Section: Daily News & Analysis (India)
Madrid Open: Victoria Azarenka shines on clay return as top seeds cruise
Former world number one Victoria Azarenka won her first match on clay in two years in the first round of the Madrid Open on Sunday as she prepares to compete in the French Open for the first time since 2016. The Belarusian, who missed a large part of last season due to a custody battle over her son, kicked off her Madrid Open campaign with a 6-3...
Cristiano Ronaldo ankle injury a small thing, says Real Madrid manager Zinedine Zidane
Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane said he was not too concerned with Cristiano Ronaldo’s ankle injury after the Portuguese striker was unable to continue in the second half of his side’s 2-2 draw at arch rivals Barcelona on Monday. Ronaldo’s ankle was trod on by Gerard Pique as he scored Madrid’s first equaliser in the...
Putin 4.0: Russian President begins fourth Kremlin term amid crackdown on Opposition
Under the shadow of hugely strained ties with the West, Vladimir Putin inaugurated his fourth Kremlin term on Monday. Putin 4.0 begins amid crackdown on the opposition, with Alexei Navalny and hundreds more detained during the weekend. Opposition leader Navalny was briefly detained along with nearly 1,600 of his supporters on Sunday during...
At Anti-Putin Protests, Russian Police Detain Over 1,000 People: Rights Monitor
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny and more than 1,000 anti-Kremlin activists were detained by police on Saturday during street protests against Vladimir Putin ahead of his inauguration for a fourth term as president. Navalny had called for demonstrations in more than 90 towns and cities across Russia against what he says is Putin’s...
Prague Open: Petra Kvitova battles past Mihaela Buzarnescu to win third title of 2018
Petra Kvitova won her third title of the year as she fought back from a set down to beat Romanian Mihaela Buzarnescu 4-6 6-2 6-3 in the Prague Open final on Saturday. The Czech second seed got off to a flying start and took a 4-1 lead in the opening set but Buzarnescu battled back to break Kvitova’s dominance, winning the next five games to...
‘World class’ Mohamed Salah threatens Ronaldo-Messi grip on Ballon d’Or
Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah’s virtuoso display in the 5-2 win over AS Roma on Tuesday brought his side to the brink of the Champions League final and posed a serious threat to Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo’s grip on the Ballon d’Or award. The Egyptian scored two brilliant goals in the first half against his former club...
Russian civilians helping Syrian President Assad use military base back home: Witnesses
The Kremlin says it has nothing to do with Russian civilians fighting in Syria but on three recent occasions groups of men flying in from Damascus headed straight to a defence ministry base in Molkino, Reuters reporters witnessed. Molkino in southwestern Russia is where the Russian 10th Special Forces Brigade is based, according to information on...
Maria Sharapova’s claycourt season begins with a loss in Stuttgart opener
Maria Sharapova’s claycourt season got off to a poor start on Tuesday as she lost in three sets to Caroline Garcia in the first round of the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix in Stuttgart. France’s Garcia staged a strong fightback to prevail 3-6 7-6(6) 6-4 in two hours and 44 minutes for her first victory over the former world number one in...
Syria War: German minister Heiko Maas urges Russia to cooperate in solving crisis
German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas on Saturday urged Russia to help solve the Syria crisis as he set off for a meeting of foreign ministers from the Group of Seven (G7) major industrialised nations in Toronto. The Syrian conflict has badly damaged already strained relations between the West and Russia, which backs President Bashar al-Assad. The...
Criminals conceal miners under the guise of legitimate thematic applications: Kaspersky Lab
Multinational cybersecurity and anti-virus provider, Kaspersky Lab’s researchers have discovered that more and more cybercriminals are turning their attention to malicious software that is mining cryptocurrencies at the expense of the users’ mobile devices. These criminals are getting greedier and now use not only malware but also...
