Melbourne, Top seeded women’s doubles pair of Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis overwhelmed Czech seventh seeds Andrea Hlavackova and Lucie Hradecka 7-6 (1), 6-3 to win the Australian Open crown here on Friday. It was the World No.1 doubles team’s 36th consecutive win and third straight Grand Slam victory after winning the Wimbledon and US […]
Melbourne, Indo-Swiss tennis pair of Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis earned a straight sets victory to enter the women’s doubles final of the Australian Open at the Melbourne Park here on Wednesday. The top seeds beat the German-Czech 13th seeds Julia Goerges and Karolina Pliskova 6-1, 6-0 in 54 minutes at the Rod Laver Arena.
Lahore, A Pakistani fan of Indian cricketer Virat Kohli was taken into custody for raising the tricolour on his roof in Punjab province. The police, who arrested the fan on Tuesday, identified him as Umar Draz, who hails from Okara district of Pakistan’s Punjab province, about 200 km from here. “We raided the house of […]
Australia’s and India’s Women’s Cricket Teams Set to do Battle The Commonwealth Bank Southern Stars are wonderful role models and one of the most successful sporting teams in Australia ranked number one across all three formats. This series against the Indian Women will be a closely fought contest and is an intriguing match-up ahead of […]
Eleven of Australia’s most loved and celebrated singles tennis players are being honoured by Australia Post as the recipients of the 2016 Australia Post Legends Award, and will appear on a new postage stamp. This year’s Legends Award, which marks 20 years since its inception, highlights eleven of Australia’s tennis elite, who have all achieved […]
· Warner, Marsh and Hastings achieve career-high rankings as Maxwell, Smith, Rahane, Jadeja and Ishant Sharma move up the order · Boult to start series against Pakistan as No.1 ranked ODI bowler as New Zealand aims to move into third position India’s Rohit Sharma has surged into the top five of the MRF Tyres ICC […]
Penang (Malaysia), Scottish shuttler Kirsty Gilmour proved no match for India’s P.V. Sindhu who needed just 32 minutes to crush her opponent in the women’s singles final and seal her second $120,000 Malaysia Masters title at the Spice Stadium here on Sunday. Third seed Sindhu, who had also won the Grand Prix Gold tournament here […]
· India piles up 483 for five against Canada; England makes 307 for seven against Namibia and Pakistan scores 291 for seven against Nepal; Sri Lanka beats New Zealand by four wickets · Centuries by Kishan, Bhui, Ihsanullah, Nazmul and Murray; five-wicket hauls by Curran, Anders and Mashinge · Photographs from Saturday’s matches […]
· Milne vaults 26 places to a career-high 13th in latest MRF Tyres ICC Player Rankings for T20I Bowlers; Mustafizur rockets 78 places to a career-best 37th · New Zealand moves ahead of South Africa and Pakistan to fifth spot, Bangladesh drops behind Scotland to 11th position · Opportunity for both Australia and India to […]
Sydney, Australia cricket coach Darren Lehmann has been hospitalised with Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) here on Saturday. Lehmann reported a swollen left calf to the team’s medical staff ahead of the fifth One Day International (ODI) against India at the Sydney Cricket Ground and was immediately referred for a scan that revealed the issue. The […]