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Australian Open: Djokovic routs Rublev to reach semi-finals
Melbourne, Jan 25 Novak Djokovic delivered a dominating quarter-final display to breeze past Andrey Rublev 6-1, 6-2, 6-4 and reach the semi-finals of the Australian Open, here on Wednesday. Djokovic was taking on the highest-ranked opponent of his Melbourne campaign so far in World No. 6 Rublev, but he took ...Ahmedabad franchise in Women’s Premier League to be called ‘Gujarat Giants’
New Delhi, Jan 25 The Ahmedabad franchise in the Women's Premier League (WPL) will be called 'Gujarat Giants, the owners -- Adani Sportsline, the sports arm of the Adani Group -- announced on Wednesday. Adani Group bought the Ahmedabad franchise with the highest bid of INR 1289 crores at the ...Everton sack Frank Lampard after dreadful run of results
London, Jan 24 Premier League strugglers Everton has sacked Frank Lampard as first-team coach after just under a year in charge at the club. The former Derby and Chelsea boss was shown the door after a poor run of form left Everton second from the bottom of the table, with ...Neena Rane, former goalkeeper of Indian women’s hockey team dies, aged 73
Mumbai, Jan 23 Former goalkeeper of the Indian women's hockey team, Neena Asaikar-Rane breathed her last in a Mumbai hospital on Monday, following a protracted illness. She is survived by her husband, a son and a daughter. Aged 73, she had played in two World Cup hockey tournaments in Paris ...Australian Open: Sania Mirza-Rohan Bopanna pair advances to mixed doubles quarterfinals
Melbourne, Jan 23 Ace Indian tennis players Sania Mirza and Rohan Bopanna sailed into the mixed doubles quarterfinals of the Australian Open here on Monday. The Indian pair defeated Japan's Makoto Ninomiya and Uruguay's Ariel Behar 6-4, 7-6(11-9) in their second-round match to set up a quarterfinal clash with Latvian-Spanish ...SA20: MI Cape Town skipper Rashid Khan hails brilliant all-round win over Paarl Royals
Cape Town, Jan 21 MI Cape Town skipper Rashid Khan on Saturday halied his side's brilliant all-round win over Paarl Royals in the ongoing SA20, here. MI Cape Town put up a clinical show with the ball and defeated Paarl Royals by 13 runs and returned to winning ways in ...Women’s T20I Tri-series: India aim to continue winning momentum against West Indies (preview)
East London, Jan 22 The Indian team will be aiming to continue the winning momentum when they take on the West Indies in the third match of the women's T20I tri-series at the Buffalo Park Stadium in East London on Monday night. Despite missing the services of skipper Harmanpreet Kaur ...Australian Open: Sania Mirza-Anna Danilina bow out in women’s doubles second round
Melbourne, Jan 22 India's Sania Mirza and her Kazakh partner Anna Danilina ended their Australian Open campaign after suffering a 4-6, 6-4, 2-6 loss at the hands of the Ukrainian-Belgian duo of Alison Van Uytvanck and Anhelina Kalinina in the women's doubles second-round match on Sunday. Earlier, the Indo-Kazakh pair ...Premier League: Arsenal strengthen title bid by signing Trossard from Brighton
London, Jan 21 Premier League leaders Arsenal on Friday strengthened their bid to win this season's title by signing attacking midfielder Leandro Trossard from Brighton. The 28-year-old Belgian international joins Arsenal for an initial fee of 20 million pounds (24.7 million U.S. dollars), with a further seven million pounds in ...ILT20: MI Emirates inflict six-wicket defeat on Sharjah Warriors with a strong all-round show
Sharjah, Jan 18 MI Emirates displayed their all-round strength and registered an emphatic six-wicket win over Sharjah Warriors in the sixth match of the DP World ILT20 at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium on Tuesday night. Deadly strikes by MI Emirates' veteran and experienced bowlers Dwayne Bravo and Imran Tahir, who ...










