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New York, September 7: India's Leander Paes and Radek Stepanek of the Czech Republic reached the US Open men's doubles final on Thursday when Marc Lopez, playing with Spanish Davis Cup teammate Marc Granollers, retired. Fifth-seeded Paes and Stepanek, the Australian Open champions, were level at 6-6 in the first set when Lopez called it a day after needing treatment on his left calf. They will

Former India captain Sourav Ganguly is open to coaching the senior national team if the Indian cricket board feels that he is a suitable candidate for the hot seat. "Obviously, I have interest in coaching but only time will tell what can happen in future. If the BCCI feels that I can be a good coach, I will be ready. I feel I can create a difference in terms of the ability of the players, their

New York, September 6: Roger Federer saw his dream of becoming the first man in 87 years to win six US Opens destroyed by big-swinging Czech Tomas Berdych Wednesday in the Swiss legend's earliest New York defeat in nine years. The 17-time Grand Slam title winner, bidding to reach his 33rd Grand Slam semi-final, and ninth in a row at the US Open, was beaten 7-6 (7/1), 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 by sixth-seeded

New Delhi, September 6: On the day India hit their lowest ever FIFA ranking, the country’s football chief said he was eyeing a place at their first World Cup finals in Qatar 2022. The country of 1.2 billion people dropped one place to 169th in the latest FIFA rankings released on Wednesday, behind Aruba, Nepal and Maldives. Sepp Blatter, the head of world football’s governing body, has called

Karachi, September 5: Pakistan’s banned pacer Mohammad Amir is hoping to be allowed back in international cricket in 2015, when he would complete a minimum five-year ban for his role in the 2010 spot-fixing scandal that shook the game.The 20-year-old, appearing in his first television interview on the Geo Super channel on Tuesday, insisted he has learnt from his mistakes.“No one can understand the

H N Girisha, a physically challenged youth won a silver medal in London Paralympics in high jump. However, Girisha could have lost interest after he was scolded by his sports teacher for wanting to represent his school at the taluk level sports meet in 2003. He won the first prize in that competition. His parents Nagarajegowda and Jayamma are farmers and the family depends upon two acres of dry

Versatile Indian footballer Syed Rahim Nabi feels their 168th ranking in FIFA chart is not a true reflection of the country's national team and says it is far better than that. India won the Nehru Cup after beating Cameroon in Sunday's final for their third triumph on the trot, but did not get points as the matches were not played on FIFA dates. "We have to play more on FIFA dates. We are a side

Hyderabad: As the blue Alto stopped near Hazrath Banda Shah graveyard gate in the bustling Riyasat Nagar locality, a strapping bespectacled man in his 40s came out of the car with a bouquet of roses accompanied by a teenager. Even from a distance, any onlooker would not be able to miss a striking resemblance of the man with former India captain Mohammed Azharuddin and rightly so. He is Mohammed

Bangalore, September 4: After completing a 2-0 series win over New Zealand, Indian skipper MS Dhoni lavished praise on spinners R Ashwin and Pragyan Ojha, saying the TN-Hyderabad duo has been supporting each other well. Excerpts: On spinners: I think it was a well-fought series. One definite area where we would like is playing on turning tracks. That’s something we didn’t get in the series. But

Bangalore, September 3: India survived some anxious moments following a middle-order slump to beat a brave New Zealand by five wickets and complete a 2-0 sweep in the cricket Test series at the Mangalam Chinnaswamy Stadium here Monday. Chasing a target of 261 after dismissing the Black Caps for 248 in their second innings earlier in the day, the Indians were tottering at 166 for five before