Family, friends presence at SCG powered Clarke to perform
Sydney, Jan.5 (ANI): THE pressure of performing in front of family and friends powered Michael Clarke halfway around the SCG on Sunday.
Sydney western suburbs boy Clarke said he felt the weight of previous failures at his home ground and it had spurred him to a match-changing century.
Clarke [...]

S. Africa says that it has Haydos ‘’strangled”
Sydney, Jan.5 (ANI): South Africa’’s bowlers have a suffocation plan in place that has helped them to dismiss Australian opener Matthew Hayden in the Sydney cricket Test.
Hayden is almost certainly playing his last Test after scratching his way to 31 in almost three hours of painstaking batting at [...]

SCG match, one of the most emotional for me: McGrath
Sydney, Jan.5 (ANI): It was also an emotional match for Australian cricket great Glenn McGrath.
He almost cried as fans turned pink in the fight against breast cancer, which claimed his wife Jane last year.
McGrath admitted he struggled to contain his emotions as he and children James, [...]

Argentine soccer star Tevez has no plans to quit Man U
London, Jan.5 (ANI): Argentine soccer star Carlos Tevez has hit out at claims that he has snubbed a new deal at Manchester United.
The 24-year-old insists he wants to stay, adding “We have not started talks yet.
“Sir Alex has told me he wants me to remain [...]

`Pup” Clarke emerges as leader of new Oz cricket era
Sydney, Jan.5 (ANI): Batsman Michael Clarke has delivered immense reassurance to his team in desperate times, and is being seen as the natural leader of Australia’’s changing cricket team.
Having scored his tenth century in the ongoing Sydney Test against South Africa, there is nothing premature about [...]

Asif wants quick resolution to his playing status
Lahore, Jan 5 (ANI): Pakistani pace bowler Mohammad Asif wants a quick resolution to his playing status, which is effectively in limbo after he tested positive for the banned substance nandrolone during the Indian Premier League (IPL) last year.
Asif has appealed against the result, but was suspended by [...]

Taylor wins record 14th Darts World Championship
London, Jan.5 (ANI): Phil Taylor broke his own record for a major final when producing a brilliant display to hammer Raymond van Barneveld 7-1 in the World Darts Championship to take his 14th world title in London last night.
Taylor had not won the title for three years, but the [...]

Pak favours hosting Australia on home soil
Karachi, Jan 5 (ANI): The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) wants to host Australia in a proposed one-day series in April at home, a board official has said.
The official said the PCB wants to resume international cricket in Pakistan, and added that a series against Australia will be a major [...]