India’s badminton star Pusarla Venkata Sindhu more famously known PV Sindhu has made the cut into top 10 Women list of Forbes. Sindhu takes the seventh place in the highest earning female athletes in the world. Interestingly, Sindhu’s on-court earning last year totalled $500,000 (£387,000). However, her endorsements saw Sindhu make a whopping extra $8m (£6.2m) […]
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Federer to start Wimbledon campaign against Lajovic
London, June 30: Defending champion Roger Federer will begin his quest for a record extending ninth Wimbledon title when he takes on Dusan Lajovic in first-round action on Monday. The 36-year-old Swiss top seed and world No. 2, who defeated that Serbian player en route to winning last year’s title, could later face two dangerous Croatians […]
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Halep, Muguruza enter French Open semis
Paris, June7: World No.1 Simona Halep and 2016 winner Garbine Muguruza won in different manners over Germany’s Angelique Kerber and Russia’s Maria Sharapova respectively to set up their semi-final clash at the French Open on Wednesday. Halep, in chase of her maiden Grand Slam title, came back from one set down to edge Kerber 6-7 (2), […]
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Virat Kohli Joins the List of World’s Highest Paid Athletes – Forbes
29-year old India captain Virat Kohli is one of the major icons in the cricket-crazy nation. He has got his fair share of followers across the world. The charismatic batsman is among the world’s highest-paid athletes, according to Forbes. American boxing champion, Floyd Mayweather tops the list. The only sportsman from the country- Kohli is ranked […]
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Muguruza feels less pressure ahead of French Open
Paris, May 26: World No. 3 Garbiñe Muguruza of Spain said on Friday that not being the French Open’s defending champion this year gave her a sense of peace. Former Roland Garros champions Muguruza (2016) and Svetlana Kuznetsova (2009) are set to square off in the tournament’s first round; the two tennis pros’ seventh career encounter, […]
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Halep shrugs off maiden Grand Slam title talk
Paris, May 26: Top-ranked Simona Halep is reluctant to talk about her first Grand Slam tournament title chase and says she is focused on her opening match at Roland Garros. “It’s not that difficult to do that (stay focused). Every match is going to be very tough. It’s a Grand Slam. Everyone is at the highest […]
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Sharapova rallies to defeat Cibulkova at Italian Open
Rome, May 17: Three-time champion Maria Sharapova came back from a set down to defeat Slovakia’s Dominika Cibulkova 3-6, 6-4, 6-2 and advance to the third round of the Italian Open. After a three-set win over 18th-ranked Australian Ashleigh Barty in the first round, Sharapova on Wednesday needed two and a half hours to overcome the […]
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Pliskova stuns top seed Halep in Madrid Open quarters
Madrid, May 11: Czech sixth seed Karolina Pliskova on Thursday stunned world No.1 Simona Halep 6-4, 6-3 in the quarter-finals of the Madrid Open, halting the Romanian’s winning streak in the tournament at 15 matches. Halep is one of only three female players to win the Madrid Open title twice, in 2016 and 2017, following […]
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Unstoppable Saina ready to hunt for more
New Delhi, May6: India’s veteran shuttler Saina Nehwal believes she can still reach higher levels and achieve greater things as she feels she has got rid of the physical issues that were bogging her over the past couple of years. The 2012 Olympic medallist was inconsistent in the past couple of years, thanks to the physical […]
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Here’s the daily sports round-up from around the globe on 28th March 2018
Here is Sportzwiki’s daily sports round-up which features prime news from around the world, on 28th of March 2018. It’s further about sporting events like cricket, football, and badminton which has already grabbed the attention of all the sports enthusiasts. Steven, Warner, and Bancroft banned by Cricket Australia – The recent statement from Cricket Australia […]