Badminton Association of India (BAI) todon Monday announced a cash award of Rs 10 lakh to PV Sindhu in recognition of her impressive title victory at the Macau Open. Sindhu, ranked 12th in the world, beat World no. 6 Minatsu Mitani from Japan 21-9 21-23 21-14 in the final to retain her title. “She has yet again made us proud […]
» Read moreAndy Murray sealed Britain’s first Davis Cup title for 79 years with a brilliant 6-3, 7-5, 6-3 defeat of Belgium’s David Goffin in a fever-pitch atmosphere at Ghent’s Flanders Expo on Sunday. With hundreds of British fans decked out in union flags and saltires roaring on the Scot and thousands of baying Belgians urging on Goffin, Murray’s nerve held firm […]
» Read moreShashank Manohar, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) president, who has long-advocated involving central and state security agencies to probe corruption in Indian cricket, has urged Devendra Fadnavis, the Maharashtra chief minister, to set up a sports integrity Intelligence Gathering Unit (IGU) under the joint aegis of the cricket Board and Maharashtra Police. Manohar, who met Fadnavis […]
» Read moreShakib Al Hasan, the captain of the Rangpur Riders franchise in the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL), has been handed a one-match suspension and fined 20,000 Taka for breaching Bangladesh Cricket Board’s (BCB) code of conduct during the league encounter against Sylhet Super Stars on Thusday (November 26). Shakib was found breaching levels one and two of the player’s code. He […]
» Read moreTwo-time defending champion P V Sindhu completed a hat-trick of women’s singles title at the USD 120,000 Macau Open Grand Prix Gold after defeating Japan’s Minatsu Mitani in the finals here ON Sunday. Sindhu produced a dominating game to notch up a 21-9, 21-23, 21-14 win against sixth seed Mitani in a women’s singles match that lasted an hour and […]
» Read moreTwo-time defending champion P V Sindhu stood just one win away from completing a hat-trick of titles at the Macau Open after she advanced to final of the event with a gruelling three-game triumph over second seed Akane Yamaguchi of Japan on Saturday. World No. 12 Sindhu triumphed 21-8, 15-21, 21-16 in a contest which lasted an hour and three […]
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