Section: Daily News & Analysis (India)
US Open: Third-seeded Garbine Muguruza suffered a shock in the second round
Garbine Muguruza was once again left to sift through the remains of another failed U.S. Open campaign after the third-seeded Spaniard suffered a shock 7-5 6-4 second round upset by unheralded Latvian Anastasija Sevastova on Wednesday. The French Open champion has never found the same success on the Flushing Meadows hard courts as she has on...
Williams sisters cruise through to US Open second round
World number one Serena Williams opened her US Open account with a tidy 6-3 6-3 win over Ekaterina Makarova on Tuesday, to join her sister Venus in the second round of the year’s final grand slam. Williams, whose status as world number one is under attack from several fronts, delivered a message that she will not be surrendering the top...
Another partner another title! Sania wins Connecticut Open with Monica Niculescu
Indian tennis ace Sania Mirza received a confidence booster ahead of the US Open Grand Slam tournament beginning tomorrow with a doubles title victory at the Connecticut Open with Monica Niculescu of Romania. Sania and Niculescu capped off their newly rekindled doubles partnership with their first title together with a straight set victory over...
Champions League draw analysis: Pep returns to Barca, Real v/s Dortmund and more…
The 2016-17 UEFA Champions League threw up some mouth-watering clashes that will excite football fans across the world unless of course they support the Milan clubs, Manchester United or Liverpool. Pep Guardiola will return to Camp Nou to face a new, more radioactive version of the monster that he created, while Bayern Munich and Atletico Madrid...
Saina Nehwal updates fans about knee surgery in Mumbai
Ace India shuttler Saina Nehwal underwent a knee surgery at a city hospital on Saturday in Mumbai after suffering the injury early this month, which got aggravated during the Rio Olympics. A nervous Saina on Friday had tweeted saying her knee surgery is early next day, requesting everyone to pray for her. Surgery tomorrow morning at 6 am friends...
Trump adviser hailed Putin in a meeting with PM Modi: report
A little-known foreign policy adviser of Donald Trump had praised Russian President Vladimir Putin during a meeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi had with US experts and think tanks in Washington in June, according to a media report. Such a meeting between Modi and top American foreign policy experts and think tanks representing both the Clinton...
Knee surgery may put Saina Nehwal out of action for 4 months
Saina Nehwal, who underwent a knee surgery at a Mumbai hospital, is likely to be out of action for four months in a big setback for the badminton star, her father Harvir Singh said on Saturday. He said doctors who performed the procedure, have advised her rest for three to four months. “We have requested them (the doctors of Kokilaben...
Rio 2016 | 4x400m Relay: Poor performance by India as women finish 7th and men disqualified in Heats
Indian athletics contingent rounded off their dismal show in the Rio Olympics with a below-par effort from the 4x400m relay quartets, which saw them crash out of their respective heats in Rio de Janeiro on Friday. The women’s team finished seventh in their Heats even as the men’s team faced embarrassment of being disqualified....
Donald Trump’s campaign chairman Paul Manafort resigns
Paul Manafort resigned as chairman of US Republican candidate Donald Trump’s presidential campaign on Friday, days after he was effectively demoted in a shake-up of the campaign’s leadership. “This morning Paul Manafort offered, and I accepted, his resignation from the campaign,” Trump said in a statement. “I am very...
Saina Nehwal admitted in Hyderabad hospital
India ace Saina Nehwal was admitted to a hospital in Hyderabad to undergo treatment for her knee injury which affected her progress in the badminton event of the Rio Olympics. The 26-year-old had lost her second group match against Ukraine’s Maria Ulitina to crash out of the Rio Olympics. “Saina has been hospitalised for the last two...
