Archive for May, 2008

Put into bat by the Delhi skipper,Virender Sehwag the Royals made most of their oppurtunities and amassed a huge total of 192 with Shane Watson scoring a half cenutry and Asnodkar, Pathan and Smith chipping in with useful contributions. For the Daredevils Sehwag and Gambhir fell early getting them off to the worst possible. Watson then [...]


Former Rangers winger Libor Sionko scored twice as Czech Republic warmed up for Euro 2008 with a hard-earned and deserved victory over Scotland. Sionko, who had a disappointing time at Ibrox before joining Copenhagen, stole into the box and slipped the ball past Craig Gordon after 60 minutes. Michal Kadlec’s drive put the Czechs further [...]


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 Defending champion Rafael Nadal eased into the last 16 of the French Open with a 6-1 6-3 6-1 victory over Finland’s Jarkko Nieminen.
Almagro won five straight games and the set before breaking twice in the fourth for a 6-3 6-7 (3-7) 6-3 7-5 win over Andy Murray
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World number four Serena Williams crashed out of [...]


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Sixth seed and former semi-finalist David Nalbandian suffered a second-round defeat by world number 145 Jeremy Chardy at the French Open. [ 3-6 4-6 6-2 6-1 6-2 ]
Seventh seed James Blake also made an early exit, losing 7-6 (7-2) 3-6 7-5 6-3 to Latvian teenager Ernests Gulbis. “I felt like I could have [...]


Kings XI Punjab posted a huge total of 221 as Shaun Marsh and James Hopes massacred the bowlers. Yuvraj then came in and scored  a quickfire 49 of 16 balls. The Rajasthan Royals got off to the worst possible start with M. Kaif and Younis Khan  falling early. Niraj Patel scored a 50 but it [...]


The Deccan Chargers posted a total of 147 after their star batsmen Gibbs, Gilchrist, Afridi all fell cheaply. However, some brilliant batting by Ravi Teja and V. Rao enabled the Chargers to reach such a total. For the Super Kings it was Suresh Raina and captain MS Dhoni who provided the runs with a match [...]


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Fourth seed Nikolay Davydenko opened his French Open campaign with a 6-3 6-3 6-3 win over Sweden’s Thomas Johansson.
Ninth seed Stanislas Wawrinka beat the showers to post an impressive 6-3 6-4 6-3 win over big-hitting German Philipp Kohlschreiber.
Sweden’s Robin Soderling pulled off a minor upset as he crushed Argentine 13th seed Juan Monaco 6-2 [...]


On a pitch where the ball kept low, the Mumbai Indians managed to post a total of 145 for the loss of 7 wickets in 20 overs with almost every batsman making a contribution. In reply, the Royals got off to a solid start with Kamran Akmal targetting Nehra in the second over itself. However, [...]


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Roger Federer eased into the second round of the French Open with a 6-4 6-4 6-3 victory over American Sam Querrey. “It’s always difficult in the first round at Grand Slams,” said Federer. “I’m relieved and looking forward to the second round.”
Marcos Baghdatis, the 17th seed, lost 6-2 6-4 6-2 to Simone Bolelli of Italy. [...]


Skipper Sourav Ganguly led from the front with an unbeaten knock of 86 as the Kolkata Knight Riders snatched an unbelievable three-wicket win with two balls to spare against the formidable Kings XI Punjab to finish their below-par campaign in the Indian Premier League on a high on Sunday. Earlier, The Kings XI had posted [...]