England and India don’t get along

Durung a net session ahead of tomorrow’s first ODI, India “accidentally” sprayed a number of slogs in the direction of the English tourists, who were also practising at another corner of the Madhavrao Scindia ground.
One ball almost hit England assistant coach Andy Flower, prompting Big Freddie Flintoff - England’s enforcer [...]

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Golf’s Mr Fashion withdraws from Singapore Open

Ian Poulter has withdrawn from the £3.2m Singapore Open after his driver was stolen during last week’s tournament in Shanghai. A replacement club failed to arrive in time for the Singapore event, which started today.
“It’s disappointing as I did not come all this way not to play,” the badly [...]

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Who ya got?

A golf cart is perhaps the easiest vehicle to drive. Unless you’re this lady golfer, in which case… well, it’s just not.

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That familiar collapsing feeling…

Abject England were bowled out for less than 100 in their final warm-up match before the start of their seven-match one-day series in India. Not a good omen for the real contest.
Kevin Pietersen’s tourists could only muster 98 all out, a feeble reply to the Mumbai President’s 222-7. Not that KP seemed [...]

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Serbian rumoured to be gettin’ jiggy with Fernando Verdasco

Locker-room rumours claim that Ana Ivanovic, the world’s hottest tennis player, is seeing Spaniard Fernando Verdasco, ranked No.16 on the men’s tour.
According to the Swiss website 20minuten.ch, the pair fell for each other at the Beijing Olympics. She pulled out of the tournament one day before the [...]

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Scotland 1, USA 0

After losing to David Nalbandian in Paris, Andy Murray returned to winning ways with a three-set victory (6-4 1-6 6-1) over Andy Roddick, in his first ever Masters Cup match.
Murray now faces Frenchman Gilles Simon and then Roger Federer (Simon shocked Federer in their opener), to determine which two players progress to [...]

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This is one lucky man

Meet amateur golfer Curt Hocker. He scored a freakish five holes-in-one in the space of one week. All of the aces were recorded at the El Paso Golf Club in Illinois. Even more incredible - four of the five aces came on par fours. According to him and the 15 witnesses [...]

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Freddie hits a ton. About time too

Andrew Flintoff struck an unbeaten century as England beat the Mumbai Cricket Association by 122 runs in the first warm-up match of their India tour.
It was Freddie’s first ton since the fourth Test of the 2005 Ashes series. What took you so long, Fredalo?
“We’ll play against better teams on [...]

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Tennis babes confounded by latest Islamic fashions

“This shit is soooo unflattering…”
The stars of the WTA were absolutely delighted to cover up for the season-ending Tour Championships, currently taking place in Doha. Qatar is a Muslim country, so Maria Sharapova and co. had to “go Hijab” at the pre-tournament presentation.
Jelena Jankovic, a definite BOBFOC (Body off [...]

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Serbian gets it wrong

She may be the world’s No.1 female tennis player and therefore rich enough to afford designer clobber - however, that doesn’t stop JJ from looking like she wandered into TK Maxx wearing a blindfold and picked out the first two items of clothing she could find.
FAIL.

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