Against New Zealand with a feeble bowling and batting display on Tuesday. After the Kiwis put up a competitive 288 on the plank, riding on captain Ross Taylor (95) and Scott Styris (89), India suffer an mysterious batting collapse to bundle out for a paltry 88 in just 29.3 overs. In what twisted out to be a totally lop-sided contest, …

World Golf Championship, Akron, Ohio : Woods is battling tough to avoid losing his world number one status. Bubba Watson fired up a first-round 64 to lead the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational by two shots as Tiger Woods looked set to lose his world number one ranking. Watson carded seven birdies with Phil Mickelson, Graeme McDowell, Kenny Perry and Adam Scott two …

Olympic silver medallist David Davies washed out after a strong start and came 30th in the 10km open water event at the European Swimming Championships. European Swimming Championships 2010 Venue: Budapest Dates: 4-15 August The Welshman led for most of the race on day one of the Hungary championships but fell back behind on and was last of the three …

 Third Test,P Sara Oval: Virender Sehwag led an violent Indian response to Sri Lanka’s demanding score on a competitive pitch on the second day at the P Sara Oval. Thilan Samaraweera let down India’s quest for early wickets with an certain century amid testing spells from Ishant Sharma and Pragyan Ojha, but Sehwag’s counter-attack, with some luck, helped the visitors …

Holland’s violent feat in the World Cup final has landed the Dutch FA a paltry fine of £9,244. Eight Holland players were revealed yellow cards and one – John Heitinga – was sent off by English referee Howard Webb through the most ill-disciplined World Cup final in history. FIFA yesterday responded with a nominal fine, a sum which looks even …