India would be aiming to notch up only their second ODI series triumph in the Caribbean when they take on the West Indies in the fourth and final one-dayer on Sunday.

She is inching closer to being among the world's top five and is tipped to be number one in the next couple of years but ace Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal says being numero uno is still a very distant dream.

Woods lived up to his hopes of being a "greedy host" when he salvaged his round during a shaky stretch in the middle and shot 4-under 66 to take a one-shot lead at his AT&T National with the lowest 36-hole score ever at Congressional Country Club.

Veteran Sri Lankan seamer Chaminda Vaas has decided to retire from Test cricket, the country's chief selector Asantha de Mel told AFP on Saturday.

Venus and Serena Williams clash in a fourth all-sister Wimbledon final on Saturday determined to prove that their domination of the event is not a backward step for the sport's future welfare.

Roger Federer reached a record 20th Grand Slam final, and a seventh straight Wimbledon title match on Friday, while Andy Roddick ended Andy Murray's bid to become the first British champion here since 1936.

Mahendra Singh Dhoni played a captain's knock as India battled inclement weather to defeat the West Indies by six wickets via the Duckworth-Lewis method.

Venus and Serena Williams, who will contest the Wimbledon singles final for a fourth time in Saturday, reached the final of the women's doubles for a second successive year on Friday.

Roger Federer has reached his seventh straight Wimbledon final on Friday by beating Tommy Haas of Germany 7-6 (3), 7-5, 6-3.

"I have never regarded India as a bully at the ICC," ICC President David Morgan said in response to criticism by some cricket commentators that India always had its way because of its financial muscle.

Sri Lanka spin wizard Muttiah Muralitharan will miss what is expected to be an emotional return to test cricket against Pakistan this weekend, officials said on Friday.

Returning from a rib injury, Jeev Milkha Singh fired three-under 68 for the tied 20th place but compatriot Jyoti Randhawa's opening round of 76 jeopardised his prospects of making the cut in the Open de France Alstom golf tournament in Paris.

Roger Federer will put friendship aside while Andy Murray must turn his back on national hype and growing media hysteria when they aim to set up a dream Wimbledon final.

Four months after a deadly terror attack on the Sri Lankan team in Pakistan, the two nations will renew their Test cricket rivalry when the first Test starts at Galle on Saturday.

The Pakistan Cricket Board has decided not to appoint paid selectors in future and will have a single selection committee to pick both national senior and junior teams.

Top seeds Leander Paes and his Zimbabwean partner Cara Black breezed into the semifinals of Wimbledon's mixed doubles event with a facile straight set win over 11th seeded Andre Sa and Ai Sugiyama here on Thursday.

Venus and Serena Williams won in contrasting fashion on Thursday to set up their fourth all-sister Wimbledon final and eighth meeting in a Grand Slam title match.

Former skipper Sunil Gavaskar on Thursday said it was wrong to blame the Indian Premier League, held in South Africa in April-May, for defending champion India's early exit from the Twenty20 World Cup in England.

Gautam Gambhir is country's highest ranked Test batsman at number three and off-spinner Harbhajan Singh, at sixth, is the highest placed Indian bowler in the latest ICC rankings issued on Thursday.

The Pakistan Cricket Board on Thursday paved the way for Mohammad Asif's comeback in the national team for the Champions Trophy later this year after fining the controversial fast bowler Rs 1 million for his involvement in a drug case in Dubai.

Jolted by the humiliating defeat in the last match, a jittery India go into the crucial third cricket one-dayer against the West Indies in Gros Islet on Friday with the form of their top order batsmen being a worrying factor.

Out-of-favour middle order batsman Mohammad Kaif is quietly hopeful of returning to national colours, banking on his previous international record and impressive current domestic performance.

Venus and Serena Williams' stranglehold on Wimbledon is poised to tighten even further on Thursday as the United States takes on Russia in this corner of south-west London.

Roger Federer's run of 21 consecutive Grand Slam semi-final appearances will probably never be matched, his fellow Wimbledon semi-finalist Andy Murray said.

The air-conditioners, which had been a cause of concern for shuttlers at the Indian Open, would be shut down during the World Badminton Championships so that the drift does not affect players, assured BAI chief VK Verma.