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No Captain Named In Pakistan Twenty20 Squad
KARACHI (Reuters) - Holders Pakistan did not name a captain in their final 15-member squad for the Twenty20 World Cup on Friday but included Shahid Afridi, Kamran Akmal and Umar Akmal who were fined by the PCB this week. Chief selector Mohsin Khan told a

Pakistan name disciplined trio in World Twenty20 squad
• Pakistan pick Shahid Afridi and Akmal brothers in party • Defending champions yet to name a captain Press Association Shahid Afridi's recent transgressions have been overlooked and he has been named in Pakistan's World Twenty20 squad. Photograph:

Brown apologises to WI for player fracas
Hull City's manager, Phil Brown, has apologised for the 'unsavoury' public bust-up between Jimmy Bullard and Nick Barmby this week. Reports emerged claiming the two Hull players were involved in an altercation on a 'warm-down' outing near the Humber

Sid Lowe: Real Madrid's perfect year spoiled
It was all set up to be the perfect year, the Perfect Ten. 'Vuelve la ilusion,' ran Florentino Perez's campaigning slogan. 'Hope returns.' He was back as president of Real Madrid, the last three disastrous years of his first mandate forgotten in a wave

Martin Johnson tells England team to take out frustration on Scotland
England's manager, Martin Johnson, looks on during their training session at Pennyhill Park in Bagshot yesterday. Photograph: David Rogers/ Martin Johnson has urged England to let Scotland feel the full force of their frustration at Murrayfield tomorrow

Rosberg tops second Bahrain practice
MANAMA: Germany's Nico Rosberg stayed ahead of team-mate Michael Schumacher to put Mercedes on top of the timesheets in practice for the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix on Friday. After compatriot Adrian Sutil had stolen some of the returning

Binocular gets go-ahead for Champion Hurdle at Cheltenham
• Nicky Henderson clears up doubts over three-year-old • Tony McCoy to ride last year's third-placed finisher Nicky Henderson has confirmed that Binocular will run in the Champion Hurdle at Cheltenham on Tuesday. Third in the race last year, JP

Renault hit out at McLaren over 'illegal' F1 wing design
Renault have accused McLaren of driving 'a cart horse through the spirit' of Formula One with their new rear wing even though it has been approved by the sport's ruling body. 'It is fundamentally clear that the McLaren wing design is totally illegal,'

Chambers cruises through in Doha
Chambers wants to improve on his World Indoor silver won in 2008 British sprinter Dwain Chambers made a comfortable start at the World Indoor Championships clocking 6.59 seconds to ease into Saturday's 60m semi-finals. The 31-year-old is tipped for gold

Talking Horses: Latest news, best bets and our tipping competition
The latest news and best bets, plus the fifth day of our weekly tipping competition Today's best bets, by Tony Paley We are certainly foraging in the bargain basement today ahead of a week of quality racing with Sandown's Imperial Cup meeting tomorrow

Captain Cook puts England in command with century
England's captain, Alastair Cook, celebrates reaching his hundred against Bangladesh in Chittagong, in his first Test in charge of the team. Photograph: Munir Uz Zaman/AFP/ There is something about Asia's cricketing outposts that brings peace to Alastair

Brasa expects a tough fight from Argentina
NEW DELHI: India coach Jose Brasa is expecting a tough fight from the Argentines in their classification match for the seventh-eight places in the on Friday. 'Argentina have scored lot of goals in the tournament but they have also conceded a lot. It

Dragons exact revenge on Eels
St George Illawarra handed NRL premiership favourites Parramatta an early wake-up call as the Dragons prevailed 18-12 to commence the new season at Parramatta Stadium. Up against the side that helped bundle them out of the 2009 finals, the Dragons were

First Race Guaranteed to Be a Hot One
The Mercedes Formula One driver Michael Schumacher during the first practice session at the Bahrain F1 Grand Prix at Sakhir circuit in Manama on Friday. Clear skies, a piercingly hot sun and sand, sand, sand. These are the main physical characteristics

