Sachin Tendulkar was dismissed immediately after scoring a hundred against the South Africans in the Nagpur Test. This is not the first time when the 'master' has failed to deliver when his presence and contribution was needed the most. MSN India revisits the famous Chennai Test against Pakistan, when Tendulkar's hundred flattered, only to deceive at the end.

Peshawar: The PCB has summoned Pakistan coach Intikhab Alam and captain Mohammad Yousuf to explain the team’s dismal tour of Australia.

Melbourne: Australia crushed West Indies by 113 runs in the first ODI at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Sunday.

Lahore: The war of words between Ejaz Butt and Javed Miandad turned ugly with the PCB chief accusing the latter of costing the board Rs 8.1 million for seven days of work in a year.

Melbourne: Australian fast bowler Shaun Tait has said that his focus on short, sharp spells is the factor behind his speed and he is confident of pushing the radar gun further.

Hyderabad: West Zone created a world record in first class cricket by successfully chasing down a mammoth 536-run target to clinch the Duleep Trophy with a dramatic three-wicket victory over South Zone, riding on Yusuf Pathan's scintillating double century.

Kolkata: Former India captain Sourav Ganguly will be seen in action in the East Zone Vijay Hazare Trophy cricket championship to be held at Cuttack later this month.

In the world of cricket, no one week is the same; and the past week was no exception either. It had its shares of controversies and verbal duels. Shah Rukh Khan, ball chewing all-rounder Shahid Afridi, Pakistani cricketers and Dale Steyn have all managed to find themselves a spot in our weekly ride down the road of cricket.

New Delhi: The Cricket Board today shifted the second one-dayer between India and South Africa on February 24 from Kanpur to Gwalior.

Hyderabad: Gritty batting by Chirag Pathak (130) and Yousuf Pathan (84 not out) today brought West Zone back into the game as their Duleep Trophy final against South Zone is heading for an exciting finish.

LONDON: The new Virgin Racing Formula One car completed its first laps on Thursday with Germany's Timo Glock at the wheel.

VALENCIA: Fernando Alonso delighted his legions of Spanish Formula One fans with the quickest time in testing on an emotional debut for Ferrari.

VALENCIA: Felipe Massa and Michael Schumacher, once brothers in arms but now Formula One rivals, returned to the racetrack on a day of comebacks on Monday.

Hamburg: Michael Schumacher is convinced he will not be a backbencher on his return to Formula One and doesn't rule out racing beyond 2012.

London: Formula One legend Michael Schumacher has warned current racing champions Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton saying that, "I'm going reign again".

Fernando Alonso on Thursday announced that he will finish his Formula One career at the wheel of a Ferrari.

Nelson Piquet will not return to the Formula One grid in 2010, the Brazilian driver announced on Tuesday.

Lotus has become the next F1 team to announce a launch date for its 2010 car.

Renault will launch its 2010 car on the day before it is tested for the first time at Valencia.

From Marlboro's Madonna di Campiglio winter media event on Wednesday, Ferrari announced that its 2010 car will be launched on January 28.

London: Mukesh Ambani chairman of Reliance Industries and Subroto Roy chairman of Sahara Group are reportedly bidding for a 51 per cent stake in Liverpool football club-one of the most successful clubs in the history of English football.

WARSAW: European champions Spain were handed an easy-looking path to the Euro 2012 finals in Poland and Ukraine in Sunday's qualifying draw, although coach Vicente Del Bosque said afterwards he was taking nothing for granted.

London: First-half goals from Didier Drogba earned Chelsea a 2-0 win over Arsenal at Stamford Bridge on Sunday and secured a return to the top of the Premier League two points ahead of Manchester United.

London: Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney scored again to help his team crush bottom club Portsmouth 5-0 and return to the top of the Premier League on Saturday.

LONDON: John Terry was stripped of the England captaincy after a meeting with coach Fabio Capello ,the Football Association (FA) said.

London: Liverpool overcame the early sending-off of defender Sotiros Kyrgiakos to beat city rivals Everton 1-0 in a fiercely-contested Premier League Merseyside derby at Anfield on Saturday.

London: Rio Ferdinand, who is succeeding John Terry as England captain, has a far from a squeaky clean image craved by fans, as he has been involved in a fair share of football scandals.

