ABU DHABI (Reuters) - Pakistan beat West Indies by four wickets in the first one-day international at Sheikh Zayed stadium on Wednesday. Score: West Indies 294-9 in 50 overs (Chris Gayle 113, Ramnaresh Sarwan 55 v Pakistan 295-6 in 49.5 overs (Khurrum Manzoor 69, Shoaib Malik 66).. more »

ABU DHABI (Reuters) - Big-hitting from Kamran Akmal in the final over carried Pakistan to a four-wicket win over West Indies with one ball to spare in the first one-day international at the Sheikh Zayed stadium on Wednesday... more »

After nearly 15 years of watching him run back to his run up, skip, hop and fire some googlies, its finally time to bid adieu to Jumbo. Easily one of the most humble as well as gritty players on the field, he never made his presence felt since he wasnt the flamboyant kind. You would never see him lead any of the endorsements on TV, yet when it .. more »

Manchester City's swashbuckling playing style featuring the likes of Robinho and Elano has brought plenty of goals but not that many wins and is in stark contrast to Bolton's more direct style. Let's see what number-crunchers supreme Bettorlogic make of it all. Match Odds Marouane Fellaini's late goal in midweek condemned Bolton to their .. more »

India Blue registered a comprehensive eight-wicket win over Red to retain the Challenger Trophy for the NKP Salve Trophy here on Sunday. Bengal pacer Ashok Dinda (2-23) and Irfan Pathan (2-30) mesmerised the rival batsmen with a fiery first spell to give Blue a spectacular start. Gujarat seamer Siddharth Trivedi (3-23) and Tamil Nadu off-spinner .. more »

New Zealand all-rounder Jacob Oram has been ruled out of the second Test against Bangladesh due to a back injury.2 Vote(s).. more »

Zenit St. Petesburg 1 - Real Madrid 2 (Champions League, September 30, 2008) Madrid moved into a 4th minute lead in Russia, Zenit failed to clear a corner and Hubocan turned the ball into his own net. Zenit hit back through playmaker Danny, converting a cross after great work by Arshavin on the left hand side. Real quickly restored their advantage, .. more »

Barbodos:  West Indies women team's tour of Pakistan suffered a setback after the West Indies Cricket Board expressed security concerns ahead of a scheduled visit by its women's team. .. more »

Watch every day's highlights from Australia vs India: free online cricket highlights featuring the most intense test cricket from the 2008 Border-Gavaskar Trophy series will be put up here every day shortly after end of day's play.The following is the schedule of the 4 Test Match seriesFixtures:1st Test: India vs Australia (Oct 9-13) Bangalore2nd .. more »

Chelsea will travel to Eastlands tomorrow to face host side Manchester City in their fourth match of English Premier League this season. Chelsea is leading the league table with 7 points from three matches. Manchester City stands third with a point less than Chelsea. So, victory would see Chelsea open up a three points lead, while Manchester City .. more »

Hugh Morris, managing director of England cricket, hailed the huge strides made by Stuart Broad after he was awarded a central contract. .. more »

London (ANI): Days after allegedly insulting Sir Elton John at the GQ Awards, Lily Allen has written that she "feels like killing herself" on her Facebook page. According to reports, the 'Smile' star was recently involved in a spat with the 'Sacrifice' hitmaker after her drunken exchanges with him as ... .. more »

CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - South Africa captain Graeme Smith is proud of his team's achievements this season despite being outplayed by England in the one-day series. .. more »

The Pakistan Cricket Board have given their backing to Shoaib Akhtar moving to the County Championship to join Surrey.2 Vote(s).. more »

Sydney: Australians on Wednesday marked the centenary of their greatest sporting hero, cricketer Don Bradman, by celebrating the fact his unbeaten record is still untouchable 60 years after he quit the sport. .. more »

Toss India chose to bat v Sri LankaThe toss in the series so far has been crucial: neither team wants to bat last, neither wants the other to get the advantage of runs on the board first. So far, the teams winning the toss have won the matches, after having chosen to bat first. Keeping with the trend, India won the toss in the third Test and chose .. more »

INDIA'S one-day and Twenty20 captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni has been awarded the country's top sporting honour, cricket board officials said.1 Vote(s).. more »

England on Monday named Kevin Pietersen as the new cricket captain. He will lead the team in both Tests and ODIs.  .. more »

Arguably the most poignant new kit to be released by any Premier League side this summer is the new Arsenal away kit. Not only is it aesthetically pleasing but it marks twenty years since Arsenal claimed the title on the most dramatic final game possible - if a similar scenario took place now, the Sky publicity would go into overdrive. Nike, as .. more »

At the end of the first day, India is 214 for 4. India started off very well on the first day of the second test match at Galle. However, the standards set by the Sri Lankan team are fairly high. Virender Sehwag hit a century and is still playing at 128. Gautam Gambhir and Virender Sehwag gave a dominating start to the Indian team. Later in the .. more »