The 27-year-old scored 106 as Pakistan reached 336 for six on the first day of the second Test against West Indies.
All eight venues selected to host matches for the ICC Cricket World Cup 2007 received the\n\nstamp of approval for their detailed stadium designs and operational plans.
Vikas Gowda gave its first athletics gold medal of the 20th Commonwealth Games by winning the men's discuss throw on Thursday.
'I, for one, never even thought after the advent of the helmet that this could happen. But accidents do take place and this is one of them,' said former India captain Nari Contractor, who survived a near-fatal skull injury after being hit by a fast delivery in the West Indies five decades ago, reacting to Phillip Hughes's death.
Former England fast bowler Stephen Harmison announced his retirement from cricket on Sunday.
Mexico and Bolivia were booed off the pitch after playing out a drab goalless draw in their opening match of the Copa America on Friday, leaving hosts Chile top of Group A after the first round of matches.
"I've not regretted the decision, if it was a 300-run lead I would have batted again, if it happens in Jamaica I will bat again," Lara told reporters.
The US sprinters finished together in 10.30 seconds yesterday, edging world champion Kim Collins of St Kitts and Nevis by .03 seconds.
The World and Olympic champion broke the 100 metres world record with a time of 9.76 seconds at an IAAF Super Tour meeting on Friday.
The Jamacian clocked 9.77 seconds at the Athens Super Grand Prix.
Canada had questioned India's selection for the 2010 Commonwealth Games.
Usain Bolt, Ashton Eaton and Christian Taylor are the finalists for the 2015 World Athlete of the Year award, the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) said on Wednesday.
It's a victory for the Commonwealth movement, said IOA president Suresh Kalmadi.
"Essex gives me the best opportunity to show the selectors that I can also be an effective bowler in ODIs," Kaneria told on Friday.
Leg spinner Danish Kaneria's 4 for 36 and captain Inzamam-ul-Haq's unbeaten century brought Pakistan close to their first Test win in the West Indies in 17 years.
Captain Inzamam-ul-Haq struck an unbeaten 64 to keep Pakistan in the hunt for a series levelling win against the West Indies on day three of the second and final Test.
Brian Lara scored his 30th test hundred as West Indies reached 275 for four in their first innings reply against Pakistan.
By signing the Host Agreement with the ICC, the West Indies became the official hosts for the 2007 event.
The Pakistan cricket team is now battling to save the series after losing the first match by 276 runs.
The fast bowler was named in a 13-man squad as a replacement for Fidel Edwards for the second Test against Pakistan.
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The United States won its 1,000th Olympic gold medal on Saturday when the American women's 4x100 metre medley relay team clinched victory at the Rio Games.
Medal table from the World Athletics Championships 2013.
Jamaican sprinter Sherone Simpson, who tested positive for a banned substance last year, told a disciplinary panel on Tuesday that she saw no "red flags" before taking a supplement supplied by her trainer.
Usain Bolt is promising to let American sprinter Justin Gatlin "feel his full wrath" as he zones in on an unprecedented treble-treble of gold medals at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics.
From soccer genius Lionel Messi to sprint king Usain Bolt, a shimmering array of the world's greatest sports stars are in the race for top honours at the prestigious Laureus World Sports Awards -- also called the 'Oscars of Sport' -- to be presented.
The fast bowler has been included in the squad for the four-Test series against the West Indies in March.
The Indian ace proved too good for Michelle Edwards in her opening match in the badminton competition.
The Indian ace will meet Michelle Edwards of South Africa in the first round of the women's singles badminton on Saturday.
Wayde van Niekerk retained his world 400 metres title in dominant fashion on Tuesday as he stormed to victory in 43.98 seconds but there was almost as much interest in the empty lane alongside him where Botswana's Isaac Makwala should have been.
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'Technically we are as good as anyone else,' said IOA secretary general Randhir Singh.
The Jamaican is seeking his fourth gold in the event - he has won the 100m at every world championships since 2009 apart from 2011 in Daegu when he was disqualified for a false start.
The Indians dominated the Test match for four days at Sabina Park with both bat and ball. Yet, they fell short of the victory marker on the fifth and final day when they needed to take six wickets in 98 overs.
Usain Bolt's rivals will, for once, be glad to see the back of a man who has dominated global sprinting for the last decade but the sport of athletics will be far less enthusiastic about bidding a final farewell to the charismatic Jamaican.
Cape Town-born Van Niekerk is the reigning 400m world champion and he broke Michael Johnson's 17-year-old world record to win Olympic Gold in Rio de Janeiro last year.
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