Troy Matteson followed up a PGA TOUR consecutive 36-hole record 122 (61-61) in ds rouns two and three with a 2-under 68 Sunday and then defeated Rickie Fowler (64) and Jamie Lovemark (64) in a playoff to win the 2009 Frys.com Open. All three players parred the first extra hole, before Matteson hit his approach shot on the par-4 17th hole to 21 inches for the victory.• The victory is the second of Matteson's career, with the first coming at the 2006 Frys.com Open, a separate tournament now kno... Read Full Story

Oct 25 (Reuters) - Scoreboard after Australia beat India byfour runs in the first one-day international in Vadodara, India,on Sunday to take a 1-0 lead in the seven-match series. Australia inningsS. Watson lbw b Nehra 5T. Paine c Dhoni b Sharma 50R. Ponting lbw b Jadeja 74C. White c Raina b Nehra 51M. Hussey c Kohli b Sharma 73A. Voges c Gambhir b Harbhajan 3J. Hopes run out 14M. Johnson not out 14B. Lee b Sharma ... Read Full Story

London, Oct 17(ANI): Former England captain Michael Vaughan has said that the cash-rich Twenty20 competitions like the Indian Premier League and the Champions League give a tough time to international players, however he acknowledges that its all part of a player’s life. He said that the touring commitments placed on top international players are intense, but when a player has passion and love for the game, he would enjoy the experience. “Touring is part of a cricketer’s life and playing ... Read Full Story

Injured fast bowler Nathan Bracken says the Australian squad is excited about playing under new Twenty20 captain Michael Clarke. Clarke, 28, has previously skippered the side in the absence of Ricky Ponting, including in a recent match against England following the Ashes series.Ponting has since retired from 20-over cricket in an effort to prolong his Test and one-day careers.Bracken, who is still recovering from knee surgery, told BigPond Sp... Read Full Story

All-rounder Dwayne Bravo has revealed that all of West Indies' star players will make themselves available for the summer tour to Australia.Bravo is one of the host players from the Caribbean locked in an ongoing dispute with the WICB regarding their contracts.The disagreement resulted in a second-string team being sent to compete in the ICC Champions Trophy, a competition West Indies famously won in England in 2004.The WICB reacted by saying only players who make themselves for a regional o... Read Full Story

(SOUTH AFRICA won by 5 wickets) ODI at Centurion, Tshwane, SA, 24 Sep 2009 South Africa won the toss & elected to field NEW ZEALAND: (NZ: 214/10 (47.5) RR: 4.47 ) Read Full Story

Maria Sharapova ended the US Open run of Christina McHale when she overpowered the American 6-2 6-1 at Flushing Meadows overnight. With her victory, the 2006 champion booked a third-round meeting with another American teenager, Melanie Oudin, who earlier upset fourth seed Elena Dementieva.Sharapova, seeded 29th, produced a display of power tennis although her 17-year-old opponent refused to be overawed at Arthur Ashe Stadium.The former world number one broke McHale in her first game b... Read Full Story

All-rounder Andrew Flintoff has been named in all three England squads for the forthcoming limited-overs series.Flintoff, 31, is named in the squad for the one-day international and Twenty20 series against Australia as well as the ICC Champions Trophy in South Africa.Paul Collingwood will lead England in an ODI against Ireland and the Twenty20 games before Andrew Strauss returns.The squad contains just one uncapped player, Kent batsman Joe Denly, while the injured Kevin Pietersen misses out. ... Read Full Story

Tiger Woods carded a final round of 5-under-par 65 to win the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational by four-strokes over Padraig Harrington and Robert AllenbyWoods started the day three-strokes off the lead, but after a 24-foot eagle-putt at the 2nd hole and 13-foot birdie-putt at the 4th hole he had tied Padraig Harrington for the lead. Woods took the outright lead at the next hole with a 13-foot birdie and by the turn he was up two-strokes. The back nine saw the lead shrink to a stroke after Harring... Read Full Story

Dinara Safina, the No. 1 player in the world and top seeded in the 56-player singles draw, was upset in the third round. Safina, the defending champion, followed Ana Ivanovic, who lost here last year while ranked No. 1.Safina was defeated, 7-5, 4-6, 6-4, by eighth-seeded Jie Zheng, a player Safina had beaten in four previous meetings, most recently in Rome.But Zheng, ranked 23rd, has given her trouble as two of those four matches, including the most recent, went to the third setWhich it did ... Read Full Story