Posts Tagged ‘Match’
Djokovic beats Tomic to reach Wimbledon semifinals
WIMBLEDON, England—Novak Djokovic overcame his protege at Wimbledon on Wednesday, holding on to reach the semifinals for the third time in his career with a 6-2, 3-6, 6-3, 7-5 victory over 18-year-old Australian qualifier Bernard Tomic. Djokovic has been practicing with Tomic on-and-off since the two became friends last year in Australia, but this was [...]
Serena Williams Wins Wimbledon 2011 Comeback in Tears
Serena Williams has won her first Wimbledon match this year. Williams came to Wimbledon 2011 after being laid off for almost a year due to a freak injury on her foot right after winning the title last year. It has been a struggle for Serena to be fit again for tennis. After recovering from the [...]
Sri Lanka paceman Malinga quits Test cricket
Injury-prone Sri Lanka paceman Lasith Malinga on Friday quit Test cricket in a bid to prolong his career in one-day internationals and Twenty20 matches. Malinga is playing for Mumbai Indians in the Indian Premier League and had recently made himself unavailable for Sri Lanka’s tour of England, attracting criticism that he had chosen to play [...]
Kumar Sangakkara Quits ODI and T-20 Captaincy
Sri Lankan captain Kumar Sangakkara has quitted the ODI and T-20 matches captaincy. He led his team to two consecutive world Cup finals and lost both times. Kumar Sangakkaraa has decided to step down from captaincy. He will now lead the team in test matches only. Kumar Sangakkara said that he will continue to play [...]
Kemba Walker And UConn Huskies Favored Over Cincinnati In Big East Match Up
Kemba Walker and the Connecticut Huskies continue to win impressively. After navigating their way through five wins in the Big East tournament, the Huskies won easily over Bucknell in their NCAA Tournament opener on Thursday and now move onto the third round where they will meet Big East foe Cincinnati. The Bearcats also took care [...]
Five-star Afridi inspires 46 run win over Canada
Pakistan skipper Shahid Afridi took five wickets to lead a sprited fightback, as his side outlasted Canada by 46 runs in a tempestuous Group A match in Colombo. 40th over: Tempers flaring here, and the umpires have a word with Afridi to control his team. Gul has a strong word with Balaji Rao, and the [...]
Rehman to miss Canada match
Abdur Rehman, the left-arm spinner, has been ruled out of Pakistan’s next World Cup match against Canada on Thursday after suffering a leg injury. Misbah-ul-Haq has also picked up a minor hamstring strain but isn’t too much of a concern. Rehman took 1 for 63 in Pakistan’s 11-run victory against Sri Lanka on Saturday but [...]
Afridi desperate to avoid repeat of upsets
Pakistan face Kenya in their opening World Cup match tomorrow, desperate to atone for their tragedy-hit 2007 tournament. Four ago, Pakistan suffered an embarrassing three-wicket defeat by Ireland and crashed out in the first round. Captain Shahid Afridi said his team will take all opponents here seriously. “There have been so many upsets in the [...]
Rafael Nadal Advances to Australian Open 4th Round
Rafael Nadal continued his march towards history on Saturday, breaking the hearts of many home fans in the process as he defeated Aussie teenager Bernard Tomic in a third-round match at the Australian Open. Playing in front of hostile crowd at the Rod Laver Arena, Nadal showed Tomic how the big boys play in pressure-packed [...]
UM, MSU volleyball teams prepare for Friday match
The Montana State volleyball team will begin the second half of the Big Sky Conference season Friday when it hosts in-state rival Montana. A poll by conference coaches picked the Bobcats to finish last in the Big Sky, but MSU now sits just one game out of fourth place and the final spot in the [...]
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