Sports
SA routs England at the Oval
South Africa Monday took a one-nil lead in the three-match series against England, beating the host by an innings and 12 runs and securing its first win at the Oval after a masterful display of top-order batting.
Hoy to carry Britain’s flag
Sir Chris Hoy will carry Britain’s flag at the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games Friday.
NCAA hits Penn State football with crippling sanctions
The governing body of US college sports all but dismantled one of the most lucrative programs in the country.
Chelsea draws 1-1 with PSG
Former England captain John Terry received a rousing reception at his first match since his acquittal on racism charges Sunday as European champion Chelsea played to a 1-1 draw with Paris Saint-Germain.
Tuesday, 24 - July 2012
Dominika Cibulkova beat top-seeded Marion Bartoli 6-1, 7-5 Sunday to win the WTA Carlsbad crown, warming up for the London Olympics with her second career title.
Tuesday, 24 - July 2012
Andy Roddick beat Gilles Muller of Luxembourg 1-6, 7-6 (2), 6-2 to win the Atlanta Open and earn his 32nd ATP World Tour title Sunday.
Tuesday, 24 - July 2012
Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardene said Monday his team must find a way to deal with India batsman Virat Kohli, who scored a fourth century in five matches to help his team win the first One-Day International.
Tuesday, 24 - July 2012
It was the narrowest winning margin yet for the US basketball team in the run-up to defending its Olympic title, but coach Mike Krzyzewski said the 86-80 victory over Argentina provided a valuable lesson for his squad.
Tuesday, 24 - July 2012
Spanish MotoGP rider Hector Barbera will miss next week’s US Grand Prix at Laguna Seca after breaking his left leg and shinbone in a training accident.
Tuesday, 24 - July 2012
London will bid for the 2016 Track Cycling World Championships, the Olympic city said Sunday, seizing the momentum from Bradley Wiggins’s ground-breaking victory at the Tour de France.
Tuesday, 24 - July 2012
The Jeddah Basketball League opened its 2012 JBL 2nd Conference Non-Rated Basketball Tournament at the Bin Mahfouz basketball court here recently with Saudi Arabian Catering Company, Marriott Hotel and Red Sea Pirates winning their first games.
Tuesday, 24 - July 2012
Helio Castroneves thrust himself into the IndyCar Series championship race Sunday by winning at Edmonton, his second victory of the season.
Tuesday, 24 - July 2012
With Rafael Nadal, Chris Bosh and Carolina Kluft injured and David Beckham and Ian Thorpe past their best, the Olympics have been hit by a raft of pull-outs.
Tuesday, 24 - July 2012
All of Japan’s Olympic athletes have won “medals” even before they compete in London – made of wood from debris found in the country’s tsunami-ravaged northeast.
Tuesday, 24 - July 2012
Just four months after looking like an “absolute fool” in his own words with no confidence in his putting, Ernie Els sank a 15-footer for birdie on the final green that won him the British Open Sunday.
Tuesday, 24 - July 2012
Bradley Wiggins is targeting Olympic gold after pedalling his way into the history books with Britain’s first ever victory in the Tour de France.
Tuesday, 24 - July 2012
Albert Pujols and Bobby Wilson homered, and Mike Trout scored a run in his 14th consecutive game to set an AL rookie record, leading the Los Angeles Angels to a 7-4 victory over the Texas Rangers Sunday to win the three-game series.
Tuesday, 24 - July 2012
The Houston Astros’ season went from very bad to even worse on an awful road trip to the West.
Tuesday, 24 - July 2012
Prolific West Indies batsman Chris Gayle and Pakistan’s Shahid Afridi have signed to play for the Sydney Thunder in Australia’s Twenty20 Big Bash cricket league this summer.
Tuesday, 24 - July 2012
The London Olympic Stadium has been shortlisted for a prestigious British architecture award.
Tuesday, 24 - July 2012
Moroccan runner Mariem Alaoui Selsouli is reported to have tested positive for doping on the day she clocked a world season-leading time in the 1,500 meters, jeopardizing her place at the London Olympics.
Tuesday, 24 - July 2012
Crown Steel beat My Care and Hala by 17 runs in the final to clinch the WPCA Summer Premier Cup here recently.
Tuesday, 24 - July 2012
A stunning spectacle of sport overshadowed a terrorist bomb that killed a woman and a monumental technological stuff-up.
Tuesday, 24 - July 2012
Olympic favorite Lin Dan of China will open the defense of his badminton title against unheralded Scott Evans of Ireland.
Tuesday, 24 - July 2012
Saudi Arabia’s representative Abdul Rahman presenting a golden palm tree replica to Olympic and Paralympics Village Mayor, Charles Allen, in London, Sunday.
