Madrid, July 17 (IANS) Spanish tennis star Garbine Muguruza confessed that defeating Venus Williams to win the women’s singles title at Wimbledon on Saturday was a “dream come true”. Speaking to Spanish newspaper Marca, 23-year-old Muguruza, who lost the 2015 Wimbledon title to Venus’ sister Serena added that “by beating one of the Williams sisters, you […]
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Spaniard Muguruza Wins First Wimbledon Title
London, July 15 (IANS) Garbiñe Muguruza of Spain brushed aside American tennis veteran Venus Williams 7-5, 6-0 in the women’s singles final of Wimbledon for her second Grand Slam title here on Saturday. It was 23-year-old Muguruza’s first Wimbledon title. Her first Grand Slam title came in French Open 2016, reports Efe. Muguruza, playing in just […]
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‘Hackers Crippling ADAMS Anti-Doping System’
Moscow, Nov 17 (IANS) The Anti-Doping Administration & Management System (ADAMS) has started to malfunction in the wake of hacker attacks, spokesperson of Russia’s Federal Medical and Biological Agency Veronika Loginova told the All-Russian Athlete Forum on Thursday. “Recently ADAMS has frequently been glitching because of hacker attacks,” she said, reports Tass. “But athletes have […]
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Khannas have only been serving Indian tennis
Every time a controversy erupts in Indian tennis, a Khanna has to be at the centre of it. Strictly speaking, today no Khanna officially has a position in the All India Tennis Association (AITA) — yet Anil Khanna is everything. Without his nod nothing can happen in the country’s apex tennis body. Anil’s father, the […]
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WADA confirms another leak of confidential athletes’ data by hackers
Montreal, Sep 17 (IANS) The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has confirmed that cyber hacker Group ‘Fancy Bear released a fresh batch of confidential athletes data on their website, which they illegally obtained from a Rio 2016 Olympic Games account of WADAs Anti-Doping Administration and Management System (ADAMS). “With this in mind, stakeholders should know that […]
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US Olympic gold medallist gymnast Biles admits use of medicine
Houston (Texas), Sep 14 (IANS) US Olympic gold medal-winning 19-year-old gymnast Simone Biles has confirmed she has been using medicine to treat attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Biles’ acknowledgement came after a hacker group named Fancy Bears’ claimed on Tuesday it had got access to the database of World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and figured out that […]
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US Open 2015 Women's Final : Preview and Prediction
It’s an all-Italian affair in the Women’s singles final as Roberta Vinci and Flavia Pennetta will be facing each other for the title.This is the first time since 2010 that two first-time finalists will take on each other after Schiavone and Stosur who faced each other in the Roland Garros 2010. Both the women’s in […]