Mirza-Hingis bow out of Rogers Cup

Toronto, Aug 16 : Top ranked women’s doubles pair of Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis suffered a shocking semi-final defeat against fourth seeded pair of Caroline Garcia and Katarina Srebotnik at the Rogers Cup in Toronto.Mirza and Hingis endured a 3-6, 2-6 blow against the French-Slovenian duo in a contest that lasted almost an hour.The […]

Ashwin breaks into Top 10, Dhawan vaults to 32

Dubai, Aug.16 : Off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin has moved three places to ninth in the ICC Test Rankings for bowlers, while Shikhar Dhawan vaulted 15 places to a career-high 32nd in the rankings for batsmen, despite India losing the opening Test match against Sri Lanka by 63 runs in Galle.Ashwin claimed match figures of 10 for […]

India subdue Spain 2-0 to level three-match series

New Delhi, Aug 12 : The Indian men’s hockey team produced a much improved performance as they claimed a convincing 2-0 win over Spain to level the three-match series 1-1 in the second game at Sant Cugat del Valles on Wednesday.Ramandeep Singh put India ahead in the second quarter before he provided a well-worked pass […]

Pedro ‘livid’ over possible Barca exit talk

London, Aug. 12 : Barcelona striker Pedro has expressed his anger over technical secretary Robert Fernandez’s remark that the 28-year-old wants to leave the Spanish champions, saying the issue is not regarding money but about minutes on the pitch.The Spain forward has been linked with a move to Manchester United and came off the bench […]

Ashwin’s six-wicket haul bundles Sri Lanka out for 183

Galle, Aug 12: Off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin produced a stellar performance on Wednesday as Sri Lanka were bowled out for 183 on the opening day of the first Test of the three-match series against India at Galle.Opting to bat first, the hosts stuttered from the start of their innings and were reeling at 60-5 in the […]