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Roger Federer outclassed long-standing rival Rafael Nadal to win the Miami Open on Sunday and continued his remarkable comeback run in 2017. Eighteen-time Grand Slam champion beat the Spaniard in straight sets 6-3, 6-4 to win his third Miami Open title. The loss was Nadal’s fifth in a final in Miami and this remains one tournament that the Spaniard is ... Read More »

India’s Olympic 2016 silver medallist P.V. Sindhu overcame her Rio Games conqueror Carolina Marin of Spain in straight games to win her maiden India Open Superseries badminton title at a packed Siri Fort Sports Complex here on Sunday. The match-up between Sindhu and Marin was a repeat of the 2016 Rio Olympic final which saw the Spaniard taking away the ... Read More »

Gear up for the mouth watering clash once more as Roger Federer will again battle it out in the summit clash against Rafael Nadal on Sunday. Federer beat Nadal in the Australian Open 2017 final thriller in January to claim an 18th Grand Slam title and he swept past the Spaniard in straight sets in the fourth round at Indian ... Read More »

Badminton ace PV Sindhu entered the semi-finals of the ongoing Yonex Sunrise India Open Superseries with a hard-fought 21-16 22-20 win over compatriot Saina Nehwal. Playing in front of a capacity crowd at the Siri Fort Stadium in New Delhi that cheered ferociously for either player, Sindhu recorded a memorable victory in straight games. Speaking to the press after the ... Read More »

Roger Federer’s run at the Miami Open was one point from ending. Down 6-4 in a third-set tiebreaker to Tomas Berdych, the situation was officially dire. Yet even in that moment, Federer still felt some hope. “I had belief I could turn it around, even then,” he said. Somehow, he was right, and his stellar start to 2017 continued. The ... Read More »

Winning the first game 21-17 against Arundhati Pantawane might give it a deceptive veneer of a close game but Olympic silver medallist PV Sindhu, whose name on a draw makes the fans reach out for block bookings, decided running away with the match was a better idea than giving credence to the proverb ‘making a mountain out of a molehill’. ... Read More »

Mitchell Johnson’s remarks were in response to Virat Kohli’s comments during the press conference post Dharamsala decider. Former Australian fast bowler Mitchell Johnson continued to take pot shots at Virat Kohli after India clinched the four-match Test series 2-1 on Tuesday. The hosts not only won the series but reclaimed the Border-Gavaskar Trophy for the first time since 2012-13 after ... Read More »

DHARAMSHALA: On a day Australia struggled to contain their anger and frustration right from the morning session, their captain Steve Smith was caught uttering the words “f****** cheat” when Murali Vijay claimed a low catch in the slip region to seemingly bring an end to Australia’s second innings. Hazlewood’s apparent dismissal saw comic scenes at the HPCA Stadium as Vijay ... Read More »