beleaguered Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has managed assurances from other contracted players that they would not fall for the lure of easy money.National team players Shakib Al Hasan, Shahadat Hossain, Mehrab Hossain, Abdur Razzak, Mushfiqur […]
Spin wizard Shane Warne feels troubled all-rounder Andrew Symonds’ recent act of indiscipline has let down his one time best mate Michael Clarke.Clarke, who led the side during the Bangladesh series, was a member of the leadership group that sent Symonds home when he chose to go fishing rather than attend a team meeting before […]