Near-fatal accident leads to music career

"NEW YORK (CNN) -- Singer Melody Gardot made her first album lying in bed. ...

Meeks calls off school boycott in Chicago

The Reverend Meeks, a powerful Illinois state senator, has called off the Chicago public schools boycott after being heavily criticized by politicians and the media."A controversial, four-day Chicago Public Schools boycott ended on Day Two -- after Gov. Blagojevich said any...

British troops in 'Mad Max' mission

British soldiers in Afghanistan have undertaken a dangerous mission and managed to outsmart the Taliban in order to deliver turbines. The operation was the biggest "route clearance" mission for British troops since World War II. 1,600 troops shifted mines and guarded a 200-...

Deccan Chargers to make wholesale changes

"Deccan Chargers are making significant changes to their top management in an effort to reverse their fortunes. The most expensive team in the IPL finished last in the eight team competition. Shishir Hattangadi, the head of cricket, and manager Vijay Mohan Raj won’t be...

Dhoni conferred Khel Ratna

"Mahendra Singh Dhoni became only the second cricketer after Sachin Tendulkar to receive the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award as he was conferred the country’s highest sporting honour at a glittering function at the Rashtrapati Bhawan on Friday."

Paes-Bhupathi in US Open 4th round

"Indian tennis greats Mahesh Bhupathi and Leander Paes advanced to the pre-quarterfinals of men’s doubles event of the US Open after winning their respective second round matches with their respective partners."

Bhupathi-Knowles move to second round

"Ace Indian pro Mahesh Bhupathi and his partner Mark Knowles scored a comfortable straight sets win to advance to the second round of the US Open. Meanwhile Rohan Bopanna and Pakistani team-mate Aisam-ul-Haq-Qureshi crashed out of the men’s doubles event."

Toss was crucial: Dhoni

"After winning the ODI series in Sri Lanka 3-1, Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni said the toss played a crucial role in the win as the wicket gave enough assistance to the spinners in the second half of the match."

England thump South Africa in 2nd ODI

"Stuart Broad returned a career-best five for 23 to help England thrash South Africa by 10 wickets in the second ODI at Nottingham on Tuesday. The visitors thus went 2-0 down in the five-match series after collapsing to 83 all out in 23 overs, their second lowest total in a...

64 killed in suicide blast at factory

"Two suicide bombers blew themselves up outside Pakistan's main army munitions factory overnight, killing 64 workers. In the second bombing to rock the feuding Coalition Government since president Pervez Musharraf resigned on Monday, the attackers struck a crowd of workers...

Sportsmanship on full display at the Olympics

"As many parents will tell you teaching good sportsmanship to young athletes faces many challenges in this SportsCenter driven culture.  The attention give to selfish, and immature athletes such as Many Ramirez, Barry Bonds, Ron Artest, and Chris Henry fall far short of...

Munaf fined 75% match fees

Indian fast bowler Munaf Patel has been fined 75% of his match fee for a breach of the ICC Code of Conduct during the second ODI against Sri Lanka in Dambulla.Read full story