Serbia’s Jelena Jankovic captured her first WTA final since 2013 when she beat Denisa Allertova of the Czech Republic in the final of the Guangzhou International on Saturday. The former world number one showed no mercy against the unseeded Allertova, reeling off the last 11 games in a row as she raced to a 6-2, 6-0 victory in an hour […]
» Read moreSeoul: Irina Begu halted the sensational run of qualifier Aliaksandra Sasnovich 6-3, 6-1 to win the Korea Open and lift her second WTA trophy on Sunday. Belarussian Sasnovich beat Sloane Stephens and Anna Karolina Schmiedlova, the third and second seeds, on her way to the final but she could not maintain her level against Begu. The Romanian top seed, ranked […]
» Read moreTokya: Poland’s Agnieszka Radwanska beat rising star Belinda Bencic 6-2, 6-2 in the final of the Pan Pacific Open on Sunday to capture her first WTA title in more than a year and return to the world’s top 10 rankings. The 26-year-old Radwanska turned in a near flawless display against Bencic, smashing 28 winners past the Swiss teenager to win […]
» Read moreSydney: Frank Tyson, the former England cricketer regarded as one of the fastest bowlers of all time, has died at the age of 85, the BBC reported on Sunday. Tyson passed away at a hospital on Australia’s Gold Coast. He emigrated to Australia after he retired from cricket in 1960, working as a school master, coach, commentator and author. Nicknamed […]
» Read moreNew Delhi: Beijing Olympics champion Abhinav Bindra produced some excellent shooting to clinch the gold while London Games bronze medallist Gagan Narang failed to finish on the podium in the men’s 10m Air Rifle event of the Asian AirGun Championships on Sunday. 32-year-old Bindra, who won gold in 2008 Olympics in 10m Air Rifle event, shot 208.3 to bag the […]
» Read moreAdelaide: India’s most successful cueist Pankaj Advani on Sunday added another feather to his cap by winning the IBSF World Billiards Championship outplaying his opponent in the final to take his world title count to 14. Advani, 30, left the spectators spellbound with his prolific play and indisputable mastery over the 3-ball game, demolishing Singapore’s Peter Gilchrist by 1168 points. […]
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