Y. Pranjala along with Tamara Zidansek of Slovenia won the doubles title in the Orange Bowl ITF Grade A junior tennis tournament in Florida (USA) on Sunday. The duo beat Eleni Christofi of Greece and Anastasia Detiuc of Moldova 6-2, 6-2 in the final. One fourth of the 180 points for the title will be added towards her combined ranking […]
» Read moreRavichandran Ashwin held on to his top spot, while Ravindra Jadeja rose a rung to be fifth in the all-rounders’ chart of the latest ICC Test rankings issued on Tuesday. However, no Indian found a place in the top-10 of batsmen’s rankings even though Ashwin (2nd) and Jadeja (8th) represented the country in the bowlers’ list. Elsewhere, Kane Williamson stood […]
» Read moreSerena Williams is Sports Illustrated’s Sportsperson of the Year — the first female athlete honoured on her own by the magazine in more than 30 years. Williams came within two matches of tennis’ first calendar-year Grand Slam since 1988, a bid that ended with a semifinal loss at the U.S. Open. In all, the 34-year-old American went 53-3 during 2015 […]
» Read moreIndia’s limited-overs captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni on Tuesday emerged the top draw in the IPL draft with the Sanjeev Goenka-owned new franchise Pune opting to pick him first for the stipulated price of Rs. 12.5 crore. Dhoni’s India teammate Suresh Raina was picked to play for the Rajkot team. “Excited to play for the beautiful vibrant city- Rajkot in @IPL. […]
» Read moreIndian Aces continued their dominance in IPTL 2 with a 25-18 win over Japan Warriors on the opening day of tournament’s Dubai leg here Monday. It was the seventh win for Aces in eight matches.The mixed doubles pair of Rohan Bopanna and Sania Mirza defeated Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Kirsten Flipkens 6-4 to set the tone for the match. The next […]
» Read moreVirtually backing the Indian position, former Australian captain Ian Chappell does not see anything wrong in the spin-friendly Nagpur pitch which saw India thrash South Africa inside three days in a recent Test, saying matches played elsewhere on seaming tracks have ended “in the blink of an eye”. On a wicket which spun from day one, India thrashed South Africa […]
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