Jwala Gutta, India’s best-ever women’s doubles shuttler, will start the Global Academy for Badminton (GAB) from next month in partnership with Knock-out Wellness Labs LLP, a sister company of Franchise India. Jwala insisted that this doesn’t signal the end of her playing career. She will, however, be mentoring at the new Academy coming up in Kukatpally in the City. “I […]
» Read moreLeander Paes and his Argentine partner Juan Martin de Porto crashed out in the opening round of the men’s doubles event to bring an early closure to India’s challenge at the ATP Indian Wells Masters. Paes and Del Porto were no match for Luxembourg’s Gilles Muller and American Sam Querry as they suffered straight sets 3-6, 4-6 defeat to make […]
» Read moreWorld number one Lee Chong Wei reached the final of the All England Open for a seventh time on Saturday after rallying past Chou Tien Chen of Taiwan 10-21, 21-14, 21-9.
» Read moreRoss Taylor has been ruled out of the second Test of the three-match series against South Africa, New Zealand Cricket confirmed on Sunday (March 12). The hosts are yet to name a replacement. Taylor suffered a low grade tear in his right calf while batting during New Zealand’s first innings at the University Oval in Dunedin on Day 2. He […]
» Read moreIndian tennis ace Sania Mirza and her doubles partner Barbora Strycova of the Czech Republic eased into the second round of the BNP Paribas Open after defeating German-Latvian duo of Julia Goerges and Jelena Ostapenko 6-3, 6-4 here. The fourth seeded Indo-Czech pair, who came together in 2016, consumed just over an hour and 15 minutes after staving off four […]
» Read morePat Cummins has been named as Mitchell Starc’s replacement for the third and fourth Test against India after the left-arm pacer was ruled out due to a stress fracture on his right foot. The 23-year old pacer returned to competitive cricket earlier this year after being on the sidelines for long due to a stress fracture on his back. Cummins, […]
» Read more