Rio de Janeiro, Feb 23: Pablo Cuevas of Uruguay (ranked 63), Canada’s Felix Auger-Aliassime (104), Aljaz Bedene of Slovenia and Serbia’s Laslo Djere (90) have advanced to the Rio Open semifinals. Cuevas, winner of the 2016 tournament, will face Auger-Aliassime, an 18-year-old emerging Canadian star, and Bedene will play Djere in the semifinals, reports Efe news. […]
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Windies vs England 2019, 1st ODI – Statistical Highlights
The visiting side England snatched a brilliant victory against the host Windies in the high-scoring first ODI at Kensington Oval (Bridgetown, Barbados). With this victory, England has taken the 1-0 lead in the five-match ODI series with four to go. Windies captain Jason Holder decided to bat first after winning the toss. The host side Windies […]
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Munar, Dellien, Bedene, Auger-Aliassime advance to quarters of Rio Open
Rio de Janeiro, Feb 21: Spain’s Jaume Munar, Bolivia’s Hugo Dellien, Slovenia’s Aljaz Bedene and Canada’s Felix Auger-Aliassime have advanced to the quarter-finals of the Rio Open tennis meet. Favourites Dominic Thiem of Austria and Fabio Fognini of Italy were eliminated in the first round of the tournament, reports Efe news. Munar, with an ATP ranking […]
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Ronaldo enjoying himself at Juventus, says Antic
Madrid, Feb 19: Radomir Antic of Serbia, former coach of Spain’s top teams Atletico Madrid, Real Madrid and Barcelona, said Cristiano Ronaldo was feeling relaxed after joining Juventus last summer. Ronaldo shifted to Juventus after spending nine years at Real Madrid. “I see him enjoying himself. He takes more active part in the play, also he […]
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Djokovic maintains ATP rankings’ top spot, Nadal second
Madrid, Feb 18: Serbia’s star Novak Djokovic – winner of 15 grand slams – maintained the No. 1 spot in the men’s Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) world singles rankings released on Monday with 10,955 points, ahead of Spain’s Rafael Nadal with a difference of more than 2,500 points. The top-10 list remained unchanged this week […]
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Girona upset Real Madrid 2-1, ends winless skid
Madrid, Feb 17: Girona stunned Real Madrid with two second-half goals that gave it a 2-1 victory, ending the Catalan team’s 10-match winless streak in La Liga, at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium here on Sunday. Madrid captain and Spain center-back Sergio Ramos was booked twice during the match, once for handling the ball inside the penalty […]
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Real coach rejects deliberate foul charge against Ramos
Madrid, Feb 16: Real Madrid head coach Santiago Solari on Saturday refused to accept that Spain defender Sergio Ramos had deliberately gone out to get booked with a yellow card during his team’s 2-1 away win against Ajax in the first leg of the UEFA Champions League round of 16. Media had cited Ramos as confirming […]
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South Africa vs Sri Lanka 2019, 1st Test – Statistical Highlights
Sri Lanka, on Saturday, claimed a stunning one wicket thrilling victory over hosts South Africa in the first Test of two-match Test series at Kingsmead, Durban. With this victory, Sri Lanka has taken an unassailable 1-0 lead in the series. Sri Lanka decided to field first after winning the toss. After Sri Lanka bowled out […]
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Defending champ Thiem in Argentina Open quarters
Buenos Aires, Feb 15: Defending champion Dominic Thiem of Austria advanced to the Argentina Open quarterfinals after the top seed defeated Germany’s Maximilian Marterer 6-4, 6-4. Thiem, the favourite to retain the title, continued his sweeping pace in Buenos Aires and stretched to 10 wins his unbeaten streak by ousting Marterer on Thursday, reports Efe news. […]
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Arsenal stunned by BATE Borisov in Europa League; Sevilla, Inter win
Barysaw (Belarus), Feb 15: Belarusian club BATE Borisov stunned English Premier League side Arsenal 1-0 in the first-leg, round-of-32 action in the Europa League, while Sevilla and Inter Milan both scored away victories by that same score. Arsenal, who enjoyed a 22-match unbeaten stretch across all competitions between mid-August and mid-December, have been shaky since […]