Angelique Kerber brushed aside the challenge of Carla Suarez Navarro to move into the final of the season-opening Brisbane International on Friday. The German fourth seed was simply too strong for her Spanish opponent, taking 75 minutes to win 6-2, 6-3. Kerber is the highest seed left in the tournament after the injury withdrawals of Simona Halep, Garbine Muguruza and […]
» Read moreWorld number nine Lucie Safarova will miss this month’s Australian Open as she has yet to regain full fitness following a bacterial infection last year, the Czech said on Friday. “As an athlete I’m used to fight, usually on the court to get a win, today it’s off court to get my health back,” the 28-year-old, who was runner-up at […]
» Read moreAustralia’s upcoming One-Day Internationals (ODI) campaign against India should be as feisty as ever, coach Darren Lehmann said on Friday (January 8), adding the dynamic would be a good challenge for his young squad. Asked about the mood of the five-match ODI series, which gets under way at Perth’s WACA ground on Tuesday, Lehmann said he expected it would be […]
» Read moreFrom despair to delight, this is the story of ASS Siril Verma, the new world No. 1 among junior men. He was hounded, accused of age fudging and even offloaded from the Indian team in October. The moment his name was announced as one of the four age fraudsters, Siril ran out of the hotel in disbelief, his mother followed […]
» Read moreEnding the uncertainty over holding Jallikattu (bull taming) this year, the Modi government on Friday lifted the ban on the sport days before the traditional harvest festival begins in Tamil Nadu. Union ministry of environment and forests headed by Prakash Javadekar issued a notification to this effect. Bulls may be continued to be exhibited or trained as a performing animal, […]
» Read moreBollywood star Priyanka Chopra has bagged the favourite actor in new TV series honour at the 2016 People’s Choice Awards for her performance of an FBI recruit on American show Quantico. Priyanka becomes the first Indian actor to register a win at the People’s Choice Awards. She beat popular Hollywood and TV actors like Emma Roberts, Jamie Lee Curtis, Lea […]
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