Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney has been voted England’s Player of the Year for the fourth time after breaking his country’s scoring record, the Football Association announced on Tuesday. The 30-year-old took his England tally to 51 goals, breaking Bobby Charlton’s longstanding record of 49, and top-scored with seven goals as Roy Hodgson’s side qualified for Euro 2016 with a […]
» Read moreWest Indies star Chris Gayle, on Tuesday (December 5) apologised after his “joke” flirt with a female television presenter was branded “disrespectful” and “inappropriate” by authorities who left a threat of sanctions dangling. Ten Network reporter Mel McLaughlin found herself being asked out for a drink during an interview with the burly opener after he blasted 41 runs off 15 […]
» Read moreFormer world number ones Venus Williams and Ana Ivanovic endured a humbling start to the season after the top two seeds were dumped out of the Auckland Classic in the first round by unheralded opponents on Tuesday. Russian teenager Daria Kasatkina, ranked 75th in the world, claimed arguably the biggest win of her career in taking out the seven-times Grand […]
» Read moreNovak Djokovic took just 51 minutes to win his first game of 2016, easily beating Dustin Brown 6-2, 6-2 in the opening game of the Qatar Open on Monday. The world number one was rarely troubled by the German and barely raised a sweat in cruising into the second round with an ominous display for his rivals looking for any […]
» Read moreOne of the great individual knocks, V.V.S. Laxman’s masterly innings of 281 against Australia at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata has been rated as the greatest Test performance of the last 50 years. The honour was accorded to the Hyderabad stylist’s fabulous series-turning knock after India trailed by 274 runs on the first innings, by his fellow-players, commentators and journalists in […]
» Read moreSerena Williams withdrew from her opening match at the Hopman Cup due to a knee problem, an early setback in preparations for her Australian Open title defense. No. 1-ranked Williams practiced on Monday ahead of her scheduled season-opener for the U.S. team against Elina Svitolina of Ukraine in the international mixed team competition at Perth Arena, but withdrew from the […]
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