Andrea Petkovic battled back from surviving two match points against her to give Germany an unassailable 3-1 lead over Romania in the Fed Cup World Group play-off on Sunday. The 28-year-old showed an iron will after being demolished in the first set, then held her nerve to win the second-set tie-breaker and claim a 0-6, 7-6(7/1), 6-3 win over Monica […]
» Read moreDipa Karmakar on Monday created history by becoming the first Indian woman gymnast to qualify for Olympics as she booked a berth for the Rio Games after a strong performance at the final qualifying and test event. The 22-year-old garnered a total score of 52.698 points in the Olympics qualifying event to book a berth for artistic gymnastics in Rio […]
» Read moreIn a body blow to the Mumbai Indians (MI), Lasith Malinga, the Sri Lankan pacer, has been ruled out of Indian Premier League (IPL) 2016 due to a knee injury, on Sunday (April 17). The 32-year-old joined the squad on Friday, after which the franchise’s medical team assessed Malinga’s condition and adjudged him unfit for at least four months. Mumbai […]
» Read moreChandravati Pal, the 40-year-old former Bengal batswoman, passed away in a fatal road accident on Saturday (April 16) morning, the Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) revealed. The accident took place near Red Road, when Pal was riding pillion on a two-wheeler en route to the Calcutta Parsi Club, where she coaches, a CAB official said. “She was riding pillion on […]
» Read moreInzamam-ul-Haq, former Pakistan captain, has stepped down as the coach of the Afghanistan coach, the Afghan Cricket Board confirmed on Sunday (April 17). Inzamam is set to be appointed as the Pakistan Cricket Board’s chief selector. Inzamam guided Afghanistan to the Super 10 stage of the recent World Twenty20 held in India, with the team defeating the mighty West Indies. […]
» Read moreIndonesia’s Sony Dwi Kuncoro beat Korean Son Wan-Ho to win the Singapore Open on Sunday as Thailand’s Ratchanok Intanon also triumphed, becoming the world’s top female shuttler in the process. The unfancied Kuncoro, who stunned two-time Olympic champion Lin Dan in the semi-finals, took the first set 21-16. But some bad decision making cost the 31-year-old dearly when he succumbed […]
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