WUHAN: Ace Indian tennis star Sania Mirza continued her superb run with Swiss partner Martina Hingis as the duo clinched its seventh title together by winning the Wuhan Open women’s doubles trophy on Saturday. The top-seeded pair eased past the Romanian team of Irina-Camelia Begu and Monica Niculescu 6-2, 6-3 in the title clash. “Title number 7 #SanTina @mhingis #WuhanOpen,” […]
» Read moreVenus Williams won the Wuhan Open on Saturday, when her Spanish opponent and fifth-seeded Garbine Muguruza retired with a left ankle injury, while trailing 6-3, 3-0. It was Williams’ 47th WTA singles title. “Well, this is a sad day today. I’m very sorry I had to retire today, but I had a really amazing week here in Wuhan,” said Muguruza. […]
» Read moreShashank Manohar is all set to take over as the BCCI president at the Board’s Special General meeting on Sunday after emerging as the only candidate, marking an unsually smooth transition of power following the demise of Jagmohan Dalmiya. All the six units of East Zone unanimously proposed Manohar’s candidature for the president’s post, reflecting former chief N Srinivasan’s diminishing […]
» Read moreWUHAN (China): Top doubles pair of Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis will be eyeing their seventh title together after entering the final of the Wuhan Open tournament on Friday. The No.1 seeds brushed aside the challenge of No.4 seeded Chinese Taipean duo of Hao-Ching Chan and Yung-Jan Chan 6-2, 6-1 in just 53 minutes. They won 53 of the 88 […]
» Read moreFormer Pakistan captain Inzamam-ul-Haq was on Friday appointed temporary Afghanistan cricket coach for their upcoming Zimbabwe tour. Inzamam confirmed that he had accepted a 25-day role to coach Afghanistan on their tour of Zimbabwe, where they play five one-day internationals and two Twenty20s starting from October 16. “I have accepted the role of Afghanistan team coach only for the tour […]
» Read moreDHARAMSHALA: JP Duminy launched an all-out attack on the Indian bowlers with an unbeaten 68 that got South Africa to chase down a daunting 200-run target and take a 1-0 lead in the three-match T20 series against India. Duminy’s 34-ball innings was laced with seven sixes and it did enough to overshadow Rohit Sharma’s maiden T20 hundred as South Africa […]
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