By N.Ananthanarayanan
DUNEDIN, New Zealand - Ross Taylor scored 94 and Martin Guptill 60 as New Zealand overcame the loss of a wicket first ball to reach 276 for six by stumps on the opening day of the first cricket test against Pakistan on Tuesday.
LAHAINA, Hawaii - Sean Mosley scored 19 points, Eric Hayes added 12 and Landon Milbourne had 10 to help No. 21 Maryland beat Chaminade 79-51 on Monday night in the first round of the EA Sports Maui Invitational.
KANPUR, India (Reuters) - India skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni won the toss and elected to bat against Sri Lanka in the second test Tuesday.
By Martyn Herman
LONDON - Rafael Nadal lost to Robin Soderling for the second straight time, falling 6-4, 6-4 Monday in their opening round-robin match at the ATP World Tour Finals.
By Brian Homewood
COLUMBIA, S.C. - South Carolina forward Dominique Archie is out indefinitely with a sprained right knee.
ROME (AFP) - - Palermo on Monday sacked coach Walter Zenga, a day after their 1-1 home draw against Sicilian rivals Catania, and appointed former Lazio boss Delio Rossi.
NAGOYA, Japan - Top-ranked Brazil overpowered Japan in straight sets Monday to win the volleyball World Grand Champions Cup.