AFP, LONDON: Andy Murray successfully completed the first part of his hectic Queen’s Club schedule as the world number three reached the final with a 6-3, 7-6 (7/4) victory over Serbia’s Viktor Troicki. Heavy rain on Saturday had forced the suspension of Murray’s semi-final in the…

AFP, GALLE: Leg-spinner Yasir Shah claimed a career-best seven for 76 as Pakistan stunned Sri Lanka by 10 wickets in the first Test on Sunday to take the lead in the three-match series. Yasir spun a web around the Sri Lankan batsmen to skittle them for a paltry 206 in their second innings just before…

Mahendra Singh Dhoni reportedly had 15 percent shares in friend’s sports management company Rhiti Sports Private Limited. BCCI boss Jagmohan Dalmiya had said in 2013 that players would have to submit declarations on their involvement/interest in any sports management companies, if any, reports…

AFP, BERLIN: Switzerland’s double defending champion Roger Federer trumped Italian Andreas Seppi 7-6 (7/1), 6-4 to win an eighth title at the ATP Halle tournament on Sunday. The title was the 33-year-old Swiss world number two’s fourth of the season after Brisbane, Dubai and Istanbul, and…

AFP, SANTIAGO: Argentina marked Lionel Messi’s 100th cap with an unconvincing 1-0 win over Jamaica to reach the Copa America quarter-finals as group winners on Saturday as holders Uruguay advanced to the last eight. Napoli striker Gonzalo Higuain rifled home the only goal for Argentina as the…

AFP, CHESTER-LE-STREET (UK): New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum said he would take some time to decide on his one-day international future after the dramatic climax to a 3-2 series loss in England. The 33-year-old McCullum has a longstanding back complaint and there has been speculation that, after…

AFP, OTTAWA: Germany and China booked the first two spots in the quarter-finals of the Women’s World Cup on Saturday as they brushed aside rivals Sweden and Cameroon. Germany, champions in 2003 and 2007, demolished Sweden 4-1 in Ottawa, while China won 1-0 in Edmonton to send the last African…

AFP, CHESTER-LE-STREET (UK): Jonny Bairstow proved an ideal stand-in as his unbeaten 83 saw England to a 3-2 series-clinching win over New Zealand in the fifth one-day international at the Riverside on Saturday. England, chasing a revised target of 192 in 26 overs, collapsed to 45 for five, with left-arm…

AFP, SANTA CLARA (US): Olympic superstar Michael Phelps, who admitted this week he’s fed up with losing in a comeback aimed at the 2016 Olympics, won the 200m butterfly on Saturday at the Santa Clara Pro Swim. Phelps, whose 18 Olympic gold medals include his perfect eight-gold campaign in Beijing…