Afghanistan, chasing 254 to win, struggled against Thisara Perera’s pace and Ajantha Mendis’s guile.

After the ball is pitched, he sometimes takes his eyes off the ball even before it reaches him.

Players given a chance by selectors with an eye on World Cup haven’t really made the opportunity count.

Mendis took 3-11 off his unorthodox spin and Perera bowled a miserly 10-over spell for his 3-29 to get Afghanistan out for 124.

City fans were already celebrating just their third trophy in three years.

Madrid stayed three points ahead of Atletico while Barcelona can cut its deficit to Madrid to one point with a victory against Almeria.

Anderson carried momentum into third with another early break but handed back initiative with a double fault on break point in the eighth game of deciding set.

Four teams were drafted for the ambitious tournament, created by Mahesh Bhupathi, on Sunday in Dubai.

The organizers cancelled the final leg for ‘safety' reasons, without elaborating further.

Defending champion Manan Chandra of PSPB had to struggle a bit before outplaying Punjab's Anmoldeep Singh 3-2 (73-28, 72-29, 14-66, 40-62, 64-40)

At 34, Bhat became the first Indian since P Gopichand to win a Grand Prix Gold-level title in Europe.

West Indies, fresh off a dramatic victory in Friday's opening match, collapsed early on to 30-3 after England won the toss and sent them in for the second straight match.

Australia skipper scores unbeaten 161 to help side pile up 494/7 at stumps on Day 2.

Finance minister Ishaq Dar announced a cash award of $1,000 each for the squad.

Afridi’s late strikes leaves Kohli’s side with only a marginal chance of making final.

India paid the price for costly blunders at crucial junctures to suffer a nerve-wracking one-wicket defeat.

Dwayne Bravo had been the savior with the bat, slamming an unbeaten 87 off 91 balls.

David Warner went to a chanceless century from 104 deliveries in the midst of Morkel’s barrage.

India face traditional rivals Pakistan in a high-profile Asia Cup match, one neither team can afford to lose.

Afghanistan could have won with a bonus point after hosts lost four wickets for four runs inside eight balls.

Bespectacled Imam, blessed with the same silken sense of timing as his uncle, is the second highest scorer of the U-19 World Cup.

Markram not only got his call-up, he was also named skipper of the squad.

South Africa beat Pakistan by six wickets to win their maiden Under-19 World Cup title.

Federer's win extends his record of winning at least one title a year to 14 consecutive years.