Halep routs Elise Mertens to reach French Open last eight
Paris : World number one Simona Halep blazed into the French Open quarter-finals by crushing Belgian Elise Mertens 6-2, 6-1 as she showed her full range of weapons on Monday. Romanian Halep, twice a runner-up at Roland Garros, started slowly but once she found her groove, there was nothing the 16th seed could do to […]
Indian women claim 2nd successive win at Asia Cup cricket
Kuala Lumpur, Jun 4: Skipper Harmanpreet Kaur delivered a solid all-round performance as the Indian women’s cricket team defeated Thailand by 66 runs in the Asia Cup T20 tournament, here today. Put in to bat, India posted 132/4 in the designated 20 overs before restricting Thailand to 66/8 in theirs to record a second successive big […]
Djokovic in French Open quarters for 9th year in a row
Paris: Serbia’s Tennis star Novak Djokovic defeated Spain’s Fernando Verdasco 6-3, 6-4 and 6-2, thus advancing to the French Open quarterfinals for the ninth year in a row. He’s won the title only once. Djokovic, a former World No. 1, needed two hours and 25 minutes to get into the French Open last-8 for the […]
Neymar leads Brazil to 2-0 friendly win over Croatia
Liverpool: Neymar on Sunday put a smile on the faces of Brazilian fans by leading the Selecao to a 2-0 friendly win over Croatia, in preparation for the upcoming FIFA World Cup in Russia. Neymar made his first appearance after three months after recovering from a foot injury. Neymar, who was inserted in the second […]
Rabada wins South Africa’s top player prize
Johannesburg, June 3 : Kagiso Rabada, the world’s number one Test bowler, was named South Africa’s Cricketer of the Year. The award came at the end of a 12-month period during which Rabada, 23, was a consistent match-winner — and subject of disciplinary hearings. Rabada took 72 wickets at an average of 19.52 in 12 […]
Madison Keys through to first French Open quarter-final
PARIS: American Madison Keys blazed into the French Open quarter-finals for the first time in her career with a 6-1, 6-4 defeat of Romanian Mihaela Buzarnescu on Sunday. The 13th seed admitted in the build-up that she had never watched Buzarnescu in action but quickly got to grips with the unheralded 30-year-old who was playing […]
Broad defends his right to reply to Vaughan blast
Leeds, United Kingdom: Stuart Broad”s war of words with Michael Vaughan continued Sunday as he insisted he had the right to hit back at criticism from the former England captain. Vaughan made waves before the ongoing second Test against Pakistan at Headingley by suggesting that either Broad or James Anderson, England”s two all-time leading Test […]
Mohamed Salah’s absence playing on Egypt’s mind, says coach
CAIRO: Mohamed Salah`s absence is affecting Egypt`s World Cup preparations, coach Hector Cuper said after the team played out a goalless draw with Colombia at the start of the weekend. “We are working to cover the absence of Salah. The players responded perfectly to our instructions, but Salah`s absence affects any team negatively,” Cuper said […]
Women’s Asia Cup: Nahida, spinners dominate as Pakistan beat Thailand
Kuala Lumpur: A brilliant spin show by Pakistan, complemented by dominant batting by Nahida Khan, led Pakistan to an eight-wicket win against Thailand on the opening day of the 2018 ACC Women’s Asia Cup T20 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Four combined wickets between the spin trio of Sana Mir, Nashra Sandhu and Nida Dar restricted […]
Neymar to return from injury against Croatia
London: Neymar will make his first appearance for over three months on Sunday as Brazil boss Tite confirmed the Paris Saint-Germain striker will play in the second half of his country´s friendly against Croatia. Neymar suffered a fractured foot while playing for PSG against Marseille in Ligue 1 on February 25. The 26-year-old had surgery […]
