TOWNSVILLE, Aug 12: The West Indies’ decision to base themselves in Australia ahead of the Under-19 Cricket World Cup provided an immediate outcome here on Sunday, when they beat two-time champions India by four wickets.

The West Indies kicked off their campaign with a successful run chase against India, who were restricted to 166 for eight.

Wicketkeeper-batsman Smit Patel...

MONTREAL, Aug 12: India’s Leander Paes and his Austrian partner Jurgen Melzer moved into the semifinals of the men’s doubles Rogers Cup while Sania Mirza and her American partner lost in the quarterfinals of women’s doubles.

Paes and Melzer won a tough match against Polish duo Mariusz Fyrstenberg and Marcin Matkowski 7-6 (5), 4-6, 10-6 in Toronto Saturday.

The ...

LONDON, Aug 12: It was close, but the gold medal isn’t going anywhere. Kevin Durant scored 30 points, and LeBron James closed with two huge plays in the final three minutes to lead the US men’s basketball team to a 107-100 victory over Spain for the gold medal on the final day of the London Olympics on Sunday.

It was the second straight victory for the US, after also defeati...

LONDON, Aug 12: India will return with its best-ever Olympics medal tally from the London Games. If there is anything missing, it is a gold and that has been somewhat made up by two silver medals out of a total of six.

The performance of the Indians is indeed creditable as the expectations were also realistic, though some might argue that Indian men should have got medals from the boxin...

LONDON, Aug 12: Cuba’s Robeisy Ramirez Carrazana won gold in the Olympic men’s flyweight (52kg) boxing category here at the ExCel Arena Sunday, beating Mongolian fighter Tugtsogt Nyambayar 17-14 in the final. Ramirez Carrazana, 18, went into the final round 9-10 down but stamped his authority on the fight with some accurate jabs as Nyambayar began to tire and resorted to persistent hol...