Jakub Smrz clocked the fastest time in first qualifying on the opening day of the 2009 FIM World Superbike Championship season.
The 25-year-old Czech powered his Ducati around the picturesque circuit, which is situated south of Melbourne, in a time of one minute 32.212 seconds.Smrz’s time was just good enough to edge veteran Nori Haga into [...]

Novak Djokovic sealed his place in the final of the Dubai Tennis Championships with a superb comeback win over Gilles Simon.
Not for the first time in this tournament the top seed did not have things all his own way as he battled to a 3-6 7-5 7-5 victory over the Frenchman.
Third seed Simon, who beat [...]

New Zealand beat India by five wickets in the second and final Twenty20 cricket match at Westpac stadium on Friday.
With this win, New Zealand won the two-match series 2-0.
The New Zealand run chase began with a flourish with McCullum and Jesse Ryder (26) putting on a brisk 53-run partnership.
Ryder hoicked Irfan Pathan for [...]

A century on debut from Marcus North and a disciplined bowling display put Australia in command against South Africa.
After Australia piled on 466, which included an unbeaten career-best 96 from Mitchell Johnson and a half-century from Brad Haddin, they put the home side under all sorts of pressure and left them reeling at 85 for [...]

England in West Indies, 2009

West Indies vs England, 4th Test

Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados, February 26-2, 2009

Match Information

Umpires:
Aleem Dar (Pak) & Russell Tiffin (Zim)

Third Umpire:
Daryl Harper (Aus)

Match Referee:
Alan Hurst (Aus)

Toss:
England (Elected to bat)

Match Status:
Match drawn

Man of the Match:
Ramnaresh Sarwan

Batting: England 1st Innings

Batsmen
England (600/6 in 153.2 ovs)
Runs
Balls
4’s
6’s
SR

Andrew Strauss (c)
b D Powell
142
210
18
1
67.62

Alastair Cook
c R Hinds [...]

Australia in South Africa, 2009

South Africa vs Australia, 1st Test

The Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg, February 26-2, 2009

Match Information

Umpires:
Billy Bowden (NZ) & Steve Bucknor (WI)

Third Umpire:
Asad Rauf (Pak)

Match Referee:
Jeff Crowe (NZ)

Toss:
Australia (Elected to bat)

Match Status:
Australia won by 162 runs

Man of the Match:
Mitchell Johnson

Batting: Australia 1st Innings

Batsmen
Australia (466/10 in 125.4 ovs)
Runs
Balls
4’s
6’s
SR

Phillip Hughes
c M Boucher [...]

David Coulthard predicts Formula One will see an even better and improved world champion Lewis Hamilton this year.
Hamilton starts the defence of his title next month after the dramatic finale to the 2008 season when he snatched the championship thrillingly in Brazil.
Coulthard, a BBC pundit for the new season, said: “If he hadn’t done it [...]

New Zealand drew first blood in their series with India with a seven-wicket win over India in the opening Twenty20 match in Christchurch.
Set a target of 163, the hosts reached it with eight balls to spare as Jacob Oram smacked a huge six to bring up the winning runs.
Brendon McCullum was the top scorer for [...]

Younus Khan failed to post the highest Test score by a Pakistani batsman as the first Test against Sri Lanka ended in a draw, after some late excitement raised hopes of an unlikely result.

Khan fell for 313, 24 short of Hanif Mohammad’s record score of 337, but the home team still achieved their highest Test [...]

Andy Roddick claimed his first title of the year by beating Radek Stepanek at the Regions Morgan Keegan Championships.
The top-seeded American recorded a 7-5 7-5 victory over Stepanek to claim a second title in Memphis and 27th of his career.
Stepanek beat Roddick in the semi-finals at San Jose last week en route to the title, [...]