New York, Aug 30: Spains Rafael Nadal sealed his place in the third round of the US Open after defeating Canadian Vasek Pospisil in straight sets at Flushing Meadows here. The world number one had to overcome a second set wobble, when he trailed the 88th ranked player 4-2, before winning four consecutive...
Panaji, Aug 30: Debutant Churchill Brothers Football Club will take on Goa Velha Sports Club in the opening match of the second edition of Vedanta Womens Football league (WFL), which kicks-off on Thursday at the Duler Stadium in Mapusa. Goa Velha SC will be coached by Melroy Dsilva and led by its star...
Jakarta, Aug 30: Mouma Das crashed out of the womens singles table tennis competition at the 2018 Asian Games here on Thursday. The 34-year-old Indian paddler suffered a 0-4 defeat against Taiwans Szuyu Chen in a Round of 32 affair. Chen outclassed Mouma 11-6, 11-5, 11-6, 11-6 to advance to the pre-quarters of the...
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 30: Brazilian football club Cruzeiro has qualified for the quarter-finals of the Copa Libertadores despite losing 0-1 to their compatriots from Flamengo, who dominated the match. Cruzeiro were able to manage the advantage they had gained from winning the first leg 2-0 at the Maracana stadium in Rio de...
New York, Aug 30: Serena Williams, former world No. 1 and seeded 17th in the tournament, maintained her good performance at the US Open to advance to the third round by winning 6-2, 6-2 against German Carina Witthoeft. The youngest of the Williams sisters needed only 67 minutes to seal the victory on...
Jakarta, Aug 30: Indias Sandeep Kumar was disqualified during the mens 50 kilometre race walk at the 18th Asian Games here on Thursday. Sandeep received three official warnings during the race which led to his disqualification. Hayato Katsuki of Japan won gold with a time of four hours, three minutes and 30 seconds. Wang...
Monaco, Aug 30: The lineup for the 2018-19 Champions League has been set as Benfica, PSV Eindhoven and Red Star Belgrade have qualified for Europes elite club competition. After managing only a 1-1 draw at home in the first leg, Benfica were far from assured of advancing against PAOK Salonika, who opened the...
New York, Aug 30: Clint Dempsey, whose 57 goals as a member of the United States national football team put him in a tie for the first place on the all-time list, has announced his retirement from the sport. The Seattle Sounders, the Major League Soccer (MLS) club he played for from 2013...
Milan (Italy), Aug 30: German driver Sebastian Vettel has crashed his Ferrari into a barrier at a Formula 1 exhibition event here. The show was organised ahead of this weekends Italian Grand Prix, which was also attended by Kimi Raikkonen (Ferrari), Charles Leclerc and Marcus Ericsson (Sauber) and Pier Gasly and Brendon Hartley...
