Category: Sports

LONDON, June 20, 2014 (AFP) – A court jailed three men on Friday for up to five years over their involvement in a plot to fix English lower league games after coming to Britain from Singapore.Krishna Ganeshan, 44, and Chann Sankaran, 33, were sent to prison for five years each, with the judge describing them […]

LEEDS, June 20, 2014 (AFP) – Stuart Broad admitted he had no idea he had become the first England bowler to take two Test hat-tricks and just the fourth in all after he struck with three succesive balls against Sri Lanka at Headingley on Friday.The seamer, who had previously performed the feat against India at […]

SAO PAULO, June 20, 2014 (AFP) – Luis Suarez scored twice as Uruguay sent England spinning towards their earliest World Cup exit in 56 years on Thursday with a 2-1 victory.Liverpool striker Suarez grabbed the second of two opportunistic goals in the 85th minute of a tense Group D battle in Sao Paulo after Wayne […]

LEEDS, June 19, 2014 (AFP) – England will hope to go one wicket better when they face Sri Lanka in the second and final Test of their series at Headingley on Friday.Alastair Cook’s new-look side were denied victory in the first Test at Lord’s on Monday after Sri Lanka No 11 Nuwan Pradeep got through […]

SANTO ANDRÉ, June 18, 2014 (AFP) – Goal-scoring machine Gerd Mueller was unkindly nicknamed ‘short, fat Mueller’ during his career, now Germany’s latest hot-shot star has been dubbed ‘El Flaco’ — the Skinny One — by Argentina legend Maradona.Thomas Mueller claimed the first hat-trick of these World Cup finals in Monday’s 4-0 drubbing of Portugal […]

SYDNEY, June 18, 2014 (AFP) – Sri Lankan spin great Muthiah Muralitharan announced Wednesday he will join the Australian coaching team for their series against Pakistan in the United Arab Emirates.The world’s leading Test wicket taker is already working with Australia’s top spinner Nathan Lyon as part of Australia’s National Cricket Centre Spin Programme, and […]

LONDON, June 16, 2014 (AFP) – Sri Lanka tail-ender Nuwan Pradeep survived the final five balls of the match as the tourists clung on for a thrilling draw with England in the first Test at Lord’s on Monday. Cook, predictably, declared on England’s overnight 267 for eight after left-hander Gary Ballance had reached his maiden […]

NATAL, June 17, 2014 (AFP) – German-born United States defender John Brooks came off the bench to stun Ghana with a late winner in a 2-1 victory in Natal on Monday to put a huge dent in the 2010 World Cup quarter-finalists hopes of emulating that feat this time round.Ghana showed improvement after the break, […]

RIO DE JANEIRO, June 16, 2014 (AFP) – Lionel Messi scored a trademark individual goal as Argentina opened their World Cup campaign with a narrow 2-1 win over Bosnia-Hercegovina at Rio de Janeiro’s renovated Maracana on Sunday.Sabella took decisive action at half-time, sending on Higuain and Fernando Gago for Maxi Rodriguez and Hugo Campanaro and […]

LONDON, June 14, 2014 (AFP) – Kumar Sangakkara’s first Test hundred at Lord’s saw him rewrite cricket’s record books but England remained in control of their series opener with Sri Lanka on Saturday. Sri Lanka were 415 for seven at stumps on the third day of this two-match series, with left-hander Sangakkara’s 147 key to […]

LONDON, June 13, 2014 (AFP) – Yorkshireman Joe Root’s maiden double hundred has given England a big advantage in the first Test against Sri Lanka at Lord’s after the hosts declared their innings on 575 for nine. Sri Lanka fought back well, reaching 140 for one at stumps on day two on Friday.The Sri Lankans […]

LONDON, June 14, 2014 (AFP) – Kumar Sangakkara scored his first Test hundred at Lord’s as Sri Lanka looked to avoid the follow-on against England on Saturday Sri Lanka were 309 for four at tea on the third day, still 266 runs behind after Joe Root’s maiden Test double century had taken England to 575 […]