QATAR: Casey Stoner triumphant in his first race with Honda, after winning the Australian GP beat the reigning world champion Jorge Lorenzo (Yamaha) and Dani Pedrosa’s (Honda). Already dominating trials on the same Losail circuit, Casey Stoner started the GP season well, unlike the French Randy de Puniet (Ducati Pramac), who was forced to abandon [...]
INDIAN WELLS: Marion Bartoli, a finalist at Wimbledon in 2007, coveted her sixth WTA title, which was the first since August 2009 and by far its largest. After 2 hours 08 minutes of effort, the world No.1 was awarded the 14th title of her career and first in the California desert, where she lost in [...]
ROME: Matthew Goss last Saturday became the first Australian to win the Milan-San Remo classic after a sprint that saw him overcome the Swiss rider Fabian Cancellara and Belgian Philippe Gilbert. It’s a little less than 100 kilometers from the finish that this first major classic of the year was played out. On a slippery [...]
The Irish Cricket team created history when they beat England by three wickets in the Cricketing World Cup which is rated as one of the greatest sporting upsets of all time. The Irish on their way to beating England also broke two World Cup records by achieving the largest ever run chase by overtaking England’s [...]
The next World Cup which is taking place in Brazil in 2014 is already a growing concern to the World’s Football Governing Body, FIFA, after Brazil’s most famous footballer, Pele, 70, expressed reservations on whether Brazil can make the necessary modernisation to its airports and ageing football stadiums. In a report from Reuter’s news service, [...]
Ronaldo Luís Nazário de Lima,34, otherwise known as Ronaldo has announced his retirement from professional football on Monday after a disappointing game for the Corinthians who were knocked out of the Libertadores Cup. Roberto Carlos, Ronaldo’s friend and fellow international who also plays for the Corinthians resigned his contract after violent protests were aimed at [...]
Fernando Torres, the Spanish International soccer player had an indifferent start to his Chelsea career where he was substituted after just 66 minutes today, against his former club Liverpool FC. Chelsea went down 1 – 0 in a shock defeat that leaves Chelsea with little chance of winning the league title this year and they [...]
Three International Pakistani Cricketers have been suspended by the International Cricket Council (ICC) for taking bribes during the recent International Cricket matches against England. The cricketers that have had their suspensions imposed under the ICC’s anti-corruption code are Mohammed Amir (banned for 5 yrs), Mohammed Asif (banned for 7 yrs) and Salman Butt (banned for [...]
Carlos Tevez, 26, the prolific Argentinean goal scorer who plays upfront for Manchester City has become disillusioned with City’s plans for the future so much so that he has thrown in a transfer request. 33 goals in 50 league games has made Tevez a fans favourite and can be largely be held responsible in Cities [...]
LONDON: The Australian Formula 1 Racing driver Mark Webber admitted that he had a fractured shoulder throughout the second half of the 2010 F1 Racing season. Webber who is currently part of Red Bull’s racing team along with Sebastian Vettel was putting together a string of excellent victories with wins in Spain, Monaco, Britain and [...]
