India’s star tennis player Leander Paes in his bid to stay fit for his seventh Games at the 2016 Rio Olympics has asked the All India Tennis Association (AITA) to excuse himself from the forthcoming Davis Cup tie against Taipei and for other events in 2014. In a letter written to AITA president Anil Khanna, […]
Pele says Lionel Messi is the player that most reminds him of himself among football’s current generation. In an interview with the FIFA Weekly magazine published Friday, the Brazilian legend suggested the 26-year-old Argentinian deserved to win the Ballon D’Or for a fifth time despite an injury-wracked 2013, Xinhua reported. “[Franck] Ribery, [Zlatan] Ibrahimovic and […]
The 2014 Aircel Chennai Open continued to be hit by a spate of retirements with two more players – third seed Fabio Fognini and Yen-Hsun Lu – conceding their respective singles matches and India’s Yuki Bhambri was the biggest beneficiary as he made it to the quarter-finals here Thursday. Bhambri, a Wild Card entry, was […]
At least 83 athletes will represent the Czech Republic competing at the Winter Olympics in Sochi, which is to start Feb 7, said spokesman for the Czech Olympic Committee (COV) Alexander Kliment. “This is slightly fewer than we expected. But the curling team did not unfortunately succeed in qualification,” Kliment said. The list of athletes […]