London: England footballer John Terry reportedly paid 400,000 pounds to his alleged lover Vanessa Perroncel to remain mum on their liaisons.

LONDON: John Terry's sacking as England skipper on Friday opened the door for a significant turnaround in fortune for Manchester United defender Rio Ferdinand who will take over the captain's armband.

London: Soccer star John Terry slept with eight women in 18 months, it has emerged.

ZAGREB: Top seed Marin Cilic of Croatia battled to a 7-6 6-4 win over compatriot Ivo Karlovic to stay on course for his second consecutive Zagreb Indoors title.

Johannesburg: Rohan Bopanna and Aisam Qureshi clinched their first ATP World Tour doubles title after a hard-fought 2-6, 6-3, 10-5 victory over Karol Beck and Harold Levy in the final of USD 442,500 South African Open here.

Kuala Lumpur: Sania Mirza and veteran Rushmi Charavarthy registered contrasting singles victories as India blanked Kyrgyzstan 3-0 in the play-off tie to win back their place in the Asia/Oceania Group I of the Fed Cup tennis tournament here today.

PARIS: World number nine Jo-Wilfried Tsonga has pulled out of next week's Rotterdam event because of a stomach muscle injury.

Kuala Lumpur: Sania Mizra and Poojashree Venkatesha scored dominating singles victories as India drubbed hosts Malayisa 3-0 to top pool A of the Asia/Oceania Group II competition in the Fed Cup tennis tournament here today.

Johannesburg: Somdev Devvarman's good run at the ATP South Africa Open was cut short with a crushing straight-set defeat at the hands of second seed Spaniard David Ferrer on Friday.

JOHANNASBURG: Somdev Devvarman stormed into the quarter-finals of the South Africa Open tennis with a 6-4, 6-1 defeat of Brazilian Thiago Alves. He now plays second seed and World No.18 David Ferrer of Spain.

JOHANNESBURG: Gael Monfils beat fellow Frenchman Josselin Ouanna in straight sets to advance to the quarter-finals of the South African Open on Thursday.

Kuala Lumpur: Sania Mirza and Poojashree Venkatesha notched up straight-set wins as India blanked Singapore 3-0 in a Group A rubber to get off to a flying start in the Asia/Oceania Group II competition of the Fed Cup tennis tournament here today.

Bangalore: After bagging a record equalling 11th Grand Slam title at the Australian Open, Leander Paes is eyeing at least five or six more Major trophies.

New Delhi: Hockey India has ruled out changing the captain of the senior national team and advised the players and coaches to keep their focus only on the World Cup starting here this month.

New Delhi: With the World Cup just round the corner, Hockey India has formed a five-member committee to look into the gradation system which was one of the key demands of the players during their rebellion last month.

Vancouver: Russia has been warned to get its anti-doping act together days before the start of the Vancouver Olympics after several of their athletes have been busted for taking banned drugs in the past months.

Chennai: The crisis on the captaincy issue of the Indian hockey squad deepened with chief coach Jose Brasa adamant on pushing his case that Prabhjot Singh should be made the skipper of the World Cup side.

Bangkok: Gaganjeet Bhullar gave Indian golf a great present right at the start of the year with a brilliant course record of eight-under 64 and winning the season-opening Asian Tour International by one shot on Sunday at the Suwan Golf and Country Club.

London: Elin Nordegren has reunited with her golfer husband Tiger Woods but she is not sporting her wedding ring.

New Delhi: The appointment of India's hockey captain for this month's World Cup here was today marred by controversy as chief coach Jose Brasa wanted Prabhjot Singh as skipper but was overruled by the selection panel according to sources.

London: Tiger Woods' wife Elin Nordegren has joined the disgraced golf star at the sex addiction clinic where he is undergoing therapy.

CHICAGO: Despite Tiger Woods' problems surrounding his adultery scandal and lost corporate sponsors, the world's No. 1 golfer remains the top athlete brand as ranked by Forbes.

New Delhi: Ace Indian marksman Abhinav Bindra has equalled his Beijing Olympics qualification score for the third time after the 2008 megaevent, the latest at a International Shooting Competition in Netherlands.