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New York, Sep 6: Leander Paes and Radek Stepanek stunned top seeded and hot favourite pair of Mike and Bob Bryan, who were chasing a rare Calendar Grand Slam, in a gripping contest to storm into the US Open men's doubles final on Thursday. The fourth seeded Indo-Czech pair denied the Bryans a piece of history with their 3-6 6-3 6-4 win as the American twins were trying to become first doubles team

New York, Sep 5: India's Sania Mirza and her Chinese partner Jie Zheng stormed into the semi-finals of the women's doubles with a straight sets victory over fourth seeds Su-Wei Hsieh and Shuai Peng here. The 10th seeded Sania-Zheng pair had little trouble in defeating the current Wimbledon champions Su-Wei Hsieh of Taipei and Peng Shuai of China 6-4 7-6 in exactly an hour and 50 minutes to advance

Sep 5: India's wait to get back to Olympic fold will be delayed further after the International Olympic Committee stuck to its stand on the chargesheet clause, clearly stating that the Indian Olympic Association has to adopt the above mentioned clause in order to ensure good governance. In its Special General Body Meeting last month, the IOA had proposed a compromise formula to IOC's directive

St John's (Antigua), Sep 4: The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) today accepted India's invitation for a series in November which would allow senior batsman Sachin Tendulkar to play his milestone 200th Test in front of home fans. "The West Indies Cricket Board today confirmed that the West Indies team will tour India in November. The tour will include a two Test series and three One Day

New Delhi, Sep 4: As speculation is rife that Sachin Tendulkar may quit the game after playing his 200th Test, the senior India batsman today said he was in no rush to announce his retirement from international cricket. "I don't think at this stage I need to do that," said Tendulkar when asked about his retirement. "Where is the rush," he further added in an interview to Zee News today. "I have

Hyderabad, Sep 3: Former India coach Gary Kirsten was today appointed chief coach of the Delhi Daredevils for the seventh season of the Indian Premier League. The 45-year-old South African, who guided the national team to World Cup triumph in 2011 apart from taking the Test side to the No.1 spot, has been roped in to turn the fortunes of one of the most popular franchises in the IPL after their

New Delhi, Sep 3: The BCCI in all likelihood will impose a life ban on former IPL commissioner and its vice-president Lalit Modi at a Special General Meeting (SGM) to be convened in Chennai on September 25. A senior BCCI official today informed that the contents of the exhaustive report filed by disciplinary committee comprising of Jyotiraditya Scindia and Arun Jaitley was discussed at the Working

Kolkata, Sep 2: Sachin Tendulkar is all set to play his 200th Test match on home soil with the BCCI trying to squeeze in a series against the West Indies ahead of the year-end tour of South Africa. The decision to invite West Indies for two Tests and five one-dayers was taken at the working committee meeting here today. "We have sent a proposal to the West Indies Cricket Board in this regard. We

New York, Sep 1: It was a bad for Indians at US Open as players, including Somdev Devvarman, Mahesh Bhupathi, Rohan Bopanna and Sania Mirza lost their matches here on Friday. With this series of defeats faced by all the Indians in their respective matches, Bhupathi, Mirza and Bopanna are now out of the mixed doubles event, while Somdev was ousted from the singles. Somdev Devvarman lost his second

Kolkata, Aug 31: The Supreme Court might have refused to grant him relief but a defiant N Srinivasan is expected to attempt a comeback as BCCI President after being forced to step aside, when the Board officials gather for the final Working Committee meeting before next month's AGM, here tomorrow. Srinivasan was dealt a major setback when the Supreme Court deferred the hearing on his petition