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Madrid: Top seeds Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis went down in straight sets to Caroline Garcia and Kristina Mladenovic in the women’s doubles final of the Madrid Masters tennis tournament here on Saturday. The Indo-Swiss pair struggled to find their rhythm as they lost 4-6, 4-6 to their fifth seededRead More
Madrid: Espanyol travel to La Liga leaders Barcelona on Sunday aiming to repeat their feat of denying their bitter local rivals the title in 2007. Barca hold the slenderest of advantages in the title race with two games remaining as they lead Atletico Madrid thanks to their better head-to-head recordRead More
Bengaluru: Virat Kohli, Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) captain, said his match-winning unbeaten ton in the Indian Premier League (IPL) match against Rising Pune Supergiants (RPS) on Sunday was “sweeter” than the first one he hammered against Gujarat Lions. “This century is much sweeter than the first because we could rompRead More
Madrid: Top seeds Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis reached the Madrid Open doubles final with a crushing 6-2, 6-0 win over Vania King and Alla Kudryavtseva in the lop-sided semifinal, here on Friday. It will be second consecutive final for the Indo-Swiss team after ending runners-up in Stuttgart. After theirRead More
Mumbai: IPL is not only about cricket. There are cheerleaders, sponsors and jerseys and international players whose names are spelt wrong. Australia batsman Usman Khawaja – Rising Pune Supergiants’ latest recruit – is a victim. His jersey, number 100, printed his name as ‘Khwaja’ and not ‘Khawaja’ which is hisRead More
Karachi: Former leg-spin great, Abdul Qadir has advised flamboyant Pakistan all-rounder Shahid Afridi to say goodbye to cricket and slammed Umar Akmal, saying he lost his place in the national team because of his own mistakes. Qadir, known for his candid comments, said at a function in Lahore that AfridiRead More
New Delhi: Veteran left-hander Yuvraj Singh feels India Test captain Virat Kohli is the best batsman of this generation but deemed it unfair to compare him with Sachin Tendulkar as he feels that it will take a lot more hardwork from the Delhi lad to match the maestro’s legacy.Yuvraj saidRead More
Hyderabad: Star cricketer Yuvraj Singh, who has recovered from an ankle injury, is likely to play his first IPL match of the season on Friday when Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) takes on Gujarat Lions (GL) here. “He (Yuvraj Singh) is available. When we finalise our XI, he is very much inRead More
New Delhi: Olympic-bound men’s singles shuttler K Srikanth of India slipped a place to be ranked World No 12 in the latest BWF rankings issued on Thursday. 2010 Commonwealth Games champion duo of Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponappa, who made the cut for their second Olympics, rose one rung toRead More
Madrid: Defending champion Andy Murray sealed his place in the quarterfinals of the Madrid Masters on Thursday with a 6-4, 6-2 win over 16th seed Gilles Simon. Murray will face Thomas Berdych or David Ferrer in the last eight on Friday. “After the first six or seven games I reallyRead More
