She played a swashbuckling heroine smashing sixes out of the cricket field in her last film ‘Dil Bole Hadippa’ and now actress Rani Mukherjee has turned spokesperson for the cause of women cricketers. The Bollywood actress who launched the first sports docu-drama on women cricketers, ‘Poor... 

Occasion: Bridgestone Invitational At what time: Thursday-Sunday. Wherever: Firestone Country Club, South Course (7,400 yards, par 70) in Akron, Ohio. Prize: $8.5 million; winner’s share $1.4 million. Television: The Golf Channel (Thursday-Friday, 1-5 p.m., 7:30 p.m.-11:30 p.m.; Saturday, 11 a.m.-12:30... 

All doping tests conducted as part of the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa were negative. A  total of 552 urine and blood samples were taken. In the two months leading up to the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa, all participating teams  had to provide FIFA with detailed information on their location... 

As probable, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Sunday recalled experienced batsman  Mohammad Yousuf out of retirement to join the national team after captain Salman Butt and his  men suffered a massive 354 runs defeat at the hands of England in the first Test at Trent Bridge.  Pakistan’s worst... 

The Yates basketball squad won its second successive Class 4A state contest in  2010. Basketball team traveled a lot of miles last season and beat every team in its path. Now, the Lions will be traveling once again, only this time for some presidential recognition. After their second consecutive Class... 

Canada crushed Korea 5-4 Sunday at the World Junior Championships in Thunder Bay. Philip Dierdrick of Ajax hit an opposite field grand slam in the top of the first inning as Team  Canada enhanced to 2-1. The Canadians dropped their second game of the tournament 3-0 to Cuba Saturday. On Friday, Pierce... 

The 62 shot at the St. Georges Golf and Country Club by Brent Delahoussaye close him with the  record at the Golf course in Canada. He not only enjoyed being joint record owner here but also  was able to set up a lead of two strokes at the end of day one. It was however a day of low  scores as twenty-three... 

Pakistan opener Imran Farhat believes success against Australia in the second Test today will give his young team-mates with the ideal improve ahead of the upcoming series against England. Pakistan will begin again this morning on 140 for three and needing just 40 more runs to end their 15-year wait... 

One of the supreme but most contentious spinners of his creation, Sri Lankan veteran Muttiah Muralitharan offer an exciting goodbye to his 18-year-old Test career on Thursday with an extraordinary mark of 800 wickets. The 38-year-old bowler got the ideal send off by guiding the Lankans to a 10-wicket... 

The Japanese bidders gave a three-hour giving on the World Cup plans to a globetrotting five-member inspection team from the sport’s world leading body. The team, led by Chilean Football Federation president Harold Mayne-Nicholls, arrived on Monday on a four-day trip to Japan, the first leg of a two-month...