Saina Nehwal will compete in the prestigious World Super series Finals in China next month. ...
10:34 PM, Nov 28, 2012
Former England captain David Beckham will leave LA Galaxy after next month's Major League Soccer (MLS) Cup final but said he intended to continue with his playing career. The 37-year-old midfielder, who has been linked with a move to Australia's A-League, said in a statement: "I've had an incredibly special time playing for the LA Galaxy, however, I wanted to experience one last challenge before the end of my playing...
09:02 AM, Nov 20, 2012
Prague: The Czech Republic's Tomas Berdych brought the hosts level at 1-1 with holders Spain in the Davis Cup final with a battling five-set victory over Nicolas Almagro on Friday. The first day split leaves everything to play for in the reverse singles on Sunday. Spain, without the injured Rafa Nadal, are bidding for a fourth Davis Cup crown in five years, while the Czechs are aiming to become the...
08:34 AM, Nov 17, 2012
Shanghai: Parupalli Kashyap lost his quarterfinal match at the $350,000 China Open Super Series Premier badminton event to local hope Zhengming Wang in straight games here on Friday. The World No.17 Chinese won their first ever encounter 21-17, 21-7 in 34 minutes at the Yuan Shen Gymnasium. Wang's net winners proved crucial as he took several points away from the London Olympics quarter finalist. The first game was a neck-and-neck...
04:31 PM, Nov 16, 2012
The question being asked is why didn't he (Butt) held the inquiry when he was in power. ...
11:46 AM, Nov 13, 2012
New Delhi: Rohan Bopanna has confirmed his partnership with American Rajeev Ram for the next ATP season, the move comes in the wake of Mahesh Bhupathi-Bopanna combine deciding to part ways. While Bhupathi will be partnering Canadian Daniel Nestor, Bopanna will be seen pairing up with long-time friend Rajeev on the ATP circuit next year. The duo has a combined experience of 17 years on the professional circuit. "Rohan and...
10:26 AM, Nov 13, 2012
London: With the top defensive players increasingly getting the better of him often in recent years, Roger Federer would like to speed up the game of tennis. Or at least the courts the matches are played on. Federer lost to Novak Djokovic in the final of the season-ending ATP finals on Monday, and then praised the top-ranked Serb's ability to retrieve so many shots and keep the ball in play....
10:00 AM, Nov 13, 2012
London: Even when Roger Federer had the lead, Novak Djokovic had the answers. The top-ranked Serb recovered from early breaks in both sets and beat Federer 7-6 (8-6), 7-5 on Monday in the championship match at the ATP finals. Federer broke Djokovic's serve to take a quick 2-0 lead in the first set, and then again to open to the second, but both times the world's No. 1 player rebounded...
08:41 AM, Nov 13, 2012
London: Marcel Granollers and Marc Lopez won the doubles title at the ATP finals by beating Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna of India 7-5, 3-6, 10-3 on Monday. The sixth-seeded Spaniards won their third title of the season. They also won in Rome and Gstaad, and will have a chance to add the Davis Cup title next weekend against the Czech Republic in Prague. The top-seeded Bryan brothers, Bob and...
01:54 AM, Nov 13, 2012
London: Roger Federer's unique appeal showed no sign of waning on Sunday as he gate-crashed what was supposed to be Andy Murray's party in the semi-finals of the ATP World Tour Finals. Up against Britain's first male grand slam champion for 76 years and an Olympic gold medalist for good measure, the 17,000 crowd at the O2 Arena should by rights have been roaring for Murray as he attempted to...
10:10 AM, Nov 12, 2012
London: For a set not even the granite defence of Novak Djokovic could withstand the irresistible brute force of Juan Martin del Potro on Sunday but the Serb then rode out the storm to win the opening semi-final at the ATP World Tour Finals. The world number one soaked up some wrist-bending blows from the inspired Argentine before turning the match in his favour to romp home to a 4-6,...
11:25 PM, Nov 11, 2012
A British sports-betting journalist in his yet to be launched book has raised doubts that the match between the two arch-rivals may have been fixed. ...
08:32 PM, Nov 11, 2012
London: Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna saved a match point to breeze into the title clash of the ATP World Tour finale after defeating Leander Paes and Radek Stepanek via Super tie-breaker, here on Sunday. The fifth seeded Indian pair halted the winning run of the Indo-Czech combination with a 4-6, 6-1, 12-10 win in the semi-finals and in the process avenged the defeat of the Shanghai Masters final last...
07:47 PM, Nov 11, 2012
London: Spain's David Ferrer defeated world No.9 Janko Tipsarevic in three sets in their last match at the $8.85 million ATP Tour Finals here. Neither of the tennis players could reach the semi-finals, but Ferrer's win Saturday meant that defending champion Roger Federer took first place in Group B, leaving Juan Martin del Potro second. In the semi-finals, Federer will encounter local star Andy Murray, while del Potro will play...
03:12 PM, Nov 11, 2012
New Delhi: A soon-to-be-released book by Briton Ed Hawkins - a sports-betting journalist who has spent several years investigating corruption in cricket - threatens to further expose the dirt in the game. In his book Bookie, Gambler, Fixer, Spy, Hawkins brings the 2011 World Cup semi-final between India and Pakistan under a cloud. In that match, the eventual winners India had beaten Pakistan by 29 runs with Sachin Tendulkar, who...
09:57 AM, Nov 11, 2012
London: Leander Paes and Radek Stepanek will go into the semi-finals of the ATP World Tour Finale as the unbeaten team as they pipped the top seeds Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan in their last Group A match, here on Saturday. Third seeds Paes and Stepanek held their nerves to beat three-time champions 6-4 6-7(6) 10-7 in one hour and 45 minutes. Now Bryans would be praying that seventh seeds...
08:58 PM, Nov 10, 2012
London: World number one Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray reached the last four at the ATP World Tour Finals on Friday after slicing through the various permutations of their round-robin group with matching wins at the O2 Arena. A day that began with all four Group A players in contention for the top two spots ended without the need for calculators as Djokovic beat Czech Tomas Berdych 6-2 7-6 and...
08:30 AM, Nov 10, 2012
London: Novak Djokovic stayed perfect at the ATP finals, beating Tomas Berdych 6-2, 7-6 (6) Friday and qualifying for the semi-finals of the season-ending event. Djokovic is 3-0 in Group A and will play Sunday for a spot in Monday's final. The other semifinalist from the group will be decided later Friday when Andy Murray takes on Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. Djokovic, who reclaimed the No. 1 ranking at the beginning of...
10:05 PM, Nov 09, 2012
London: India's Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna knocked out defending champions Max Mirnyi and Daniel Nestor to qualify for the semi-finals of the ATP World Tour Finale, here on Friday. The fifth seeded Indian pair fought tooth and nail for a 7-6 (5) 6-7(5) 10-5 win against the second seeded Belarussian-Canadian pair in their final Group B match that lasted almost two hours. Leander Paes and his Czech partner Radek...
09:06 PM, Nov 09, 2012
London: World No. 7 Juan Martin del Potro defeated ninth-ranked Janko Tipsarevic to end the Serb's chances of reaching the semi-finals of the $8.85 million ATP World Tour Finals here. Del Potro swept away his opponent in the first set and denied him any break points as he secured a 6-0, 6-4 win on Thursday in the round robin stage of the season-ending tournament. The Argentinian now must beat reigning...
04:15 PM, Nov 09, 2012
