Six-time champion Novak Djokovic's hopes of turning around his season at the Miami Open ended in the second round when he was defeated 6-3, 6-4 by Frenchman Benoit Paire.
Former New Zealand captain Chris Cairns was charged in a north London police station on Thursday with perverting the course of justice.
Former world number one Lleyton Hewitt slammed Australian tennis administrators for presiding over a period of decline in the local game and backed a leadership challenge to drive change. Local media have reported that former Davis Cup player and Australia Open director Paul McNamee is bidding to oust incumbent Tennis Australia president and chairman Geoff Pollard at a board election at the end of this month.
They said creditors would be paid in full and all 405 jobs at the Silverstone-based team, that was co-owned by embattled Indian businessman Vijay Mallya and finished fourth last year, were safe.
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Having annoyed Nadal with an underarm serve at Acapulco, Nick Kyrgios doubled down with the tactic to win two points against hapless Serb Dusan Lajovic at the Miami Open and fire up a timeworn debate between modern fans and purists.
The self-imposed absence of Tiger Woods from the PGA Tour could pave the way for someone else to take over as world number one this year, according to Australian Geoff Ogilvy.
Former England cricketer Geoff Boycott has urged Michael Owen to try the ancient Chinese art of feng shui in a bid to get his World Cup ambitions back on track, the Daily Express newspaper reported on Tuesday.
Uncapped batsman Jonathan Trott was named Sunday in England's 14-man squad for the Ashes decider against Australia at the Oval.
Cricket is set to touch a new high. Europe's longest glacier in the Swiss Alps will soon host an exhibition match between two all-star teams from India and England, at an altitude of 11,330 feet, surrounded by snow-clad peaks.
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Geoff Lawson, on Monday, expressed anguish at the hapless lot of the bowlers in T20 cricket around the world, especially in the Indian Premier League
The Pentagon today advised Pakistani military to take the extremists in the country "head on" and defeat them.
New Zealand's cricketers remain concerned over the security situation in Pakistan ahead of next month's ICC Champions Trophy, players' association chief Heath Mills said on Saturday. An International Cricket Council (ICC) taskforce and Pakistan coach Geoff Lawson spoke to the New Zealand squad in Christchurch on Thursday to update them on the state of affairs in the host country.
Defending champion Marin Cilic had to battle hard before beating Kazakhstan's Mikhail Kukushkin 6-7, 7-6, 6-3, 6-7, 5-1 in their 3rd round match of the US Open on Friday.
England's cricketers were guilty of employing double-standards for quitting their tour of India because of security fears, former Pakistan coach Geoff Lawson said on Monday.
The United States has refused to confirm or deny reports claiming Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf has rebuffed top intelligence officials of the Bush administration, on proposed American operations inside Pakistan, including joint operations.
Left-arm spinner Samit Patel has been dropped from England's one-day squad in West Indies because he is not fit enough. The 24-year-old last played for his country in a one-dayer against India in November and has since failed two fitness assessments.
He might be under pressure to regain his place in the Australian team for the upcoming Ashes series but pacer Brett Lee insists he is at the peak of his fitness and is feeling stronger than ever.
Real Madrid need both Gareth Bale and Karim Benzema to step up a level to cover for Cristiano Ronaldo's absence and Marco Asensio will also be given a more prominent role.
The ITF, in a statement on the Davis Cup website (www.daviscup.com), said, 'By virtue of its decision not to send a team to compete against India, Australia has forfeited the tie. India is declared the winner.'
Australia will not send its Davis Cup team to India for next month's tie because of security concerns, Tennis Australia said on Saturday, knowing the country could now face a year-long ban and substantial fine.TA had appealed against the International Tennis Federation's decision to keep the May 8-10 Asia/Oceania group I tie in Chennai, citing security concerns.The ITF on Friday, however, rejected the appeal and upheld the decision of the Davis Cup committee.
Former England captain Geoff Boycott hit out at the ECB, saying it is "monstrous" even to be thinking of sending players back to the terror-stricken subcontinent and demanded the International Cricket Council's intervention to stop the two-Test series between India and England.
Test and one-day captain Andrew Strauss has been left out of England's preliminary 30-man squad for the Twenty20 World Cup, in June, which was announced at Lord's on Monday. England will host the tournament from June 5-21.
Sri Lanka head coach Graham Ford has confirmed he will quit when his contract expires in January, despite being pressed to reconsider by the island nation's cricket authorities.
The US defence department on Thursday insisted that its air strike that killed 11 Pakistani soldiers along the Afghanistan border was a "legitimate" act after an angry Islamabad summoned the American ambassador to protest against the "unprovoked and cowardly" attack.
Geoff Ogilvy enhanced his status in the game by clinching his sixth PGA Tour title with a commanding 4&3 victory over Britain's Paul Casey in Sunday's final of the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship.
Ex-Australia player, Geoff Lawson, believes that the current team doesn't play in the spirit of the game and need 'counselling'.
Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Ejaz Butt described national team coach Geoff Lawson as "useless" on Monday but said the Australian would see out his two-year contract. Lawson, who joined the Pakistan team in July 2007 after the untimely death of Bob Woolmer during the World Cup in Jamaica, has had a troubled relationship with the Pakistani media and some board officials.
The ICC has approved Nikita Miller as replacement for Sunil Narine in West Indies' WC squad
"Michael has not been selected for the tour of India because his place in the Test squad cannot be justified based on recent form," National selector Geoff Miller said in a statement.
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His team may have ended up on the losing side, but explosive Sri Lanka batsman Sanath Jayasuriya rates the century in the first One-Day International at Dambulla as one of the finest he has hit against India. 'It (the century) will be the one I remember most among all the hundreds that I have scored against them (India),' Jayasuriya said.
Australian Geoff Lawson has sparked speculation over his future as Pakistan coach by leaving the country suddenly a month before it hosts the ICC Champions Trophy.
England will name a new captain on Monday after Michael Vaughan decided to step down following his team's series loss to South Africa.
England named an unchanged 13-man squad for the second Ashes Test against Australia starting at Lord's on Thursday.
Defending US Open champion Rafael Nadal retired from his semi-final against Argentine third seed Juan Martin del Potro on Friday with right knee issues. The world number one was trailing 7-6(3), 6-2 when he decided to call it a night.
Pakistan will make two changes for the crucial Asia Cup match against India on Wednesday, replacing Wahab Riaz and Mansoor Amjad with Abdul Rauf and off spinner Saeed Ajmal.
Big-serving Canadian Milos Raonic made a strong return to competition on Friday by beating Viktor Troicki 6-3, 7-5 to reach the third round of the Miami Open.
Debutant Shaun Marsh struck an impressive 81 and Nathan Bracken took four wickets as Australia beat West Indies by 84 runs on Tuesday in the first of five one-day internationals. Marsh, son of former Australia batsman Geoff Marsh, was making his first one-day international appearance after taking part in Friday's Twenty20 match and he was part of a flying start with Shane Watson (31).
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