Charleston (South Carolina), Martina Hingis and Sania Mirza won the Family Circle Cup doubles title with a straight sets romp here on Sunday morning, making Mirza the world No. 1 ranked woman player in doubles tennis. Mirza and Hingis beat Casey Dellacqua and Darija Jurak 6-0, 6-4 in a thoroughlyRead More

Hastings (New Zealand), The Indian women’s hockey team let slip an early advantage to go down 2-4 against USA in its second match of the Hawke’s Bay Cup at the Hastings Sports Park here today. From the very first minute, both the teams played a calculated game and struggled hard toRead More

Angelique Kerber ended her WTA dry spell with a gritty three-set victory over rising US talent Madison Keys on Sunday for the Charleston claycourt crown. Kerber, a former world number five, battled back from 4-1 down in the third set to defeat 20-year-old Keys 6-2, 4-6, 7-5. The 27-year-old GermanRead More

Ipoh, Young striker Nikkin Thimmaiah scored a hat-trick as India produced their best performance of the tournament to stun world champions and title holders Australia 4-2 today and secure a place in the third and fourth place play-off at the Azlan Shah Cup. Already out of title race, India playedRead More

Spanish legend Rafael Nadal will play for the Indian side in the second edition of the International Premier Tennis League (IPTL), where Japan Warriors will be the new franchise in the competition, scheduled to begin on December 2. Charismatic Roger Federer had played for the Indian team in the inauguralRead More

Ipoh (Malaysia), India put up a spirited performance to beat Korea 4-1 in the penalty shoot-out after both the teams were locked at 2-2 at regulation time, to finish a creditable third in the 24th Sultan Azlan Shah Cup hockey tournament on Sunday. The win is sure to act as aRead More

Karachi: Pakistan spearhead Sohail Khan was on Sunday ruled out of the tour of Bangladesh after suffering a back injury and was replaced by Junaid Khan. This is the second injury setback for Pakistan after batsman Sohaib Maqsood was also ruled out last week due to a fractured arm. Sohail,Read More

Changwon (Korea), Commonwealth Games gold medal winning Indian shooter Apurvi Chandela today earned a quota place for next year’s Olympic Games after winning the 10-metre air rifle bronze in the ongoing ISSF World Cup (Rifle/Pistol) here. She is the second Indian shooter to bag an Olympic quota place after CommonwealthRead More

Charleston (USA): India’s Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis battled past defending champions Medina Garrigues and Yaroslava to not only reach the semifinals of the WTA Family Circle Cup semifinals but also secure the top place in the team rankings in the ‘Road To Singapore’. The top-seeded Indo-Swiss pair, which isRead More

Delhi: Enjoying his second stint with Delhi Daredevils like never before, leg-spinner Amit Mishra on Saturday said that the new-look side has emerged far more improved in this edition of the Indian Premier League. The Jean-Paul Duminy-led side lost its opener to Chennai Super Kings by just one run atRead More