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Manchester (England): Cristiano Ronaldo has dismissed the latest speculation linking him with Real Madrid and says he plans to stay at Manchester United.

Although the Portuguese winger repeatedly said at the end of last season he wanted a move to Madrid, he says it is untrue that the two clubs made an agreement that he would switch clubs at the end of the current campaign.

“There’s always speculation, not just about me, but about the future of players all around the world,” the 23-year-old star told Manchester United TV. “People were speaking about me this summer but that was normal because of what I did during the season.”
Ronaldo scored 42 goals for the Red Devils last term and helped the team win both the Premier League and Champions League titles. After weeks of speculation he did little to deny, Madrid ended its efforts to sign the star.

“What people are saying now is not true,” he said about reports that the clubs agreed to a deal. “I am happy at the club, I want to stay here. I feel at home here. I feel very happy here.”

Roger Federer returned from a five-week layoff to beat Radek Stepanek in the second round of the Madrid Masters. The 2006 champion rallied from a 5-3 deficit in the tiebreaker with some excellent shot making, including a backhand that landed in the far corner on match point.

Federer, playing his first ATP event since winning the US Open last month, will face Australian Open finalist Jo-Wilfred Tsonga. Top-ranked Rafael Nadal pulled out of doubles with Carlos Moya because of a slight upper leg injury.

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Saurav Ghosal climbed six places to 39th in the latest PSA world squash rankings released on Wednesday. India No.1Ghosal achieved the career – high ranking after his good run in France last month, where he clinched his first PSA title outside of India at the Oramano Open, followed by an entry into the main draw of the prestigious International de France de Squash in Paris.

Ghosal is the highest ranked Indian on the list with Ritwik, the only other Indian in the top 100, lying 57th.

The selectors on Monday put a huge question mark over the future of former India skipper Sourav Ganguly and Yuvraj Singh by leaving the left-handed duo out of the Rest of India squad for the September 24-28 Irani Cup tie against Ranji Trophy champions Delhi at Vadodara.

Ominous clouds overhead, the sort of hard court that troubled him this season underfoot, Roger Federer sensed something on Saturday he hadn’t in quite a while. He was playing exactly like that guy named Roger Federer.

Shane Warne may not be part of the Australian squad in the tour of India but the retired spin great is doing his bit to ensure that his compatriots come out with flying colours against Anil Kumble’s men in the four-match Test series starting next month.

American football fans will be seeing a new attraction to the game, when they witness girls playing it only in their undies.

The girls will be wearing only protective gear and their undies, in what is to become a common sight in the US next year, reports British tabloid The Sun.

The International Cricket Council (ICC) is likely to include Indian Premier League in its calendar. The multimillion dollar Twenty20 tournament has been included in the final draft of a radical proposal to revamp ICC’s international programming.

The suggested schedule includes IPL and will be presented to the ICC’s executive board in Dubai over the next two days.

Leading players and player associations have demanded a space for the IPL for fear that emerging cricketers will abandon playing for their country and instead take the big money on offer in the IPL.

A recent survey by the Federation of International Players Associations (FICA) showed that more than half of the 64 players polled from seven of the nine active Test countries, including Australia, were willing to sacrifice the end of their international career for IPL money.

Former ace Sri Lankan batsman Aravinda De silva feels the Twenty20 format has changed the face of cricket, especially after the action-packed Indian Premier League (IPL).

Both are different ball games together. In T20, you don’t need to be astute to think what you have to do and make a strategy. In one-day cricket you need to make a strategy. In T20, it is just go out and hit the ball for sixes.

In July, India will travel to Sri Lanka for three Test matches and five One-Day Internationals.

For the first time, the International Cricket Council (ICC) will use the referral system on umpiring decisions in this series, where the players will be allowed to challenge decisions made by on-field umpires, and have them referred to the third umpire.