Mahesh Bhupathi and Yuki Bhambri, playing for the first time together as a team, stormed into the men’s doubles final of Delhi Open tennis tournament with an easy victory over their opponents on Friday. Bhupathi and Yuki hardly broke a sweat in their 6-1, 6-3 victory over the pair of Jimmy Wang of Chinese Taipei and Ze Zhang of China […]
» Read moreNotwithstanding a police clean chit, a Pakistani court has dismissed the bail plea of a young die-hard fan of ace cricketer Virat Kohli who was arrested on treason charges for hoisting the Indian flag atop his home. 22-year-old Umar Draz is facing an imprisonment of up to 10 years for hoisting the Indian flag atop his house in Okara district […]
» Read moreFit-again captain Lasith Malinga returned to lead the side, while vice-captain Angelo Mathews also made his way back from injury in Sri lanka’s 15-member squad for next month’s World Twenty20 in India. Malinga had missed the recent tour to India along with Mathews and seamer Nuwan Kulasekara, who was also nursing a niggle. The team features veteran batsman Tillakaratne Dilshan […]
» Read moreIndia on Thursday defeated a depleted China 3-2 in the men’s category of the Badminton Asia Team Championships at the Gachibowli indoor stadium in Hyderabad. K. Srikanth, Ajay Jayaram and H.S. Prannoy emerged triumphant in their respective singles matches to give India the victory. In the five-match tie, India won the three singles but lost the two doubles matches. India’s […]
» Read moreFrance’s new Davis Cup captain Yannick Noah has retained Gael Monfils in his team to play Canada in a World Group first round match next month despite the player’s criticisms over staging the tie in Guadeloupe. Monfils was named along with Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Richard Gasquet and Gilles Simon for the singles berths with Edouard Roger-Vasselin an option for the doubles. […]
» Read morePakistan Cricket Board Chairman Shahryar Khan has admitted that if the national team was unable to participate in next month’s World Twenty20 in India, the body could be fined by the ICC. Shahryar told the media in Lahore that in case Pakistan pulls out of the World Cup, the PCB would have to pay a penalty to the world governing […]
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