Gilchrist Promises To Play Well
Posted on September 29, 2007 - Filed Under Sports | Leave a Comment
After loosing to India in the semi-finals of the T20 world cup Australia’s Adam Gilchrist promised to make up for Australia’s Twenty20 disappointment. Australia is set to take over India in the seven-match one-day international series which starting on Saturday.
Gilchrist is leading the Australian team in the absence of Ricky Ponting. Ponting has been ruled [...]
Federer Opts Out of Japan Open
Posted on September 28, 2007 - Filed Under Sports | Leave a Comment
World champion and number one Roger Federer has opted out of the Japan Open tennis tournament. He said that his busy schedule is the reason for opting out.
In an interview released by the organizers Federer said “I’m so disappointed that I have to withdraw from the Japan Open, I have not physically recovered 100 percent [...]
Maria Sharapova Unable To Play Due To Injury
Posted on September 27, 2007 - Filed Under Sports | Leave a Comment
Maria Sharapova will not be playing next week’s WTA event in Stuttgart due to a shoulder injury. This news was revealed on Wednesday.
The 20-year-old Russian, who is ranking number four in the world, has been suffering with her right shoulder from the time the WTA event in Miami earlier this year. [...]
Ottis Gibson to be Awarded Player of the Year
Posted on September 26, 2007 - Filed Under Sports | Leave a Comment
Durham’s well experienced West Indian all-rounder Ottis Gibson has been named as the player of the year by his fellow professionals in English county cricket.
Gibson had a tough competition with Pakistan’s Mushtaq Ahmed, who twirled Sussex to another county championship triumph, to claim the Professional Cricketers’ Association (PCA) award.
Gibson took 80 wickets for Durham as [...]
Pete Sampras is back
Posted on September 25, 2007 - Filed Under Sports | Leave a Comment
Five years ago when Pete Sampras retired, he was not sure if he would play tennis again. But this week Sampras will be playing a senior tour event. Sampras will be facing Mikael Pernfors on Wednesday to open ‘The Championships’ at The Palisades, the third and final event of the year for Sampras in the [...]
India Bags the Championship at T20 World Cup
Posted on September 24, 2007 - Filed Under Sports | Leave a Comment
It was indeed a great day for all the Indian cricket fans to watch the magnificent performance of the Indian cricket team. As a matter of fact, the team had to wait for 24 long years to bring home another world cup after the 1983 world cup. In 1983 it was under the leadership of [...]
Tim Henman’s Perfect Farewell
Posted on September 22, 2007 - Filed Under Sports | Leave a Comment
Tim Henman got the ideal Wimbledon farewell as he helped Great Britain’s bid to qualify for the Davis Cup world group by defeating Croatia’s Roko Karanusic on Friday.
Henman is going to retire at the end of the tie at the All-England Club. He was so determined to go out on a high.
After Andy Murray had [...]
Davenport enters semifinals of China Open
Posted on September 21, 2007 - Filed Under Sports | Leave a Comment
American veteran Lindsay Davenport entered the semifinals by merrily defeating Russia’s Elena Dementieva 7-6, 6-1 at the China Open tennis tournament quarterfinals on Friday. Dementieva ranks 15th in the world tennis. In spite of trying her best she lost to the
American veteran in the tiebreak. The Russian seemed have more vigor than Davenport, who just [...]
Daniela Hantuchova Moves To the Second Round
Posted on September 20, 2007 - Filed Under Sports | Leave a Comment
Slovak second seed Daniela Hantuchova moved into the second round of the WTA Sunfeast Open on Wednesday with a 6-2, 6-1 win against Poland’s Maria Domachowska. Hantuchova’s dominant serve and brand double-handed backhand gave the Polish qualifier little chance in the one-sided encounter that lasted barely an hour.
Even England’s [...]
Maria Kirilenko Defeats Neha Uberoi
Posted on September 18, 2007 - Filed Under Sports | Leave a Comment
Russian fourth seed Maria Kirilenko had an easy win against India’s Neha Uberoi with 6-2, 6-2 and breezed through to the second round WTA tournament here on Monday. The on-field action was however surpassed by the last-minute pull-out by local favorite Sania Mirza with a right wrist injury.
Third seeded Mirza, will also miss out [...]