New York: Only six men in tennis history have won more Grand Slam titles than Novak Djokovic, who captured his 10th major crown by defeating Roger Federer in the US Open final. World number one Djokovic downed the Swiss world number two 6-4, 5-7, 6-4, 6-4 to win his thirdRead More

New York: Wimbledon champions Martina Hingis and Sania Mirza captured their second consecutive Grand Slam women’s doubles crown Sunday, defeating Casey Dellacqua and Yaroslava Shvedova 6-3, 6-3 in the US Open final. India’s Mirza and Swiss veteran Hingis did not drop a set in becoming the first top-seeded duo toRead More

  Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer meet for the 42nd time in Sunday’s US Open final but forecasts of rain and thunderstorms threaten to make for a trying afternoon. Top seed and world number one Djokovic, the 2011 champion and playing in his sixth New York final, is looking forRead More

New York: Roger Federer reached his first US Open final in six years Friday, where will face world number one Novak Djokovic in the 42nd round of their heavyweight rivalry. Five-time champion Federer, 34, bidding to become the oldest New York champion since 1970, swept past Swiss compatriot Stan WawrinkaRead More

Milan: Italian media was whipped into a tennis frenzy and Prime Minister Matteo Renzi cancelled all appointments to fly to New York after Flavia Pennetta and Roberta Vinci set up an unprecedented all-Italian women’s singles final at the US Open on Saturday. “Pennetta-Vinci Queens of America,” headlined La Stampa newspaper,Read More

London: Jose Mourinho refused to condemn his Chelsea flops after their Premier League title defence was plunged into turmoil as Steven Naismith’s hat-trick gave Everton a 3-1 win on Saturday. Mourinho’s side made a miserable start at Goodison Park as Scotland forward Naismith came off the bench to score twiceRead More

The Board of Control for Cricket in India on Saturday, moved Supreme Court and asked if N. Srinivasan can attend its meetings. Last month, the Board was forced to call off its crucial working committee meeting which was to discuss the fate of Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals inRead More

Madrid: Cristiano Ronaldo opened his account for the season in spectacular fashion with five goals as Real Madrid thrashed Espanyol 6-0 on Saturday. The Portuguese dispelled any doubts over his form by slotting home the opener from Luka Modric’s wonderful pass before doubling his tally from the penalty spot afterRead More

Tokyo: India’s campaign at the $275,000 Japan Open Superseries came to an end as world No.8 shuttler Parupalli Kashyap was knocked out in the men’s singles quarter-final here 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 theRead More

Brussels: Resurgent American sprinter Justin Gatlin has remain unfazed by his losses to Usain Bolt at last month’s Beijing World Championships and says once he can continue to improve, beating Olympic and World champion will remain a possibility. Gatlin entered last month’s World Championships as the favourite in both sprintsRead More