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HALL OF FAME: Imran Khan inducted into ICC Hall of Fame

A STEP AWAY: Saina Nehwal reaches No.2 world rank in badminton

Soccer

Manchester United has failed to sell all their season tickets for the first time in a generation, and have been warned that fans are turning their backs on Old Trafford.

• Dutch star van der Vaart finally joins Spurs
• Everton midfielder Arteta is ineligible to play for England: FIFA
• AC Milan in talks with Man City to get Robinho
• Balotelli promises Man City fans to score more goals
• Would dump any Premier League club to coach Italy, says Mancini

Racing

Formula One champ Jenson Button has told his McLaren bosses that he is not ready to play second fiddle to fellow Brit and Belgian Grand Prix 2010 winner Lewis Hamilton, even if it costs McLaren the title.

• F1 holiday shutdown will open up racers minds: Hamilton
• Lauda backs Vettel to win this year’s Formula One title
• Button eyeing another podium finish in London triathlon
• ‘Stop finding fault with Red Bull,’ says Webber
• Alonso urges Ferrari to take on Red Bull challenge

Tennis

Top-seeded Rafael Nadal and fourth-seeded Andy Murray were a pair of easy straight-set winners on Friday in second round action at the 2010 U.S. Open.

• Roger Federer hires Paul Annacone as full-time coach
• Indian tennis stars to play in CWG with full strength
• Injured Serena Williams pulls out of US Open
• Federer has lost a little bit: Murray
• ‘Fired-up’ Murray ready to take on the world

Cricket

Shady Asian cricket betting rings are reported to be directly funding al-Qaida terrorism.

• ICC charges three Pakistan players under Anti-Corruption Code
• Australia opts for blend of youth and experience for daunting India Test series
• More to Pietersen’s shock dumping than meets the eye: Watson
• ‘Fixing’ allegations ruining cricket, says Watson
• Pak cricketers at centre of illegal betting allegations are innocent: Hasan

Golf

US Ryder Cup captain Corey Pavin has set Tiger Woods an ultimatum “to improve” in his next two events to merit selection for the event.

• Tiger Woods poised to get Ryder Cup wild card
• Ryder Cup: Woods fails to clinch automatic US team spot
• Woods grabs early lead, but stumbles later at Whistling Straits golf tourney
• `Desperate’ Woods game for wild card to challenge Europe in Ryder Cup
• Woods, a ‘national joke’ in US over poor performance at Bridgestone

Athletics

Jamaican sprinter and three-time world and Olympic gold medallist Usain Bolt has revealed that he loves darts.

• Tyson asks Haye to fight Klitschko brothers to become best heavyweight boxer
• Shoulder injury may keep Oz swimmer Rice out of Commonwealth Games
• Brit Muslim boxer Amir Khan to take up yoga
• Landis claims he saw Lance Armstrong taking drugs
• Brit Asian boxer Amir Khan angry at seven-month ring lay-off

Sports Round Up

Sporting equipment manufacturer BoomBoom has suspended its relationship with 'spot-fixing' scandal-hit Pakistan fast bowler Mohammad Amir.

• Why men and women play soccer differently
• CWG Organising Committee Vice Chairman hails Manmohan Singh’s intervention
• Carlos’ 1997 ‘greatest ever free kick’ was not a fluke, say physicists
• Spot fixing case: ICC rejects calls to disband anti-corruption unit
• Pietersen may face disciplinary action over Twitter outburst despite apology