Beijing, March 3 (IANS) The nominees for the 2015 Laureus Awards were announced with 2014 winner Novak Djokovic, Usain Bolt and Lionel Messi featuring in the category of Best Male Athlete of the Year. China’s Liu Cuiqing was nominated for the disability category on Wednesday with Boccia player Leung Yuk Wing from Hong Kong also […]
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Kings XI appoint Chulani as peak performance coach
Kings XI appoint Chulani as peak performance coach
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Dream come true for Kerber
German Angelique Kerber has described winning her maiden Grand Slam title as a “dream come true” after she shocked World No.1 Serena Williams in the women’s singles final of the Australian Open here on Saturday night. Kerber, who won in a three-set epic, 6-4, 3-6, 6-4, said never in her wildest dreams would she imagine […]
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Murray outlasts injured Raonic, advances to fifth Australian Open final
Andy Murray will on Sunday spark a sense of deja vu for tennis fans, after he won through to his fifth Australian Open final, outlasting an injured and depleted Milos Raonic in five sets on Friday evening. In what will go down as yet another semifinal to remember at the Melbourne Park, the second seed […]
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Kerber conquers Konta to enter first Australian Open final
Seventh seed Angelique Kerber on Thursday ended Johanna Konta’s dream run at the Australian Open, winning 7-5, 6-2 against the unseeded Briton to book a spot in the tennis singles final against top seed Serena Williams. German Kerber is now into her first ever Grand Slam final — she was the only player in the […]
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'Sharapova must play for Russia if she wants to go to Olympics'
Moscow, Jan 27 (IANS) Russian tennis star Maria Sharapova must play for the national team next week at the Federation Cup fixture if she wants to qualify for the 2016 Rio Olympics, Shamil Tarpishchev, president of the Russian Tennis Federation (RTF), has said. “If Sharapova wants to play at the Olympics, she will have to play […]
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Djokovic, Federer reach third round at Australian Open
Melbourne, Jan 20 (IANS) World No.1 Novak Djokovic and Swiss tennis legend Roger Federer moved to the third round of the Australian Open here on Wednesday. Djokovic beat French promising talent Quentin Halys 6-1, 6-2, 7-6 (7-3). Halys, 19, had high hopes after defeating Croatia’s Ivan Dodig in the first round, which marks the Frenchman’s […]
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Tennis: Muguruza says foot much better ahead of Australian Open
Melbourne, Jan 17 (IANS) Spanish rising woman tennis star Garbine Muguruza has said that she was making a fast recovery from a foot injury and expected to be fit for the start of the Australian Open, which gets underway next week. “The foot is much better,” Efe quoted Muguruza as saying on Saturday at Melbourne […]
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Two Australian men seeded at Australian Open for first time since 2004
Melbourne, Jan 14 (IANS) Fans and tournament organisers were licking their lips at the possibility of the first Australian men’s champion in more than 40 years after two Australians were seeded for the first time in 12 years. Bernard Tomic and Nick Kyrgios were both ranked inside the best 32 men at 2016 Open when […]
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Review 2015: When Sania Mirza made the year her own
New Delhi, Dec 26 (IANS) Sania Mirza personified Indian tennis in 2015 with a stupendous rise that catapulted her to the tip of the women’s doubles rankings and also become the maiden countrywoman to win a Grand Slam. Two women’s doubles titles were evidence of her growing stock in the format, which she was forced […]