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Sri Lanka win toss and bat in ODI
Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to bat in their decisive tri-series one-day international against Australia at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Friday.Australia are already through to the best-of-three final and Sri Lanka need one point from Friday's game to join them and…
Nani struggling for form ahead of Norwich test
Nani has admitted he is struggling to regain his top form since returning from injury for Manchester United.The Portugal international played in both legs against Ajax in the Europa League after being sidelined for a month.And although Nani helped United edge past the…
India win toss and bowl against Sri Lanka
India captain M.S. Dhoni won the toss and chose to bowl in an attempt to claim a vital bonus-point win over Sri Lanka in Hobart Tuesday and stay in the race for the tri one-day series final.India, trailing Sri Lanka by five points, have…
Cricket: Sri Lanka win thriller over Australia to go top
Sri Lanka won a thrilling tri-series one-day international by three wickets over Australia with four balls to spare on Friday at the Bellerive Oval, taking them top of the tournament standings.Peter Forrest scored the first century of the series with 104 to carry Australia…
Football: Late goals see Basel and Marseille prevail
A goal deep in injury time by Ghanaian star Andre Ayew gave Marseille a 1-0 win over 2010 champions Inter Milan in their Champions League last 16 first leg and cast further doubt over Claudio Ranieri's future on Wednesday.There was also a late goal…
Pakistan beat England in nail-biting finish
Paceman Umar Gul took 3-18 to inspire Pakistan to a thrilling eight-run win in the first of three Twenty20 internationals against England at Dubai Stadium on Thursday.England, the reigning Twenty20 world champions, were cruising at 120-4 after 17 overs, chasing 145 to win, but…
India debates Tendulkar's one-day future
India's cricket greats have begun talking about a topic that was considered unthinkable a year ago -- Sachin Tendulkar's retirement from the sport.Or, at least, the need for the record-breaking batsman to quit one-day cricket to prolong his Test career, like former Australian captain…
Cricket: Sri Lanka seamers tear through India
An outstanding display of seam bowling from Nuwan Kulasekara and Thisara Perera helped Sri Lanka beat India by 51 runs in their one-day international tri-series match in Brisbane on Tuesday.After Sri Lanka scored 289-6, man of the match Kulasekara took 3-40 and Perera 4-37…
Raonic advances to San Jose semis
Defending champion Milos Raonic of Canada advanced to the semi-finals of the $531,000 ATP San Jose Open on Friday by defeating South African sixth seed Kevin Anderson 7-5, 7-6 (7/3).Third seed Raonic fired 16 aces and never faced a break point in booking himself…
Cricket: Rajshahi record easy 6-wkt win over Khulna
Duronto Rajshahi defeated Khulna Royal Bengals by six wickets with five balls remaining in the day-night Twenty20 match of the Bangladesh Premier League here at the Shere Bangla National Stadium on Wednesday.Chasing an easy target of 146, Rajshahi completed its second victory in the…