India 180-5 v Bangladesh - Twenty20 World Cup (Reuters) Posted: 06 Jun 2009 12:11 PM PDT Reuters - India scored 180 for five in their Twenty20 World Cup group A match against Bangladesh at Trent Bridge, Nottingham on Saturday. |
Brazil crews find 2 bodies from Air France flight (Reuters) Posted: 06 Jun 2009 10:16 AM PDT Reuters - Search crews found two male bodies on Saturday morning from the Air France flight that crashed into the Atlantic earlier this week, a Brazilian air force spokesman said. |
Paes and Dlouhy win men's doubles (Reuters) Posted: 06 Jun 2009 11:48 AM PDT Reuters - Leander Paes and Lukas Dlouhy captured their first men's doubles title as a pairing at the French Open on Saturday. |
Two killed in suicide attack in Pakistani capital (Reuters) Posted: 06 Jun 2009 10:22 AM PDT Reuters - Two people were killed in a suicide attack on a police station in the Pakistani capital, Islamabad, on Saturday, hours after two pro-Taliban clerics were killed in a shootout in the northwest, officials said. |
Gayle blows Australia away (Reuters) Posted: 06 Jun 2009 10:06 AM PDT Reuters - West Indies' captain Chris Gayle smashed the Australian bowlers to all parts of the Oval on Saturday to lead his team to a seven wicket victory in their opening Twenty20 World Cup group C match. |
Fans gather for launch of 'iPhone killer' Palm Pre (Reuters) Posted: 06 Jun 2009 10:16 AM PDT Reuters - Small crowds gathered at Sprint stores on Saturday for the official launch of Palm Inc's Pre, the much-hyped smartphone seen as Palm's best chance to claw back market share lost to rivals such as Apple Inc's iPhone and Research In Motion Ltd's Blackberry. |
Kuznetsova freezes out Safina to claim Paris crown (Reuters) Posted: 06 Jun 2009 09:44 AM PDT Reuters - Svetlana Kuznetsova froze out Dinara Safina in an all-Russian French Open final on Saturday, defeating the world number one 6-4 6-2 in 74 minutes. |
Federer deserves to be called the greatest, says Agassi (Reuters) Posted: 06 Jun 2009 06:48 AM PDT Reuters - Roger Federer will undoubtedly become the greatest tennis player to have graced the sport if he wins the French Open, Andre Agassi said on Saturday. |
New Zealand romp to victory over Scots (Reuters) Posted: 06 Jun 2009 06:22 AM PDT Reuters - New Zealand romped to a seven-wicket victory over Scotland in a rain-shortened Twenty20 World Cup group D match at the Oval on Saturday. |
Monsoon advances further - weather officials (Reuters) Posted: 06 Jun 2009 03:31 AM PDT Reuters - The annual monsoon rain cycle has revived and advanced to more parts, two officials at India Meteorological Department said on Saturday. |
Two pro-Taliban clerics killed in Pakistan shootout (Reuters) Posted: 06 Jun 2009 06:22 AM PDT Reuters - Two pro-Taliban clerics were killed in a shootout between security forces and militants in northwestern Pakistan on Saturday, a day after around 40 people were killed in a suicide attack in a mosque, the military said. |
Govt won't intervene in Bharti, MTN deal - paper (Reuters) Posted: 05 Jun 2009 09:51 PM PDT Reuters - The government will not intervene in Bharti Airtel's proposed deal with South Africa's MTN but will provide legal support if needed, the Economic Times newspaper reported on Saturday, citing Corporate Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid. |
Dhoni publicly denies reports of rift with Sehwag (Reuters) Posted: 05 Jun 2009 08:48 PM PDT Reuters - India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni took the unusual step on Friday of leading his team into a news conference where he publicly denied reports of a rift between himself and Virender Sehwag. |