Somerset elect to field against DeccanOctober 10th, 2009 HYDERABAD - Somerset captain Justin Langer won the toss and elected to field against Deccan Chargers in a Group A Champions League Twenty20 match here Saturday.
Report: SAfrican track officials gave go-ahead for gender tests in country on runnerSeptember 18th, 2009 Report: Gender tests on runner done in SAfricaJOHANNESBURG — A South African newspaper has published what it says are e-mails showing local track officials authorized gender tests done in the country on runner Caster Semenya. South African officials have repeatedly said tests were done only abroad, not in South Africa, before Semenya's 800-meter world victory in Berlin.
Report: South African track officials gave go-ahead for gender tests on runnerSeptember 18th, 2009 Report: Gender tests done on runner in SAfricaJOHANNESBURG — A South African newspaper has published what it says are e-mails showing local athletics officials authorizing sex tests be done on runner Caster Semenya. South African officials have repeatedly said that tests were done only abroad, not in South Africa before Semenya's 800-meter world victory.
Gender row runner Semenya shattered by her predicamentSeptember 16th, 2009 JOHANNESBURG - Sex test runner Caster Semenya is "completely shattered" by claims she is half male, her spokeswoman said. The 800m world champion has shut herself away at her university amid claims that International Association of Athletics Federations gender tests proved she had internal testes and no womb, reports The Mirror.
Cricket's new top dogs, the Proteas promise to look after No.1August 26th, 2009 JOHANNESBURG - South African skipper Graeme Smith has vowed to hold on to the number one Test ranking for "as long as possible". The Proteas are the game's new top dogs while Sri Lanka and India have also leapt above Australia in the rankings, leading players to reconcile with themselves what the fans already know; that decades of dominance are over and they no longer qualify as the world's best following a third series defeat from their past five.
After battle with depression, Trescothick faces India returnAugust 17th, 2009 LONDON - Former England Test batsman Marcus Trescothick faces returning to India three years after a terrifying attack of depression led the talented cricketer to cut short an India tour. Trescothick, regarded as one of England's most talented batsmen, flew back to England after repeated panic attacks in February 2006.
Anderson hits back at LangerAugust 12th, 2009 LONDON - England fast bowler James Anderson has hit back at Justin Langer saying that now he is a ompletely different cricketer to the one the former Test opener played in the last Ashes series in Australia. "A lot has happened to me since the last Ashes series and I'm now a completely different cricketer to the one he faced in Australia," Anderson was quoted as saying by the Daily Telehraph.
England pacer Anderson unfazed by Langer's 'pussy' tagAugust 11th, 2009 LONDON - Lancashire and England fast bowler James Anderson has rejected former Australian opener Justin Langer's "pussy" tag, saying that he was now a completely different cricketer to the one they faced in 2006-07. Langer's secret dossier had branded England cricketers "lazy", "shallow" and "flat".
UK paper spills out what Langer really thinks of England cricketersAugust 9th, 2009 LONDON - In an amazing document detailing the thoughts of Somerset captain and former Australia opener Justin Langer, English cricketers are witheringly described as "lazy", "shallow" and "flat", and as players who "love being comfortable". Fast bowler James Anderson can be "a bit of a pussy" if things do not go his way and skipper Andrew Strauss can be too "conservative".
Hayden, Langer to help a struggling HughesJuly 31st, 2009 MELBOURNE - Former Australian openers Matthew Hayden and Justin Langer have decided to take struggling youngster Phil Hughes under their wings. Hayden promised that he and Langer would counsel Hughes and help him return stronger as the selectors' decision to sack the 20-year-old ahead of the third Test at Edgbaston in the ongoing Ashes series drew flak from the country's former cricketers.
Swann urges England's misfiring bowlers to shape upJuly 31st, 2009 WARWICKSHIRE - Off spinner Graeme Swann has urged England's misfiring bowlers to sort it their problems and get the ongoing third Test back in their favour. With the Aussies strongly placed at 126 for one on a rain-affected first day at Edgbaston, Swann, who dismissed opener Simon Katich LBW, admitted: "It was disappointing to let Australia get off to such a decent start.
Bernhard Langer gets eagle on 18 to win the 3M ChampionshipJuly 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.
Hughes will come up trumps in Ashes series: LangerJuly 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.
England's Nick Dougherty shoots 64 to win BMW International Open by 1 strokeJune 28th, 2009 England's Dougherty wins BMW International OpenMUNICH — Nick Dougherty shot a final-round 64 to win the BMW International Open by one stroke on Sunday, although he was nearly upstaged by one of the most rare shots in golf. The 27-year-old Englishman finished at 22-under 266, and wound up holding off Rafa Echenique after the Argentine produced an albatross — a two on a par-5 — on the 18th hole to complete his 10-under 62.
Langer shoots final-round 67 for 6-shot win in Champions Tour Triton Financial ClassicJune 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.