Sri Lanka knock Australia out of Twenty20 World Cup

Sri Lanka knocked world one-day champions Australia out of the Twenty20 World Cup on Monday with a six wicket victory in their Group C match at Trent Bridge. 
Australia lost to West Indies at the Oval on Saturday in their opening group match. 
Score 

Australia: 159/9 in 20 overs 
Sri Lanka : 160/4 in 19 overs 
Result : Sri Lanka won by 6 wickets 

Bangladesh out of World T20

Bangladesh's hopes of qualifying for the Super Eights of the ICC World Twenty20 were dashed when they suffered a six-wicket defeat to Ireland in their Group A do-or-die match at Trent Bridge, Nottingham on Monday. 

Ireland, comprising of county cricketers, reached 138-4 with 10 balls to spare after Bangladesh could manage 137-8. 

Ireland reached the Super Eights along with India, who will face the Irish in a group-deciding encounter on June 10. 

After going down to defending champions India by 25 runs in the first match, Bangladesh needed to win against Ireland, who also stunned Bangladesh in the 2007 World Cup in the West Indies. 

Federer reigns in Paris—at long last

As Roger Federer watched the yellow ball spin into the other side of the net, he sank to his knees, covered his face and knew that the French Open trophy was his at last. 

It was meant to be Federer's day and not even a court intruder, gusting winds or rain showers could stop the Swiss from sweeping past Sweden's Robin Soderling 6-1 7-6 6-4 on Sunday to achieve sporting greatness. 

After burying the 23rd seed in one hour 55 minutes, Federer held his arms aloft and looked up to the sky as he became only the sixth man to complete a career grand slam. The triumph also gave him a record-equalling 14th major crown. 

With so much at stake, it was little wonder that Federer started weeping the moment Soderling paddled that final forehand into the net, ending one of the most nerve-jangling weeks in the 27-year-old's career. 

The contest was not a classic but the tension was still palpable as 15,000 soggy fans cheered Federer's winners, groaned at his mistakes and applauded his spectacular shots. When it was finally all over, they exploded into a roar of deafening cheers to salute their new claycourt king. 

Fittingly, Andre Agassi, the last man to achieve the career grand slam, was on hand to welcome the newest member of the select club and gave Federer a hug before handing over the trophy. 

"It is a magical moment," a drenched Federer told the crowd after holding up the Musketeers' Cup high above his head before planting a kiss on to its gleaming surface. 

"It might be the greatest victory of my career. Andre said it was my destiny to win this. 

"It takes away so much pressure. Now, I can play in peace for the rest of my career. Nobody will never tell me again that I have not won Roland Garros," added Federer, who won the title at his 11th attempt. 

Argentina's three-pronged attack fails to click

Argentina coach Diego Maradona will have to go back to the drawing board after his team's rudderless performance in their 1-0 win over Colombia. The three points and the standings in the South America group, where Argentina are safely in the direct qualifying places for South Africa with five matches to play, were the only good news for Maradona after Saturday's game.

Argentina should comfortably qualify for the World Cup but will have to improve enormously if they are to challenge for the title or have any hope of beating arch-rivals Brazil at home in September. Argentine critics agree that Maradona's three-pronged attack of diminutive strikers, Sergio Aguero, Lionel Messi and Carlos Tevez is not working and that he needs to look for an alternative.

The midfield on Saturday was a dreadful mess and there was almost none of the refined passing game which has characterised Argentina in the last few years. Almost unbelievably, they depended instead on long balls hoofed forward from defence. Fernando Gago was substituted at halftime after struggling to adapt his new role on the right flank, where he contributed to one of Colombia's best chances after losing possession to Vladimir Marin. Maradona, who complained bitterly about the pitch at River Plate's Monumental stadium, later took responsibility, admitting that he had been wrong to field the Real Madrid player out of position.