Australian Open women’s singles results – Sharapova edges Kvitova for final spot
Australian Open women’s singles semi-final results from Melbourne on Thursday (prefix denotes seeding, * new result). * 4-Maria Sharapova (Russia) beat 2-Petra Kvitova (Czech Republic) 6-2 3-6 6-4 3-Victoria Azarenka (Belarus) beat 11-Kim Clijsters (Belgium) 6-4 1-6 6-3 The world number four had just saved two break points and been taken to deuce four times [...]
Ex-tennis star Marat Safin elected to Russian Parliament
Former World Number One and tennis star Marat Safin has been elected to the 450-seat-strong Duma, or the Russian Federal Parliament. Speaking after his election, Safin said he had thought long and hard about what to do with his life after his sporting career. “I could go and make commercials left and right and pretend [...]
Roger Federer into Paris Masters final
Roger Federer defeated Tomas Berdych 6-4, 6-3 here today to reach the final of the Paris Masters for the first time in his career. The 30-year-old Swiss holder of 16 Grand Slam titles will play on Sunday the winner of the other semi-final which sees 2008 winner Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France take on giant American [...]
Dhoni reaches third spot in ICC ranking
Skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni, named the player of the series following India`s 5-0 whitewash over England in the ODI tournament, jumped two places to reach the third spot in the latest ICC rankings on Wednesday. Off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin also broke into the top 20 for the first time after claiming 10 wickets in the series. [...]
`Who are you?` Ganguly asked at Eden Gardens
Even in his worst nightmares, Sourav Ganguly would not have seen it coming. It was possibly for the first time in his long cricketing career that the former Indian captain and local boy was stopped from going to the Eden Gardens ground as he did not carry an identity card. Ganguly, who was doing his [...]
Sania and Vesnina in French Open doubles final
(PTI) Sania Mirza stormed into her first Grand Slam doubles final as she and her Russian partner Elena Vesnina defeated American duo of Liezel Huber and Lisa Raymond in a thrilling three-setter in the semifinals of the French Open here today.Seeded seventh in the tournament, Sania and Vesnina beat their fourth seeded opponents 6-3, 2-6, [...]
Gambhir, Yuvraj out; Tendulkar rested for Windies tour
PTI Sachin Tendulkar, Gautam Gambhir and Yuvraj Singh were left out of India’s entire tour of the West Indies as the national selectors announced the 16-member squad for the Test series next month. Tamil Nadu opener Abhinav Mukund was the lone new face in the squad announced by the BCCI secretary N Srinivasan after a [...]
World No 1 Wozniacki crashes out of French Open
World No1, Caroline Wozniacki, crashed out in the third round with a 6-1, 6-3 defeat by the 28th seed, Daniela Hantuchova. The second seed, Kim Clijsters, has already been eliminated after throwing away a winning position against the little-known Dutchwoman Arantxa Rus, while last year’s beaten finalist, Samantha Stosur, was also a third-round victim. The match [...]
Canada’s Virtue and Moir lead after short dance at world championships
Olympic champions Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir posted a new short dance record score as they opened their bid to defend their ice dancing title at the world figure skating championships here on Friday.Their world record score was no surprise as the mark is less than a year old — the International Skating Union did [...]
Indian cricket team captain M S Dhoni-Ideal icon
Mahendra Singh Dhoni, nick name Mahi, Also abbreviated as MS Dhoni, Captain Dhoni has traveled a great journey being the boy from Ranchi to the Captain Cool of the India Cricket Team. Apart from the Indian captain he is also the wicketkeeper. Mahi born on July 7, 1981 in Lavali Village Almora, Uttarakhand is an Indian cricketer [...]
INDIA WINS AGAINST AUSTRALIA WORLD CUP QUARTERFINAL MOTERA
INDIA WINS Australian captain Ricky Ponting won the toss and opted to bat first in the crucial quarterfinal match against India being played here today at the Sardar Patel Stadium in Motera. India received a huge boost ahead of the game with Virender Sehwag being ruled fit after missing the game against West Indies with [...]
Schedule of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011
Match Date Teams Venue 1 19 Feb India vs Bangladesh Dhaka 2 20 Feb New Zealand vs Kenya Chennai 3 20 Feb Sri Lanka vs Canada Hambantota 4 21 Feb Australia vs Zimbabwe Ahmedabad 5 22 Feb England vs Netherlands Nagpur 6 23 Feb Pakistan vs Kenya Hambantota 7 24 Feb South Africa vs West [...]
Ana Ivanovic parts ways with Graf’s former coach
Ana Ivanovic has parted ways with Steffi Graf’s former coach Heinz Gunthardt after enduring a topsy-turvy season. The 2008 French Open champion’s ranking plummeted to 65th in July this year after hooking up with Gunthardt in February but appeared to turn a corner when she ended a two-year title drought by capturing the Linz Open trophy [...]
