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Bengaluru, Apr 17: It won't be easy to hold her recently-acquired number one position in the world rankings but ace Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal says she is confident of a long reign at the top and is prepared to put in the extra effort for it. "It will be tough maintaining the number one ranking, but people should respect that I have been the first one to reach number one slot," Saina told PTI in

New Delhi, Apr 17: Sania Mirza is expecting. Well, hold on, that's what his hubby Shoaib Malik has hinted towards. After showering her beloved with praises for achieving World No. 1 ranking, Shoaib took it to twitter to get indulged in a crazy Q&A round. While the twitteratis asked the man several significant questions, Shoaib to went eays to answer most of them. And most of the queries as

New Delhi, Apr 16: Ace Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal today regained the number one position in international rankings after China's Li Xuerui dropped a couple of rungs to third in the latest list issued today. Saina, the first Indian woman shuttler to be world number one after her India Open Grand Prix Gold triumph earlier this month, had dropped to the second place following her semifinal finish

New Delhi, Apr 16: Having mentored many pacers in India, Sultan of Swing Wasim Akram feels fast bowling is becoming an integral part of Indian cricket with youngsters finding their heroes in the likes of Mohammad Shami and Umesh Yadav. Appointed as the bowling consultant of Kolkata Knight Riders in 2010, Akram coached many Indian pacers like Ashoke Dinda, Ishant Sharma and more recently Yadav to

Dubai, Apr 15: The Indian team has retained its second position in the One-day Internationals rankings list after finishing as semifinalists in the recently-concluded ICC Cricket World Cup. With 116 points, India are placed just six points behind world champions Australia, who have garnered 122 rating points to their credit. India are followed by South Africa (112), Sri Lanka (108), New Zealand

Shanghai, Apr 15: Australia's World Cup winning captain Steve Waugh feels Indian star Virat Kohli should learn from Mahendra Singh Dhoni to keep his emotions in check and mature as a captain. Kohli took over the reigns of Test captaincy from Dhoni, who announced his shock retirement from the longest format post the third Test against Australia in December. The Kohli-led India were just able to

Kuala Lumpur, Apr 15: The sheer enormity and rich diversity of Asia offers a bitter-sweet opportunity to the region`s World Cup hopefuls. After a revamp of the qualifying procedure, Asia`s heavyweight teams now get the benefit of playing against some of the world`s weakest national sides, but the road to qualifying can be a tricky and sometimes hazardous adventure. Inevitably, teams are forced to

Charleston (USA), Apr 13: Sania Mirza today created history by becoming the first female tennis player from India to achieve the world number one rank in doubles, following her stupendous title win at the WTA Family Circle Cup with partner Martina Hingis, here. The top-seeded Indo-Swiss pair blew away the challenge of Casey Dellacqua and Darija Jurak 6-0 6-4 in just 57 minutes in the lop-sided

Mumbai, Apr 12: Batting legend and Mumbai Indians icon Sachin Tendulkar was upto some strange antics on Saturday, or at least that is what could be surmised. Tendulkar's Twitter on Saturday posted a picture of him in Mumbai Indians' team attire, holding a helmet as if he were about to wear it. The tweet itself said, "Guess what....?, setting off a storm on social media. Tendulkar's fans, who

Singapore, Apr 12: If you had watched Parupalli Kashyap go down to Hu Yun 20-22, 21-11, 21-14 in the semifinals of the Singapore Open Super Series, you would know that two players grievously and equally prone to errors are as likely to produce an entertaining match, as two who can impress with impeccable perfection. A nervy Kashyap, started all guns blazing — and misfired several smashes