Montreal: Britain’s Andy Murray snapped an eight-match losing streak against top-ranked rival Novak Djokovic on Sunday to win the ATP Montreal Masters only hours after his coach Amelie Mauresmo gave birth to a baby boy. The Scotsman, who moves to second in the ATP rankings on Monday, revealed the newsRead More

Colombo: Indian opener Shikhar Dhawan was on Monday ruled out of the rest of the Sri Lanka series with a hairline fracture on his right hand, in a major blow to the tourists. Dhawan, 29, sustained the injury during the first Test in Galle which India lost by 63 runsRead More

Montreal: Britain’s Andy Murray snapped an eight-match losing streak against top-ranked rival Novak Djokovic on Sunday to win the ATP Montreal Masters only hours after his coach Amelie Mauresmo gave birth to a baby boy. The Scotsman, who moves to second in the ATP rankings on Monday, revealed the newsRead More

Jakarta :Saina Nehwal may have lost the World Badminton Championships final but she has good news in store, too. Despite the defeat in Jakarta on Sunday, Saina is set to win back her No.1 status in world badminton rankings, according to a report. The 25-year-old shuttler on Sunday became theRead More

Anirban Lahiri finished tied for the fifth place at the PGA Championship on Sunday. This is the best performance by an Indian in a golf major. Jason Day of Australia went on to win the title. It was his first title with a 20-under par total unprecedented in major championshipRead More

Manchester: Manchester City coach Manuel Pellegrini has said his players are “hungrier and angrier” this time after losing out on the English Premier League title last season. City finished second behind Chelsea in the 2014-15 season with a deficit of eight points. “Maybe what happened last season was a goodRead More

Jakarta: It was heartbreak for Saina Nehwal and her fans as the Indian badminton ace lost the women’s singles final to Spanish top seed and title holder Carolina Marin to settle for the silver at the World Championships here on Sunday. Carolina took just a minute less than an hourRead More

Toronto: Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis were ousted from the WTA Rogers Cup as the top seeds lost the semi-final in straight sets to Caroline Garcia and Katarina Srebotnik, here. The Indo-Swiss team lost 3-6 2-6 to fourth-seeded opponents in the last-four match of the USD 2,513,000 Premier hard courtRead More

Montreal: World number one Novak Djokovic was unnerved by the smell of marijuana smoke on Saturday as he advanced to the final of the ATP Rogers Cup by defeating France’s Jeremy Chardy. During his 6-4, 6-4 victory, Djokovic complained to the umpire about the smell of marijuana smoke. After theRead More

Galle: Terming India’s loss in the Galle Test as “terrible”, former captain Sunil Gavaskar on Saturday said that it’s time the team management stops the “aggressive and tentative talk” and focuses on playing good cricket. A listless India capitulated to an embarrassing 63-run defeat to concede a 1-0 lead inRead More