The 26-year-old Tevez said he has been worn down by the exhausting nature of the game and all the league and national team matches. He has played for Boca Juniors, Corinthians, West Ham, Manchester United and now Manchester City.

India were denied an injury time penalty as they went down fighting to Thailand 1-2 in their second international football friendly match here on Wednesday.

Kim Clijsters needed all her fighting qualities to keep her US Open defense alive and cap an extraordinary day of titanic struggles at the last grand slam of the season Tuesday.

This could be the end of the innings for suspended IPL czar Lalit Modi. Irrespective of what comes out of the disciplinary charges levelled against him for misappropriation of funds, the Indian cricket board has devised a plan to oust Modi from IPL, and also keep him away from all BCCI posts in the future.

Mikhail Youzhny briefly slowed Spain's march through the U.S. Open bracket. The 12th-seeded Russian beat Tommy Robredo, the lowest-ranked man left in the draw, 7-5, 6-2, 4-6, 6-4 on Tuesday to advance to the quarterfinals. The 41st-ranked Robredo was one of a record six Spanish men to reach the fourth round at Flushing Meadows.