MOHALI, India--New Zealand became the first team to book a spot in the World Twenty20 semi-finals after opener Martin Guptill smashed his 10th fifty in the game's shortest format to set up a 22-run win against Pakistan in their Super 10 stage match on Tuesday.
The right-handed Guptill hit 10 fours and three sixes in his 48-ball 80, sharing an opening stand of 62 with captain Kane Williamson, after an unchanged New Zealand won the toss on a green-tinged surface at Mohali to post 180-5.
CALIFORNIA-- The ATP denounced BNP Paribas Open chief executive Raymond Moore's disparaging comments about female players while saying tournaments should decide how much to pay women.
MELBOURNE-- Nico Rosberg won a dramatic Australian Grand Prix on Sunday after a bungled tyre strategy dashed Sebastian Vettel's chances of a season-opening triumph and Fernando Alonso survived a spectacular crash that left his McLaren wrecked.
AUSTRALIA- - Frenchman Romain Grosjean has won Formula One's first Driver of the Day award after finishing sixth for the new U.S.-owned Haas team in Sunday's season-opening Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne.
MUMBAI-- England's Joe Root hit a sparkling 83 to lead them to the highest-ever run chase in World Twenty20 cricket and a dramatic two-wicket victory over South Africa in Group One on Friday.
