Rohan Bopanna and Pablo Cuevas came from behind to knock out seventh seeds Feliciano Lopez and Marc Lopez, sealing a quarterfinals berth at the ATP Rome Masters. Bopanna and Cuevas rallied to beat the Spaniards 4-6, 7-6 (7), 10-8 in a gruelling second round match of the Euro 4,507,375 clay court tournament.
» Read moreInjured Manish Pandey has been replaced by Dinesh Karthik in India’s 15-man squad for the Champions Trophy, stated a BCCI media release on Thursday (May 18). Pandey suffered a side strain during the Kolkata Knight Riders’ practice session on the eve of their IPL 2017 Eliminator against Sunrisers Hyderabad. Squad: Virat Kohli (c), Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma, Ajinkya Rahane, Mahendra […]
» Read moreIndia’s Sundaram Ravi has been appointed one of the on-field umpires for the opening match of the Champions Trophy beginning June 1. The International Cricket Council on Thursday announced the umpire and match referee appointments for the ICC Champions Trophy, which will be played between June 1 and June 18 at Cardiff, Edgbaston and The Oval, London. Chris Broad, David […]
» Read moreSarah Aley and Belinda Vakarewa were the two new faces in the Australia women’s squad for the Women’s World Cup to be held in England. Australia have won the World Cup a record six times and are also the defending champions. “This is going to be one of the most tightly contested World Cups in recent times and we have […]
» Read moreIndian tennis legend Leander Paes and American Scott Lipsky beat French pair of Laurent Lokoli and Maxime Janvier in straight sets to sail into the semi-finals of the Bordeaux Challenger on Wednesday. The Indo-American duo prevailed over Lokoli-Janvier pair 6-4, 6-4 in the quarter-finals. In tomorrow’s semi-final, Paes and Lipsky will be up against all-Indian pair of Purav Raja and […]
» Read moreHalfback Manpreet Singh was on Thursday named the Indian hockey captain for next month’s 3 Nations Invitational Tournament in Germany and the World League semifinal in England after regular skipper P R Sreejesh was ruled out due to a knee injury. The three Nations Invitational Tournament will be played in Dusseldorf, Germany from June 1 followed by the Hockey World […]
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