Maria Sharapova booked a place in her first French Open final and moved up to world number one by overcoming Petra Kvitova in straight sets in Paris. Second seed Sharapova produced the more assured play to steer herself to a 6-3 6-3 victory over the fourth seed. The result also keeps the Russian on course to achieve the career Grand Slam by ...

BIRMINGHAM, England, CMC – Rain has forced the abandonment of the opening day of the third and final Test between England and West Indies at Edgbaston here today. Not a ball was bowled as the adverse weather ensured ground-staff kept the playing area covered throughout the day. No toss was spun and neither side managed to declare a final XI. West Indies trail ...

CENTRE STAGE. Usain Bolt (centre) striding to victory ahead fourth-placed Kim Collins (left) and third-placed Christophe Lemaitre. (AP Picture) ROME – Reigning double Olympic sprint champion Usain Bolt silenced his detractors yesterday, storming to a world-leading 9.76 seconds to win the 100 metres at the Rome Diamond League. Questions were raised about cracks in Bolt’s armour after his sluggish 10.04 seconds in ...

  Royal Challengers Bangalore’s Chris Gayle plays a shot during their Indian Premier League (IPL) cricket against Kolkata Knight Riders, in Kolkata, India, Saturday. Gayle has to pick between playing with the West Indies in the regional side’s upcoming England tour or with Somerset for the Friends Life t20 Tournament.   Chris Gayle’s return to the West Indies squad is likely to be ...

Shivnarine Chanderpaul...regained No.1 ranking after nearly three years   West Indies batsman Shivnarine Chanderpaul has regained the No1 ranking for Test batsmen after nearly three years. Chanderpaul was the leading run-scorer in the recently concluded home Test series against Australia with 346 runs at an average of 86.50. Australia, after winning the series 2-0, moved up to No 3 in the ICC ...

  Shivnarine Chanderpaul     ROSEAU—Shivnarine Chanderpaul hit 69 and became the tenth batsman in cricket history to pass 10,000 test runs but West Indies struggled to 173-5 in pursuit of 370 to beat Australia in the third and final test yesterday. Captain Michael Clarke took 3-34 with his little-used left-arm spin to spearhead Australia’s victory ambitions at Windsor Park. The 37-year-old Chanderpaul, in ...

  Australia’s batsmen Ed Cowan, left, and Ricky Ponting, right, run between the wickets as West Indies’ captain Darren Sammy looks on during the second innings on the third day of their third and final cricket Test match in Roseau, Dominica, yesterday.    West Indies will need to complete their highest successful chase since they rewrote the record books in Antigua nine years ...

  West Indies’ Shivnarine Chanderpaul, right, plays a reverse sweep as Australia’s wicket keeper Matthew Wade looks on during the second day of their third and final cricket Test match in Roseau, Dominica, yesterday.    Wicketkeeper Matthew Wade hit a maiden test century yesterday and Australia’s bowlers followed up by derailing the West Indies’ first innings as the tourists took full control on ...

West Indies spinner Shane Shillingford, right, gets the support of Kraigg Brathwaite and skipper Darren Sammy as he shouts his lbw appeal against Australian batsman Ricky Ponting during the third day of the second test at the Queen’s Park Oval yesterday. The verdict was not out.      Rain added another twist to an intriguing Test match between West Indies and Australia at ...

Triple Olympic champion Usain Bolt wants to "amaze" the world at London 2012 by running 9.4 seconds for the 100m and 19 seconds for the 200m. Jamaican Bolt, 25, is the reigning Olympic champion and world-record holder over both distances, with times of 9.58secs and 19.19secs. "People are looking forward to me running 9.4, 19 seconds, anything that's amazing," Bolt told BBC ...