Michael Schumacher and Ross Brawn will be formidable at Mercedes GP
Michael Schumacher and Ross Brawn never lost contact after the conclusion of their professional liaison in late 2006. When Schumacher retired, it marked the end of an era for Ferrari as Brawn, Schumacher's technical mentor starting with Benetton in

Lindsey Vonn Wins 3rd Straight Overall World Cup
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Jason Queally earns place in Britain's world championship squad
The former Olympic champion Jason Queally's hopes of competing at the London 2012 Games were boosted today after he was named in the Great Britain squad for this month's Track Cycling World Championships in Copenhagen. The 39-year-old, who retired after

Laura Davies slips back as Giulia Sergas takes lead in Australian Open
Laura Davies plays her tee shot on the 15th hole during her disappointing second round of the Australian Open. Photograph: Mark Dadswell/ Laura Davies slipped off the pace in her defence of her Handa Women's Australian Open title today. After opening

Adrian Sutil clocks best time as Force India set pace in Bahrain
Force India's Adrian Sutil set the fastest time in the opening practice session of the Formula One season at the Bahrain Grand Prix, with Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton back in fifth and sixth respectively. Sutil's lap time of 1 minute, 56.583 seconds

Reynolds fills in for Chipeur at worlds
Kevin Reynolds of Coquitlam, B.C., impressed with his free skate at the Canadian championships. (Paul Chiasson/Canadian Press) Edmonton figure skater Vaughn Chipeur will not compete at the world championships later this month because of a torn ligament

Junior welterweight titlist Bradley inks with HBO
GRAPEVINE, Texas -- Junior welterweight titlist Timothy Bradley Jr., the No. 1-rated 140-pounder in the world since pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquiao's exit from the division, has been fighting on Showtime while rival HBO has been putting together

Saurav-Dipika enters Chennai Open squash final
CHENNAI: India's Saurav Ghosal and Dipika Palikal made the mixed doubles final when they rallied to beat Alan Clyne and Frania Gillen of Scotland in the Chennai Open Squash championship on Wednesday. Third seeded Ghosal and 18-year-old Palikal will now

Liu Xiang to challenge Robles and Trammell in Doha
DOHA, March 12 (Xinhua) -- China's former Olympic champion Liu Xiang will make his first appearance at a global championship at the indoor worlds here since withdrawing injured from his 110m Hurdles heat in front of his adoring home fans at the Beijing

Henin cruises into Indian Wells second round
INDIAN WELLS: Justine Henin says her 2004 Indian Wells triumph seems a long time ago, but on Wednesday she made it look like yesterday with a dominant first-round victory in the WTA hardcourt tournament. The former world number one needed just 68

KKR up against Deccan Chargers
MUMBAI: It’s not just a winning start that Kolkata Knight Riders will be looking at when they face defending champions Deccan Chargers in the opening match of the third Indian Premier League (IPL) at the DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai on Friday. To

It wasn't a head-butt: Johnson
Mitchell Johnson is annoyed. Australia's pace spearhead admits he did the wrong thing by getting involved in a physical clash with New Zealand's Scott Styris, but he's adamant it wasn't a head butt. ICC Match Referee Ranjan Madugalle fined Johnson 60 per

Gardner Bunting Way Into Girardi?s Good Graces
TAMPA, Fla. – First, the bad news about Brett Gardner’s spring. He is batting .143 in 14 at-bats. Now, the good news. Both of his hits came on bunt singles, which is exactly what Joe Girardi and the Yankees want to see more of. Starting in

The horsepower and the glory
Who says it's all about the cars? The eagerness with which the new Formula One season that gets under way on Sunday is being anticipated has nothing to do with double diffusers, longer wheelbases, transverse gearboxes or front-wing end plates. It's about

Gushue joins unbeaten Howard in Brier playoffs
Newfoundland and Labrador skip Brad Gushue watches his shot enter the house in Thursday's 7-4 victory over Manitoba. (Andrew Vaughan/Canadian Press) Ontario finished with a perfect round-robin record at the Brier in Halifax, and skip Glenn Howard