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Amla inspires S Africa to big win in first ODI

COLOMBO, July 06 (AFP): Opener Hashim Amla smashed 109 and Ryan McLaren took two wickets in three balls as South Africa thrashed Sri Lanka by 75 runs in their first one-dayer on Sunday. Amla, 31, hit eight fours in his composed 130-ball knock and shared a 151-run third-wicket stand with...

No Neymar, no party for Brazil

FORTALEZA, Brazil, July 6 (AFP): The hangover from a World Cup quarter-final win over Colombia was a little more potent than Brazil expected as it awoke on Saturday still dealing with the news star striker Neymar will play no further part in the tournament. The 22-year-old suffered a broken vertebrae...

Higuain, the Valdano to Messi\\\'s Maradona?

BRASïLIA, July 6 (AFP): With a single swish of the right boot in his side's World Cup quarter-final against Belgium, Gonzalo Higuain finally showed there may be more to Argentina than Lionel Messi after all. Higuain had been under scrutiny after going three and a half matches without scoring, but...

Costa Rica walking tall out of World Cup door

SALVADOR, Brazil, July 6 (AFP): Costa Rica take leave of the World Cup stage after Saturday's dramatic 4-3 penalty shoot-out loss to the Netherlands their heads held high, Costa Rica keeper Keylor Navas says. The small Central American nation may not have an army, but their players fought valiantly on...

Federer, Djokovic braced for classic Wimbledon duel

LONDON, July 6 (AFP): Roger Federer can become the oldest Wimbledon champion in the Open Era on Sunday when he targets a record eighth All England Club title in his 35th career meeting with Novak Djokovic. Federer (32) won the first of his 17 majors at Wimbledon in 2003 and...

sports digest

Tamim fails for World X1 at Lord's, Yuvraj hit ton Tamim Iqbal, the lone representative of Bangladesh in Rest of the World XI Team, scored just a single off 6 balls in a match against Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) at Lord's in London on Saturday. Rest of the World X1...