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Having received tips from the likes of Sourav Ganguly and John Buchanan, former Indian skipper Mohammad Azharuddin's son Mohammad Asaduddin Wednesday said he thoroughly enjoyed the experience of taking part in the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) trials here.

Indian Premier League side Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) Wednesday categorically said they had no plans to put Australian skipper Ricky Ponting on sale.

David Beckham's debut for AC Milan in a friendly match in Dubai has left Bayern Munich general manager Uli Hoeness far from impressed.

South African captain Graeme Smith had no plans to bat with a broken hand but changed his mind after seeing the resolute display by tail-enders on the last day of the third final Test against Australia here Wednesday.

India's I-League champions Dempo have been provisionally placed with Al Sharjah football club of United Arab Emirates (UAE) in Group B of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Champions League.

Wednesday's matches in the $450,000 ATP Chennai Open tennis tournament were called off after persistent showers that began in the afternoon and continued through the evening.

Indian shuttlers had a mixed day in office in the first round matches of the Malaysian Open Super Series badminton in Kuala Lumpur Wednesday.

Australian Open finalist Jo-Wilfried Tsonga recovered from a horror start to impose his game on fighting Finn Jarkko Nieminen for a 0-6, 7-6 (7-1), 7-6 (7-5) win into the quarter-finals of the Brisbane International Wednesday.

Top seed and World No.5 Nikolay Devydenko Wednesday pulled out of the $450,000 ATP Chennai Open tennis tournament as well as the year's first Grand Slam, the Australian Open, after he aggravated a heel injury.

Australian Open tennis tournament director Craig Tiley is confident that defending champion Maria Sharapova of Russia will play this year.