Sep 24 2007
Formidable New Zealand blanked Scotland 40-0, while mighty Australia thrashed a hapless Fiji 55-12 to storm in the quarterfinals of the Rugby World Cup where they join South Africa. The Kiwi All Blacks were in scintillating form against Scotland as...
Sep 24 2007
A 2-0 loss is not the best of ways to start your coaching career but Chelsea’s new coach Avram Grant insists he has derived a lot of positives from the defeat against Manchester United. After the maverick Jose Mourinho snapped his tie with...
Sep 24 2007
Andy Roddick swept aside Jonas Bjorkman with his booming serve as the United States took an insurmountable 3-1 lead against Sweden to set up a summit clash with Russia in the final of the Davis Cup tennis tournament. Sweden were badly hit by...
Sep 22 2007
Though sulking after World Motor Sport Council slapped a £49.2m fine and stripped them of the F1 constructor’s point, McLaren has decided not to appeal against the sanction for the ’spygate’ scandal. McLaren boss Ron Dennis...
Sep 22 2007
Australia’s preparation for the seven-match ODI series against India suffered a jolt with paceman Shane Watson being ruled out of the tour with a hamstring injury. The injury is not that grave but Cricket Australia did not want to risk...
Sep 22 2007
Philipp Kohlschreiber stunned Nikolay Davydenko as Germany held Russia to 1-1, while Thomas Johansson upstaged James Black as Sweden too drew parity with the US in the semifinal of the Davis Cup. In Moscow, Russia took 1-0 lead when over Germany Igor...
Sep 21 2007
It’s not an easy task to fill the void created by the exit of Jose Mourinho, arguably the most charismatic and maverick manager in English football, but Avram Grant, Chelsea’s director of football till the other day, gets a chance to prove...
Sep 21 2007
Squandering two penalties is a luxury which no team can afford in contemporary soccer but Andrew Johnson did just that and Everton was held to a 1-1 draw by Metalist Kharkiv in the Uefa Cup. It was a gritty show by the Metalist, considering they were...
Sep 20 2007
Cristiano Ronaldo literally rose to the occasion when the Portuguese winger nodded home to propel Manchester United to a 1-0 win over his former club Sporting Lisbon in their Champions League opener. Man U manager Alex Ferguson also fielded Wayne...
Sep 15 2007
Riding on a birdie binge, five in a row to be precise, and an eagle to boot, world number one Tiger Woods sizzled with a second round card of 63 to grab the halfway lead in the Tour Championship in Atlanta. It was a scintillating front nine run by...