Tendulkar gets People’s choice Award in Asian awards in UK
Awards and accolades continue to follow Indian batting icon Sachin Tendulkar who added the ‘Lebara People’s Choice’ honour at the inaugural Asian Awards to his trophy cabinet. Presenting the award to the iconic batsman, Ratheesan Yoganathan, CEO Lebara, said, “Tendulkar is one of the greatest cricketers of all time. Sachin is a hero and a [...]
Sharapova gets engaged to Lakers’ guard Vujacic
The most eligible bachelorette in tennis is off the market.Three-time Grand Slam champion Maria Sharapova got engaged to her boyfriend, Los Angeles Lakers guard Sasha Vujacic, after he proposed on Tuesday night at his Manhattan Beach, Calif. home.Sharapova and Vujacic first went public with their relationship last November when they were seen cuddling at a [...]
Ana Ivanovic’s winning run ends in defeat by Goerges in Luxembourg
Ana Ivanovic’s recent run of good results came to an end on Friday with a 6-3, 6-1 defeat by Julia Goerges in the Luxembourg Open quarter-finals.Ana Ivanovic race is constantly up and down, with periods longer however. 2008 French Open champion suffered another setback reactivation losing in the quarterfinals of the Open BGL BNP Paribas [...]
U.S. OPEN NEWS
•Roger Federer moved on with a routine 6-4, 6-3, 6-3 victory against Paul-Henri Mathieu. In fact, afterward Federer was more interested in talking about Rafael Nadal’s pursuit of the career Grand Slam than his own victory. “Clearly, he has a chance because he’s young enough,” Federer said. •Novak Djokovic reached the U.S. Open’s fourth round [...]
COMMON WEALTH GAMES THEME SONG– listen here
A Theme Song for Common Wealth Games 2010 was unveiled by Oscar Winner Music Director AR Rahman. The lyric of the song follows ‘Jiyo, Utho, Badho, Jeetho..’. Even though various corruption charges was flayed against the hosting of CWG 2010 finally everything is expected to calm down for a reason. The song was unveiled / [...]
Elin woods Slaps divorce to Tiger Woods Receives Record $750 Million Settlement
Tiger Woods-Elin Nordegren divorce is final,Everything’s signed.Tiger Woods and his wife officially divorced Monday, nine months after his middle-of-the-night car crash outside his home set off shocking revelations that golf’s biggest star had been cheating on his wife. The divorce was filed in Bay County Circuit Court in the Florida Panhandle. The couple had married in [...]
Tennis players say they’ll play in Davis Cup, CWG
New Delhi, Aug 21 (PTI) Ending the stalemate over a payment dispute, India’s revolting tennis players today said they will represent the country in the upcoming Davis Cup tie and Commonwealth Games after being given an assurance by the Sports Ministry. The star quartet of Leander Paes, Mahesh Bhupathi, Somdev Devvarman and Rohan Bopanna had [...]
Injured Rice pulls out of Commonwealth Games
In yet another setback to the controversy-ridden Commonwealth Games, Australia’s triple Olympic gold medallist swimmer Stephanie Rice has pulled out of October 3-14 mega event in Delhi due to a shoulder injury.The 22-year-old swimmer, who is struggling with a problem in her right shoulder since March, also has been ruled out of the ongoing Pan [...]
Sharapova named world’s highest-paid female athlete
Maria Sharapova was named the world’s highest-paid female athlete by Forbes magazine.Sharapova pulled in $24.5 million over the past year, including $1 million earned from prize money and the rest derived from endorsements and appearance fees, Forbes said.Sharapova, 23, became an overnight tennis sensation at the age of 17 when she won Wimbledon in 2004, [...]
India doesn’t look like a number one team: Waugh
New Delhi, July 28 (PTI) India is currently struggling against Sri Lanka and does not look like they are the number one Test team in the world, reckons former Australian skipper Steve Waugh. “India are predominantly a batting side but their bowling is not strong enough. Of course they have a few injuries with Zaheer [...]
MS Dhoni world’s top earning cricketer-signs Rs 200 crore deal-Youth icon
Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s monetary worth has got a huge boost. The Indian cricket captain has signed a deal worth Rs 200 crore with a talent management company. Rhiti Sports Management and Mindscapes One will now be in charge of managing all the endorsements of Dhoni. Dhoni has entered into a two-year deal with Rhiti Sports [...]
Bollywood cheers Saina Nehwal’s victory
Bollywood stars tweeted praise as Saina Nehwal completed a stupendous hat-trick of badminton titles and made the world take notice of her.Jubiliant at Saina’s exploits at the Indonesian Open Super Series, the Bollywood brigade took to microblogging site Twitter to shower praise on the 20-year-old sports sensation.Anupam Kher congratulated Saina by writing: ‘Saina is the [...]
