England, on Friday (January 27), named an unchanged One-Day International squad for the West Indies series, taking forward the same side that played in their 1-2 loss to India. The Eoin Morgan-led side will play a three-match one-day series against hosts West Indies after two warm-up fixtures. Only Alex Hales, who was a part of the touring party to India […]
» Read moreAmerican Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Czech Lucie Safarova enhanced their reputation as the dominant duo in women’s doubles by winning the Australian Open title for the second time. The second-seeded pair had to scramble from behind to eventually overwhelm Czech Andrea Hlavackova and China’s Peng Shuai 6-7 (3), 6-3, 6-3 in a tense final. It extended the pair’s unbeaten record to […]
» Read moreAzhar Ali, Pakistan’s One-Day International captain, was handed a one-match suspension and fined 40 per cent of his match fee for maintaining a slow over-rate in the fifth one-dayer against Australia in Adelaide on Thursday (January 26). This was Azhar’s second minor offence in the last 12 months, with the first one coming against New Zealand in Auckland on 31 […]
» Read moreRoger Federer edged a five-set thriller against his fellow Swiss and close friend Stan Wawrinka at the Australian Open on Thursday to become the oldest Grand Slam finalist in 43 years. The 17-time Grand Slam champion saw off the world number four 7-5, 6-3, 1-6, 4-6, 6-3 in three hours and five minutes and will face either Rafael Nadal or […]
» Read moreCaptain Eoin Morgan smashed a 37-ball fifty as England beat India by seven wickets in the first T20I at Green Park in Kanpur on Thursday to take a 1-0 lead in the three-match series. Riding on their openers’ fiery start, Morgan’s mid-innings onslaught and Joe Root’s finishing hits, England chased down the 148-run target with 11 balls to spare. Brief […]
» Read moreIndian tennis ace Leander Paes and his Swiss partner Martina Hingis crashed out of the mixed doubles competition of the Australian Open with a straight-set defeat in the quarterfinals here on Thursday. Paes and Hingis lost 3-6 2-6 to the local pair of Sam Groth and Samantha Stosur in a quarterfinal match that lasted 55 minutes.
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