Alexandr Dolgopolov upset top-seeded David Ferrer in the quarter-finals of the Open de Nice with vital victory.

Dolgopolov, the world number 23, held his nerve despite a disastrous second set and now has the chance to reach his second ATP Tour final of the season when he faces Romania's Victor Hanescu.
Hanescu, the world number 69, ended the run of Dutch lucky loser Robin Haase. Haase was trailing 6-2 2-0 when he was forced to withdraw with a right ankle injury.
Second seed Tomas Berdych was an impressive 6-1 6-4 winner over Latvia's Ernests Gulbis. He will play world number 12 Nicolas Almagro in the second semi-final after Almagro beat fellow Spaniard Pablo Andujar, also 6-1 6-4.

Mark Webber rekindled his love affair with Barcelona's Circuit de Catalunya on an easy morning for Red Bull ahead of Sunday's Spanish Grand Prix

Webber so far has a remarkable record this year as he has finished fifth, fourth, third and second in the opening four races. He was the extremist player in the last career of the year.
In a bid to complete the sequence, and emulate his victory feat of last year when Webber won from pole, the Australian at least made a strong start to the weekend in first practice.
Webber was comfortably quickest with a lap of one minute 25.142secs to finish a second faster than Red Bull team-mate Sebastian Vettel who has dominated this season.
The reigning world champion has conjured a masterful start to the defence of his crown with three victories and a second from his 100% record of four pole starts.
Due to car rally, he admitted to in best career of the game. Vettel, though, has never won at this track, yet is odds-on to make it four wins from five grands prix and further extend his current 34-point advantage in the championship standings.
Mercedes' ongoing improvement seemingly continues as Nico Rosberg was third quickest, 1.237secs down, followed closely by home hero Fernando Alonso in his Ferrari.
Mexican rookie Sergio Perez was a strong fifth for Sauber, leaving the McLaren duo of Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button trailing down in sixth and ninth places.

Pakistan trio's date with London Court Three Pakistan cricketers and a sports agent at the centre of spot-fixing allegations

Former Pakistan captain Salman Butt, 26, and fast bowlers Mohammad Asif, 28, and Mohammad Amir, 18, are charged with cheating and conspiracy to obtain and accept corrupt payments.
Agent Mazhar Majeed, 35, of Oaks Road, Croydon, south London, is accused of accepting £150,000 to arrange for the players to bowl "no balls" during three dates in Pakistan's Test series at Lord's Cricket Ground in London last August.
The four will appear before London's Southwark Crown Court.
Earlier this year they were granted bail after appearing before City of Westminster Magistrates' Court.
During that hearing, District Judge Howard Riddle heard the evidence came from an investigation by the News of the World's undercover reporter Mazher Mahmood.
The cricketers were previously funded by the Pakistan Cricket Board but their lawyer confirmed outside court that has ended.
Accepting corrupt payments is an offence under the Prevention of Corruption Act 1906 and carries a maximum sentence of seven years imprisonment and an unlimited fine.
Cheating is an offence under Section 42 of the Gambling Act 2005. It carries a maximum sentence of two years imprisonment and an unlimited fine.

Kurt Angle avoids jail time

GRAND FORKS, N.D. -- An Olympic gold medalist turned pro wrestler who pleaded guilty to reckless driving in North Dakota will not spend time behind bars.

Kurt Angle was given a 10-day suspended jail sentence and a year of probation, the Grand Forks Herald reported. He was ordered to pay $475 in fines and fees and undergo a chemical dependency evaluation.
The 42-year-old Pennsylvania resident was arrested March 25 after he was found in a vehicle in the median of Interstate 29.

He initially was accused of being behind the wheel of a vehicle while drunk. He disputed the accusation, saying his car had slid into snow during a storm. He later reached a plea agreement with prosecutors on the reduced charge.
Angle won gold for the U.S. at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Words of wisdom from Naazim Richardson

LAS VEGAS -- Trainer Naazim Richardson has a particular way with words. Consider:
"When you meet that girlfriend, you all are holding hands and you're going to the movies. But after you've left that toilet seat up a couple of times, you begin finding out whether or not we can go forward. You see her snap. I just left the toilet seat up, and she got a knife in her hands. You realize this is not the sister for you. When everything's going great, yeah, we're the best of buddies. But as soon as you have a dispute ..."
Like his friend and fellow Philadelphian Bernard Hopkins, Richardson can sometimes take a verbal stroll along a seemingly unnavigable pathway, leaving listeners stumbling along uncertainly before taking a sudden sharp turn and winding up at the long-planned destination. In this particular instance, Shane Mosley's corner man was discussing the relationship between trainer and fighter, and how navigating speed bumps can be the key to strengthening that relationship:
"Every athlete is different, and you have to have a different approach with each and every one. I felt like me and Shane Mosley could work together when we had our first disagreement. Me and Shane had our first dispute early. It was the first time I went to wrap his hands. See, Shane wants to fight in the bare-knuckle era. Shane don't want nothing on his hands. 'I like to feel it.' We got to an understanding, we compromised and we got it done."

Richardson displays an intensity, intelligence and dry wit that has led more than one scribe to dub him the best interview in boxing. On Thursday, he entertained journalists at the MGM Grand by expounding on a number of topics related to Saturday's fight between Mosley and Manny Pacquiao.

Shoaib Akhtar retires after the end of World Cup 2011

Shoaib Akhtar is the renouned form of bowling attack of the Pakistan team side. He is the powerful bowling attack of our team in the earlier stage of  the bowling strategy. They played the vital game for the our side. The ambitions of the Pakistan game have their own win their target but in the later they couldn't be in a sucessful team in the future perspective. I observe the squads have their talents and zeal & zest their opportunities.  The decision and he announces in Colombo that he retires from the ICC Cricket. After all he delivers the fastest bowl in the World Cup 2003 South Africa with 161 kmhs. He struck the wickets of the World -class batsman in throughout the world. He bowled to every vital delivery to best batsman in the cup. He have an avg. about  24avgs. And the in Test ranking of bowling performance with an 29 avgs. He is spaceman to which bowls to get an opportunity to take the wicket. 

Pakistans through the Quater final, They qaulifies the group teams.

The match it was the crucial for Pakistanian side that the issues they resolve all the problems. The tss was the main point that the Zimbabwean won and elected to bat first. Our Side of the earlier bowling which was the incredible, which took the wicket  Bredon Taylor. As the players of the Pakistanian side this man has the shows in all perspective side issues. That may cause the role which begin of the new era of the Pakistani side of the game.
  The wickets of the Zimbawean side earlier 50 comeup with lost of 4 wickets in the end. Once again the Pakistan have vitalise the game issues on the perspective side, which was the new turning point. The chances of the rain is 30% .The rain started in 27.2 overs which have the great impact on the side. The match restricted on the 43 overs both the teams.
45 minutes which delayed the match and started again with  zeal and zest performance on the game. The Zimbawean team with end of 39.4 overs and made the 151 runs and 7 wicket lost. Therefore the sum of total of the Zimbabwean innings have the 162 was target for Pakistanian side. The great chace of high score on  the total of the board but they thrashed out.
Now the Pakistani side in the opening batsman once again the loose their wicket in the earlier performance of the game. One down side of the game their get the high score on the board. 1 run short of made half century miss that is the Muhammad Hafeez. In the end of the Younas Khan and Asad Shafiq made the partnerships on the score board on the  Pakistani side. They made the won the game with glamorus perforamance on the side with 7 wickets. Pakistans through the quater final game b/w the other side of group of the World Cup 2011. Pakistan wishing him in the good luck for the future and  once again the happy pakistan live long life.