The day in sports: 11 April

Royal Challengers romp to 8-wicket win over Knight Riders

Royal Challengers Bangalore crushed defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders by eight wickets in an Indian Premier League (IPL) match at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium here Thursday.

Kashyap achieves career-best ranking of No.7

London Olympics quarter-finalist Parupalli Kashyap jumped to a career-best ranking of World No.7 in the Badminton World Federation (BWF) rankings released Thursday.

Finch fires Pune Warriors to first win in IPL-6

Aaron Finch made his IPL-6 debut in style and powered Pune Warriors to a much needed victory against Rajasthan Royals at the Subrata Roy Sahara Stadium here Thursday.

Putter powers Tiger to familiar 70 at Masters

Tiger Woods, who last won a major title in 2008, shot a two-under par 70 on Thursday in the first round of the Masters, the same opening score as in three of his four Augusta National wins.

China’s Guan fires 73 in historic Masters debut

Chinese 14-year-old schoolboy Guan Tianlang turned his historic first round at the 77th Masters into one for the ages, firing a one-over par 73 to stand as the lone amateur player.

Haas crashes out of PGA Houston clay court event

Ricardas Berankis of Lithuania, pictured during a match played at LA Tennis Center at the University of California, Los Angeles, on July 27, 2012. Second seed Tommy Haas crashed out of the US Clay Court Championships on Thursday, suffering a straight sets defeat to Berankis.

Spurs, Newcastle out as Chelsea make semis

Basel’s players celebrate after their victory against Tottenham during the UEFA Europa League second-leg quarter-final football match in Basel on April 11, 2013. Basel won the shoot-out 4-1 after the second leg in Switzerland had ended 2-2 following extra-time for a 4-4 scoreline on aggregate. Newcastle were held to a 1-1 draw by Benfica but were beaten 4-2 on aggregate after a 3-1 loss in Portugal in the first leg. Chelsea reached the semi-finals despite losing 3-2 to Rubin Kazan.

Russia drop to 11th in FIFA Rankings, Spain remain No.1

Ecuador have squeezed Russia out of the world’s top ten football nations, new rankings published by FIFA showed Thursday.

I’d do the same again to win, says Vettel

Sebastian Vettel said Thursday he would defy team orders again if it means winning a Grand Prix, in comments likely to further damage his shaky relationship with fellow Red Bull driver Mark Webber.

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