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Mon, 22 Mar 2010 09:24:00 GMT

Brendon McCullum leads New Zealand fightback in first Test against Australia

Brendon McCullum is close to a fifth century for New Zealand in their first Test against Australia. Photograph: William West/AFP Brendon McCullum is poised for a fifth Test century heading into the final day of New Zealand's first Test against Australia
Mon, 22 Mar 2010 09:24:00 GMT

Mid-Major Madness

Cornellescape_start39;s Louis Dale had 26 of the Big Redescape_start39;s 87 points in Sundayescape_start39;s upset of Wisconsin. (Bill Frakes/SI) MILWAUKEE — What we learned on second-round Sunday of the NCAA tournament … 1. I spent part of Sunday
Mon, 22 Mar 2010 08:57:00 GMT

Karun Chandhok seeks identity in F1

NEW DELHI: "Welcome to the gang." Coming from the matchless Michael Schumacher, these generous words sweetened Karun Chandhok's F1 debut in Bahrain but looking ahead, India's newest Formula One driver reckons a jerky ride awaits him this season. It was
Mon, 22 Mar 2010 07:50:00 GMT

Furyk wins Transitions Championship

PALM HARBOR (Florida): Jim Furyk showed the nerves of a player trying to win for the first time on the PGA Tour. Considering how long it had been since his last victory, it felt that way. Furyk closed with a 2-under 69 on Sunday for a one-shot victory
Mon, 22 Mar 2010 07:42:00 GMT

Andy Robinson has dogged Scotland moving in the right direction

• They were 'tremendous', says Scotland coach • Declan Kidney bemoans Ireland's poor error count For Andy Robinson, former maths teacher and born pragmatist, the numbers look a lot better at the end of his first year coaching Scotland than they did
Mon, 22 Mar 2010 07:10:00 GMT

CBS turns down the chance to interview Tiger Woods

One of the beauties (or drawbacks) of writing an instant appraisal of any event is that you sometimes don't have the full facts in front of you. Last night's frantic effort to put Tiger Woods' interviews with ESPN and the Golf Channel was one of those
Mon, 22 Mar 2010 06:19:00 GMT

Park sends United top, Chelsea held by Rovers

Manchester United returned to the top of the Premier League on Sunday as South Korea midfielder Park Ji-Sung sealed a 2-1 victory over bitter rivals Liverpool, while spluttering Chelsea were held to a 1-1 draw at Blackburn. Sir Alex Ferguson's team
Mon, 22 Mar 2010 05:50:00 GMT

Woods: 'A little nervous' about return at Masters

Tiger Woods acknowledged 'living a lie,' saying he alone was responsible for the sex scandal that caused his shocking downfall from global sporting icon to late-night TV punchline. 'It was all me. I'm the one who did it. I'm the one who acted the way I
Mon, 22 Mar 2010 05:45:00 GMT

Canada's Jones still unbeaten at worlds

Canada skip Jennifer Jones, left, and third Cathy Overton-Clapham, laugh during Sunday afternoon's draw. (Nathan Denette/Canadian Press)The Norwegian women unveiled an even more colourful version of curling's Loudmouth pants on Sunday, but Canada wasn't
Mon, 22 Mar 2010 05:34:00 GMT

Dodgers release former CY Young winner Gagne

Eric Gagne has been released by the L.A. Dodgers. (Jed Jacobsohn/)Former Cy Young Award winner Eric Gagne has been granted his release by the Los Angeles Dodgers. Dodgers spokesman Joe Jareck said the Mascouche, Que., native asked for his release Sunday,
Mon, 22 Mar 2010 05:29:00 GMT

PETA feathers ruffled by Mike Tyson NY pigeon show

(Beijing Time) SINA.com NEW YORK – An animal welfare group wants New York City prosecutors to investigate Mike Tyson's reality television show about pigeon racing. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals says the Brooklyn-based show is cruel to
Mon, 22 Mar 2010 05:16:00 GMT

Mumbai Indians to take on Knight Riders

MUMBAI: Their winning streaks snapped, hosts Mumbai Indians as well as visitors Kolkata Knight Riders would be anxious to regain that momentum when they clash in the Indian Premier League match on Monday. Sachin Tendulkar-led MI, after starting off
Mon, 22 Mar 2010 05:15:00 GMT

N.H.L. Scoreboard: Coyotes Win Another Shootout and Tie for 1st

Nine games on Sunday, and there were two big, big winners: the Atlanta Thrashers, who won their fourth straight game and have a chance of making the playoffs in the East, and the Phoenix Coyotes, who continued their incredible run to the top despite
Mon, 22 Mar 2010 05:03:00 GMT

Fluminense beats Volta Redonda 2-1

(Beijing Time) Xinhua English RIO DE JANEIRO, March 21 (Xinhua) -- Without Fred, Fluminense'sAndre Lima rose to the occasion against Volta Redonda on Sunday inthe sixth round of the second half of play in the Rio de Janeiro state championship. Lima's
Mon, 22 Mar 2010 04:31:00 GMT

Selanne Scores 600th Goal in Ducks’ Victory

Teemu Selanne became the 18th player in N.H.L. history to score 600 goals, reaching the milestone Sunday night in the Anaheim Ducks 5-2 victory over the visiting Colorado Avalanche. If it happens on ice and it involves hitting and scoring, The Times's
Mon, 22 Mar 2010 04:27:00 GMT

Big Talent, Big Appetite

JUPITER, Fla. – The best-known Mike Stanton in baseball is the one who pitched in more than 1,000 games and helped the Yankees win four World Series. That might be about to change. The Mike Stanton wearing No. 80 for the Florida Marlins this spring is
Mon, 22 Mar 2010 04:10:00 GMT

Bangladesh v England - live!

