Category: Sports

GALLE, August 3, 2008 (AFP) – Skipper Anil Kumble on Sunday lauded opener Virender Sehwag and teenage paceman Ishant Sharma for playing key roles in India’s series-levelling victory against Sri Lanka here.India, who lost the opening match of the three-Test series by an innings and 239 runs in Colombo, came back strongly to win the […]

GALLE, August 3, 2008 (AFP) – Indian pacemen Ishant Sharma and Zaheer Khan shared three early wickets to boost India’s chances of winning the second Test against Sri Lanka here on Sunday. India earlier failed to cope with Sri Lankan spinners Muttiah Muralitharan and Ajantha Mendis as they were bowled out for 269 after resuming […]

PARIS, Aug 03, 2008 (AFP) – Time and tide wait for no man, or do they? Beijing-bound athletes Jeannie Longo, Haile Satayin, Hiroshi Hoketsu, Dara Torres, James Tomkins and Susan Nattrass have shown getting older does not rule out Olympic participation at the highest level. French cyclist Longo, Ethiopian-born Israeli Satayin, who runs in the […]

GALLE, August 2, 2008 (AFP) – Harbhajan Singh bagged six wickets to help India gain a 37-run lead on the third day of the evenly poised second Test against Sri Lanka here on Saturday.The off-spinner finished with 6-102 as the hosts were all out for 292 in their first innings on the stroke of lunch […]

GALLE, August 2, 2008 (AFP) – Sri Lanka grabbed three big wickets in the closing session to throw the second Test against India wide open on the third day here on Saturday. India were strongly placed at 144-1 before slipping to 200-4 in their second innings at stumps, with Muttiah Muralitharan, Ajantha Mendis and Chaminda […]

GALLE, July 31, 2008 (AFP) – Ajantha Mendis and Chaminda Vaas led Sri Lanka’s fight back after Indian opener Virender Sehwag missed out on a rare feat of scoring a century before lunch in the second Test here on Thursday.Sehwag was unbeaten on 91 at the lunch-break before hammering a robust 128 not out for […]

GALLE, August 1, 2008 (AFP) – Virender Sehwag completed a brilliant double-century to help India post 329 in the first innings on the second day of the second Test against Sri Lanka here on Friday. The explosive opener carried his bat through the innings to remain unbeaten on 201, becoming in the process only the […]

GALLE, August 1, 2008 (AFP) – Kumar Sangakkara and Malinda Warnapura hit impressive half-centuries to help Sri Lanka reach 126-1 in the first innings at tea in reply to India’s 329 in the second Test here on Friday.Warnapura was unbeaten on 60 and Sangakkara on 59 not out at the break to steady the innings […]

GALLE, August 1, 2008 (AFP) – Harbhajan Singh bagged four quick wickets in a magnificent spell to put Sri Lanka under pressure in the second Test against India here on Friday.The off-spinner (4-71) removed well-set Kumar Sangakkara and Malinda Warnapura in successive overs before Sri Lanka struggled to reach 215-5 in their first innings at […]

SINGAPORE, July 31, 2008 (AFP) – Powerhouse nations like China, the United States and Russia might grab all the Olympic gold medal attention but the world’s sporting minnows plan to grab at least some of the limelight. While some nations might whinge about winning dozens of medals, others will be glad of just one — […]

GALLE, July 31, 2008 (AFP) – Virender Sehwag hammered a quickfire 91 not out as India raced to 151 for no loss in their first innings at lunch on the opening day of the second Test here on Thursday. The aggressive opener reached his 14th Test half-century when he cut off-spinner Muttiah Muralitharan for his […]

HONG KONG, July 30, 2008 (AFP) – When Coroebus of Elis won the first Olympic sprint in 776 BC, the result was scratched on to parchment and read out in market places in the following days and weeks.This year, the Olympic 100 metres champion will be announced immediately, to billions worldwide, via a click of […]