| Australia ready for Ashes scrap: Clarke |
| Australia are rightly underdogs for the upcoming Ashes series in England but will do everything they can to bring the coveted urn back home, skipper Michael Clarke said on Wednesday. |
| Murray withdraws from French Open |
| Andy Murray will miss the French Open with the back injury that flared up at the Rome Masters, the world number two announced on Tuesday. |
| Pakistan raring to go against Ireland |
| Pakistan are keener than ever to get back on the field for the first of two one-day internationals against Ireland on Thursday after their second ODI against Scotland on the weekend was a wash-out. |
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| BARAKUL BULL CRUISE...Al Ahly (Libya) squeezed past EgyptAir Zamalek (Egypt) 65-64 in a thriller on Day 4 of the second Al Shabab International Basketball Tournament at Al Shabab Club on Monday night. In the late night fixture, Barakul Bull (Philippines) pumped up more steam to register their third straight win in Group B of the 2-pool league-cum-knockout event which concludes on May 25. |
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| IPL scam reaches Bollywood, cricketers’ questioning on |
| The Supreme Court Tuesday refused to ban remaining IPL matches while Bollywood actor Vindu Dara Singh Randhawa, a bookie and a hawala operator were arrested by Mumbai police in the spot fixing scam and investigators in Delhi got five more days to question cricketer S. Sreesanth. |
