Indian batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar scored yet another double century of his legendary Test career when he touched the milestone in the morning session on day four of the Bangalore Test against Australia.

Spanish rider Jorge Lorenzo of Fiat Yamaha does a wheelie to celebrate his pole position at the end of the qualifying round of the Malaysian Grand Prix MotoGP race at Sepang on October 9, 2010. Overall leader Jorge Lorenzo of Spain powered his Yamaha to secure pole position in the Malaysian MotoGP, timing 2 minutes 1.537seconds.

Muttiah Muralitharan bowled brilliantly including an unbelievable last over as Chennai Super Kings were crowned Champions League Twenty20 winners after outplaying the Warriors at the Wanderers on their way to an eight-wicket victory.

NEW DELHI (AP) - In a boost for India’s beleaguered preparations for the Commonwealth Games, two top international sports officials said Friday that conditions at the squalid athletes’ village had greatly improved, though they said clean-up work should continue urgently.

The Commonwealth Games tennis competition will be devoid of any top names, but interest could still be high locally with Indian players set to capitalise by producing a golden haul.

Pakistan all-rounder Rana Naved-ul-Hasan stepped up efforts Friday to overturn his one-year ban for violating a code of conduct following a disastrous tour of Australia

Northants have re-signed Sri Lankan all-rounder Chaminda Vaas for all competitions for the 2011 season.

Chennai Super Kings captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni heaped praise on Suresh Raina and Murali Vijay for setting the platform for the comfortable 97-run victory over Wayamba in Group A match of the Champions League Twenty20 cricket tournament.

Former Sri Lanka rugby coach George Simpkin has returned to the fold a year after he quit in apparent disgust over the politically motivated selection of Pavitra Fernando as captain.

When match-fixing reports are floating all around, a top Indian bookie has claimed that the India- Sri Lanka ODI played at Rajkot a year ago was also fixed.