TOKYO: Top seed Stan Wawrinka won the Japan Open after thrashing Frenchman Benoit Paire 6-2, 6-4 in a one-sided final to capture his fourth title of the year. French Open champion Wawrinka needed just 65 minutes to complete victory in Tokyo with Paire, who underwent a scan on his swollen left ankle before the match, clearly struggling. Fierce pressure from […]
» Read moreBEIJING: Rafael Nadal stared down his nemesis Fabio Fognini on Saturday with a spirited 7-5, 6-3 victory to reach the China Open final and set up a shot at a redemptive title in Beijing. Nadal has lost three times to Fognini this year, including at last month’s US Open, but he redressed the balance with a tight win and will […]
» Read moreBEIJING: Extending their incredible unbeaten record, Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis lifted their eighth trophy of the season and fourth in a row, winning the WTA China Open, here on Saturday. The top seeds faced stiff resistance from sixth seed Taipei girls Hao-Ching Chan and Yung-Jan Chan before winning 6-7 (9), 6-1, 10-8 in the final which lasted one hour […]
» Read moreKochi: Kerala Blasters FC and Mumbai City FC played a 0-0 draw in an Indian Super League (ISL) encounter at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium here on Saturday. From the start, Kerala played with a 5-3-2 formation and even though their defence became strong by this but they lacked that flair in attack that had given them the 3-1 win over […]
» Read moreAs reports of the cola giant Pepsi pulling out of their sponsorship of the Indian Premier League with two years still left on their contract began to gather steam, Rajeev Shukla, the chairman of the T20 league, praised Pepsi as being a ‘very good partner’ and stated that the matter will be brought up in the next BCCI meeting on […]
» Read moreIndia off-spinner Harbhajan Singh on Saturday met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and invited him for his marriage which is scheduled later this month. Harbhajan is tying the knot with long-time girlfriend Geeta Basra. PMO India tweeted about the meeting and a couple of photos with Harbhajan and Modi shaking hands. Source: twitter.com
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