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Tennis: Murray's rain-hit Queen's final gets underway

Agence France-PresseJune 16, 2013 11:31
Andy Murray's bid for a third Queen's Club title finally got underway on Sunday after rain had lashed the west London venue ahead of the final against defending champion Marin Cilic. US Open champion Murray was due on court at 1130GMT after the final was brought forward from its original start time of 1300GMT in a bid to beat the predicted bad weather. But the world number two, who won the pre-Wimbledon warm-up event in 2009 and 2011, was forced to wait as the court covers were brought on when rain began to fall just minutes before the start of play.

Tennis: Halle ATP result

Agence France-PresseJune 16, 2013 11:31
Results from the seventh day of the ATP Halle Open on Sunday (x denotes seeding): Final Roger Federer (SUI x1) bt Mikhail Youzhny (RUS) 6-7 (5/7), 6-3, 6-4 afp

Cricket: Action urged for Pakistan's woeful batsmen

Agence France-PresseJune 16, 2013 10:00
Pakistan cricket pundits Sunday called for an overhaul of the team's coaching after their dismal showing at the Champions Trophy ended with a humiliating defeat to India. After a poor performance on tour in South Africa the batsmen again let the side down, failing to score a single total above 170 in three matches. Arch-rivals India's confident display with the bat, easing to an eight-wicket win, was in stark contrast to the Pakistani top order's scratchy, nervous showing.

Tennis: Murray's Queen's final hit by rain

Agence France-PresseJune 16, 2013 10:00
Andy Murray's bid for a third Queen's Club title was delayed on Sunday as rain lashed the west London venue ahead of the final against defending champion Marin Cilic. US Open champion Murray was due on court at 1130GMT after the final was brought forward from its original start time of 1300GMT in a bid to beat the predicted bad weather. But the world number two, who won the pre-Wimbledon warm-up event in 2009 and 2011, was forced to wait as the court covers were brought on when rain began to fall just minutes before the start of play. smg/nr

Football: Brazil can grow and be great team, says Scolari

Agence France-PresseJune 16, 2013 06:46
Brazil coach Luiz Felipe Scolari believes his team can grow into a great side after seeing his Neymar-inspired outfit sweep past Japan 3-0 in their Confederations Cup opener. Never a man to get carried away, 2002 World Cup winner Scolari was visibly pleased after the Selecao sent the Asian champions packing in Brasilia in their Group A clash.

Squash: World team championship results

Agence France-PresseJune 16, 2013 06:46
Results from squash world team championships on Saturday: Final England 2 Egypt 1 Daryl Selby (ENG) bt Tarek Momen (EGY) 11-5, 11-3, 11-7 Nick Matthew (ENG) lost to Ramy Ashour (EGY) 11-5, 6-11, 9-11, 9-11 James Willstrop (ENG) bt Karim Darwish (EGY) 11-3, 11-13, 11-3, 11-4 Bronze medal France 2 Australia 0 5th/6th place Germany 2 South Africa 0 7th/8th place India 2 Malaysia 0 9th/10th place Scotland 2 Pakistan 1 11th/12th place Canada 2 USA 0

Football: Pop idol Neymar delivers in style

Agence France-PresseJune 16, 2013 06:44
The clock showed two minutes and 57 seconds as Luiz Felipe Scolari, who said before the Confederations Cup that Neymar needed protecting as the idol of 200 million Brazilians, afforded himself a tight smile of vindication. Brazil coach Scolari's policy of simultaneously playing "good cop-bad cop" with the 21-year-old -- effusively praising his performances but also pointedly demanding he be "a team player" -- paid an early dividend Saturday as the Barcelona-bound forward struck a brilliant goal to underpin a 3-0 victory over Japan.

RugbyU: Scotland slam ref over 'handbags' yellow card

Agence France-PresseJune 16, 2013 06:43
Scotland coach Scott Johnson slammed French referee Romain Poite after a 30-17 four-nation tournament defeat by hosts South Africa Saturday. The Australian was furious at the 'handbags' sin binning of lock Jim Hamilton just past the hour mark after he pushed his hands into the face of Springbok second rower Eben Etzebeth. Experienced Hamilton was sorely missed as he left the field with Scotland leading 17-13, and when he returned they were three points behind after South Africa were awarded a penalty try.

Badminton: Indonesia Open results

Agence France-PresseJune 16, 2013 06:33
Final results from the Indonesia Open Super Series 2013 badminton tournament Sunday (x denotes seeding): Men's Singles Lee Chong Wei (MAS x1) bt Marc Zwiebler (GER) 21-15, 21-14 Women's Doubles Bao Yixin/Cheng Shu (CHN x8) bt Wang Xiaoli/Yu Yang (CHN x1) 15-21, 21-18, 21-18 afp

Cricket: Willis allegations sadden Anderson

Agence France-PresseJune 16, 2013 06:33
James Anderson has insisted that allegations of ball-tampering levelled against England by former captain Bob Willis are "very disappointing" and definitely untrue. England limited overs coach Ashley Giles refuted Saturday the claims made by Willis, now a television pundit, who alleged the side were obtaining reverse swing by methods banned under cricket's laws.
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