New York, Aug 31: Sixth-seeded Novak Djokovic from Serbia won 6-1, 6-3, 6-7 (2), 6-2 against 61st seeded American Tennys Sandgren at the US Open second round. Thursdays match on the central court of the Arthur Ashe Stadium here marks the second time that these two players have met, with Djokovic winning both...
New York, Aug 31: Swiss great Roger Federer squandered an early service break but recovered in time to win the first set and then cruise through the next two to defeat Frenchman Benoit Paire 7-5, 6-4, 6-4 in the second round of the US Open . His third-round showdown is against mercurial Australian...
World No.14 Japan took the lead through Minami Shimizu in the 11th minute but world No.9 India pulled level through Neha Goyal in the 25th minute. Motomi Kawamura regained Japans lead in the 44th minute. India couldnt find their equaliser and had to settle for the silver medal. It was Indias second silver...
This has certainly not been an easy decision to be honest. Ive been pondering over it. Ive mentioned it to (CSK CEO) Kasi Viswanathan, Badrinath told reporters, as quoted by cricbuzz. Somehow my hand didnt go into penning the letter over the last year. I dont know why. But having turned 38 on...
Farukh Choudhary (6th, 38th) bagged a first-half brace before super-sub Manvir Singh (74th, 77th) added two more in three minutes to hand India a comfortable victory. India, during their preparatory camp in Sydney, won two of the three friendly games against APIA Leichhardt Tigers FC (August 25) and Rydalmere Lions FC (August 31),...
Mourinho is under pressure after United started the English Premier League season with one win and two defeats. They lost 0-3 at home to Tottenham Hotspur on Monday which made matters worse. I dont know whats happening in Manchester, but wait before criticising Mou -- hes special and hes won a lot, he...
At the breather, Cheteshwar Pujara went back undefeated on a patient 70 after losing his partner Rishabh Pant for a duck on the final ball before the post-lunch session came to an end. Resuming the session at 100/2, Pujara and Virat Kohli (46) consolidated the innings further by putting together a brilliant 92-run...
Amit saw off a tough challenge from Carlo Paalam of the Philippines to clinch a 3-2 victory in the semi-finals. The Haryana pugilist is expected to face an extremely difficult task in the final as he will be up against reigning Olympic champion Hasanboy Dusmatov of Uzbekistan. In the other semi-final, Dusmatov thrashed Wu...
Both players have also plied their trade for Indian Arrows in the I-League. At 17 years of age, Amarjit, who was born in Manipur, plays as a central midfielder and was the captain of the Indian team in the U-17 World Cup squad. Along with him, 18-year-old Kolhapur boy Aniket showed promise as...
