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Roger Federer leads list of game’s top moneymakers
28 Aug 2014 5:23 AM ISTRoger Federer has not won a Grand Slam title this year but the 17-time Grand Slam champion topped Forbes magazine’s list of the 10 top tennis...
Ramdin leads WI to clean sweep
28 Aug 2014 5:18 AM ISTDenesh Ramdin and Darren Bravo hit centuries in a record partnership as the West Indies completed a clean sweep of the three-match one-day...
Mathews lifts Lanka to 310-9 against Pak
28 Aug 2014 5:17 AM ISTSkipper Angelo Mathews scored 93 as Sri Lanka survived a three-wicket burst by Mohammad Hafeez to make 310-9 from 50 overs in the second one-dayer...
IMF chief grilled fourth time in French corruption case
28 Aug 2014 4:38 AM ISTThe head of the International Monetary Fund faced a fourth round of questioning on Tuesday over a multi-million-euro corruption case relating to her...
Benzema, Ronaldo get Real off to winning start
27 Aug 2014 5:34 AM ISTReal Madrid got their La Liga campaign off to an unconvincing start as they beat newly promoted Cordoba 2-0 at home on Monday thanks to goals from...
Lampard ends England career
27 Aug 2014 5:32 AM ISTEngland midfielder Frank Lampard (in pic) announced his retirement from international football after a career spanning 15 years on Tuesday. The...
Graeme Swann damns England’s World Cup hopes
27 Aug 2014 4:55 AM ISTGraeme Swann believes England ‘do not have a cat in hell’s chance’ of winning next year’s World Cup unless they add more firepower to their top-order...
Mission accomplished, says satisfied Phelps
26 Aug 2014 6:01 AM ISTMichael Phelps (in pic) says he accomplished all he wanted to in his first international meet back from retirement, after winning three gold medals at...
Novak Djokovic all set to shine in New York night
26 Aug 2014 5:57 AM ISTThe Serbian star ended a maddening spate of near-misses in majors with a five-set triumph over Roger Federer in the Wimbledon final. With his seventh...
Cop brands protesters ‘rabid dogs’
25 Aug 2014 3:56 AM ISTA police officer in Missouri was suspended on Friday after he used Facebook to lash out at protesters condemning the fatal shooting of an unarmed...
Streaking McIlroy struggles, Van Pelt grabs lead
24 Aug 2014 5:10 AM ISTTop-ranked Rory McIlroy’s (in pic) bid to become only the fifth player to win four consecutive PGA events started poorly on Thursday at the Barclays...
I have gone from ‘king of Manchester’ to ‘devil’, says United coach Van Gaal
24 Aug 2014 5:06 AM ISTManchester United manager Louis van Gaal (in pic) has poured scorn on critics who he says have made a ‘devil’ of him after one defeat in his new job....


