PAES WINS AUSTRALIAN OPEN MIXED TITLE WITH CARA BLACK

Indian doubles legend Leander Paes lived up to his No. 1 seeding in the Australian Open mixed doubles event alongside Zimbabwe's Cara Black, taking the title in Melbourne for the second time on Sunday.

Paes, who won the 2003 mixed title with Martina Navratilova, collected his fifth Grand Slam mixed championship and second with Black following a 7-5, 6-3 win over Czech Jaroslav Levinsky and Russian Ekaterina Makarova.

It was 36-year-old Paes's 11th major title overall - adding to his six men's doubles Slams - tying him with former doubles partner Mahesh Bhupathi for the most majors won by an Indian player. Bhupathi won his 11th Grand Slam title by taking the 2009 Australian Open mixed crown with compatriot Sania Mirza.

When asked about what makes him and Black a great mixed doubles combination, Paes replied: "I think that just our expertise and the way we play doubles, the way we cover the right shots at the right time, and the fact we keep bringing it to our opponents."

FEDERER WINS FOURTH AUSTRALIAN OPEN

Contesting his 22nd career Grand Slam singles final, World No. 1 Roger Federer collected his 16th major title with a 6-3, 6-4, 7-6(11) win over No. 5 seed Andy Murray at the Australian Open on Sunday.

The 28-year-old Swiss master, appearing in his 18th final from the past 19 Grand Slam events, notched his fifth win over Murray from 11 contests in the two-hour, 41-minute clash as he regained the title he lost to Rafael Nadal last year. It was a repeat of the 2008 US Open final (Murray's first in a major), which Federer also won in three straight sets.

Federer becomes the fifth man to win at least four Australian Open titles (2004, 2006, 2007, 2010) and only the second to do so at Melbourne Park alongside Andre Agassi. It is his first Grand Slam title won as a father, with his wife Mirka giving birth to twin girls six months ago.

"Coming here at the beginning of the year and playing so well, it's a beautiful feeling," said Federer, who edged ahead of Pete Sampras to win a record 15th major at Wimbledon last year. "I definitely had to play some of my best tennis tonight to come through. That was clearly the case."

Famous Cups and Trophies

Cricket
Ashes, Anthony Demellow Trophy, C.K. Naidu Trophy, Cooch-Behar Trophy, Deodhar Trophy, Duleep Trophy, Irani Trophy, Moin-ud-dowla cup, Natwest Trophy, Ranji Trophy, Rohinton Bria Trophy, Sheesh Mahal Trophy, Sheffield Shield
Foot ball
B.C.Roy Trophy, Bordoloi Trophy, DCM cup, Durand Cup, G.V. Raja Memorial Trophy, Mardeka Cup, Nehru gold Cup, Rovers Cup, Santosh Cup
Golf
Canada Cup, Muthiah Gold Cup, Ryder Cup, Walker Cup
Hockey
Agha Khan Cup, Azlan Shah Cup, Beighten Cup, Dhyan Chand Trophy, Gyanvanti Devi Trophy, Indira Gandhi Gold Cup, Khan Abdul Gaffar Cup, Lady Ratna Tata Cup(Women), Modi gold cup, Murugppa Gold Cup, Obaidullah Gold Cup, RangaSwami Cup
Table Tennis
Corbillian Cup(Women), Jayalaxmi cup(women), Swaythling Cup (men), U.Thant Cup
Lawn Tennis
Davis Cup, Hamlet Cup, Gaffar Cup, Australian open, French Open, Wimbledon, US Open
Badminton
Ibrahim Rahimatulah Challenge Cup, Thomas Cup(men), Uber Cup(Women), Narang Cup
Boxing
Aspy Adjahia Trophy
Rowing
Wellington Trophy
Brigade
Ruia Trophy
Polo
Ezat Cup, Winchester Cup
Chess
Khaitan Trophy

December Sports News

Cricket
India Wins Series Against Sri-lanka on 6 Dec, 2009 ..Tops in Test Ranking
Australia Won the third test match against the West Indies.
India clinched one day International series 3-1 against sri-lanka.
Tennis
Fedrer and Serena Williams were named ITF world champions on Dec 22, 2009 after capturing four grand slam singles title between them in 2009
Spain registered victory over Czech Republic on 6 Dec, 2009 to Clinch Davis Cup.
Amelie Mauresmo Takes Retirement: France’s two time grand slam winner announced her retirement from tennis on Dec 3, 2009.
India’s Mohit Mayur beat Czech Republic’s Libor salaba in the ITF junior tournament
Football
1.Lionel Messi of Argentaina Bagged FIFA world player award in Zurich after beating cristiano Ronaldo and Kaka.
2.The Complete schedule for the FIFA world cup 2010 has been announced , will be held in South Africa from june 11, 2010. The opening match will be played between host south Africa and mexico in Johansburg on june 11, 2010. The final will be played on july 11, 2010 at johannesburg.
3.India beat Maldives 3-1 in a penalty shootout in the final of the south Asian Football Championship (SAFF) on Dec 13, 2009.
HOCKEY
1.Australia’s Jamie Dwyer has been crowned field Hockey’s world player of the year for a third time. Dwyer was also declared Field Hckey’s world player in 2004 and 2007.
2.Australia Wons the mens Field Hockey champions trophy for a record tenth time with victory over Germany.
BADMINTON
Saina Nehwal and Chetan Anand wins singles in their respective category after the winning final of US dollor 50,000 jaypee cup sayed Modi International grand prix Badminton tournament.
CHESS
Sriram Jha becomes India’s 21st GrandMaster
Boris Gelfrand of Israel won the Chess World cup after beating former world Champion Ruslan Ponomariov of Ukraine.