Islamabad: Pakistan on Thursday described as false and misleading media reports that the Pakistani spy agency ISI had financed the Bangladesh's main opposition BNP during the 1991 general election in the country. Referring to reports in sections of the Bangladeshi media that former Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) chief Asad Durrani had admitted that the spy agency had financed the Bangladesh Nationalist Party in 1991, Foreign Office spokesman Abdul Basit said these...
12:20 AM, Mar 23, 2012
Indian Wells: Roger Federer overcame Rafael Nadal and the rain for a 6-3, 6-4 semi-final victory in the BNP Paribas Open on Saturday night, acing Nadal on a match point that was delayed a couple minutes by rain drops. Federer handled the cold, windy conditions better than Nadal, whose grumpy expression matched his out-of-sorts body language. The match got started nearly three hours late because of rain. Wind whipped the...
10:34 AM, Mar 18, 2012
Indian Wells, California: John Isner fired 20 aces, including one at 135-mph on his fourth match point, to beat top-ranked Novak Djokovic 7-6 (7), 3-6, 7-6 (5) in the BNP Paribas Open semi-finals on Saturday. Isner will play No. 3 Roger Federer in Sunday's final. Federer overcame Rafael Nadal and the rain for a 6-3, 6-4 semi-final victory, acing Nadal on a match point that was delayed a couple minutes...
10:28 AM, Mar 18, 2012
Indian Wells, California: Rafael Nadal outlasted David Nalbandian 4-6, 7-5, 6-4 in the BNP Paribas Open on Friday, setting up a semi-final against Roger Federer that will be a rematch of their Australian Open semi-final. Federer had an easier time in his quarter-final, beating Juan Martin del Potro 6-3, 6-2 in just more than an hour for his fourth victory over the Argentine this year. Top-ranked Victoria Azarenka defeated Angelique...
10:41 AM, Mar 17, 2012
Indian Wells: Comfortably the best player in the world for more than a year, Novak Djokovic believes he is close to the stunning form he produced to launch his 2011 campaign with a 41-0 record. The top-ranked Serbian has clinched four of the last five Grand Slams and stayed on track for a third Indian Wells title after beating Spaniard Pablo Andujar 6-0, 6-7, 6-2 in the fourth round on...
03:36 PM, Mar 15, 2012
Indian Wells, California: India's Leander Paes and his Czech partner Radek Stepanek were knocked out by Marc Lopez and Rafael Nadal in the quarter-finals of the BNP Paribas Open on Wednesday. Sania Mirza brought in some good news for India though, as she and her Russian partner Elena Vesnina thrashed Argentina's Gisela Dulko and Paola Suarez to advance to the semi-finals. Having defeated Juan Monaco and Kei Nishikori in the...
01:31 PM, Mar 15, 2012
Indian Wells: Australian Open winners Leander Paes and Radek Stepanek saw off a stiff resistance from Juan Monaco and Kei Nishikori to advance to the quarter-finals of the ATP Indian Wells Masters on Tuesday. The seventh-seeded Indo-Czech pair scored a tough 7-6(5), 6-4 win in the second round over their unseeded opponents. They will now fight it out with the giant-killing Spanish pair of Marc Lopez and Rafael Nadal for...
01:40 PM, Mar 14, 2012
Indian Wells, California: Roger Federer outlasted hard-serving Milos Raonic 6-7 (4), 6-2, 6-4 under the lights in the third round of the BNP Paribas Open on Tuesday night, extending his run of winning 35 of 37 matches since last year's US Open. Rafael Nadal didn't have as much trouble in sunny conditions, beating countryman Marcel Granollers 6-1, 6-4. It was similarly easy on the women's side for top-ranked Victoria Azarenka...
08:41 AM, Mar 14, 2012
Indian Wells: Revitalised since recruiting a new coach last month, Russian Nadia Petrova has targeted a return to the top 10 in the rankings after three years of relative struggle. A former top-three player who has piled up 10 career wins on the WTA circuit, the Moscow native ended her 2011 campaign ranked 29th, outside the top 20 for the first time in nine years. "I really want to get...
03:52 PM, Mar 13, 2012
Indian Wells, California: Top-ranked Novak Djokovic defeated Kevin Anderson 6-2, 6-3 to reach the fourth round of the BNP Paribas Open on Monday, improving his match record to 12-1 this year, but No. 8 Mardy Fish and Andy Roddick were knocked out. Djokovic broke Anderson's serve once in each set playing in the heat of the day at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden, where he won in 2008 and last...
08:58 AM, Mar 13, 2012
Indian Wells, California: Rafael Nadal, playing singles for the first time in six weeks, advanced to the third round of the BNP Paribas Open with a 6-1, 6-3 victory over Argentina's Leonardo Mayer on Sunday. Nadal had not played since losing to top-ranked Novak Djokovic in a nearly 6-hour marathon final at the Australian Open on Jan. 29. The Spaniard was in control throughout the match with Mayer, who fell...
08:49 AM, Mar 12, 2012
Indian Wells, California: Fourth-seeded Andy Murray tumbled out of the BNP Paribas Open in his opening match Saturday, making 34 unforced errors and failing to convert any of his seven break chances in a 6-4, 6-2 loss to Spain's Guillermo Garcia-Lopez. "I'm not exactly sure why that happened tonight," Murray said. "I played well in practice. I was hitting the ball really well and I felt pretty fresh. I didn't...
03:15 PM, Mar 11, 2012
Indian Wells: Defending singles champion Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal and Andy Murray will play doubles at the BNP Paribas Open next month. Djokovic, the world's No. 1 men's player, will play with fellow Serb Viktor Troicki when the doubles draw begins on March 11 at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden. They reached the quarter-finals last year. Nadal, No. 2 in the world, plans to play with Marc Lopez. They won...
04:52 PM, Feb 29, 2012
Indian Wells: Kim Clijsters announced on Tuesday that she has withdrawn from next month's BNP Paribas Open because of an injury to her left ankle. Clijsters said in a statement that she is disappointed she won't be playing in the tournament, saying she has great memories of Indian Wells. The Belgian plans to retire at the end of the season. Clijsters has already retired once " in 2007 " but...
10:16 PM, Feb 15, 2012
Mumbai: French lender BNP Paribas (BNPP.PA) will pay Rs 405 million to buy out its Indian institutional broking business from local partner Geojit Financial Management Services, the Indian company said on Thursday. The joint venture, catering to domestic and foreign institutional clients, was set up after the French lender bought a strategic stake in the retail broking business of Geojit Financial Services, which is now Geojit BNP Financial Services (GEOJ.NS)....
09:40 AM, Dec 09, 2011
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