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India to defend title against Pakistan on Sunday Imperious India to meet arch-rivals Pakistan again, this time in the Champions Trophy final, after their comprehensive nine-wicket victory over Bangladesh. Powered by a measured century from Rohit Sharma (123*) and a brisk fifty from captain Virat Kohli (96*), India coasted to a nine-wicket win, chasing down 265 in 40.1 overs. The ...

Captain Sunil Chhetri stamped his class yet again as he scored the match-winner to fire India to a 1-0 win over Kyrgyz Republic in a fast-pace and entertaining Asian Cup qualifier match on Tuesday. Chhetri drilled a low shot with his right foot off a fine pass from Jeje Lalpekhlua in the 69th minute to lead India to a crucial ...

India beat South Africa by 7 wickets to play Bangladesh in Semi Finals of Champions Trophy Defending champions India made it to the semi-final of the ICC Champions Trophy by defeating South Africa in a must-win encounter in the final league match by eight wickets at the Kennington Oval, London on Sunday. After bowling out the number one ranked ODI ...

To win even a single Grand Slam when your contemporaries include Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic, Andy Murray, Marat Saffin, Lleyttton Hewitt amongst others is a commendable job winning the same Grand Slam 10 times is inhuman. Rafael Nadal achieved “La Decima” in Paris by decimating his opponent Stan Wawrinka 6-2,6-3,6-1 thus ensuring he wins on the red dirt without dropping ...

Stan Wawrinka defeated Andy Murray in a five set thriller on Friday to storm into the Roland Garros final. The 2015 champion prevailed 6-7(6), 6-3, 5-7, 7-6(3), 6-1 in a gruelling four-and-a-half-hour contest. In a match that was always going to be a tussle between Wawrinka’s brilliance and Murray’s resilience, it was the Swiss who drew first blood in the ...

   India kicked off their defence of the ICC Champions trophy with a clinical performance beating Pakistan by 124 runs (D/L) in their opening match at Edgbaston, Birmingham on Sunday. India put on 319 for three despite two rain interruptions in 48 overs and managed to bundle out Pakistan for 164 in 33.4 overs. India’s top four registered fifties and ...

Rafael Nadal game reached near immortal heights once again that have made him nothing short of a living legend at Roland Garros. Nadal who turns 31 today couldn’t have given himself a better birthday gift a 6-0,6-1,6-0 drubbing of World No. 63 Nicolaz Basilashvili. La Decima in Sights Rafael Nadal has raked up a staggering 9 trophies in Paris losing ...

 Out of competitive action for over a year, five-time world champion M C Mary Kom will return to the ring in an invitational tournament to be held in Mongolia next month. Mary Kom, an Olympic bronze-medallist, will compete in the 51kg category at the tournament scheduled from June 20 to 26. “I have returned to 48kg but in this tournament ...

Sebastian Vettel ended Ferrari’s 16-year wait for a Monaco Grand Prix victory and extended his championship lead in the process with a commanding drive. Michael Schumacher’s victory in 2001 was the Scuderia’s last here, but the German took his second win in the principality after some blistering laps midway through the race. They allowed him to jump pole-sitter and team-mate ...

Mumbai Indians proved to be the nemisis of KKR yet again as they denied the two time champions another shot at the title. Mumbai Indians (MI) defeated Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) by six wickets in 14.3 overs and advance to the final of the Indian Premier League (IPL) at Bengaluru on Friday. Chasing a paltry 108 runs, MI lost three ...