CHRISTCHURCH: An engaging game of hockey ended in India’s favour 3-2 courtesy a superb late goal by Dharamvir Singh with 40 seconds left on the clock, giving the tourists an unassailable series lead at St Bede’s College on Friday ahead of the final game on Sunday. Inspired by two stunning goals from Rupinder Pal Singh and Ramandeep Singh, India held […]
» Read moreBeijing: The leading women’s tennis doubles pair of Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis marched into the final of the China Open, thumping the Chinese duo of Chen Liang and Yafan Wang 6-2, 6-3 in a one-sided clash on Friday. The Indo-Swiss pair, the topmost team in the doubles circuit this year, needed one hour and seven minutes to claim the […]
» Read moreBEIJING: Rafael Nadal fought back from a set down to beat hard-hitting American Jack Sock and reach his first hardcourt semi-final in more than a year at the China Open on Friday. The Spanish great, scrapping to recover his form after a tough year, was frequently outgunned by Sock’s howitzer forehand but he dug deep to see off the world […]
» Read moreBEIJING: The Indo-Swiss tennis combine of Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis were tested but eventually made their way through to enter the women’s doubles semifinals of the $5.7 million China Open on Thursday. The top seeds took an hour and 20 minutes to beat the German-Czech pairing of Julia Goerges and Karolina Pliskova 7-6(5), 6-4 at the Beijing Olympic Green […]
» Read moreThe third and final Twenty20 international between India and South Africa at Eden Gardens was washed out without a ball being bowled, giving the tourists the series 2-0. No play was possible after a heavy evening shower left the ground water-logged. The forecasted rain arrived about an hour and a half before the scheduled start of play, and while it […]
» Read moreBeijing: Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis earned a hard-fought victory to move into the women’s doubles quarterfinals of the China Open, being played on the hard courts of the Beijing Olympic Green Tennis Center on Wednesday. The top seeds took an hour and 17 minutes to edge past experienced Italian pair of Sara Errani and Flavia Pennetta 1-6, 6-4, 10-6. […]
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