Lufthansa pilots extend strike, 1000 Wednesday flights cancelled

New Delhi: With the pilot union of German carrier Lufthansa extending its one-day strike of Tuesday to Wednesday also, the airline has cancelled about a third of its 3,000 flight affecting about 1.4 lakh passengers. In India, it has cancelled LH 765 Mumbai-Munich that was to depart on Tuesday night-Wednesday morning. It expects all its six other flights and those […]

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Sania Mirza-Martina Hingis through to US Open quarterfinals

New York: Indian tennis ace Sania Mirza and her Swiss partner Martina Hingis stormed into the US Open quarterfinals with a straight-set triumph in their third round match. The top-seeded Indo-Swiss pair eased past 13th seeded Dutch-Czech combination of Michaella Krajicek and Barbora Strycova 6-3 6-0 in a contest which lasted 59 minutes. Sania and Martina put up a thoroughly […]

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Serena, Venus to meet in US Open quarters, Bouchard out

New York: Serena and Venus Williams advanced to a dramatic US Open quarter-final showdown with straight-set triumphs Sunday while Canada’s Eugenie Bouchard withdrew from her fourth-round match due to a concussion. World number one Serena Williams served well in moving within three match victories of a rare calendar Grand Slam with a 6-3, 6-3 triumph over US 19th seed Madison […]

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India thrash Singapore 12-0 in Women’s Junior Asia Cup hockey

Chanzhou: Indian junior women’s team continued its winning ways as they thrashed Singapore 12-0 on Sunday in their second encounter of the 7th Women’s Junior Asia Cup. High on confidence after outplaying DPR Korea 13-0 on Saturday, Indian eves displayed an aggressive approach right from the first minute of the game. Singapore, on the other hand, started on a cautious […]

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