In what can be called as one of the most sensational news from sports world this year, a Russian hacking group has claimed that tennis players Venus and Serena Williams and teenage gymnast Simone Biles had taken banned substances to enhance their performance during the summer Olympics. The group named ‘Fancy Bears’ has claimed that it […]
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Russian hackers leak US athletes medical files
Washington/Montreal, Sep 14 (IANS) A group of Russian computer hackers illegally gained access to the World Anti-Doping Agency’s athlete database and leaked confidential medical files of US Olympic athletes, Wada confirmed on Tuesday. Athletes affected include tennis players Venus and Serena Williams and teenage gymnast Simone Biles, the BBC reported. Accroding to Wada, a Russian […]
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Angelique Kerber beats Karolina Pliskova in US Open final
New York, Sep 11 (IANS) Germany’s Angelique Kerber won the US Open women’s singles tennis final beating the Czech Republic’s Karolina Pliskova 6-3, 4-6, 6-4 in a hard-fought and exciting match here. Kerber, 28, won in New York on Saturday evening to claim her second Grand Slam title win after her triumph at the Australian […]
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Pliskova routs Konjuh to reach first Grand Slam semis
New York, Sep 8 (IANS) Tenth-seeded Czech Karolina Pliskova brushed aside Croatian upstart Ana Konjuh 6-2, 6-2 to advance to the US Open semi-finals, the first time she has reached the final four of a Grand Slam tennis event. The 24-year-old Pliskova will next take on American World No.1 and six-time champion Serena Williams who […]
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Kazakhstan’s Shvedova reaches US Open fourth round
New York, Sep 4 (IANS) Kazakhstan’s Yaroslava Shvedova advanced to the US Open tennis fourth round with a 6-2, 7-5 victory over China’s Zhang Shuai. She will next take on American World No.1 and top seed Serena Williams, who brushed aside Sweden’s Johanna Larsson 6-2, 6-1 here on Saturday, reports Efe. Shvedova dominated the first […]
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Kerber wins in first round of US Open
New York, Aug 30 (IANS) No.2 seeded Angelique Kerber started her US Open tennis campaign with a comfortable win over Polona Hercog, who retired from the match down 0-6, 0-1. “To be honest, it’s never the way I would like to finish the match, but I went out there to feel my rhythm and start […]
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Sania becomes sole World No.1 in women’s doubles
London, Aug 22 (IANS) Sania Mirza took the sole top spot in the women’s doubles rankings after beating former partner Martina Hingis in the Cincinnati Open tennis tournament. Sania and Barbora Strycova defeated Martina Hingis and Coco Vandeweghe 7-5, 6-4 in Cincinnati on Sunday. The win enabled Sania to take sole possession of the rankings […]
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Spain’s Muguruza advances to Cincinnati semis
Cincinnati, Aug 20 (IANS) Spain’s tennis player Garbine Muguruza advanced to the women’s singles semi-finals of the Western & Southern Open in Cincinnati with a 6-4, 6-3 victory over Hungarian qualifier Timea Babos. The fourth-seeded Spaniard on Friday afternoon did not drop her serve once and converted three of the nine break-point chances she created […]
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Nadal enters Olympic tennis quarters
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 12 (IANS) Spain’s Rafael Nadal has defeated Frenchman Gilles Simon 7-6 (7-5), 6-3 to advance to the Rio Olympics tennis men’s singles quarterfinals. With his hard-fought win in just over two hours, the third-seeded Nadal successfully kicked off a grueling day here at the Olympic Tennis Centre on Thursday, reports Efe. […]
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Live Blog: Rio Olympics 2016 – Day two Dipa Karmakar qualifies for vault finals
That is it from day two….Thank you for following us… Later in the evening we will bring the Day three live blog….stay tune with joins… good bye .. have a good day.. Michael Phelps wins his 19th career Olympic gold. The U.S. men’s team to victory in the 4×100 metres freestyle relay. Juan M. del […]