Kvitova Not capable of defeating Venus

Venus William defeated Petra Kvitova by 6-4 4-6 6-0 . The match did go to third set But Venus with loads of experience Got better of her. After Venus defeating Kvitova She has reached to the third round of US$9.6 million ($NZ 11.6) WTA and ATP Miami hardcourt event.Seven-time grand slam champion Williams, in her first WTA event since pulling out of last year's US Open, took advantage on 9-of-11 break-point chances and fought off a rally to advance after two hours and 18 minutes.

Williams booked a third-round matchup with Canadian wildcard Aleksandra Wozniak, who defeated Romania's Monica Niculescu 4-6 6-3 6-4.At last year's US Open, Williams withdrew after a first-round triumph and revealed she had been diagnosed with the auto-immune disorder Sjogren syndrome, an illness that saps her energy and causes pain in her joints.She played doubles for the US Fed Cup team last month and defeated Japan's Kimiko Date-Krumm 6-0 6-3 in her WTA return match on Wednesday in round one.

World No.1 Victoria Azarenka of Belarus beat Dutchwoman Michaella Krajicek 6-3 7-5.Azarenka broke as Krajicek served for the second set, then held and then broke again at love to close out the match after one hour and 42 minutes.Azarenka stretched her season-long win streak to 24 matches. She has the best start to a WTA season since Martina Hingis won 37 in a row in 1997.Top seed Azarenka will next face British wildcard Heather Watson, who defeated Czech 27th seed Lucie Safarova 6-2 6-1.Azarenka comes off her fourth title of the season at Indian Wells, where she beat world No.2 Maria Sharapova of Russia in the final just as she did last year in Miami.Spanish second seed Rafael Nadal began his quest for a first-ever Miami hardcourt title by ousting Colombia's Santiago Giraldo 6-2 6-0 in 69 minutes.Nadal, who received a first-round bye, advanced to a third-round match with Czech Radek Stepanek, who ousted Germany's Tommy Haas 7-6 (7-4) 6-1.World No.4 Andy Murray eased into the third round by dispatching Colombia's Alejandro Falla 6-2 6-3, avoiding a repeat of an embarrassing first-match ouster in Indian Wells by Spaniard Guillermo Garcia Lopez.Murray, 24, will next face big-serving Canadian 26th seed Milos Raonic, who advanced over France's Arnaud Clement 7-6 (9-7) 6-2.Fourth seed Murray, the 2009 champion in Miami when he defeated Novak Djokovic, recorded his 15th match win of the season against three defeats, hitting four aces for victory in 77 minutes against Falla.World No.1 Djokovic will open defence of his Miami crown on Saturday against Marcos Baghdatis of Cyprus.Russia's Alisa Kleybanova, a former top-20 player who missed the past 10 months battling Hodgkin's lymphoma, was ousted in her second-round match by compatriot Maria Kirilenko 7-6 (7-1) 6-3.

Scotland too bad for Canada

It was Scotland who defeated Canada by 4 wickets As it was last ball remaining and 4 runs to win And Ryan Flannigan Hitted four to win a dramatic match in the fifth-place play-off at the qualifying tournament for the ICC World Twenty20 in Dubai.Seeking to bow out on a high after seeing their bid to qualify for the finals ended by yesterday’s defeat to the Netherlands, Scotland looked set to be disappointed as, despite just needing around a run a ball for most of the final seven overs, they were left requiring a boundary off the final delivery to reach their victory target of 136. But after conceding just three runs off his previous five balls, Canada captain Rizwan Cheema saw his sixth delivery smashed to the rope by Flannigan as Scotland snatched victory from the jaws of defeat, finishing on 136 for six.

Earlier, Richie Berrington had shone with bat and ball to leave Scotland looking favourites for much of the match. The 24-year-old finished with figures of two for 14 off his two overs as Canada made 135 for eight batting first, and then struck a quickfire 47 as opener to lead Scotland’s run chase. Berrington’s knock, which came off 37 balls and included seven fours, helped his side recover from the early losses of Calum MacLeod and Preston Mommsen, who were both bowled in successive Junaid Siddiqui overs. When Berrington fell, trapped lbw by Parth Desai, Scotland were 67 for three after ten overs with the outcome of the match still in the balance, but steady contributions from middle-order trio Kyle Coetzer (22), Jan Stander (21) and Fraser Watts (18) looked to have put their side in a winning position.

However, it was Canada who assumed the role of favourites when Cheema dismissed Watts from the first ball of the final over and then limited Flannigan and new man Majid Haq to three singles off the next four balls. But, just as victory looked to have slipped away from the Scots, Flannigan found the boundary needed to earn his side the spoils.

Meanwhile, Ireland knocked out the Netherlands by seven wickets to stay in qualifying contention for the World Twenty20 on Friday.

Ireland will face Namibia today for the last spot in the World Twenty20 in Sri Lanka in September. The winner of that preliminary final will meet Afghanistan in the final hours later to determine their group in Sri Lanka. Afghanistan beat Namibia on Thursday in the first preliminary final to make a second consecutive World T20.

