Sehwag, Tendulkar put India on top

Sports Encounter Desk: India are on driving seat after excellent partnership 3rd wicket partnership of 249 runs between Sehwag and Tendulkar. At stumps on day 2, India were 342/5 with an overall lead of 46 runs. Sehwag scored brilliant 165 runs whereas Tendulkar completed his 47th test hundred. South African bowlers were struggling today and [...]

Bolt off to winning start

Sports Encounter Desk: World record holder Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt started his 2010 season with victory in  400metres  at the Camperdown Classic in Jamaica. Usain Bolt who won the three Olympic sprint golds in Beijing 2008 and three World Championship titles in Berlin last year won the race in 45.86 seconds at the National Stadium [...]

Abbas hopes for better show in World Cup

Sports Encounter Desk: World record holder penalty corner specialist Sohail Abbas is hoping for better show in  Hockey World Cup which is to be started from 28 February at New Delhi. Pakistan to play its first match against arch rivals India on 28. Sohail Abbas is optimistic about team performance and said we will play [...]

Kiwis in strong position against Bangladesh

Sports Encounter Desk: New Zealand were 258/5 at stumps on day 1 against Bangladesh of the solitary test match. Kiwis recovered well thanks to unbeaten partnership of 100 runs between Guptill (80*) and McCallum (58*). After putting into bat New Zealand were struggling at one stage with 5 wickets down for only 158 runs on [...]

Leggie Rashid takes England Lions to T20 series win over Pakistan A

Osama Tariq for Sports Encounter DUBAI: The second line-up of English cricket team continued to overwhelm Pakistan A at the Sharjah cricket ground Sunday when they won the second Twenty20 match by eight wickets to take an unassailable lead of 2-0 thanks mainly to the leg-spinner Adil Rashid. The orthodox leg-spinner took three important wickets [...]

Cristiano Ronaldo hints Manchester United reunion

Sports Encounter Exclusive LONDON: World’s best football player of the Year 2008 and former Manchester United striker, Cristiano Ronaldo can’t forget his days with the Red Devils as he hinted a possible return Sunday. Ronaldo had quite Sir Alex Ferguson’s Manchester United last year to join Spanish Real Madrid in a mega £80million transfer deal.