New York, Sept. 6: Andy Murray was a major casualty at the US Open on Sunday but Rafael Nadal stormed through as did Kim Clijsters and Venus Williams in the women’s tournament.

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Cardiff: Stuart Broad said on Monday that he had no sympathy for the Pakistan players engulfed in a ‘spot-fixing’ row.

England paceman Broad played alongside Asif at English county side Leicestershir

Cardiff, Sept. 6: Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi on Monday blasted Yasir Hameed as being mentally a teenager but the batsman insisted he was duped by a newspaper over betting scam claims which eclipse

Christchurch (New Zealand), Sept. 6: A record number of babies were born in the aftermath of the powerful 7.0 earthquake that rocked New Zealand this weekend, hospital officials said on Monday.

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Tokyo, Sept. 6: Japan on Monday said it has detected its first case of an antibiotic-resistant “superbug” that surfaced in South Asia and has triggered a global health alert.

A hospital linked to the

Major storms that have ravaged Guatemala and southern Mexico over the weekend have killed a total of at least 48 people as flooding and mudslides sparked massive damage, officials said. In Mexico, flo

Norton (USA), Sept. 7: Charley Hoffman made 11 birdies to close with a 9-under 62 and claim the Deutsche Bank golf championship by five strokes on Monday.

Hoffman ran off four straight birdies early

New York, Sept. 7: Grit was not going to be enough to get Maria Sharapova past top-seeded Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark on Monday, especially not after the Russian conceded nine double-faults — includ

New York, Sept. 6: Patrick McEnroe will step down as captain of the US Davis Cup team after next week’s world group playoff tie at Colombia, the US Tennis Association (USTA) announced on Monday.

McEn

Washington, Sept. 5: The US likely will need to keep thousands of troops in Iraq beyond 2011 to keep a lid on sectarian tensions and to bolster Baghdad’s fledgling military, experts say.

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