Ireland limited the Dutch to 114-7 then cruised to 115-3 in 16.4 overs. Ireland captain William Porterfield pulled off a spectacular catch to dismiss opener Stephan Myburgh for two. Only Alexei Kervezee (56) and Tom Cooper (26) made double figures. Kevin O’Brien claimed the wickets of big-hitting Cooper and Mudassar Bukhari.

Openers Porterfield and Paul Stirling combined for 41 off 26 balls, then Stirling and Ed Joyce added 32 for the second wicket. O’Brien smashed a 22-ball 30 with three sixes to finish the chase.

Hamilton ready to start the engine..

Hamilton has had a Malaysian practice and comfortably was the quickest of them all in two days practice session , with team-mate Jenson Button 3rd-quickest in the second session of the day.

It wasn't such a good day for Red Bull, though, with world champion Sebastian Vettel more than half a second behind Hamilton in the first session and down in 10th place after the second. His team-mate Mark Webber was 6th and 7th respectively in the day's two sessions.

Force India's Paul Di Resta had an eventful second practice, sliding off the track twice. He also had to deal with breaking problems and a front-right puncture during his time on the circuit, but still managed to set the 13th fastest time.

High temperatures and humidity in Kuala Lumpur have led to worries about how long the tyres will cope in the testing conditions. Both Vettel and Felipe Massa told their respective teams over their onboard radios that they were struggling with grip.

McLaren, however, looked impressive from the outset, and Hamilton and Button will be aiming to complete a 1-2 on the grid when qualifying takes place tomorrow morning.

The third practice starts at 5am, with qualifying getting underway at 8.

Match fixing Causes Koellerer

Koellerer  A tennis Player has been banned for life time after fixing . He also Told to other tennis Players to be just like him .

The Court of Arbitration for Sport dismissed the 28-year-old Austrian's challenge to a ban imposed by the Tennis Integrity Unit created by the sport's professional tours, Grand Slam Committee and International Tennis Federation. 

Koellerer allegedly "made invitations to other tennis players to fix matches on five occasions," the court said in a statement. "The panel ruled that the tennis governing bodies had met their burden of proof." However, the court decided Koellerer should not pay a $100,000 fine previously ordered. "The player did not benefit financially from any of the charges for which he has been found liable," the panel of three arbitrators decided. 

Koellerer was the first player banned for life for attempted corruption after being found guilty of violations from October 2009 to July 2010. He challenged his expulsion from tennis at a two-day CAS hearing held last November. The court upheld his ban, "acknowledging that the sanction was sufficiently high enough to reflect the seriousness of the corruption offences." Koellerer's ranking peaked at No. 55 in October 2009. 

Barcelona's all-time leading scorer "Lionel Messi"

Lionel Messi now has a prized record to show that he is arguably the best player to ever don Barcelona s burgundy and blue shirt. The forward wrote his name into the club s history in emphatic fashion on Tuesday with yet another hat trick to become the club s all-time leading scorer with 234 goals."We are before the best player in absolutely every facet," Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola said. "He is capable of everything that a football player must do and he does it every three days. "I am sorry for those who want to dethrone him, but he is simply different from all the rest." Messi netted his 18th career hat trick for the Catalan giants to break Cesar Rodriguez s record of 232 that had stood for 57 years, resisting the best efforts of the other greats that have made their names at Camp Nou stadium. And while Cesar set the mark in 13 seasons from 1942-1955, the 24-year-old Messi needed just under eight campaigns to pass his milestone. "Messi has entered the history of the club at just 24 years of age," Guardiola said. "If he continues like this in the coming years, he will score so many goals that he will never be surpassed." Guardiola said that Messi was to football what Chicago Bulls great Michael Jordan was to basketball. "Jordan dominated his sport and Messi dominates this one," the former midfielder said. "The first thing about Messi to point out is his mentality. He has great quality, of course. But the important thing is his mental strength." Messi s latest scoring performance led Barcelona to a tougher-than-expected 5-3 win over a pesky Granada in a game his team could not afford to lose if it wanted to stay in the hunt for a fourth straight Spanish league title. The Argentina international fired in a cross by Isaac Cuenca in the 17th minute to match Cesar s record, and then added two more off passes from Dani Alves to secure the win after Granada had come back to pull even at 2-2. Messi, the three-time world player of the year, has scored 54 goals in all competitions this season, including a Champions League-record five goals in one game just under two weeks ago.

Shahid Afridi attacked and slapped fan

Former Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi attacked and slapped a fan at Karachi airport after he returned home from Dhaka where Pakistan won the Asia Cup final against Bangaldesh on Thursday. Pakistan television channels showed Afridi, wearing a pink T-shirt, first push a youth to the ground and then slap him before his brother intervened and pulled him away in a melee on Friday night. The incident took place shortly after Afridi had spoken to the media and praised Bangladesh for their outstanding performance in the Asia Cup final. The footage showed Afridi heading for a waiting car when he turned around and attacked the youth and then pointed his finger at another man before his brother stepped in.