Highest rated Indian P Harikrishna crushed Max Illingworth of Australia to virtually book a second round berth in the World Chess Cup now underway in Baku, Azerbaijan. Grandmaster S P Sethuraman also scored an easy victory over Russian Sanan Sjugirov in the first game of the first round of this knock-out event among 128 players. Harikrishna and Sethuraman just need […]
» Read moreNew York: Leander Paes and Swiss Martina Hingis became the first team since 1969 to win three Grand Slam mixed doubles titles in the same season at the US Open on Friday. The fourth seeds defeated American duo Sam Querrey and Bethanie Mattek-Sands 6-4, 3-6, 10-7 to add the New York crown to their wins at the Australian Open and […]
» Read moreIndia’s campaign at the $275,000 Japan Open Super series came to an end as world No.8 shuttler Parupalli Kashyap was knocked out in the men’s singles quarterfinal in Tokyo on Friday. The World No.8 lost 14-21, 18-21 to Chinese Taipei’s sixth seed Chou Tien Chen in just 42 minutes at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium. Kashyap was the lone Indian who […]
» Read moreSouth Africa announced their Tests, ODI and T20 squads for the 72-day-long tour of India, starting on October 2. The Proteas will begin their tour with a tune-up game on September 29 in New Delhi. Leg-spinner Imran Tahir earned a recall to the Test side after a gap of nine months while off-break bowler Dane Piedt was also back. The […]
» Read moreVirat Kohli, who is associated with a football team in the Indian Super League, has now bought stakes in IPTL Team UAE Royals, that also has Roger Federer. Indian cricket’s pin-up boy Virat Kohli has expanded his business interests to a third sport – tennis. Already a much sought after man in the advertisement industry, India’s Test captain, who has […]
» Read moreSaina Nehwal’s campaign in the Japan Open badminton tournament came to an end when the world No. 1 lost to unseeded Japanese Minatsu Mitani 21-13, 21-16 in just 40 minutes in a second round match in Tokyo on Thursday.
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