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Miami (USA), Apr 6: Sania Mirza achieved yet another career milestone by capturing her 25th WTA doubles title as the Indian ace continued her dream start with Martina Hingis to win the Miami Open trophy, here Sunday. The top seeded Indo-Swiss pair overcame a sluggish start to take the title with a 7-5 6-1 scoreline against second seeded Russian team of Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina. Sania

Chennai, Apr 6: Mystery spinner Sunil Narine was today cleared to play for defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders in the upcoming Indian Premier League after the BCCI's review committee dealing with suspect action gave the West Indian clean chit. Narine was first called for a suspect action last October during a KKR match in the Champions League T20. The review committee, comprising S

Ranchi, Apr 5: India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni finally made the first appearance with his new-born daughter Ziva on Saturday. Dhoni was spotted with Ziva and wife Sakshi at the Birsa Munda international airport in his hometown Ranchi. Dhoni had attended India and Chennai Super Kings team-mate Suresh Raina’s wedding in New Delhi on Friday with his family. The wicket-keeper batsman was blessed

Mumbai, Apr 5: The National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) has caught 21 weightlifters in five championships held recently, which could well turn out to be the biggest doping scandal in the country, as per reports in dnaindia.com. All the 21 lifters have been provisionally suspended by the Indian Weightlifting Federation (IWF) pending inquiry and most of them belong to Delhi, Punjab and Haryana, which

Kuala Lumpur, Apr 4: Badminton player Saina Nehwal will lose her World No. 1 ranking after she lost to Olympic champion Li Xuerui in the semifinals at the $500,000 Malaysia Open Super Series Premier badminton tournament, here on Saturday. Nehwal squandered a one-game advantage as she lost 21-13, 17-21, 20-22 to World No.3 Li in a gruelling semifinal that lasted more than one hour at Putra Stadium

Dhaka, Apr 4: Bangladesh allrounder Shakib Al Hasan believes his side should start as favourites in the ODI series against Pakistan later this month, and said it was their best chance to beat the side on home soil. Shakib, who left for Kolkata on Thursday, will be playing the first two games of Indian Premier League 2015 for his franchise Kolkata Knight Riders before returning home to play against

New Delhi, Apr 4: Star cricketer Suresh Raina tied the knot with fiancee Priyanka Chaudhary in a private ceremony at a posh Delhi hotel on Friday night. According to reports, Team India captain MS Dhoni and his wife, Sakshi, were present on the occasion. The left-handed batsman's teammate in Chennai Super Kings, Dwayne Bravo (West Indies), and coach Stephen Fleming were in attendance. ICC chairman

Patna, Apr 4: Exuding confidence that the BCCI will favourably consider proposal to grant affiliation to the Cricket Association of Bihar (CAB), its Secretary Aditya Verma said it is only a matter of time that cricketers of Bihar get to take part in Ranji Trophy and other tournaments. "We have taken up the issue of getting affiliation with BCCI bosses who have assured us that they will favourably

New Delhi, Apr 3: In a significant development, The union government and the national Olympic body have invited International Olympic Committee chief Thomas Bach for a meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi later this month to discus the development of sports in the country and a likely bid for 2024 Olympic Games. Bach, who took over as IOC President in 2013, has been invited to visit India for

Kuala Lumpur, Apr 3: World No.1 Saina Nehwal reached the quarter-finals while men's singles shuttlers H.S. Prannoy and Parupalli Kashyap suffered crushing defeats in the second round of the $500,000 Malaysia Open Superseries Premier at the Putra Stadium here on Thursday. Olympic bronze medallist Saina registered a facile 21-13, 21-9 win in 30 minutes against Chinese qualifier Xue Yao in the second