India put Australia into bat in the opening match of the Commonwealth Bank Series at the Melbourne Cricket Ground here Sunday.

Teams:

India: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (captain), Gautam Gambhir, Sachin...

Protesters in Egypt faced off with police in the capital, Cairo, and other cities for a third straight day Saturday in clashes that have left at least 12 people dead and 2,500 others wounded.

The...

Madonna, who is preparing for her performance at the Super Bowl on Sunday, has revealed that she feels like one of the players who are getting ready to take to the pitch.

The 53-year-old singer is...

Defending Bundesliga football champions Borussia Dortmund wrapped up a hard earned 2-0 victory over Nuremberg at Easy Credit Stadium to go top of the standings.

Nuremberg staged a disciplined...

Fabio Capello's relationship with his Football Association bosses is in chaos after John Terry was stripped of the England captaincy.

Capello fought for the Chelsea defender to remain as skipper...

Former Australian and Manchester United goalkeeper Mark Bosnich has no plans to come out of retirement and play for the money-spinning Premier League Soccer (PLS) in India.

He insists that he wants...

Chelsea captain John Terry, who was stripped of his England captaincy by the English Football Association (FA), is contemplating to quit the national side in protest.

Terry has been charged with...

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) said in a statement on Saturday that it would be talking to long time Indian cricket team sponsor Sahara India to reconsider its decision to end its...

Khloe Kardashian and basketball player husband Lamar Odom have started taking line dancing classes in their new hometown of Dallas, Texas.

The two moved to the city after Odom was traded to the...

The Pakistan Cricket Board's legal adviser, Taffazul Rizvi, has said convicted spot-fixer Mohammad Aamir's rehabilitation programme would begin soon.

"Under the ICC anti-corruption code a convicted...

Former Australian cricketer Dean Jones has said Australian cricket administrators need to be careful with Twenty20 cricket, as the shortest version of the game is killing everything in its way.

"T20...

Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Zaka Ashraf has backed the return of spot-fixing convict Mohammad Aamir in the team after he serves his five-year ban, saying he was a talented fast bowler who...

Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chief Zaka Ashraf has proposed that the England and Wales Cricket Board hosts a one-day tri-series involving Pakistan and India next year, during the recent International...

It's been almost exactly five years since the Wolves stood even more than two games into the season. It came in an intense 100-91 win over...

The Wild gave it a terrific try, outshooting the Stars 34-26, but in the end, it couldn't prevail like usual in Dallas, where it hasn't won since March 21,...

Minnesota Timberwolves' Kevin Love (42) drives around Houston Rockets' Luis Scola, of Argentina, in the second half of an NBA basketball game Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012, in Minneapolis. The...

Negotiators are hurriedly finishing a plan that would have a new Minnesota Vikings stadium alongside the Metrodome substantially complete by...

Australia have handed debuts to Matthew Wade and Daniel Christian in the opening match of the Commonwealth Bank Series against India in Melbourne.With Brad Haddin not selected for the first three...

It was a rare Saturday night for the Seattle University men's basketball team. The Redhawks, without a conference until next season, actually hosted a home game on a weekend. If you don't...

McCullum the big winner in IPL auction Sahara Group has pulled out of its sponsorship deal with the Indian cricket board and the Pune franchise of the Indian Premier League (IPL), the diversified...

BCCI had denied it "natural justice". This means the Indian cricket team is now without a sponsor and the IPL Pune team without a franchisee. Sahara has been the sponsor for 11 long years....

Urban Meyer, new Ohio State football coach, faced off with at least a couple of Big Ten Conference coaches who have been reported saying they question his poaching of recruits who had orally...

John Mersits/ZUMAPRESS.com A few thoughts on Saturday's crop of college hoops: Notre Dame 76, No. 15 Marquette 59: Back in the fall, you would have been incredulous had I told you that on Feb....

SAN ANTONIO (AP) -- Tony Parker scored 42 points and broke the Spurs' franchise record for career assists, leading San Antonio to a 107-96 win over the NBA-best Oklahoma City Thunder on...

The Predators have won six of seven, while the Blues have dropped three of four. Mike Fisher and Sergei Kostitsyn also scored for NashvilleRESULTS: Predators 3, Blues 1MORE: Roundup of Saturday's NHL...

Playing without Elton Brand and facing one of the Eastern Conference's top five teams for the second straight night, Philadelphia had double figures from each of its four bench players to overwhelm...

India skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni has won the toss and sent Australia in to bat in the Tri-Series opener. Australia had a setback earlier Sunday when veteran paceman Brett Lee was ruled out for up...

