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Speaking like the father of four that he is, Roger Federer weighed in on the Nick Kyrgios controversy on Monday, one day before he was set to play in Cincinnati in his first match since losing the Wimbledon final.

Mardy Fish surprised even himself.

“I am a little bit disappointed [about missing out on a hat-trick] and I will forget about it tomorrow but tonight I will think about that last chance“.

The previous afternoon – in a World Cup final now remembered for Adam Gilchrist’s squash-ball-in-glove heroics, floodlight failures and farcical organisation – Sangakkara and Sanath Jayasuriya had, for just over one quixotic hour, made the impossible seem plausible.

“Of course, there’ll be celebrations after the game, but we have to prepare like we have for every other game and make sure we are raring to go – 4-1 would make it just that bit more sweet”.

Chandimal’s unbeaten century helped Sri Lanka enforce a turnaround and beat India by 63 runs in the first Test after the hosts being in the dumps for the major part of the match.

Dhawan, who scored a smashing 134 in the first innings of the Galle Test and did not field for a majority of Sri Lanka’s second innings.

While the final test is a victory lap for England, there might be more at stake for the beleaguered Australians.

“And I still have plenty of golf to be played for the rest of the year on a global level”.

Cook this week said he considered quitting as skipper during the first Test against the West Indies in April, shortly after being replaced as captain of the one-day side.

Tottenham’s indifferent start to the season continued as they managed to throw away a 2-0 lead to finished with just a point against Stoke, who were inspired by substitute and forgotten man Stephen Ireland into a stirring comeback at White Hart Lane. And United’s...

That’s not going to happen this weekend at Whistling Straits, as Woods has officially missed the cut and won’t be playing in the final two rounds of yet another Major.

Richard Heathcote/Getty Images Tiger Woods misses the cut after getting back on course Saturday in weather-delayed PGA.

“But I’m going to have fun with it, and I’m pretty relaxed on the golf course“. He’s still good enough to pop into contention occasionally, a la Phil Mickelson, but the days of him living in inside the top half of the leader board at every major are...

“It was a very good performance, he was very important getting the ball out from the back in tight areas”.