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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

London, Jul 8: Serena Williams fired a warning to Maria Sharapova ahead of their Wimbledon semifinal clash as the world number one admitted she saves her best performances for clashes with her fiercest rival. Williams and Sharapova meet on Thursday in the latest instalment of a bitter rivalry that took root on Centre Court in 2004 and still festers more than a decade later. Sharapova caused one of

Dubai, Jul 7: Registering a series win against Sri Lanka after a historic run-chase, Pakistan today leapfrogged India and New Zealand to be placed third in the ICC Test rankings. The Misbah-ul-Haq-led rode on Younis Khan's unbeaten 171 to script a seven-wicket win, chasing 378 at Pallekele today. The 2-1 triupmh in the three-match series also got the visitors necessary points to be placed behind

Jul 7: Floyd Mayweather Jr. has been stripped of the welterweight world title he won after beating Filipino Manny Pacquiao this year for failing to comply with rules, the World Boxing Organization said on Monday. Mayweather, who improved to 48-0 by beating Pacquiao in May, missed a deadline by which he had to pay a $200,000 sanctioning fee from the fight and vacate the junior middleweight title he