 | Federer gains chance for revenge ROGER Federer and Rafael Nadal
pencilled in the next chapter of their
great rivalry when they reached the
Australian Open semi-finals
Tuesday, as Kim Clijsters gave
Caroline Wozniacki a day to forget.
Federer was majestic in his defeat
of Juan Martin del Potro but Nadal
had ...
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| | Captains
expect
tough time
for bowlers |  RIVAL captains Misbah-ul
Haq and Andrew Strauss
expect tough work for
bowlers on a battingfriendly
pitch at Abu Dhabi
Stadium where the second
Test starts on Wednesday.
The two Tests played till
now were drawn with three
double hundreds and two
centuries, and the last one
saw Pakistan letting Sri
Lanka off by dropping
seven catches in the second
innings. Pakistan also drew
with South Africa here.
But despite that Pakistan
have edge with off-spinner
Saeed Ajmal in good form,
having taken a career-best
7-55 during his 10-wicket
haul which helped his team
win the first Test by 10
wickets in Dubai inside
three days.
"Ajmal got 10 wickets
which created. |
| | Ponting, Clarke smash
tons to frustrate India |  AUSTRALIA´S Ricky Ponting
became only the third player
in history to pass 13,000 Test
runs on Tuesday as he and
captain Michael Clarke put
India to the sword in the final
match in Adelaide.
The resurgent Ponting
posted his 41st Test century
— his second in three innings
— while Clarke raised his
19th Test ton, which follows
an unbeaten triple hundred
in the second Test in Sydney.
The experienced pair
shared in a ground record
fourth wicket partnership as
Australia, chasing a 4-0
series whitewash, plundered
the Indian attack to finish on
335-3.
At the close on a sweltering
opening day, Ponting
was unbeaten on 137 off 254
balls and Clarke 140 off 188
balls. |
| | Mourinho may field Pepe,
Barca upset with federation |  REAL Madrid defender Pepe
will play in Wednesday´s
King´s Cup quarter-final second
leg at Barcelona if he is
fit despite the controversy
over his alleged stamp on
Lionel Messi´s hand in last
week´s first game, coach
Jose Mourinho said on
Tuesday.
Pepe denied intentionally
treading on Messi in the 2-1
defeat and the incident,
caught on television cameras,
was apparently missed
by the referee, who had earlier
booked the Portuguese
for a late tackle on Sergio
Busquets.
The 28-year-old Pepe,
who was left out of Sunday´s
La Liga win at home to
Athletic Bilbao, is available
for the game at the Nou
Camp after the Spanish soccer
federation (RFEF) decided
on Monday ... |
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