 | Federer wins 71st
title in Rotterdam ROGER Federer stormed past
Argentine Juan del Potro 6-1,
6-4 on Sunday to win the
ABN-AMRO World Tennis
after a seven-year absence
from the indoor event.
The Swiss world number
three lifted the trophy at the
Ahoy stadium at his last
appearance in 2005 ...
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| | Australia beats India by 110 runs |
A DOMINANT Australia
cruised to a 110-run win over
India in their one-day international
tri-series match in
Brisbane on Sunday.
After blasting 288 for five,
the Australians, led by man of
the match Ben Hilfenhaus
with 5-33, ripped through the
Indian top order before bowling
them out for 178.
The win gave Australia a
bonus point victory and sent
them to the top of the triseries
standings on 14 points.
India stay second on 10
points with Sri Lanka on
seven with a game in hand.
"It´s a long time since I´ve
seen an Australian team bowl
as well as that," Australian
captain Ricky Ponting said
later. "The way we were able
to be aggressive early on and
at the same time be ... | | | Ghanem wins Maserati
fourth round races |
SERIES leader Joe Ghanem of
Lebanon clinched both the
Maserati Trofeo JBF RAK
races at the Losail
International Circuit to maintain
his place at the top of the
standings.
In the first race of the fourth
round, being hosted by the
Losail track for the first time,
pole driver Ghanem had fallen
behind to challenger Patrick
Zamparini. But after a tight
battle with the Italian driver,
Ghanem managed to pass him
with five minutes left in the
15-lap race and held the
nerves to win the race in 32
min, 46.920 seconds, beating
Zamparini by more than 16
seconds. Qatar´s Saadon al
Kuwari finished in the third
place to complete the podium.
Marwan Musabeh, another
Qatari drive ... | | | Milan back on top of Serie
A after easy win at Cesena | AC MILAN stormed back to
the top of Serie A with a 3-1
win at lowly Cesena on Sunday
as it made light of the absence
of Zlatan Ibrahimovic.
In two games since the big
Swede has been suspended for
slapping Napoli´s Salvatore
Aronica, Milan have won both.
Ghana midfielder Sulley
Muntari, on his debut, and
versatile Dutchman Urby
Emanuelson both scored their
first goals for the club with
Robinho adding the third as
Milan went a point clear of
Juventus, although having
played a game more.
The two Italian giants meet
next week in a top of the table
clash at the San Siro.
Juventus had taken over at
the summit on Saturday with a
3-1 win over 10-man ... | |
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