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Galle:Virat Kohli has had a strange ride as India’s new Test captain. The team has not won any of the four matches under Kohli. This is even more appalling as these matches also involved a considerably weakened Australia, minnows Bangladesh and a below-par Sri Lanka. However, no one can accuseRead More
Toronto: The 18-year-old Belinda Bencic of Switzerland beat fifth seed Ana Ivanovic in straight sets 6-4, 6-2 at Rogers Cup tennis tournament’s quarter-finals to continue her rise. Friday’s victory was the teenager’s fourth of the season against a top-10 ranked player. She has previously beaten World No.5 Caroline Wozanaki twiceRead More
Bengaluru: Gurvinder Singh emerged the star for his side as Patna Pirates edged past Bengal Warriors 34-32 to keep their play-off hopes alive in the Star Sports Pro Kabaddi tournament, here on Saturday. Gurvinder’s 10 raid points, a couple of bonus points and a few assists in defence tilted theRead More
Toronto: Top-ranked women’s tennis doubles pair of Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis cruised to the semi-finals of the Rogers Cup with a 6-4, 6-2 win over the Chan sisters, Hao-Ching and Yung-Jan. Hao-Ching and Yung-Jan got off to a great start on Friday, winning the first three games. But HingisRead More
Sri Lanka were down for the count in the first two days of the Galle Test. They were blown away by Ravichandran Ashwin in the first innings to be bowled out for 183. Centuries from Virat Kohli and Shikhar Dhawan helped India reach 375, a lead of 192. In Tests,Read More
Galle: Virat Kohli was a visibly disappointed man on Saturday as Team India surrendered the first Test to Sri Lanka despite dominating most of the match. India’s famed batting line-up collapsed like a pack of cards as left-arm spinner Rangana Herath wreaked havoc and walked away with figures of sevenRead More
Toronto: Reigning Wimbledon champions Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis notched up an easy win to enter the women’s doubles quarterfinals of the $2,678,055 Canadian Open tennis tournament here. The top seeded pair took just 54 minutes to defeat German-Polish combine of Julia Goerges and Klaudia Jans-Ignacik 6-3, 6-2 on theRead More
Sydney: Cricketer Steven Smith was Friday named Australia’s new Test captain to replace Michael Clarke, who will retire after the current Ashes series, Cricket Australia said. David Warner, 28, will be the Test team’s vice-captain. “When Michael made his decision to retire last week it was a very straightforward decisionRead More
In her seventh world championship quarterfinal appearance, Saina Nehwal got a huge monkey off her back. The second seeded Saina defeated sixth seed Wang Yihan of China 21-15, 19-21, 21-19 to make the semifinals for the first time in her career. Saina is assured of a bronze medal. In theRead More
New Delhi: Police in Delhi announced plans on Friday to appeal a lower court’s verdict to clear former Test fast bowler S. Sreesanth and two teammates of spot-fixing during the Indian Premier League. Special commissioner S. N. Srivastava said police had carefully studied the observations made by the trial courtRead More
