CRICKET

Australia in Sri Lanka

ODI Series Result: Australia won the 5-match series 3-2.

Player of the Series: Michael Clarke (Aus)

Twenty20 Series Result: England won the 2-match series 2-0.

Players of the Series: Ajantha Mendis and T. Dilshan (SL)

Indiain England

ODI Series Result:

Test Series Result: England whitewash India 4-0.

Player of the Series: Rahul Dravid (Ind ) & Stuart Broad (Eng)

Twenty20 Series Result: England won the 1- match series.t

Player of the Series: Jade Dernbach (Eng)

HOCKEY

2011 Asian Men’s Champions Trophy, Ordos, China

Winner: India

Runner-up: Pakistan

Third Place : Malaysia

MOTORRACING

Belgian Grand Prix, Spa, Belgium

Winner: Sebastian Vettel (Great Britain / Red Bull-Renault)

Second:  Mark Webber ( Australia / Red Bull-Renault)

Third: Jenson Button (G. Britain / McLaren-Mercedes)

Italian Grand Prix, Monza, Italy

Winner: Sebastian Vettel (Great Britain / Red Bull-Renault)

Second:  Jenson Button ( Great Britain / McLaren-Mercedes)

Third: Fernando Alonso (Spain / Ferrari)

Baichung Bhutia, one of the finest football players to play for India , has retired from international soccer. He scored 42 goals in 107 international appearances spread over 16 years. He made his debut as a substitute in the 1995 Nehru Cup in Kolkata. He was declared the most valuable player in the 2008 AFC Challenge Cup in Delhi . He received the Arjuna Award in 1998 and the Padma Shri in 2008.

TENNIS

2011 U.S. Open, Flushing Meadows

Men’s Singles

Winner: Novak Djokovic ( Serbia )

Runner-up: Rafael Nadal (Spain )

Women’s Singles

Winner: Samantha Stosur ( Australia )

Runner-up: Serena Williams (U.S. )

Men’s Doubles

Winners: Jurgen Melzer (Austria) / Philipp Petzschner ( Germany )

Runners-up: Mariusz Fyrstenberg / Marcin Matkowski (Poland )

Women’s Doubles

Winners: Liezel Huber / Lisa Raymond ( U.S. )

Runners-up: Vania King (U.S.) / Yaroslava Shvedova ( Kazakhstan )

Mixed Doubles

Winners: Melanie Oudin / Jack Sock (U.S. )

Runners-up: Gisele Dulko / Eduardo Schwank (Argentina )