Melbourne, World No.1 Serena Williams easily qualified on Friday for the fourth round of the Australian Open after beating Russian Daria Kasatkina 6-1, 6-1 in just 44 minutes. Williams, the top seed and title holder, will face another Russian player Margarita Gasparyan, who defeated Kazakh Yulia Putintseva 6-3 and 6-4 in 91 minutes. Williams aims […]
Canberra, India suffered an astonishing batting collapse to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory as Australia bounced back from a difficult situation to win the fourth One Day International (ODI) by 25 runs at the Manuka Oval here on Wednesday. Set a formidable target of 349 runs, India folded up for 323 despite centuries […]
Time is on the side of two fencers attempting to qualify for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. Australian No.1 ranked foil athletes Alisha Kwag, 16, and Lucas Webber, 20, have their sights firmly set on Rio qualification but Japan 2020 is also on their radar. They joined a group of 120 athletes and coaches for […]
Sydney, Top seeds Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis survived a scare to win their 29th consecutive match and enter the women’s doubles final of the Sydney International here on Thursday. The Indo-Swiss tennis pair won a rain-interrupted semi-final 4-6, 6-3, 10-8 in one hour and 32 minutes to beat Romanian-Kazakh pairing of Raluca Olaru and […]
Perth, Star opener Rohit Sharma slammed a blistering unbeaten 171 to steer India to a massive 309/3 in 50 overs against hosts Australia in the opening game of the five-match One-Day International (ODI) series at the WACA Ground here on Tuesday. Rohit smashed 13 boundaries and seven sixes in his 163-ball knock to bring up […]
The International Cricket Council (ICC) and MoneyGram International, a leading global provider of money transfer services, today announced an eight-year deal which confirms MoneyGram as an event partner for ICC events from 2016-2023. The ICC and MoneyGram recently completed a successful five-year partnership, which began with the ICC World Twenty20 West Indies 2010, concluding with […]
Melbourne, The West Indies cricketer Chris Gayle could be expelled from the ongoing Big Bash League if Cricket Australia’s investigations into an alleged act of indecent exposure during last year’s Cricket World Cup prove the incident actually occurred, according to media reports. Following Gayle’s on-air flirtations with Channel TEN reporter Mel McLaughlin, a Sydney Morning […]
Dehradun, The Uttarakhand government will be organising a pro-wrestling event – The Great Khali Mania – in February, Chief Minister Harish Rawat announced on Wednesday. The wrestling matches would be held on February 24 and 28 in Haldwani and Dehradun, he announced. Professional wrestler Khali, who was present at the event, challenged international wrestlers to […]
Cricket Australia (CA) announced today that due to concern about the safety and security of the Australian male Under-19 squad and its management, it has withdrawn from the ICC Under 19 Cricket World Cup in Bangladesh, due to begin on 27 January. CA has informed the International Cricket Council (ICC) and Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) […]
Meet Mitchell Starc one of the most promising and talented fast bowlers of the Australian Cricket Team where the young and dynamic player talks about mastering bowling techniques, most difficult batsman to bowl at, his advice to young cricketers and a lot more: You had a recent injury during the historical day/night test match at […]