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Indian Wells, Mar 21: World number one Serena Williams ripped "offensive" remarks by Indian Wells tournament director Raymond Moore, who claimed women's tennis was riding on the coattails of the men's game. "If I was a lady player, I'd go down every night on my knees and thank God that Roger Federer and Rafa Nadal were born, because they have carried this sport," Moore, a 69-year-old former player

New Delhi, Mar 21: Indian football coach Stephen Constantine says the fitness level of his players are not "encouraging" ahead of what he feels could be a "very difficult" World Cup qualifying match against Iran. India travel to Tehran to play Iran on March 24 in their second leg away game in the Russia 2018 Joint Qualification Round 2. India were beaten 0-3 in the first leg at Bangalore. "We have

New Delhi, Mar 18: Hockey India (HI) on Thursday decided to rest captain Ritu Rani for the eight-nation Hawke's Bay Cup to be held in New Zealand from April 2-10 as it announced the women's squad to be led by defender Deepika. Ace midfielder Ritu, leading the side since 2012, is currently part of the national camp in the Sports Authority of India (SAI) centre in Bengaluru. But she will not travel

Indian Wells/California, Mar 17: Rafael Nadal rallied from a set down and fought off a match point in the third set to beat Alexander Zverev 6-7 (8), 6-0, 7-5 on Wednesday and reach the quarterfinals of the BNP Paribas Open in pursuit of a fourth title. Zverev, an 18-year-old German ranked 58th in the world and in his second full year on the ATP Tour, blew a 5-2 lead in the third when he was

Manchester, Mar 17: With four professional wins in the bag already, Indian boxing sensation Vijender Singh returns to action on April 2 -- against a yet to be named opponent -- at the Harrow Leisure Centre in London. Vijender blew away Hungary's Alexander Horvath at the Liverpool Echo Arena on Saturday night to record his fourth successive professional victory. The undefeated pugilist now heads to

Bengaluru, Mar 16: Indian women's cricket team produced a clinical performance as they thrashed their Bangladeshi counterparts by 72 runs in the opening group league fixture of the ICC World T20 on Tuesday. Batting first, India scored a healthy 163 for five with skipper Mithali Raj scoring 42 off 35 balls and the hard-hitting Harmanpreet Kaur smashing 40 off 29 balls with three fours and two huge

New Delhi, Mar 16: Five-time world champion M C Mary Kom (51kg) pipped arch-rival Pinki Jangra in the women's squad, while World Championships bronze-medallist Shiva Thapa (56kg) expectedly made the cut in a star-studded men's boxing team announced today for the Asian Olympic Qualifiers in China from March 23. The squad for the event to be held in the Chinese city of Qian'an was picked after

London, Mar 15: Hinduja-owned Gulf Oil International on Monday inked its largest-ever single long-term partnership deal with Manchester United to become the world's leading football club's global sponsor and official lubricant-cum-fuel retail partner. The deal that will last till the end of 2019 football season was signed by Frank Rutten, vice-president Gulf Oil International and Jamie Reigle

Liverpool, Mar 14: There was no stopping Indian boxing star Vijender Singh as he notched up his fourth successive knockout professional win by pummelling Hungary’s Alexander Horvath in under three rounds here. Vijender had little trouble outpunching his opponent, who failed to get up after being thrown off balance by his body blows in the third round of the six-round contest of the middlewight

Indian Wells, Mar 12: Indian tennis ace Sania Mirza and her Swiss partner Martina Hingis produced a superior performance to progress through to the second round of the women's doubles event of the Indian Wells tournament in California on Saturday. The top-ranked pair claimed a 6-3, 7-5 win over Australian duo of Casey Dellacqua and Samantha Stosur in the opening round contest that lasted one hour