Indian Wells (California), March 13 (IANS) India’s Sania Mirza and her Zimbabwean partner Cara Black knocked out second-seeded Russians Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina toenter the semi-finals of the women’s doubles at the BNP Paribas Open tennis tournament here. Fifth-seeded Mirza and Black won 6-4, 6-1, Wednesday and will now play fourth seeds Czech Lucie Hradecka […]
Basel, March 12 (IANS) World No.9 P.V. Sindhu was the sole bright spot for Indian badminton as all her compatriots lost their respective matches at the $125,000 Swiss Open Grand Prix Gold at St. Jakobshalle here Wednesday. While the seventh seeded Sindhu won her women’s singles opener, Jwala Gutta, Ashwini Ponnappa, Tarun Kona and Saili Rane […]
Washington, March 11 (IANS) New York Knicks forward Carmelo Anthony and Houston Rockets guard James Harden have been named NBA Players of the Week. Anthony averaged 29 points, 5.3 rebounds, 4.8 assists and 2.75 steals to lead the Knicks to a 3-1 record last week. He collected 33 points and five rebounds, five assists and three […]
Bridgetown (Barbados), March 11 (IANS/CMC) Injury fears surrounding West Indies’ off-spinner Sunil Narine were put to rest when he was declared fit to face England in the second Twenty20 International at the Kensington Oval here. Narine appeared to jar his knee badly in attempting a sliding save at third man in the seventh over of the […]
Rio de Janeiro, March 11 (IANS) Football legend Pele fears violent protests in Brazil could ruin this year’s World Cup. Mass anti-government rallies that began during last June are expected to continue during the World Cup, to be held in 12 Brazilian cities from July 12 to July 13, reported Xinhua. Pele called on Brazilians to […]
Rio de Janeiro, March 11 (IANS) Paris Saint-Germain winger Lucas Moura has not given up hope of playing in the World Cup for Brazil despite falling out of favour with Selecao coach Luiz Felipe Scolari. Lucas, 21, once considered one of Brazil’s brightest prospects, has not been called up by Scolari since Brazil’s 2-0 friendly victory […]
Indian Wells, March 11 (IANS) India’s Leander Paes and his Czech partner Radek Stepanek marched into the quarterfinals of the ATP Indian Wells Masters tournament with a straight-set win over Jonathan Erlich from Israel and Richard Gasquet from France here Monday. The Indo-Czech pair, seeded fourth, beat the wildcard entrants 6-3, 7-5 in an hour and […]
Rome, March 9 (IANS) Antonio Di Natale scored the winner as Udinese beat AC Milan 1-0 at home in the Italian Serie A football Saturday. After a goalless first half, Di Natale scored the opening goal of the game in the 67th minute when he handed Udinese the deserved win, which lifts the Zebrette 10 points […]
Barcelona, March 9 (IANS) Barcelona suffered a potentially disastrous 0-1 away loss to Valladolid Saturday in a result which could have huge significance in the race for the Spanish La Liga football title. Now if Real Madrid win at home against Levante Sunday, they will open up a four-point lead over Barca and the Catalan giants […]
Barcelona, March 9 (IANS) Barcelona football coach Tata Martino said “lack of mobility” was behind his side’s stunning loss to Valladolid in the Spanish La Liga Saturday. Fausto Rossi’s strike in the 17th minute was enough to decide the game. Te Catalans now need Real Madrid to drop points even if they are able to win […]