http://www.rediff.com/sports/index.html India's largest news and entertainment service online. en-us Sun, 20 Jul 2008 23:06:01 GMT Copyright: (C) 2008 Rediff.com India Limited. All Rights Reserved. http://www.rediff.com/uim/red_log.gif http://www.rediff.com/ 144 28 Visit rediff.com http://www.rediff.com/rss/redirect.php?url=http://www.rediff.com/sports/2008/jul/21golf.htm Padraig Harrington defied strong gusting winds to complete a successful British Open title defence with a commanding four-shot victory on Sunday. http://www.rediff.com/rss/redirect.php?url=http://www.rediff.com/sports/2008/jul/20f1.htm McLaren's Lewis Hamilton won a thrilling German Grand Prix on Sunday to forge four points clear of Ferrari's Felipe Massa at the top of the Formula One championship. http://www.rediff.com/rss/redirect.php?url=http://www.rediff.com/sports/2008/jul/20chand.htm India's Karun Chandhok soaked tremendous pressure to score his first race win of the 2008 GP2 Series in Hockenheim on Sunday. Chandhok came under intense pressure from Andi Zuber of Piquet Sports for the last 20 laps of the race, but Karun kept his cool for a fantastic victory for the iSport International team. http://www.rediff.com/rss/redirect.php?url=http://www.rediff.com/sports/2008/jul/20final.htm Marion Bartoli overpowered Japan's Ai Sugiyama 6-3, 6-3 to move into the final of the Stanford Classic on Saturday. The sixth-seeded Frenchwoman will meet Canada's Aleksandra Wozniak, who advanced when top seed Serena Williams was forced to retire with a knee injury down 6-2, 3-1. http://www.rediff.com/rss/redirect.php?url=http://www.rediff.com/sports/2008/jul/20tur.htm Defending champion Dmitry Tursunov fought back from a set down to upset top seed James Blake 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 and reach the final of the Indianapolis Championships on Saturday. The Russian will now face Gilles Simon after the Frenchman reached his first career ATP final in the United States with an exciting 6-3, 4-6, 6-4 win over local favourite Sam Querrey. http://www.rediff.com/rss/redirect.php?url=http://www.rediff.com/sports/2008/jul/20eplmain01.htm Frank Lampard wants to join Inter Milan but it is ultimately Chelsea's decision, the Italian Serie A club's president Massimo Moratti said. The Italian champions, managed by former Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho, have bid for the England midfielder but the London club has so far said it is not willing to negotiate. http://www.rediff.com/rss/redirect.php?url=http://www.rediff.com/sports/2008/jul/20ind.htm India will start construction of a Formula One circuit near New Delhi in October and is on track to host its first Grand Prix in 2010, Force India team owner Vijay Mallya said on Friday. Mallya, who bought the Spyker team last year and renamed it, has said he wants Force India to be in a position to claim their first podium finish by 2010 when they can expect to be racing in front of a home crowd. http://www.rediff.com/rss/redirect.php?url=http://www.rediff.com/sports/2008/jul/20kaka.htm AC Milan have denied British media reports that they are about to sell Brazil playmaker Kaka to Chelsea. The Guardian newspaper had reported on Saturday that negotiations for a 100 million euro ($158.5 million) transfer were at an advanced stage after talks this week. http://www.rediff.com/rss/redirect.php?url=http://www.rediff.com/sports/2008/jul/20oly.htm China fears Dalai Lama would steal Chinese President Hu Jintao's thunder if invited for the Beijing Olympics.