Defending champions India will look to book a place in the semi-finals of the ongoing Champions Trophy when they take on Sri Lanka in their crucial second Group B encounter at the Kennington Oval here on Thursday. “At the moment, we are playing good cricket, but, that doesn’t mean we play with arrogance as a team.We respect every opposition the […]
» Read moreIndian cricket captain Virat Kohli is the sole sportsperson from the country to feature among the world’s 100 highest paid athletes in the latest Forbes list topped by soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo. Kohli, 28, has been ranked 89th on the 2017 Forbes list of ‘The World’s highest paid athletes’ with a total pay of $22 million that includes $3 million […]
» Read moreIndia’s Rohan Bopanna earned himself an opportunity to become only the fourth Indian to win a Grand Slam trophy by reaching the French Open mixed doubles final with partner Gabriela Dabrowski, on Wednesday. Bopanna and his Canadian partner, seeded seventh, shocked third seeds Andrea Hlavackova and Edouard Roger-Vasselin 7-5, 6-3 in the semi-finals.
» Read moreDefending champion Novak Djokovic of Serbia was knocked out in the quarter-finals of the French Open when he lost 7-6(5) 6-3 6-0 to Austrian sixth seed Dominic Thiem on Wednesday. Thiem will take on Spain’s nine-time champion Rafa Nadal for a place in the final.
» Read moreRohan Bopanna and his Canadian partner Gabriela Dabrowski stormed into the semi-finals of the mixed doubles event of the French Open with a straight-set upset win over the duo of Sania Mirza and Ivan Dodig of Croatia. The Bopanna-Dabrowski pair, seeded seventh, defeated the second-seeded Sania-Dodig pair 6-3, 6-4 in the 52-minute quarter-finals contest that involved two Indians.
» Read moreWahab Riaz, Pakistan’s left-arm pacer, has been ruled out of the ongoing ICC Champions Trophy 2017 due to an ankle injury. The 31-year-old bowler suffered the injury during Pakistan’s tournament opener against India in Birmingham on Sunday (June 4).
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