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London: Roger Federer does not have a clue about the turmoil that rocked Indian tennis before the Olympics but the world number one is quite sure that Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna have a decent chance of winning a medal at the Games that start today. Bhupathi and Bopanna had a bitter feud with the All India Tennis Association after refusing to play with India's no. 1 doubles player Leander

London, July 27: Saudi Arabia has threatened to withdraw from the Olympics unless a female judo athlete was allowed to wear her headscarf in competition, The Telegraph reported Friday. The Saudis said the women could compete only if they were allowed to wear appropriate Muslim clothing. On Thursday night the International Judo Federation president Marius Vizer said Wujdan Shahrkhani could not

London, July 27: Roger Federer has backed Indian stars Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna to mount a strong challenge for his doubles gold medal at the London Olympics. Federer and Swiss team-mate Stanislas Wawrinka took gold at the 2008 Games in Beijing and will be among the favourites for the top prize in this year's event, which gets underway at Wimbledon on Saturday. But world number one

Ajax Amsterdam’s Nicolas Lodeiro played the perfect substitute when he struck a second half match-winner to help former two-time champions Uruguay get off with a 2-1 win over debutants UAE in the football competition of the 2012 London Olympics here on Thursday. Led by Liverpool striker Luis Suarez and the likes of Edinson Cavani of Napoli, Liverpool’s Sebastian Coates and Nicolas Lodeiro of

India's first couple of games against the hosts Sri Lanka have produced two results, which are poles apart. Where the first ODI at Hambantota was dominated by Indian batting, the second one at the same venue saw a sorry collapse as the World champions were bundled out for a meagre 133 inside 34 overs. Although MS Dhoni has gone on the record blaming the Hambantota pitch for the comprehensive loss

Manchester, July 26: “We have prepared the team for this competition and hopefully we are ready for tomorrow,” a confident UAE coach Mahdi Ali said at the official press conference at the Old Trafford on Thursday. “We will play our football and ensure we have some minor changes to handle a team like Uruguay. They have a good team and some experienced players [Luis Suarez and Edinson Cavani], but

As D-Day draws near, two things are crystal clear as far as Indian tennis is concerned. Sania Mirza will take to the forehand court during the mixed doubles competition and let loose fiery cannon balls like the way only she can. And it is also clear that she will pair up with Leander Paes in the event. All eyes were on Sania and Leander as they got together on Wednesday for the first time since

New Delhi, July 25: Former India captain Kapil Dev and the Indian Cricket Board buried the hatchet following their differences over cricketer joining rebel ICL and welcomed him back with immediate effect disbursing his one-time benefit payment of Rs 1.5 crore. The BCCI issued a media release, moments after the 1983 World Cup winning captain met president N Srinivasan at the board's headquarters

Indian cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni blamed the unpredictable pitch for his team's abysmal batting performance in the lost second ODI against Sri Lanka, rejecting suggestions that rash shots led to the stunning collapse. India were last night bowled out for 138 in 33.3 overs -- their fourth-lowest ODI total in the past five years -- by the host team, which chased down the target in under 20

Abu Dhabi, July 25: As an eight-year-old, Dunja Imran Al Sous fell in love with tennis. But little did she realise then that, for children growing up in Ramallah, Palestine, playing sport professionally would remain a distant dream in most cases. Fast forward 11 years to the present day, now 19 and in Abu Dhabi to do an internship, the Palestinian is pursuing her education at Michigan Tech