CAIRO (AP) -- Protesters filled the streets and clashed for a second day Friday with police who fired tear gas and birdshot in Cairo, as a deadly soccer riot focused rising public anger over...

There may eventually be a less likely, less expected and more unusual story line in this most unusual Knicks season. But it will be difficult to beat a night when joyous chants of "Je-re-my!" filled...

GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) - Lauri Korpikoski scored two goals to lead the Phoenix Coyotes to a 5-3 win over the San Jose Sharks on Saturday night.


Down by two goals late, the Sharks' Patrick...

UNIONDALE, N. Y. (AP) - Brad Boyes and Jason Pominville scored shootout goals, and the Buffalo Sabres rallied from an early 3-1 deficit to beat the New York Islanders 4-3 on Saturday night.

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Two power-play goals by Kurtis Foster helped the Devils take a 6-0 lead, and they hung on for a 6-4 victory over the host Philadelphia Flyers on Saturday.


Ilya Kovalchuk, Dainius Zubrus, Zach...

Isaiah Canaan, Latreze Mushatt and Jewuan Long each scored 11 points and 9th-ranked Murray State beat Tennessee-Martin 65-58 Saturday night. The Racers (23-0, 11-0 Ohio Valley Conference) brought...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Pekka Rinne made 41 saves, and Martin Erat had a goal and two assists to lead the Nashville Predators to a 3-1 win over the St. Louis Blues on Saturday night.


The...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Kevin Love scored 25 points and grabbed 18 rebounds and Luke Ridnour added 22 points to lead the Minnesota Timberwolves over the Houston Rockets 100-91 on Saturday night.

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OTTAWA (AP) - James Reimer posted his second straight shutout, and Phil Kessel and Tyler Bozak each had three points to lead the Toronto Maple Leafs to a 5-0 rout of the Ottawa Senators on Saturday...

CLEVELAND (AP) - One spectacular late-game layup in a week wasn't enough for rookie Kyrie Irving.


So, the cool-as-ice kid dropped in another.
Irving made a driving layup in traffic with...

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Dwight Howard had 27 points and eight rebounds to lead the Orlando Magic to an 85-81 win over the Indiana Pacers on Saturday night.


Danny Granger had 19 points and seven...

The Crusaders and the All Blacks are both up for Laureus sports awards at what will be a glittering affair in London early on Tuesday morning. The Crusaders have been nominated for Comeback of the...

NEW YORK (AP) - Jeremy Lin scored a career-high 25 points and the New York Knicks salvaged the finale of a back-to-back-to-back set by beating the New Jersey Nets 99-92 on Saturday night.


Lin...

LAKELAND | When the George Jenkins boys soccer team was called into Principal Buddy Thomas’ office about 8 a.m. Friday morning, senior captain Alex Morrell thought it was for an inspirational...

Hall of Fame running back Jim Brown and his wife Monique arrive for the Inaugural National Football League Honors at Super Bowl XLVI in Indianapolis, Indiana, February 4, 2012. REUTERS/Mike...

Jared Allen was runner-up for Defensive Player of the Year. C10 INDIANAPOLIS - For Chris Doleman, maybe this was how it was destined to happen. Sure, he had been pounding on the door of the Pro...

Bud Grant, who coached all four of those teams, was asked his reaction to those who bring it up to him every year the Vikings' four Super Bowl...

INDIANAPOLIS - Baltimore linebacker Terrell Suggs, the most dynamic player on the Ravens' staunch defense, won the 2011 Associated Press NFL Defensive Player of the Year award. On a team...

Aaron Rodgers, left, and the Packers got the upper hand on Drew Brees and the Saints in the season opener. Rodgers beat out Brees for the NFL...

LINCOLN, NEB. - For better or for worse, Ralph Sampson III and Rodney Williams are what's left of the foundation of the Gophers men's basketball team. And when they stumble, the whole house...

New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick talks to Patriots quarterback Tom Brady (12) during the second quarter of the AFC championship football game against the Baltimore Ravens at Gillette...

INDIANAPOLIS -- The road for the Pro Football Hall of Fame Class of 2012, selected here Saturday and inducted in Canton, Ohio, this summer, must go through Pittsburgh. Of the six new Hall of Famers,...

AUBURN HILLS, Mich. (AP) - Greg Monroe had 24 points and 16 rebounds and the Detroit Pistons beat the New Orleans Hornets 89-87 Saturday in a matchup of two of the NBA's worst teams.


Rodney...