With nod to Goran Ivanisevic, Marin Cilic clinches first Grand Slam title
NEW YORK: Marin Cilic, his first Grand Slam title in hand after a straight-sets pounding of Kei Nishikori in the US Open final on Monday, thanked Goran Ivanisevic for helping him rediscover joy in tennis. The 14th-seeded Cilic, playing in his first major final, became the first Croatian man to lift... read more »
BCCI to name series after Sachin Tendulkar
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCC) is mulling over the idea of naming a series after cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar. A discussion was held on the same during the BCCI officials’ informal meeting last Sunday, according to reports. “It is too premature to talk about it at the... read more »
Banned Saeed Ajmal says elbow ‘not usual’, vows to play World C...
Pakistan off-spinner Saeed Ajmal blamed his illegal action on a “not usual” elbow and vowed to return by next year’s World Cup after he was banned from international cricket on Tuesday. The world’s top one-day bowler dismissed the International Cricket Council’s... read more »
Australia name Aaron Finch new T20 captain
Australia have named swashbuckling batsman Aaron Finch captain of the Twenty20 cricket team, replacing George Bailey, Cricket Australia (CA) said on Monday. Bailey announced on Sunday he had stood down to concentrate on longer forms of the game with an eye to adding to his five test caps. The rise... read more »
