Britain’s Jamie Murray gained an early claim to bragging rights over younger brother Andy when he combined with Brazil’s Bruno Soares to win the Australian Open men’s doubles title early on Sunday. Murray and Soares beat Canada’s Daniel Nestor and Czech Radek Stepanek 2-6, 6-4, 7-5 in the final that followed Angelique Kerber beating Serena Williams for the women’s’ title. […]
» Read moreAngelique Kerber became the first German to win a Grand Slam title since her childhood idol Steffi Graf in 1999 when she upset world number one Serena Williams 6-4, 3-6, 6-4 to clinch the Australian Open on Saturday. The 34-year-old American had been seeking her seventh Melbourne Park title and 22nd overall, which would have moved her into a tie […]
» Read moreYuvraj Singh, Ishant Sharma and Kevin Pietersen will be among the eight marquee players up for grabs at the IPL 2016 Player Auction schduled to take place in Bengaluru on February 6. As many as 351 cricketers will go under the hammer, out of which 230 will be Indians and 131 foreigners. Interestingly, there are 29 Australians amongst 130 capped […]
» Read moreHaving transformed themselves from a team that was wooden spoon contenders to favourites, Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) is currently one of the most consistent and bankable teams in the Indian Premier League (IPL). KKR had gone four seasons without much to write about. They had finished sixth in 2008, last in 2009 and sixth again in 2010. In 2011, they […]
» Read moreGraham Ford has agreed to return to Sri Lanka for a second spell as coach, his English county championship employer Surrey announced on Thursday (January 28). The 55-year-old South African previously coached Sri Lanka from 2012 until 2014, before taking over the reins at Surrey. Sri Lanka have since been coached by Paul Farbrace, Marvan Atapattu and Jerome Jayaratne, the […]
» Read moreIn a perfect climax to their stupendous run, Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis were crowned the Australian Open women’s doubles champions after taming the spirited Czech duo of Andrea Hlavackova and Lucie Hradecka in straight sets on Friday. The top seeds fought past seventh seeds Andrea Hlavackova and Lucie Hradecka 7-6 (1), 6-3 in the women’s doubles final that lasted […]
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