Cricket: Steyn shreds Indian line-up

South Africa pace bowler Dale Steyn ripped through India’s batsmen on the third day of the first cricket Test in Nagpur, taking eight wickets as the hosts were forced to follow on.

English Premier League bottom side Portsmouth have denied being formally served with a winding up petition by the Inland Revenue — in a statement released by the club.

Nikolay Daydenko boosted his chances of qualifying for the season-ending ATP World Tour Finals in London with victory in his opening match at the Paris Masters on Tuesday.

Jean Todt has succeeded Max Mosley as president of the Federation Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA) after he was elected to the most powerful position in motorsport on Friday.

Substitute Mario Bolatti scores an 85th-minute winner to give Diego Maradona’s Argentina a 1-0 victory in Uruguay to send the struggling South American football heavyweights through to next year’s World Cup finals in South Africa.

Marco Andreolli snatched a late, late equalizer as Roma drew 1-1 away to 10-man Fulham as coach Claudio Ranieri avoided his first defeat against the English club in a controversial clash on Thursday night.

Fabio Cannavaro is to join the Italian national squad on Sunday for their World Cup qualifier against Cyprus next week, despite being under the cloud of a drug controversy after a positive test for cortisone.

I’m traveling with a chunk of gold — the World Cup Trophy — from Zurich, Switzerland to Cairo, Egypt.

Andy Roddick rallied from a set down to edge Spaniard Feliciano Lopez on Friday in a tense match that saw the American advance into the fourth round.

Arsenal came back from two goals down to claim a 4-2 victory over Bolton at the Emirates Stadium which saw them climb above London rivals Chelsea to the top of the English Premier League.

Dani Pedrosa led from start to finish to claim victory at his home Valencia Grand Prix to end the MotoGP season in third place overall.