Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis’ awe-inspiring run continued unabated as they lifted their second trophy of the season with the WTA Apia International title after clinching their 30th win in a row on Friday. The triumph over Caroline Garcia and Kristina Mladenovic though was not without initial hiccups as the top seeds lost the first set meekly before eking out […]
» Read moreGulam Bodi, former South African spinner, is under investigation after being charged with corruption involving match-fixing, Cricket South Africa (CSA) confirmed on Thursday (January 14). Netwerk24, a South Africa-based news website, had reported Bodi to be the “intermediary” who was the subject of a CSA press release in December 2015, in which, the board said that he had been charged […]
» Read moreIndia’s Rohan Bopanna and his Romanian partner Florin Mergea entered the final of the Apia International with straight sets win over Thomaz Bellucci Leonardo Mayer, here today. Seeded fourth, Bopanna and Mergea defeated their Brazilian-Argentine opponents 7-6(8) 6-2 to progress to the summit clash of the the USD 461,330 hard court tournament in run up to the Australian Open. Bopanna […]
» Read moreDefending champion Serena Williams and No. 5-ranked Maria Sharapova were drawn into the same section for the Australian Open on Friday, setting up a potential quarterfinal match featuring the 2015 finalists. Six-time champion Williams has a tough draw starting in the opening round against Camila Giorgi of Italy, who finished 2015 at No. 34 and was the highest-ranked player who […]
» Read moreIndia’s Sania Mirza and her Swiss partner Martina Hingis on Thursday broke a 22-year-old world record by winning their 29th women’s doubles match in a row en route to their entry into the women’s doubles final of the WTA Sydney International, in Sydney. The World No 1 pair came from behind to beat the pair of Romanian Raluca Olaru and […]
» Read moreCricketer Sreesanth takes on a new role with the Hyderabad team in the upcoming season of Celebrity Cricket League (CCL) — he will be their bowling coach and advise actors on how to improve their skills. “They are like my brothers,” he said, “I will be using the CCL platform to play on international grounds and be match-fit whenever the […]
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