Andy Murray reached the final of the Madrid Open for the second year running by beating Rafael Nadal in straight sets 7-5, 6-4 on Saturday. Murray, who beat Nadal to win last year’s final, will meet the winner of Saturday’s other semi-final between Novak Djokovic and Kei Nishikori on Sunday. World number two Murray broke Nadal in the Spaniard’s second […]
» Read moreBreaking or reaching closer to Sachin Tendulkar’s record in international cricket is still a distant dream for Virat Kohli, but the Indian Test skipper has managed to surpass his senior compatriot’s Indian Premier League record as captain. Royal Challengers Bangalore’s Kohli became the first captain to score more than 500 runs in IPL in three different seasons and in doing […]
» Read moreWith two back-to-back bronze medals in world championships adorning her list of achievements, Rio-bound Indian shuttler PV Sindhu says she will consider it a bigger feat if she could climb the podium on debut during the Olympic Games in August. “It’s much more than world championships. The ultimate goal for anyone is to get a medal in the Olympics where […]
» Read moreThe Indian women’s hockey team suffered its second successive loss, going down 1-2 to Great Britain in the ongoing five-match series. The Indians thus trail the hosts 0-2 in the series. The visitors looked the dominant side through the 1st quarter. But the hosts began to exert pressure as the quarter went on and opened the scoring in the 15th […]
» Read moreOlympic-bound men’s singles shuttler K Srikanth of India slipped a place to be ranked World No. 12 in the latest BWF rankings issued on Thursday. 2010 Commonwealth Games champion duo of Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponappa, who made the cut for their second Olympics, rose one rung to be World No. 14 in women’s doubles. Manu Attri and B Sumeeth […]
» Read moreThe Indian cricket board is staring at a mass exodus in its ranks – both elected representatives and salaried professionals – in less than two weeks from now. The first to jump the ship will be president Shashank Manohar, who is likely to put in his papers by mid-May, possibly a week before the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) secret ballot […]
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