New Delhi [India], July 14 (ANI): Former Sri Lanka skipper Arjuna Ranatunga has suggested that the ICC 2011 World Cup final between India and Sri Lanka was fixed and hence called for an investigation into the same.

Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 14 (ANI): A brilliant unbeaten century from Craig Ervine helped Zimbabwe reach 344-8 on the opening day of the lone Test against Sri Lanka at the R. Premadasa Stadium on Friday.

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], July 14 (ANI): Alexandre Guimaraes has been re-appointed as head coach of Mumbai City FC moving into the fourth edition of the Indian Super League (ISL) scheduled to start in November this year.

Johannesburg [South Africa], July 14 (ANI): Seven-time Wimbledon champion Serena Williams has said that all women players "love" Andy Murray as he has always "spoken up for women's issues".

Johannesburg [South Africa], July 14 (ANI): Mercedes driver Valtteri Bottas followed up his victory in Austria last weekend as he fended off team-mate Lewis Hamilton to emerge as the fastest driver in the opening practice session of this weekend's British Grand Prix at the Silverstone Circuit on Friday.

New Delhi [India], July 14 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Friday accepted former Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) president Anurag Thakur's fresh unconditional apology for filing a false affidavit in connection with a contempt case against him.

New Delhi [India], July 14 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice to former Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) chief N. Srinivasan and Niranjan Shah for participating in the June 26 Special General Meeting (SGM) as a nominee of state associations.

London [U.K], July 14 (ANI): Serena Williams, who missed the ongoing Wimbledon due to pregnancy, has said that she felt like she was there with her elder sister Venus Williams throughout her journey to her ninth finals of the grass-court tournament.

London [UK], July 14 (ANI): World number one Andy Murray, who suffered a shocking exit at the Wimbledon at Wednesday after struggling with hip issues in the latter stages of his quarter-final loss against American Sam Querrey, has been urged to miss next month's US Open, which starts August 28 if his damaged hip will stop him being a serious contender for that title.

Karachi [Pakistan], July 14 (ANI): Days after being assigned the job of leading Pakistan cricket team in all the three formats, Sarfraz Ahmed has insisted that although Test captaincy is quite challenging, things will get better with time.

London [UK], July 14 (ANI): Former world number one Andy Roddick nearly broke his wife Brooklyn Decker's heart when he decided to throw away nearly all of his trophies during a recent cleaning spree at the couple's home in Austin, Texas.

Derby [U.K], July 14 (ANI): It will be a winner-takes-all at The County Ground in Derby on Saturday when India and New Zealand square off for the last semi-final spot at the ICC Women's World Cup 2017.

Karachi [Pakistan], July 14 (ANI): Zimbabwe all-rounder Sikandar Raza has expressed a strong desire to play a series in Pakistan in the coming future, saying that the players get love and affection wherever they play and that Pakistan is no different.

London [U.K.], July 14 (ANI): 18-time Grand Slam champion Roger Federer will aim to book his place in the finals of the Wimbledon when he takes on 11th seed Tomas Berdych of Czech Republic in the semi-finals of the men's singles event here today.

London [U.K.], July 14 (ANI): Indian tennis ace Rohan Bopanna and his Canadian partner Gabriela Dabrowski suffered a major blow as they were knocked out of the Wimbledon after going down in the quarter-finals of the mixed doubles' event here last evening.

Chennai [India], July 14 (ANI): India's Chess Grandmaster and former World champion Viswanathan Anand was the chief guest of the launch of the Ultimate Table Tennis (UTT), the country's newest franchise sports league, which kicked off later on Thursday with the first tie between RP-SG Mavericks and Falcons TTC here at the Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium.

New Delhi [India], Jul 14 (ANI): The members of Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC) have expressed pain to hear that the appointments of Zaheer Khan and Rahul Dravid were forced upon head coach Ravi Shastri.

New Delhi [India], Jul 13 (ANI): The Board of Cricket Control of India (BCCI) clarified on Thursday stating that head coach Ravi Shastri was consulted before appointing Zaheer Khan and Rahul Dravid as Bowling and Batting consultants respectively.

London [U.K.], July 13 (ANI): Seven-time Grand Slam Champion Venus Williams beat Britain's Johanna Konta 6-4, 6-2 in the semi-finals of the women's singles event here today.

New Delhi [India], July 13 (ANI): Former Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) president Anurag Thakur has tendered fresh unconditional apology in the Supreme Court for filing a false affidavit in connection with a contempt case against him.