Hayden, Langer to help a struggling Hughes

October 6th, 2009 JOHANNESBURG - After securing the Champions Trophy title for his team on Monday, Australian all-rounder Shane Watson, who scored an unbeaten 105, has said that he hopes to emulate former players Adam Gilchrist and Mathew Hayden in terms of dominant scoring ability. Watson said he hopes to build on his biggest one-day triumph by emulating the men who showed him what opening was all about, Adam Gilchrist and Matthew Hayden.

October 3rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Young Australian opener Phillip Hughes said an interaction with Indian batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar helped him get over the disappointment of being dropped during the Ashes series. Hughes, 20, was dropped from the third Ashes Test at Edgbaston.

September 20th, 2009 LONDON - Manchester City manager Mark Hughes has said that knocking defending champions Manchester United off their perch would be the biggest achievement of his career. Hughes would be looking forward to destroy the dynasty of his mentor Sir Alex Ferguson during the much anticipated Manchester derby on Sunday.

August 28th, 2009 LONDON/ NAGPUR - Sacked Australian opener Phillip Hughes is determined to make his way back into the squad and hopes to return against the West Indies in the first Test at Brisbane. Hughes, who was axed after the Lord's defeat against England, has been training in India with his coach Neil D'Costa and even has a chance to have a one-on-one session with Sachin Tendulkar this weekend.

August 12th, 2009 LONDON - Dumped Australian opener Phillip Hughes has declared he has no fear of the short ball, citing his enormously successful debut tour in South Africa as proof it is not a major flaw in his game. Hughes also retained hope his Ashes series was not over despite his replacement Shane Watson excelling at the role with three half-centuries in as many innings.

August 12th, 2009 LONDON - Former Australian Test batsman Justin Langer was shattered after the leak of his secret dossier to the Australian team on what he felt about the England players. "I'm shattered and really upset - that was an email meant only for Tim Nielsen," the Daily Telegraph quoted Langer as saying.

August 12th, 2009 LONDON - Discarded Australia opener Phillip Hughes says he is still preparing for next week's Ashes series decider at The Oval just in case he is needed. Arriving in the United Kingdom as one of the most exciting batsman on the planet, the 20-year-old was dumped after just three innings in the Ashes series.

August 6th, 2009 YORKSHIRE - Australian all-rounder Shane Watson has been spending some of his time off the field consoling dumped youngster Phillip Hughes. Watson was a surprise selection for the third Ashes Test at Edgbaston and made the most of it with back-to-back half centuries (62 and 53) as an opener.

July 25th, 2009 LONDON - Australian opener Phil Hughes' latest failure has heaped yet more pressure on skipper Ricky Ponting ahead of next week's Third Test at Edgbaston. Opener Hughes made just 10 in a warm-up game at Northampton on Friday and remains horribly out of touch just when Ponting needs him to start firing.

July 23rd, 2009 MELBOURNE - Former Australian opener Matthew Hayden has said that current opener Phillip Hughes needs to temper his attacking instincts to adapt to tricky English conditions. Hayden, the retired 103-Test batsman whose retirement paved the way for 20-year-old Hughes to make his debut last summer, has strongly backed the young opener to score heavily in the remainder of the series.

July 13th, 2009 Langer eagles last hole to win 3M ChampionshipBLAINE, Minn. — Bernhard Langer chipped in for eagle on the 18th hole Sunday to win the 3M Championship, his second straight win on the Champions Tour.

July 12th, 2009 Sullivan out of world swim titlesSYDNEY — Former sprint world record holder Eamon Sullivan has pulled out of the world championships in Rome because of a virus, Swimming Australia said Sunday. Sullivan withdrew from the Barcelona and Monaco legs of the Mare Nostrum Series last month and then competed at the Paris Open and in Milan.

July 6th, 2009 PERTH - Former Australian opener Justin Langer believes that current opener Phillip Hughes will come up trumps during the Ashes series that gets underway from Wednesday. Langer has told Hughes to stick to the basics that helped him triumph over South Africa in his debut series and warned England's quicks they risk playing into the young Australian's hands if they try to pummel him with short-pitched bowling.

June 27th, 2009 SUSSEX - Australian opener Phillip Hughes was once again amongst the runs, 13 days before the first Ashes Test against England to be played at Cardiff from July 8. Hughes, Ponting and Clarke all passed 70 and the Australians declared their second innings against Sussex with a lead of 417 so as to give the bowlers a second crack at the county batsmen on Saturday.

June 8th, 2009 Langer cruises to win in Triton Financial ClassicLAKEWAY, Texas — Bernhard Langer shot a final-round 67 Sunday and cruised to a six-shot victory over Mark O'Meara in the Triton Financial Classic. Langer finished at 15-under 201 on The Hills Country Club course.