Indian ace Saina Nehwal received a huge boost ahead of the Rio Olympics as she clinched her second Australian Open title after defeating China’s Sun Yu in a thrilling three-game final of the Super Series badminton tournament today. The 26-year-old from Hyderabad eked out a 11-21 21-14 21-19 over the World No. 12 Sun in a fighting summit clash that […]
» Read moreSimon Helmot, Trinidad and Tobago Red Steel’s coach, on Saturday (June 11) was appointed as the head coach of Bangladesh’s High Performance Programme which is set to run from August to October later in the year, ESPNcricinfo reported. Nizamuddin Chowdhury, Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) chief said that Helmot’s performance in the programme will determine whether the board will want to […]
» Read moreAce Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal is one win away from her maiden title of the season as she advanced to the finals of Australian Open Super Series by beating World No. 2 Yihan Wang of China in the women’s singles event on Saturday. Saina received a big boost ahead of her Rio Games campaign as she defeated 2011 world champion and 2012 […]
» Read moreRahul hits ton on debut as India thrashed Zimbabwe by 9 wickets in the first ODI of the three match series today. It was a dream debut for opener Lokesh Rahul as his attractive 100 not out enabled a new-look Indian team record a resounding nine-wicket victory over Zimbabwe. Chasing a paltry target of 169, the Indian batsmen hardly broke […]
» Read moreSaina Nehwal moved into the semi-finals of the $75,000 Australian Open Super Series with victory in straight sets over second-seeded Ratchabok Intanon. Saina, ranked seventh in the world badminton rankings, beat her Thai opponent 28-26, 21-16 in the quarter-finals on Friday in Sydney.
» Read moreRoger Federer turned on the style to win 10 of the last 11 points in a 7-6(2), 7-6(1) defeat of Germany’s Florian Mayer and reach the semi-finals of the Mercedes Cup in Stuttgart on Friday. World number 226 Mayer had three set points in the second set when Federer served at 5-6 but the Swiss 17-times grand slam champion found another […]
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