India fight back after wonder boy Konstas thrills MCG

MELBOURNE,  (Reuters) – India fought back with four late wickets to leave Australia on 311 for six on day one of the fourth test on Thursday after teen debutant Sam Konstas had lit up the Melbourne Cricket Ground with a thrilling knock in the morning.

Gold is Money, Road Warriors, Bent St. A advance to quarterfinals

Kashif & Shanghai National Futsal – matches set for tonight at Sports Hall Gold is Money, Road Warriors, Bent Street A, and Team Cruel secured their berths to the quarterfinal section when the Kashif and Shanghai National Futsal Championship continued at the National Gymnasium on Mandela Avenue.

Basketball, like most sports, lack developmental push – Bowman

– says that cricket has a clear developmental vision While acknowledging that the discipline of cricket has a clearly defined vision, Youth Basketball Guyana (YBG) Co-Director Chris Bowman stated that other disciplines such as basketball lack that type of foresight required for their development, which is evident in their dearth of national infrastructure and investment.

Armed men fire on Haiti hospital reopening, killing at least 3

PORT-AU-PRINCE,  (Reuters) – At least three people were killed and others injured yesterday when armed men opened fire on a group of journalists gathered for a government press conference set to announce the reopening of Haiti’s largest public hospital, a witness to the attack told Reuters.

14 Syrian police killed in ambush as unrest spreads

DAMASCUS, (Reuters) – Fourteen members of the Syrian police were killed in an “ambush” by forces loyal to the ousted government in the Tartous countryside, the transitional administration said early today, as demonstrations and an overnight curfew elsewhere marked the most widespread unrest since Bashar al-Assad’s removal more than two weeks ago.

Azerbaijan Airlines plane crashes in Kazakhstan, many feared dead

ASTANA/TBILISI/BAKU, (Reuters) – An Embraer EMBR3.SA passenger jet flying from Azerbaijan to Russia crashed near the city of Aktau in Kazakhstan today with 62 passengers and five crew on board, Kazakh authorities announced, saying 32 survivors had been rescued.