Champion shooter Abhinav Bindra, who remains India’s sole individual Olympic gold medallist, on Friday said he will bring the curtains down on his illustrious career at the upcoming Rio Games where he will be the country’s flagbearer in the opening ceremony. 33-year-old Bindra, the 2008 Beijing Olympic gold medallist, said his 20-year-long sporting career has been a special one. “As […]
» Read moreHamza Ali, Hampshire fast bowler, has died at the age of 20, the club confirmed on Thursday (June 9). He made his first-class debut for the club in April earlier this year and went on to play two Hampshire second XI matches apart from featuring in a few trial games for the MCC Young Cricketers. It was reported by Bristol […]
» Read moreRafael Nadal will miss Wimbledon after failing to recover from the wrist injury which also forced his early withdrawal from the French Open, the Spanish star announced on his Facebook page. “Hi everybody. I’m sad to announce that after talking to my doctors, and receiving the results of my last medical revision, I won’t be able to play at Wimbledon […]
» Read moreRoger Federer had no sympathy for Maria Sharapova , saying on Thursday he backs a “zero tolerance” stance against doping. Russian star Sharapova was handed a two-year doping ban on Wednesday after testing positive for the banned medication meldonium at January’s Australian Open. The 29-year-old admitted in March that she simply hadn’t realised meldonium, which was added to the World Antio-Doping […]
» Read moreSix venues, including Dharamsala and Ranchi, will host five-day matches for the first time during a packed home season for the Indian cricket team, beginning with the New Zealand series in September. A busy international schedule awaits the Indian team in the coming home season. They’ll play 13 Test matches, eight ODIs and three T20s. Rajkot, Vizag, Pune, Dharamsala, Ranchi […]
» Read moreRohan Bopanna opened his grass court season with new partner Nicolas Mahut with a dominating 6-1, 6-4 win over Robin Hasse and Guillermo Garcia-Lopez in the Ricoh Open on Wednesday. The top-seeded Indo-French pair needed just 50 minutes to dispatch their unseeded rivals in the opening round of the euro 635,645 ATP 250 event.
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