Williams will await an opponent from her sixth-seeded sister Serena and Chinese wild card Zheng Jie. Williams, who reached her seventh Wimbledon final in one hour, 41 minutes, improved her record at the event to 57-7. She has not dropped
While Sania is India's numero uno woman player, US based Sunitha is second highest ranked Indian in the WTA charts and has represented the country in the Fed Cup. A senior official at the All India Tennis Association said they
The unseeded Indo-Chinese pair lost 6-7 (6) 6-3 9-11 to Australian combine of Jared Easton and Andrew Thomas in a rain-affected match. Yuki had also crashed out of the singles competition in the first round itself. Poojashree Venkatesh had disappointed
Venus and Serena, who have six Wimbledon titles between them, are on course to clash for the third time in a Wimbledon final on Saturday. Richard Williams, their father, who nurtured their careers from an early age, is happy to
Reena said she had come first in Meerut and Kolkata trials in May and she was told that she has been selected. But AAI decided to have another trial last week in Kolkata. "I came fifth in the final trial
The Indian all-rounders made the most of a rest day, Tuesday, before their team's back-to-back matches against Pakistan and Sri Lanka by going out for Nihari with a Pakistani journalist. According to an eye witness, they loved it. Unlike the
Anwesha defeated Russian Irian Assal in four games. Down 1-4 in the first, Anwesha started playing aggressively and used her backhand crosscourt flick to great effect to go up two games. Unforced errors from Anwesha saw Irian win the third
The top-five finishers here will earn a berth in the British Open and the final chance comes next week at the Scottish Open, where again the top-five will get a chance to tee up at the Open in Royal Birkdale.
Halfway through the season and all the talks about development and reliability have not yet translated into points and the Silverstone-based outfit is yet to achieve its primary goal of making it to the second qualification. Team principal Colin Kolles,
Asif Bajwa, the new secretary general of the Pakistan Hockey federation (PHF) told a press conference here that he will soon start making arrangements for a six-nation Benazir Bhutto Hockey Tournament, involving some of the top teams of the world.
The Delhi boy has a 54-hole total of 3-under 213. Chikkarangappa, leading in Category B, was second overall at 218 while Kanishk Madan was third at 219. Vicky Sharma was fourth at 220. Rashid had a steady beginning making three
Saina, who will participate in her first Olympics this August, jumped three places to 18 in the latest rankings released by the International Badminton Federation on Thursday. Saina was in top form in the Asian circuit last month and notched
Hamza won men's 1500m race clocking 3:40.90s, beating Steve Davies (3:45.92s) of Belgrave and Daniel Pettit (3:48.27s). Sajeesh Joseph timed 1:48.25s to win the men's 800m race ahead of Tim Bayley (1:49.2s) of Belgrave and Chris Moss (1:49.39s) of Cardiff.
The ninth seeded Indo-Czech pair defeated the third seeded Israeli pair of Jonathan Erlich and Andy Ram 6-3, 6-3, 6-3 in the match which lasted 106 minutes. In the semi-finals, Paes and Dlouhy will face the second seeded pair of
The 2000-seater Master Prithvinath Indoor Basketball Stadium will be equipped with all cutting edge technologies, including timber flooring and defused lighting arrangements, besides being centrally air-conditioned. Former President of Delhi Basketball Association (DBA) and Member of Parliament Vijay Kumar Malhotra
