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London, Jul 7: Continuing their dominating run, Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis stormed into the women’s doubles quarterfinals at Wimbledon Championships, on Monday. Top seeds Sania and Swiss legend Martina downed 16th seeded Spanish team of Anabel Medina Garrigues and Arantxa Parra Santonja 6-4 6-3 in just 66 minutes. Sania and Hingis broke their rivals twice in the opening set and three times in

Jul 6: Carli Lloyd led from the front as the United States won the Women's World Cup for a third time with a crushing 5-2 victory over Japan on Sunday, the striker scoring the tournament's fastest ever hat-trick, including a spectacular long-range goal. The American captain struck three times inside 16 minutes as the U.S. stormed into an unexpected and unsurmountable 4-0 lead over their shell

London, Jul 5: It was double delight for Indian fans at the Wimbledon on Saturday as Leander Paes moved into the pre-quarterfinals with partner Daniel Nestor and Sania Mirza also entered Round 3 in the mixed doubles event in London. Paes and Nestor had to dig deep into their reserves to prevail over Yen-Hsun Lu and Teymuraz Gabashvili in a marathon men’s doubles second-round match. The 11th seeded

Santiago, Jul 5: Chile wrecked Lionel Messi's dream of a first international title with a dramatic penalty shoot-out victory over Argentina to end their 99-year wait for a Copa America crown on Saturday. Arsenal star Alexis Sanchez struck the winning spot-kick for Chile, as the hosts clinched a 4-1 shoot-out victory when the game ended goalless after extra time. Sanchez chipped the decisive

Antwerp (Belgium), Jul 3: India suffered a 0-4 defeat as their defence succumbed under the pressure mounted by an aggressive Belgium side in the semifinal of the FIH Hockey World League Semifinals at the KHC Dragons Stadium here today. Livewire striker Florent van Aubel scored three goals for Belgium, whose organised game cut out the chances of India's breakaway counters posing a serious threat to

Antwerp (Belgium), Jul 3: Rani Rampal played a key role in Indian eves' win over Italy in a play-off match of the Hockey World League Semifinals here to keep their Rio Olympic dreams alive, but the ace striker feels they could have paid a heavy price for their impatience on Thursday. India defeated lower-ranked Italy 5-4 in the shoot-out after both the teams were level at 1-1 at the end of

Wimbledon/England, Jul 3: After having reached the final here in five consecutive appearances in the last decade, Rafael Nadal suffered his fourth consecutive loss at Wimbledon to a player ranked outside the top 100. It begs the question: Is Nadal done on grass? "I cannot explain my relationship with the grass," a dejected-looking Nadal said Thursday after losing to 102nd-ranked qualifier Dustin

Bengaluru, Jul 2: City franchise, Bengaluru Bulls owner Uday Sinh Wala today said that foreign players are facing problems in acquiring visa for their participation in the Pro-Kabaddi League (PKL). However, Wala hoped that the external affairs ministry would give visa permission to foreign players by next week, if everything falls into place. "We are facing visa problem. We are waiting for the

Antwerp, Jul 2: Jasjit Singh Kular converted two penalty corners in the final quarter to send India to the last four stage of the Hockey World League (HWL) Semi-Final as the 2014 Asian Games champions overcame a fighting Malaysia with a 3-2 victory in the quarter-final here on Wednesday. Satbir Singh gave world No.9 India the lead in the 15th minute but world No.12 Malaysia scored from skipper

Antwerp, Jul 1: The Indian women's team's chances of qualifying for the 2016 Rio Olympics were quashed once and for all after being thrashed 0-7 by Olympic champions Holland in the quarterfinals of the Hockey World League (HWL) Semi-Final here. After failing to get the lone Olympic berth at the 2014 Asian Games, India needed to finish in top-3 of this 10-team tournament to qualify for the