A proper scoreboard. Photograph: Stu Forster/ Rob will be here from 3.30am-ish. In the meantime, here's what David Hopps had to say about day two: Jonathan Trott's first Test hundred helped England to win the Ashes. If he survives long enough to add a
Mon, 22 Mar 2010 02:11:00 GMT

Back in the N.F.L., Confident of Success

RENTON, Wash. The whirlwind known as Pete Carroll spun into his new office at Seattle Seahawks headquarters, firing off greetings: whats up, whats happening, whats next, lets do this. He gestured out the window at Lake Washington. He cranked the Foo
Mon, 22 Mar 2010 02:06:00 GMT

Tiger Woods's five minutes in the spotlight keeps us guessing

You can do plenty of things in five minutes but one thing you cannot do is get to the bottom of the most bewildering and complex 'scandal' in the recent history of global sport. Tiger Woods is smart enough to know this already but his media advisers,
Mon, 22 Mar 2010 01:42:00 GMT

France 12-10 England | Six Nations match report

France 12-10 England For some it is the journey that matters, for others it is purely about the destination. To dwell on the shaky manner in which France clinched a third Grand Slam in nine years does scant justice, for example, to their stirring deeds
Mon, 22 Mar 2010 01:14:00 GMT

Toby Flood in full spate left François Trinh-Duc kicking against tide

England's ambition flowed through their fly-half in Paris but it left them vulnerable at times in a fascinating Six Nations finale 1 Winging in the rain England's try summed up their ambition, three phases and 12 passes giving Ben Foden a clear run to
Mon, 22 Mar 2010 01:13:00 GMT

John McCririck's colour seems to be anything but Green | Martin Kelner

McCririck's spat with the jockeys was a good example of what makes Cheltenham such fine television I have a very small shareholding in a chain of high street bookmakers so the defeat of so many well-fancied horses at Cheltenham gave me a warm glow of
Mon, 22 Mar 2010 00:11:00 GMT

Ljubicic wins first Masters title

Ljubicic had lost his three previous Masters finals Ivan Ljubicic became the oldest first-time winner of a Masters Series event by beating Andy Roddick in the final of the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells. The 31-year-old Croat, seeded 20th and a 100-1
Mon, 22 Mar 2010 00:04:00 GMT

Jones wins second match at worlds

Canada skip Jennifer Jones, left, and third Cathy Overton-Clapham, laugh while playing against Switzerland during Sunday afternoon's draw. (Nathan Denette/Canadian Press)Canada's Jennifer Jones won her second game in a row to open the women's world
Mon, 22 Mar 2010 00:02:00 GMT

Northampton 30-24 Gloucester | LV Cup match report

• The underdogs of Gloucester lose out having twice led • 'There were two teams out there who wanted to play rugby' The teams here may not have been playing for the most coveted piece of silverware of the season but you would not have guessed it
Sun, 21 Mar 2010 23:31:00 GMT

Wilpon (Not Mets) Leaves Seinfield Laughing

PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. — As the Mets owner Fred Wilpon watched his team defeat his alma mater, the University of Michigan, 8-1, on Sunday, he� sat with Jerry Seinfeld for a few innings and at one point had the comedian laughing hard. It is assumed they
Sun, 21 Mar 2010 23:24:00 GMT

Twins, Mauer agree on 8-year, $184M extension

Twins catcher Joe Mauer led the American League in 2009 in batting average (.365), on-base percentage (.444) and slugging percentage (.587). (Jim McIsaac/)American League MVP Joe Mauer has agreed to an eight-year, $184-million US contract extension to
Sun, 21 Mar 2010 23:24:00 GMT

Rhys Davies wins in Morocco

Whenever a young(ish) player wins on the European Tour or the PGA Tour, the temptation to anoint them the 'next big thing' is almost irresistible and usually misguided. However, I don't think it is taking too much of a risk to suggest we will be hearing
Sun, 21 Mar 2010 23:16:00 GMT

Jankovic wins Indian Wells women's title

INDIAN WELLS (CALIFORNIA): Former world number one Jelena Jankovic jump-started her 2010 season Sunday with a straight-sets victory over Caroline Wozniacki for the Indian Wells WTA title. Jankovic didn't put a foot wrong as she downed her Danish
Sun, 21 Mar 2010 23:10:00 GMT

Chelsea held by Blackburn Rovers

LONDON: Manchester United returned to the top of the Premier League on Sunday as South Korea midfielder Park Ji-Sung sealed a 2-1 victory over bitter rivals Liverpool, while spluttering Chelsea were held to a 1-1 draw at Blackburn. Sir Alex Ferguson's
Sun, 21 Mar 2010 22:57:00 GMT