Sports

Football: Germany, France quarter-final goes into extra-time 27 Jun 2015 - 10:42 am

Montreal--The Women's World Cup quarter-final between Germany and France went into extra time on Friday after the teams were locked 1-1 at the...

Cricket: English county scores 27 Jun 2015 - 10:40 am

London--English county scores on Friday: Twenty20 tournament At Derby Derbyshire 201-7 (C Hughes 52) v Nottinghamshire 167 (M Wessels 66) Derbyshire beat Nottinghamshire...

RugbyL: Sinfield leads champions Leeds into Cup semis 27 Jun 2015 - 10:25 am

London--Leeds captain Kevin Sinfield kicked three long-range penalties and converted three tries as the Challenge Cup holders beat Hull 24-6 to make the...

Yasir fights for depleted Pakistan as SL take lead 27 Jun 2015 - 04:00 am

Pakistan leg-spinner Yasir Shah appeals during the second day of the second Test against Sri Lanka at the P Sara Oval Cricket Stadium...

Powell in command, Bolt out of 100m picture 27 Jun 2015 - 03:57 am

KINGSTON: With Usain Bolt (pictured) a notable absentee, Asafa Powell threw down the gauntlet at the Jamaican national senior trials on Thursday by...

Recharged Djokovic set for test on grass 27 Jun 2015 - 03:54 am

Spain’s Rafael Nadal poses for a picture with a spectator at Stoke Park, Buckinghamshire yesterday. LONDON: Defending champion Novak Djokovic’s preparations for Wimbledon...

Bayern to begin title defence at home to Hamburg 26 Jun 2015 - 06:17 pm

Berlin---German champions Bayern Munich will begin their defence of the Bundesliga title at home to Hamburg on Friday, August 14, after the fixtures...

French sprinter Bouhanni leads Cofidis charge 26 Jun 2015 - 03:43 pm

Paris---Cofidis have built their Tour de France ambitions almost entirely around the great French sprint hope Nacer Bouhanni. Bouhanni won two stages of...

Cricket: Sri Lanka 147-3 in reply to Pakistan's 138 26 Jun 2015 - 03:21 pm

Bhamara hopes historic pick will inspire cricket-mad India 26 Jun 2015 - 03:16 pm

New Delhi---India's Satnam Singh Bhamara is hoping his historic selection in the NBA will kickstart a basketball boom in his cricket-obsessed home country....

Cricket: Injured Wahab out of Sri Lanka Test series 26 Jun 2015 - 03:08 pm

Colombo - Pakistan's pace spearhead Wahab Riaz was on Friday ruled out of the rest of the Test series against Sri Lanka after...

Cricket: Bangladesh's Taskin out for at least three weeks 26 Jun 2015 - 03:05 pm

NBA: T-Wolves take Towns, India-born Bhamara makes history 26 Jun 2015 - 03:03 pm

New York - Teen big man Karl-Anthony Towns was chosen by the Minnesota Timberwolves with the first pick in Thursday's NBA Draft, while...

Federer, Murray, Nadal in same Wimbledon half 26 Jun 2015 - 02:57 pm

London---Former champions Roger Federer, Andy Murray and Rafael Nadal were all placed in the same section of the Wimbledon draw on Friday. Top...

Football: UAE rubber-stamped as Asian Cup hosts 26 Jun 2015 - 02:51 pm

Kuala Lumpur - The United Arab Emirates were rubber-stamped as hosts for the expanded Asian Cup in 2019 after signing an official agreement...

Rossi fastest in practice 26 Jun 2015 - 02:51 pm

Assen, Netherlands---World championship leader Valentino Rossi recorded the fastest time in Friday morning's practice session ahead of qualifying for the Dutch Grand Prix...

China probes high-ranking sports official for corruption 26 Jun 2015 - 02:47 pm

Beijing - A deputy head of China's sports administration has been put under investigation, the ruling Communist Party's anti-corruption agency said, the highest-ranking...

Athletics: Rupp defies controversy, wins US 10,000 title 26 Jun 2015 - 02:32 pm

Eugene, United States - Galen Rupp shook off the shadow of doping accusations to win his seventh consecutive 10,000m US national title on...