India’s retired cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar has undergone a knee surgery at a hospital here. Tendulkar posted a picture of his left leg, covered in a black cast, on his Facebook page and commented that he hopes to recover soon. “Some injuries trouble even after retirement, but I will be back very soon doing the things I enjoy. Had a […]
» Read moreDenesh Ramdin, the West Indies wicketkeeper-batsman, on Wednesday (July 6) lashed out at Courtney Browne, chairman of national selection panel, while revealing that he won’t be a part of the upcoming four-match Test series against India. Though the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) is yet to name the squad for the Test series, they have announced a 12-member team to […]
» Read moreMADRID: Barcelona‘s Argentine soccer star Lionel Messi was sentenced on Wednesday to 21 months in prison and fined 2 million euros ($2.2 million) after being found guilty of three counts of tax fraud, although it is unlikely he will serve time. The Barcelona court handed the same sentence to the player’s father, Jorge, with a 1.5 million euro fine. Both […]
» Read moreSerena Williams battered Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6-4, 6-4 in the quarter-finals at Wimbledon on Tuesday, seizing on moments of weakness from the Russian to ram home her advantage. Williams joins her sister Venus in the semi-finals on Thursday where she will meet another Russian, Elena Vesnina. “We are playing doubles later so we are just so glad to both get through […]
» Read moreFive-time champion Venus Williams swept into her first Wimbledon semi-final since 2009 with a 7-6 (7/5), 6-2 victory over Kazakhstan’s Yaroslava Shvedovaon Tuesday.
» Read moreElena Vesnina is through to her first Grand Slam singles semi-final after routing a weary Dominika Cibulkova 6-2, 6-2 on No.1 Court. “It feels amazing,” Vesnina said. “I still can’t believe I won this match – whatever the score, it was an intense match. I held the same level for the whole game, and I’m just so happy.”
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