Ivanovic beats Lisicki, Cibulkova out at Stanford
Sabine Lisicki hit the fastest record serve on the WTA tour but it wasn’t enough against in the first round of the Bank of the West Classic, while defending champion Dominika Cibulkova also lost on Tuesday. The fifth-seeded Ivanovic won 7-6 (2), 6-1 against Lisicki, partially avenging her loss to... read more »
Liverpool edge Manchester City on penalties in friendly
Liverpool rallied twice against Manchester City and triumphed 3-2 in a penalty shootout on Wednesday after their pre-season friendly at baseball’s Yankee Stadium ended 2-2 after regular time. Stevan Jovetic scored twice for Manchester City, but Jordan Henderson and Raheem Sterling scored back for... read more »
Kallis retires from all international cricket
Jacques Kallis has given up on his World Cup dream and is retiring from all international cricket. The 38-year-old South Africa all-rounder, who targeted next year’s World Cup as his final swansong, said in a statement he realizes that is “a bridge too far.” Kallis retired from tests and... read more »
Desperate to win the third Test: Joe Root
England batsman Joe Root on Wednesday expressed joy at the “good day” his side experienced and was also confident that they can take the six remaining Indian wickets on day five of the third cricket Test. Chasing 445 runs, the visitors were placed in a precarious position of 112/4 at stumps on... read more »
