New Delhi: Sania Mirza might have been out of action in singles but she still managed to gain four places to be at 187th spot in the latest WTA rankings issued on Monday. The Hyderabadi girl, however, has lost three places in the doubles rankings to be at the 12th position, after she and her Australian partner Anastasia Rodionova suffered an upset first-round exit in the Madrid Open last week....
04:49 PM, May 14, 2012
Madrid: In fine fettle after a month-long rest, Roger Federer is ready to get his clay season underway and continue his bid to recapture the world number one ranking from Novak Djokovic. The 30-year-old Swiss maestro, who has not played since losing to Andy Roddick at the Sony Ericsson Open at the end of March, said he had needed some time away from tennis to recharge his batteries and rid...
11:23 AM, May 07, 2012
New Delhi: India equalled their worst ever FIFA rankings by slipping seven slots down in the latest chart to be placed at 165th. India had a disastrous AFC Challenge Cup campaign last month in Nepal where they lost all their league matches and that saw the country lose 10 points from previous month's 132 points. The earlier all-time low after India appeared in the FIFA charts in August 1993 was...
08:14 PM, Apr 11, 2012
New Delhi: Sania Mirza continued to slide down the rankings ladder as the Indian is now placed at number 182, after a loss of 41 places, in the latest WTA list issued on Monday. Sania slipped in the rankings after she missed out on making the singles main draw of the Miami WTA Premier event, losing in straight sets to American 10th seed Sloane Stephens. The Hyderabadi girl has also...
07:12 PM, Apr 09, 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
New Delhi: The poor singles run in recent times has further dented Sania Mirza's ranking as the Indian slipped to 129, a loss of 16 places, in the latest WTA list issued on Monday. Sania had lost in the WTA Dubai Open qualifiers in the singles but did well in doubles by ending runners-up along with Elena Vesnina. The runners-up finish helped Sania retain her seventh place in the doubles...
03:19 PM, Feb 27, 2012
Dubai: Sania Mirza squandered a one-set lead to crash out of the qualifying event of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships, losing the first round match to Canadian Aleksandra Wozniak. Sania won the first set comfortably but lost steam as the match progressed to lose 6-2, 3-6, 2-6 in the opening round of the USD 2,000,000 hard court event. The Indian will now hope to do well in the doubles...
06:31 PM, Feb 20, 2012
Melbourne: The status quo has been maintained at the top of the men's rankings after Novak Djokovic's dramatic win over Rafael Nadal at the Australian Open, unlike the situation on the women's tour. Official rankings to be released on Monday show Djokovic maintaining the No. 1 spot on the ATP Tour after winning his third Major in a row. Djokovic's 5-7, 6-4, 6-2, 6-7 (5), 7-5 victory in 5 hours,...
10:26 AM, Jan 30, 2012
New Delhi: Concerned at the drop in Sania Mirza's ranking, the All India Tennis Association (AITA) is planning to get a wildcard entry for the Hyderbadi for the singles event at the London Olympics this year. AITA is keen that Sania competes in the mixed doubles event of the Olympics and Sania has to be there in either the singles or the doubles draw to be able to compete in...
11:27 PM, Jan 13, 2012
New Delhi: Riding on her three WISPA title wins, India's young woman squash sensation Dipika Pallikal moved up to a career-high 15th place in the world rankings. Pallikal began 2011 at 29th spot and claimed her third WISPA title of the year in December in the Crocodile Challenge Cup in Hong Kong and that took her to number 17 in world rankings. She clinched her first WISPA title of the...
11:16 AM, Jan 04, 2012
Zurich: World and European champions Spain stayed atop FIFA's monthly world rankings on Wednesday, despite losing a friendly to England, who climbed two places to No. 5. The Netherlands remained second but third-placed Germany narrowed the gap after winning 3-0 in a friendly between the sides. South American champions Uruguay closed on the top three, beating Chile in 2014 World Cup qualifying and No. 9 Italy in a friendly to...
04:12 PM, Nov 24, 2011
New Delhi: Technology giant Infosys has been ranked as the country's best company for investor-relations practices such as corporate governance, financial disclosure and online dissemination of shareholder-related information. In the first-ever such rankings for India, compiled by Investor Relations Global Rankings (IRGR), Infosys has been ranked on the top in all the four categories - corporate governance practices, financial disclosure procedures, IR website and online annual report. Infosys was followed...
10:48 AM, Nov 06, 2011
New Delhi: Following her title triumph in the WISPA Dread Series 2 tournament in Washington recently, ace Indian squash player Dipika Pallikal reached a career-high world ranking of 19 on Monday. Pallikal faced stiff resistance from England's Sarah-Jane Perry before prevailing 11-9 11-3 11-7 in the final to win the Dread Series 2 tournament in Washington. The Chennai girl showed good form throughout the championship and won it without conceding...
09:50 AM, Nov 01, 2011
New Delhi: India's Somdev Devvarman and Sania Mirza's singles ranking remained unchanged on the ATP and WTA charts on Monday. Somdev continues to be at 84 in the men's singles and Sania 86 in the women's singles. Sania, however, moved up a place in the doubles to 11th. In the men's doubles, Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi are static at seventh and eighth position. Rohan Bopanna and Pakistan's Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi,...
08:55 PM, Oct 24, 2011
New Delhi: India jumped three places to be placed at 160th in the latest FIFA rankings, issued on Wednesday. India have 115 points in their kitty. In last month's list, the country was ranked 163rd, just two places better than India's all-time lowest - the country was ranked 165th in March 2007. India are now thirteen places above neighbours Pakistan (173), 17 places ahead of Sri Lanka (177) and two...
07:59 PM, Oct 19, 2011
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