Sri Lanka beats Australia by eight wickets on Friday in a rain-shortened tri-series one-day international at the Sydney Cricket Ground.

The New York Giants are this season’s champions of American football, beating the New England Patriots in the NFL’s Super Bowl 46, 21-17, played at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis.

Azhar Ali's career-best of 157 helped Pakistan set up a challenging target of 324 runs for England to win the third and final test.

Australia has opened the Tri-Series with a 65-run win over World Cup champion India in a rain-shortened limited-overs international on Sunday.

Dhaka, Jan 23 - Bangladesh Under-19 team recorded the 2nd
consecutive victory in the seven-match one-day series beating England
Under-19 side by 19 runs in the 2nd one-dayer at Zahur Ahmed
Chowdhury Stadium in Chittagong today (Monday).

Jose Mourinho warned Real Madrid defender Pepe could face punishment for stamping on Lionel Messi's hand in Wednesday's 2-1 Copa del Rey loss to Barcelona.

African Cup of Nations co-hostGabon opened the 20,000-seat Stade de Franceville on Monday with a 0-0 friendly draw with Sudan.

The agent of Edson Buddle says
the U.S. striker is having a trial at English Premier League club
Everton, which already has compatriots Tim Howard, Landon Donovan and
Marcus Hahnemann in its squad.

New Zealand will have a new
wicketkeeper in its one-off test against Zimbabwe later this month
after incumbent Reece Young was dropped from the squad.

Crystal Palace moved closer to reaching its first major final in 22 years by beating Cardiff 1-0 at home in the first leg of the League Cup semifinals on Tuesday from Anthony Gardner's first-half goal

Australia reached 349-4 at tea in reply to
India's 191 on the second day of the second cricket test at the
Sydney Cricket Ground.

Dhaka, Dec 29 - Country’s two popular clubs - Abahani Limited and Mohammedan SC Ltd - made frustrating start in the Metropolis Premier Division Cricket League losing their opening matches today (Thursday),

A Kenyan runner has set a new world marathon record.

Patrick Makau won the Berlin Marathon on Sunday, running the 42.2 kilometers in 2 hours, 3 minutes, 38 seconds.

At the French Open tennis tournament in Paris on Saturday, Li Na became the first Chinese player, and the first player from any Asian country, to win a Grand Slam singles title.

South African Charl Schwartzel won the Masters golf tournament by two strokes over Australians Adam Scott and Jason Day in a dramatic back-nine showdown Sunday.

India has defeated Sri Lanka to win the Cricket World Cup for the first time since 1983.

Indian fans packed Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai Saturday to watch their team beat Sri Lanka by six wickets.

India has won bragging rights over Pakistan after beating its arch-rival on the cricket field and advancing to the World Cup final match against Sri Lanka set for Saturday.

India beat Pakistan by 29 runs in a nerve-jingling second semi-final in Mohali to progress to the final.

The prime ministers of India and Pakistan are mixing diplomacy with sports Wednesday, as teams from the cricket-crazy nations face off in a World Cup semifinal match in the northern Indian city of Mohali.

Bangladesh’s players finally gave their country reason to cheer yesterday when they clinched a two-wicket win over England that keeps alive hopes of the co-hosts reaching the World Cup quarter-finals.