Deeply hurt by the criticism from Allan Border and Ian Chappell in the Nagpur Test over-rate controversy, Ricky Ponting says he is in no mood to break the ice with the former captains.
Among the torrent of criticism over Ponting`s decision to use part-timers instead of his best bowlers to speed up the team`s slow over-rate [...]
Fast bowlers are generally on the downswing after they cross 30, but Australian pace spearhead Brett Lee feels that he would reach his peak speed in mid-30s.
Lee had a woeful series in India but that doesn’t seem to have any effect on his confidence. The fast bowler, who turned 32 last week, believes his strength [...]
Australia is to replace its annual Indy motor race for a round of the A1 Grand Prix series.
Local government officials said they had been forced to scrap the Indy event after failing to reach an agreement with organisers about what time of year to hold the race.
Queensland’s Gold Coast normally holds its race [...]
France’s Gilles Simon closed in on a place at the season-ending Masters Cup by beating Russian Igor Andreev 6-3 7-5 in the Paris Masters second round on Wednesday.
Simon, eighth in the ATP Race after reaching this month’s Madrid Masters final, will secure one of the three remaining tickets to Shanghai if his closest rivals do [...]
Udinese inflicted more misery on hapless Tottenham Hotspur with a 2-0 UEFA group stage victory on Thursday over the London side who contributed to their own downfall through poor goalkeeping and ill-discipline.
In-form Udinese’s victory increased the pressure on under-fire Spurs coach Juande Ramos, whose side prop up the Premier League and failed to finish with [...]
Australian cricket captain Ricky Ponting said today that he expected the Indian selectors to show more faith in his Indian counterpart Anil Kumble than the media seemed to have, but at the same time accepted that Kumble seemed to be unwilling to stick it out and re-establish his reputation against his opponents.
“We knew it was [...]
Boston pitcher Josh Beckett threw a side session Thursday during an off-day in the Red Sox-Angels playoff series, and remains scheduled to start Game 3 Sunday in Boston.
Beckett, originally scheduled to start Game 1, injured a muscle in his side last Friday during a bullpen session.
“He ended up with 67 pitches, which is a pretty [...]
Vince Young has started working his way back onto the practice field for the Tennessee Titans. Once his knee is healthy enough to return fully, coach Jeff Fisher says it will be as the backup to veteran Kerry Collins.
Young hasn’t played since spraining his left knee midway through the fourth quarter of the season opener [...]
Australian captain Ricky Ponting has said that the expert security advice his team received halted what could have been a disastrous tour of Pakistan.
A suicide bomber detonated a truck packed with explosives on Saturday in Islamabad, killing about 60 people and injuring 200 at the Marriott Hotel.
It has been described as one of the biggest [...]
hil Mickelson won as many points as his last two Ryder Cups combined. Justin Leonard had never won a match in any Ryder Cup until two blowout victories at Valhalla.
And the most stunning turnaround Friday might have been all those celebrations.
Finally, the Americans had all the fun.
Boo Weekley revved up the crowd, Anthony Kim set [...]