Toronto: Top-seeded Novak Djokovic won his second straight Rogers Cup title and third overall, beating Richard Gasquet 6-3, 6-2 on Sunday. The Serbian, also the tournament winner in 2007, won for the first time since Miami four months ago. Djokovic was coming off a third-place finish in the Olympics. "The losses I had in the Olympic Games gave me even more desire to come here and perform my best and...
09:45 AM, Aug 13, 2012
St. Gallen, Switzerland: Adrian Lopez scored and set up a goal on his debut as Spain beat Serbia 2-0 to get their European Championship preparations off to a winning start on Saturday. Spain coach Vicente del Bosque, without his Barcelona and Athletic Bilbao regulars and with Chelsea pair Fernando Torres and Juan Mata watching from the stands, gave five players their first caps for the European and world champions at...
09:49 AM, May 27, 2012
Belgrade: World number one Novak Djokovic has pulled out of the Serbia Open following the death of his grandfather during the Monte Carlo Masters event last week, the Serbian said on Wednesday. "I've made a decision not to take part in the tournament this year," Djokovic, the title holder at the Belgrade clay-court event, said on his website. "This is certainly one of the toughest decisions in my career but...
10:53 PM, Apr 25, 2012
London: Europe continues to battle the intense cold and heavy snowfall and the condition is likely to stay the same at least till the end of the week. While Serbia has declared a state of emergency after the snow snapped access to tens of thousands of people, in Ukraine, 122 people have died so far with the temperatures hitting minus 30 degree celcius. Meanwhile, Romania's Prime Minister Emil Boc resigned...
10:10 AM, Feb 07, 2012
New Delhi: Serbia's Novak Djokovic does a hilarious impression of Rafael Nadal and Maria Sharapova at the US Open that includes most of Nadal's typical idiosyncracies - his habit of tugging at his underwear. Nicknamed the 'Djoker', Djokovic proved he is the dominant force in men's tennis by outplaying defending champion Nadal to win Wimbledon for the first time with an emphatic 6-4 6-1 1-6 6-3 victory in the final...
01:39 PM, Jul 04, 2011
With South Sudan voting for independence from the North, it is set to become the worlds youngest country on July 9. Here are some of the most recent additions to the world map Kosovo When Yugoslavia disintegrated, new countries were sprouting and borders were being drawn. When Kosovo tried to follow the rest and separate from Serbia, a war broke out. Even when it all ended and Kosovo declared independence...
05:19 PM, Jun 30, 2011
Belgrade (Serbia): After pulling off one of the biggest wins of his career in the last match, Somdev Devvarman gave seventh seed Jano Tipsarevic a run for his money before losing out in a hard-fourth three setter in the quarter-finals of the Serbia Open here on Friday. Devvarman, who upstaged world number 26 Guillermo Garcia-Lopez in the second round on Thursday, lost 3-6 6-3 6-4 to the 36-ranked Tipsarevic. The...
10:33 PM, Apr 29, 2011
Belgrade: A Belgrade court has sentenced a confidante of former president of Yogoslavia and Serbia Slobodan Milosevic to eight years in prison for defrauding the country of 60 million euros. Mihalj Kertes, who headed the country's customs agency in the 1990's during Milosevic's rule, was accused of diverting customs revenue to state security, various state enterprises, Milosevic's Socialist Party and of taking cash out of the country, instead of paying...
01:03 PM, Dec 28, 2010
The Serbs will feel that they should have done better. ...
10:39 PM, Sep 10, 2009
Italy take on Bulgaria, Spain face Estonia at home in Medina. ...
09:10 PM, Sep 09, 2009
The world No. 3 defeated US' James Blake in straight sets to go home with bronze. ...
05:50 PM, Aug 16, 2008
A late goal from midfielder Hernanes gave Brazil a 1-0 win over Belgium. ...
04:56 PM, Aug 07, 2008
The former Bosnian Serb leader chose a flat in a thickly populated area to hide. ...
03:51 PM, Jul 24, 2008
Karachi: Former Pakistan captain Rashid Latif had filed a constitutional petition in the Sindh High Court, seeking sweeping reforms and a democratic system in the Pakistan Cricket Board. The 44-year-old Latif, in his petition, has demanded redressal of the PCB constitution to make it more fair and transparent including the election rather than appointment of officials. The court has admitted his petition for hearing and issued a notice to the...
09:20 AM, Jul 22, 2008
Birmingham: West Indies opening batsman Adrian Barath has tipped mystery off-spinner Sunil Narine to have a major impact in the final Test against England at Edgbaston starting Thursday. The West Indies are trying to avoid an embarrassing whitewash after losing the first two Test matches in the three-Test series. "Once he is given the opportunity of a West Indies Test cap, I think he will represent us to the best...
09:20 PM, May 29, 2008
London: Former England all-rounder Andrew Flintoff has questioned the fitness level of Indians and also criticised the visiting team for their shabby warm-up routines. India, which is hoping to salvage some pride and avoid a humiliating whitewash, has been ravaged by the injuries to it's key players and has not looked its usual self in the tournament so far. The former Test cricketer, who was forced to cut short his...
03:30 PM, Feb 22, 2008
London: After conquering the No.1 spot in Test cricket, England coach Andy Flower has said the team's next target would be to qualify for the new World Test Championship, which England are expected to host in 2013. We've also got the World Test Championship for the first time in 2013 and that's in our own country. That is certainly something we are striving for - we have to be in...
03:12 PM, Feb 21, 2008
Pallekele: Spinner Ajantha Mendis became the first bowler to take six wickets in a Twenty20 international on Monday to lead Sri Lanka to a sensational win against Australia in the second match and win the two-match series 2-0. Mendis had a spell of six for 16 to help Sri Lanka earn an eight-run win. Batting first, Sri Lanka scored 157-9 in 20 overs with Mahela Jayawardene hitting a crafty 86...
03:46 PM, Feb 19, 2008
London: England team director Andy Flower has asked his players not to lose their focus in the euphoria of a possible coronation as the World's best Test team since the series against India is only half-way through. He stressed that the series against India is not yet won and the players should focus on the third Test against India at Edgbaston. England, who are third in the ICC Test rankings,...
08:39 PM, Feb 17, 2008
Nottingham: It was jelly beans four years ago and it is Vaseline this time as a controversy erupted in the second India-England Test here when VVS Laxman was accused of using it on his bat to manipulate the Hot-Spot technology in the Decision Review System. Has Vaseline on the outside edge saved the day for Laxman? tweeted former England captain Michael Vaughan after Laxman was ruled not out by third...
05:24 PM, Feb 16, 2008
