Milos Raonic proved too good for Frenchman Gael Monfils on Wednesday as he became the first Canadian to reach the Australian Open semi-finals and set up a clash with Andy Murray. The 13th seed with the powerful serve won 6-3, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 in two hours, 17 minutes to reach what will be his second Grand Slam semi-final after Wimbledon […]
» Read moreTop seeded tennis pair of Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis hardly broke a sweat on their way to victory in their 35th successive match and enter the women’s doubles final of the Australian Open at the Melbourne Park here on Wednesday. The Indo-Swiss pair took only 54 minutes to beat German-Czech 13th seeds Julia Goerges and Karolina Pliskova 6-1, 6-0 […]
» Read moreHeena Sidhu’s wait for a ticket to Rio Olympics was over when the pistol shooter won gold and a quota in the 10m air pistol event at the Asian Olympic shooting qualifier at Dr Karni Singh Range on Wednesday. Heena, who was shooting in her pet event, topped the qualification round with a score of 387 and later in the […]
» Read moreMick Schumacher, son of legendary driver and seven-time Formula 1 champion Michael Schumacher, will race for the first time in India when the 16-year-old debuts in the final round of the MRF Challenge at the Madras Motor Race Track (MMRT) here this weekend. After three thrilling rounds in Abu Dhabi, Bahrain and Dubai, the FIA-inscribed series will crown its fourth […]
» Read moreWorld No.2 Saina Nehwal will spearhead India’s campaign in women’s singles while World No. 9 Kidambi Srikanth will be highest-ranked Indian in men’s singles at the South Asian Games next month. Apart from Saina and Srikanth, double World Championship bronze medallist P.V. Sindhu and 2014 Commonwealth Games (CWG) champion Parupalli Kashyap, H.S. Prannoy, Ajay Jayaram, Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa […]
» Read moreGulam Bodi, the former South African international cricketer, was on Monday (January 25) banned for 20 years after he admitted to charges of contriving or attempting to fix matches in South Africa’s domestic Twenty20 competition. The ban, which will take immediate effect, was announced by Cricket South Africa (CSA) chief executive Haroon Lorgat during the tea interval on the fourth […]
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