Bolt to miss Commonwealth Games, says coach
Jamaican triple Olympic champion Usain Bolt will not compete in the New Delhi Commonwealth Games from Oct 3-14 because they are too late in the year, coach Glen Mills told Reuters on Saturday.”It was not part of our schedule,” Mills said via telephone from Jamaica.Mills said Bolt had known for several months that he would [...]
IPL Awards 2010-Stars off the field
The IPL Awards Night which was held on April 23rd in Grand Hyatt Hotel, Mumbai to honor the best performers of the IPL.It was a relief to see cricketers wearing dappers suits. The players walked happily and waved their hands to the shutter bugs. The Bollywood personality added the glamour to the event.Shilpa Shetty Kundra [...]
Poulter, Westwood in Masters lead; Woods 2 back
ptinews Augusta (Georgia), Apr 10 (AP) England’s Lee Westwood and Ian Poulter handled a tougher Augusta National to share the Masters lead as both chase their first major championship and attempt to hold off Tiger Woods. Poulter, who once boasted that it would be just him and Woods when he reached his potential, made his [...]
Sania’s heart not Indian as it beats for Pakistani: Thackeray
Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray, on Friday, flayed tennis star Sania Mirza for her decision to marry Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Malik, saying “had Sania’s heart been Indian, it wouldn’t have beaten for a Pakistani.” ”Henceforth, Sania will not remain an Indian. Had her heart been Indian, it wouldn’t have beaten for a Pakistani. If she wished [...]
Lara Bingle and cricket
Lara Bingle’s split with cricketer fiance Michael Clarke following her nude photo scandal has made her a bigger star, according to the model’s agent Max Markson insists that he doesn’t need to do much to rebuild her client. “I don’t need to rebuild her. She’s one of the hottest stars in the country. She’s gorgeous, [...]
Indians impress in qualifying round of archery
New Delhi, Mar 9 (PTI) Chinna Raju Srither managed an aggregate score of 688 in men’s individual compound section as Indians impressed during qualifying rounds of the six-day invitational archery test event for the 2010 Commonwealth Games. The test event, with 83 participants from England, Scotland, Jersey, New Zealand, Malaysia, Singapore and Welsh, commenced at [...]
Statistical highlights of Jaipur One-Day Internationals
PTI, Feb 20, 2010 JAIPUR: Statistical highlights of the One-Day Internationals played at Jaipur till date. Results Summary Country Played Won Lost Drawn Winning % India 9 5 4 – 55.56 West Indies 5 3 2 – 60.00 Pakistan 4 3 1 – 75.00 England 4 2 2 – 50.00 Australia 3 1 2 – [...]
Usain Bolt, Roger Federer and Serena Williams nominated for Laureus awards
Usain Bolt, Roger Federer and Serena Williams are among those nominated for the 2010 Laureus World Sports Awards, the academy announced on Thursday.The awards recognise sporting achievements for the calendar year 2009. The winners will be named on March 10 at a ceremony in Abu Dhabi. The Laureus World Sports Awards is recognised as the premier [...]
John Terry’s sacking upsets mistress Vanessa Perroncel
Lingerie model Vanessa Perroncel has expressed sadness at the loss of English soccer star John Terry’s captaincy because of an alleged affair with her. The model, who is an ex-girlfriend of Terry’s England team-mate Wayne Bridge, was disappointed when she learnt of the decision after Terry’s 12-minute meeting with coach Fabio Capello. She was spotted shaking her [...]
Dirty Secrets : Part I
By Susan L. Stackpole Does sexual fidelity correlate to respectability in Hollywood? Is bad press still better than no press? Can a celebrity career survive sexual indiscretion? Let’s ask Tiger Woods and other celebrities accused of cheating on their spouses. Woods’ name is on everyone’s lips as his life has become fodder for the recent [...]
Give the Tiger his privacy
Tiger Woods has just announced he’ll be taking an “indefinite break” from golf — and for the first time, he admits to acts of “infidelity.” Woods just released the following statement on his website: “I am deeply aware of the disappointment and hurt that my infidelity has caused to so many people, most of all [...]
Rachel Uchitel jets to LA to meet top lawyer after Tiger Woods car crash
The New York socialite at the centre of the mystery surrounding Tiger Woods’ car accident jetted to Los Angeles to meet a top lawyer. Rachel Uchitel, who first made headlines in September 2001 after she lost her fiancé in the 9/11 terrorist attacks, is said to be working to counter allegations of having an affair with [...]
Dinara Safina and Federer at the US Open
Dinara Safina, the top-ranked player in women’s tennis, will be the No. 1 seed when the U.S. Open tennis tournament at Flushing Meadows, N.Y. starts Monday. The Moscow native goes into the Open having been a finalist at this year’s Australian and French Opens and a semifinalist at Wimbledon. Her first opponent in the upper [...]