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Hyderabad, Jul 14: Tennis ace Sania Mirza, who won the women doubles title at Wimbledon with Switzerland’s Martina Hingis, on Tuesday said that she is very happy with her latest feat and it is just like a ‘dream come true’ for her. “I am very happy to win at Wimbledon. This is a dream come true for me and my family and we are very happy to share this with you all,” she told the media after her

Manchester, Jul 14: Manchester United have thrown down the gauntlet to their Premier League title rivals after making a dramatic double swoop for Bastian Schweinsteiger and Morgan Schneiderlin on Monday. United manager Louis van Gaal had made improving his team`s midfield a key component of his transfer window strategy and the Dutchman can now cross that job off his to-do list after a frenetic 24

London, Jul 13: Leander Paes, Sania Mirza and Sumit Nagal brought a lot of cheer to the country's tennis fans as India took home three titles at Wimbledon this year. A vintage Leander Paes clinched his 16th Grand Slam trophy, winning the mixed doubles of the Wimbledon Championship with the legendary Martina Hingis through a dominating victory over Alexander Peya and Timea Babos in London on Sunday

London, Jul 13: A vintage Leander Paes clinched his 16th Grand Slam trophy, winning the mixed doubles event of the Wimbledon Championship with legendary Martina Hingis after a dominating win over Alexander Peya and Timea Babos, here today. Seventh seed Indo-Swiss pair drubbed the fifth seed Austrian-Hungarian team 6-1 6-1 in the lop-sided summit clash which was over in just 40 minutes. It was Paes

London, Jul 12: Martina Hingis of Switzerland and Sania Mirza of India (R) talks during their Women's Doubles Final match against Elena Vesnina and Ekaterina Makarova of Russia at the Wimbledon Tennis Championships in London. Faced with opponents who had them running for cover with a fierce serve all through, Indian tennis star Sania Mirza and her Swiss partner Martina Hingis said sheer belief

London, Jul 12: India’s tennis queen Sania Mirza on Saturday night created history by becoming the first female player from the country to win a women’s doubles Grand Slam trophy as she clinched the Wimbledon title with Swiss partner Martina Hingis, in London. 12 years after turning Pro, 28-year-old Sania laid hands on her first women’s doubles Major title when she and Hingis battled past second

London, Jul 11: Clinical top seed Novak Djokovic c rushed F renchman Rich a rd Gasquet's hopes of a first grand slam final with a 7-6(2) 6-4 6-4 victory in their Wimbledon semi-final on Friday. Gasquet offered fans on a sun-baked Centre Court plenty of "oooh" moments with the stylish single-handed backhand that helped him beat French Open champion Stanislas Wawrinka in the last eight, but Djokovic

London, Jul 10: Serena Williams powered into her eighth Wimbledon final as the world number one maintained her 11-year mastery of Maria Sharapova with a 6-2, 6-4 demolition on Thursday. Williams took just 79 minutes to blitz Sharapova off Centre Court with 13 aces and 29 winners as the five-time Wimbledon champion secured her 18th career win in 20 meetings with her bitter rival. The 33-year-old

London, Jul 9: Sania Mirza equalled her best performance at Wimbledon by reaching the women's doubles semi-finals of the lone grass court Major with Swiss partner Martina Hingis in London. Sania, who had reached the semis in 2011 too with Elena Vesnina, and Martina came out with a clinical performance to enter the semis on Wednesday evening. The top seeds needed only an hour and 19 minutes to beat

Gwangju/South Korea, Jul 9: Indian shot-putter Inderjeet Singh on Wednesday created history by winning the country's first World University Games, known as the Universiade, gold medal in athletics. "I would like to thank the almighty, my family and my coach Pritam Singh for their support. I am looking forward to the World Athletics Championship in China next month where I hope to better my