Halep beats Sharapova to reach final
ROME: Simona Halep profited from a miserable day on serve for Maria Sharapova to reach the Italian Open final with a 4-6, 6-1, 6-4 defeat of the five-time Grand Slam winner on Saturday. The Romanian world number one will bid for the title on Sunday against Elina Svitolina in a repeat of last year´s final […]
KKR seal play-off spot after seeing off leaders SRH
Hyderabad : Chris Lynn and Robin Uthappa rose to the occasion with the bat to take KKR to the 2018 IPL play-offs after a five-wicket win over SRH in Hyderabad on Saturday. Chasing 173 to win, KKR came out all guns blazing through Sunil Narine and Lynn. After Narine got out for a 10-ball 29 […]
Real Madrid draw 2-2 in prelude to Champions League final
Madrid : Real Madrid showed both sides of their game as they warmed up for next Saturday’s Champions League final with a 2-2 draw away to Villarreal. The first half, during the match on Saturday, saw Real Madrid open a 2-0 lead thanks to goals from Cristiano Ronaldo and Gareth Bale, who strengthened his claim […]
Afridi confirms playing for ICC World XI
KARACHI: All-rounder Shahid Afridi Friday confirmed playing a T20 international for ICC World XI against the West Indies. Afridi confirmed it via Twitter saying, “I feel strongly to support this as a cricketer & Muslim.” The Pakistani cricketing star said that he is following cent per cent the rehabilitation plan given to him by his […]
Sharapova supports special Grand Slam seeding for old rival Serena
ROME: Maria Sharapova says she supports a Grand Slam seeding for longtime rival Serena Williams as the American tries to rebuild her career after giving birth nine months ago. The Russian, who reached the semi-finals of the Italian Open on Friday with a 6-7 (6/8), 6-4, 7-5 defeat of reigning Roland Garros winner Jelena Ostapenko, […]
Indian women hockey team holds Korea to a 1-1 draw
Donghae City (Korea): Young forward Lalremsiami’s equaliser earned defending champions India 1-1 draw against Korea in the last round robin match at the fifth Asian Champions Trophy women’s hockey tournament on Saturday. With this draw, the Indian team led by defender Sunita Lakra go into the final on Sunday as the table toppers. They remain […]
Fleming defends Bravo, blames batsmen for loss against DD
New Delhi: Chennai coach Stephen Fleming has defended Dwayne Bravo and blamed the batsmen for their unexpected 34-run loss against Delhi in the IPL. All-rounder Bravo bled 26 runs in the 20th over which enabled the hosts to post 162 for five on a slow wicket. DD then returned to restrict CSK to 128 for […]
Djokovic to meet Nadal in Italian Open semis
Rome : Serbian great Novak Djokovic got off to a rocky start against Kei Nishikori before battling back to win 2-6, 6-1, 6-3 and set up an Italian Open semi-final showdown against seven-time champion Rafael Nadal of Spain. Djokovic, a four-time champion at this clay-court ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event, was outplayed from the […]
Durbal defeats Patwaw by 7 wickets
Budgam: Durbal on Friday thrashed Patwaw by seven wickets in the ongoing knockout cricket tournament being played here at Kakinmaran. Chasing the low target of 72 runs, Durbal easily achieved it in 10th over by losing only three wickets. Firdous remained unbeaten on 42 of 28 balls. Earlier, after winning the toss Durbal asked Patwaw […]
PCB serves show-cause notice to Hafeez over ‘ill-conceived’ remarks
KARACHI: Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Friday issued a show cause notice to Muhammad Hafeez after the all-rounder called into question the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) process for reporting suspect bowling actions. Hafeez, who was suspended from bowling in international cricket for the third time last year and was finally cleared to bowl, had raised […]
