New Delhi ,Feb. 7: Indian Davis Cupper Rohan Bopanna and Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi of Pakistan clinched their first ATP World Tour doubles title in Johannesburg on Sunday.
Bopanna and Qureshi, who were unseeded at the tournament, defeated second seeds Karol Beck and Harold Levy 2-6, 6-3, 10-5 in a hard-fought final.

Kharkiv (Ukraine), Feb. 7: Flavia Pennetta defeated Alona Bondarenko in straight sets to put reigning champions Italy 2-1 up against hosts Ukraine in the two teams’ Fed Cup opening round clash here on Sunday.
The 27-year-old Pennetta, ranked 12th in the world, won 7-5, 7-6 (7/3) in one hour 53 minutes to record her third win over Bondarenko in as many meetings.

NAGPUR , Feb. 6: A careful selection of objectives and solid execution of plans saw South Africa pillory the Indian attack on the opening day of the first Test at the VCA Stadium here on Saturday. Unbeaten hundreds by Jacques Kallis and Hashim Amla carried the visitors to a strong 291/2 at close. Kallis joined Sunil Gavaskar on the centurions list with his 34th Test hundred while Amla registered his eighth.

NAGPUR , Feb. 6: A score of 291/2 is certain to bog down any captain but not M.S. Dhoni. He was ready to see the good work of his bowlers on an unresponsive wicket. “I’m happy with the performance Zaheer Khan and the others. We did a decent job on a slow wicket. We were also a bit unlucky as the ball missed the outside edge on a few occasions,” said Dhoni after four of his five bowlers failed to take a wicket.

NAGPUR ,Feb. 6: South Africa’s batting consultant Kepler Wessels paid rich tribute to Nagpur Test centurions Hashim Amla and Jacques Kallis after the Proteas had reached 291/2 on the opening day here on Saturday.

Melbourne, Feb. 6: West Indies skipper Chris Gayle has boldly predicted a 4-1 win over Australia for his side in the five-match ODI series, starting at the MCG on Sunday.
Despite having lost the three-Test series against Australia late last year, Gayle said his side is motivated for series against the hosts. “It’s not intimidating to be honest with you, we’re going to beat them 4-1. So, not to worry,” the Courier Mail quoted Gayle as saying.

Kanpur, Feb. 6: A war of words has begun between the Uttar Pradesh Cricket Association and the state administration over the shifting of the second ODI of the India-South Africa series from here to Gwalior, with the two groups blaming the other for the fiasco.

Hyderabad , Feb. 6: The Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium on Saturday was witness to one of the most exhilarating encounters scripted on the Indian domestic circuit as West Zone, riding on Yusuf Pathan’s unbeaten 210 rewrote the record books by chasing down 536, the highest successful chase in first-class history to clinch the Duleep Trophy against South Zone.

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Hyderabad, Feb. 6: Yusuf Pathan scripted one of the most remarkable run-chase in Duleep Trophy final here on Saturday, guiding West Zone to an unlikely three-wicket victory. The man of the moment said he was hitting the ball well and the first-innings century did a world of good to his confidence.

New Delhi, Feb. 6: Olympic gold medallist Abhinav Bindra continued to shoot gold, notching up a second top spot in the 10m air rifle event of the 33rd InterShoot tournament in Hague, The Netherlands.