ZURICH: Russian former number one Maria Sharapova has lodged an appeal of her two-year suspension from tennis with the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), seeking to have the ban either lifted completely or reduced. Sharapova, 29, was banned by the International Tennis Federation this month following her positive test for the banned drug meldonium. A decision is expected by […]
» Read moreSecond-seeded Stan Wawrinka was beaten 6-2, 7-6 (3) by Spanish left-hander Fernando Verdasco on Tuesday in the first round at Queen’s Club, a Wimbledon warm-up tournament. Wawrinka is working with 1996 Wimbledon champion Richard Krajicek during the grasscourt season, but their partnership got off to a rocky start as Verdasco broke serve in the opening game and took control of […]
» Read moreAnil Kumble, the former India legspinner, is one of the 57 applicants for the role of India’s head coach, according to a report in The Hindu on Monday (June 13). Earlier this week, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) had announced that it received 57 applications from candidates including the likes of Ravi Shastri, Sandeep Patil and […]
» Read moreA clinical India clinched the three-match ODI series against Zimbabwe, pulling off another fine all-round show to crush the minnows by eight wickets for an unassailable 2-0 lead, in Harare on Monday. It was a dominant performance yet again from the new-look Indian side whose bowlers first skittled the hosts for a lowly 126 in 34.3 overs and the batsmen […]
» Read moreOnce again Zimbabwe collapsed against some fine bowling from the Indian bowlers during the second One-day international match in Harare on Monday. Zimbabwe were bundled out for 126 in less than 35 overs. Put into bat, Zimbabwe lost three quick wickets as Barinder Sran and Dhawal Kulkarni rocked the top-order with some fine exhibition of fast bowling. Later, Raza and […]
» Read moreBCCI HAS received 57 applications for the position of the head coach of the Indian cricket team. Among them, Ravi Shastri, selection committee chairman Sandeep Patil and his fellow national selector Vikram Rathour, too, have thrown their hats into the ring, along with other former India cricketers like Venkatesh Prasad, Pravin Amre, Balwinder Singh Sandhu and Hrishikesh Kanitkar. Applications have […]
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