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Kolkata: Aug 16: With Sachin Tendulkar set to play his 200th Test Match during the upcoming Indian tour of South Africa, the batting maestro may bid goodbye to the game after the landmark match, former Test pacer Karsan Ghavri on Thursday said. "He already has all the records and we all surely would love to see him getting to another landmark — his 200th Test Match. I think he has been waiting for

Cincinnati, Aug 15: Having realised a lifelong dream by claiming the Wimbledon title, Marion Bartoli decided she had nothing left to give on Wednesday, shocking the world of tennis by bidding a sudden and poignant farewell to the sport. Just six weeks earlier, the 28-year-old Frenchwoman had shed tears of joy as she soaked up the applause following her straight sets win over Germany's Sabine

Tromso (Norway), Aug 14: Former National champions B Adhiban and Krishnan Sasikiran raised their performance when it mattered and clinched their respective tie-break games to enter the second round of the chess World Cup here. Pitted against a much higher-rated rival, Adhiban displayed top form to beat Evgeny Alekseev of Russia 5-3, winning in the blitz tiebreaker while Sasikiran prevailed over

New Delhi, Aug 14: Trap-shooter and former World No 1 Ronjan Sodhi was recommended for the prestigious Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award on Tuesday. Sodhi, a two-time World Champion on the trot, became the seventh shooter and third consecutive one to be awarded the Khel Ratna. Before him, Abhinav Bindra (2001-02), Anjali Bhagwat (2002-03), Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore (2004-05), Manavjit Singh Sandhu

New Delhi, Aug 13: Shikhar Dhawan isn't wasting any more time. His fantastic form since breaking into the Indian team in March continued in Pretoria on Monday, with the 248 against South Africa 'A' making him the second-highest scorer in List A cricket and adding another significant feather in the Delhi batsman's cap. According to people close to him, the 27-year-old opener owes his confidence to

Pretoria, Aug 12: India's new batting sensation Shikhar Dhawan on Monday gave yet another exhibition of stunning strokeplay by smashing a blistering 248 off 150 balls against South Africa 'A', missing out on a world record feat by just 20 runs. 27-year-old Dhawan, who clobbered 30 boundaries and seven sixes in his superlative knock, became the second highest individual scorer in the history of

Bangalore, Aug 12: Rahul Dravid and G R Vishwanath are among the 12 Karnataka players picked by former Indian wicketkeeper Syed Kirmani in his personal list of the state's greatest ever in Test cricket. In his team, fast bowlers Javagal Srinath and Venkatesh Prasad would not find themselves playing in tandem in a match, but both have been included in the 12-member list. "I wouldn't dream of not

Montreal, Aug 12: Rafa Nadal thumped Canada's Milos Raonic 6-2 6-2 in the final of the men's Rogers Cup on Sunday to capture his eighth ATP title this season and boost his confidence ahead of the U.S. Open, starting later this month. Playing in his first tournament since his shock opening-round loss at Wimbledon, Nadal showed he was back to near his best and his ailing body was ready for the

Moscow, Aug 12: Jamaican sprint star Usain Bolt lifted track and field out of the doping doldrums as he reclaimed his world 100m title in emphatic style on Sunday. Bolt clocked a season's best 9.77 seconds in heavy rain at the Luzhniki Stadium, with American Justin Gatlin claiming silver in 9.85sec and Nesta Carter, also of Jamaica, taking bronze in 9.95sec. Athletics' credibility had again been

Panaji, Aug 11: Former Indian captain Rahul Dravid today said that cricket's influence in his life was such that the game made him a better person. "One and half years after my retirement I have realised that cricket has made me a better human. I learnt from successes and failures," Dravid said, speaking at convocation ceremony of BITS-Pilani Goa campus today, in the presence of Dr Kumar Mangalam