"We have to go game by game. I don't think we are favourites," said the Czech Republic striker.
Home crowd magic takes Keys to US Open semis showdown with Sabalenka
A look at the last 16 team as Euro 2020 enters the knockout phase.
Vikas Yadav, 39, was employed by the Cabinet Secretariat, which houses India's foreign intelligence service, the Research and Analysis Wing (RAW), the federal prosecutors claimed on Thursday in an indictment filed in a US court in New York.
Doctors operated on all five fingers of her left hand and she will not be able to exert pressure on the injured hand for three months to let repairs to tendons heal, Karel Tejkal, spokesman for the Czech Fed Cup team, said.
Praggnanandhaa blundered for the second day running and lost to Richard Rapport of Romania in the third round
How much do you know about the championships? A challenge for your grey cells.
US Open champion Emma Raducanu showed exemplary grit on her French Open debut to rally to a 6-7(4), 7-5, 6-1 victory in the battle of teenagers against Czech qualifier Linda Noskova on Monday.
Former world No. 1 Saina, who missed a lot of tournaments last year due to multiple injuries, moved to the second round after her opponent, Czech Republic's Tereza Svabikova, suffered a back injury and retired mid-way while trailing 20-22, 0-1 in an opening round match.
Congress members Ami Bera, Pramila Jayapal, Ro Khanna, Raja Krishnamoorthi and Shri Thanedar released a joint statement after receiving a classified briefing from the Biden Administration on Gupta's indictment.
The 24-year-old then pounced with Lehecka serving at 4-5, reaching match point with a searing backhand pass and wrapping up victory as his opponent netted a backhand.
Jannik Sinner secured the year-end world number one ranking by beating Czech 30th seed Tomas Machac in the Shanghai Masters semi-finals.
The actor will now fly to Austria and the Czech Republic for filming feature film Yuvraj.
Fifth seeds Barbora Krejcikova and Nikola Mektic completed a remarkable comeback win over American Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Briton Jamie Murray to clinch the mixed doubles title at the Australian Open.
India's Sania Mirza won her first title of the season as she and China's Shuai Zhang beat the Kaitlyn Christian and Erin Routliffe in the women's doubles final at the Ostrava Open.
Indian hopes of making the final of the Hopman Cup ended when the United States defeated Australia to top Group B.
American Michael Wardian was the last runner standing in the 'Quarantine Backyard Ultra' on Tuesday as the endurance athlete took the title after completing 422km in 63 hours. Wardian's reward was what the organisers described as the "world's most coveted prize" - a golden toilet paper roll.
PM Narendra Modi and Union Sports Minister Anurag Thakur heaped praise on Neeraj Chopra on winning the World Championship gold on Sunday.
Milan Baros, with five goals, emerged the top scorer of the tournament which saw 77 goals being scored.\n\n
The Czech Republic's speedy striker has five goals to his credit, one more than England's Wayne Rooney and the Netherlands' Ruud van Nistelrooy.
India's Sania Mirza and her Czech partner Barbora Strycova defeated China's Chen Liang and Zhaoxuan Yang 6-1, 6-1 in the final to win the women's doubles titles at Toray Pan Pacific Open, in Tokyo, on Saturday.
Paes,partnering David Rikl, romped into the second round of the Australian Open doubles tournament. Bhupathi and Joshua Eagle of Australia failed to make it.
India's Sania Mirza and her partner Coco Vandeweghe of United States were knocked out in the first round of the US Open women's doubles, in New York, on Friday.
Gold buying by central banks surged to 60 tonnes in October, mainly led by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) which added 27 tonnes of the precious metal to its reserves, the World Gold Council (WGC) said on Thursday. India added 27 tonnes of gold in October, bringing its total gold purchases to 77 tonnes from January to October, according WGC data based on reported monthly data from the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
They beat Fernando Verdasco and Anabel Medina Garrigues in the first round of the mixed doubles at Wimbledon.
Gukesh Dommaraju played black but managed to hold on for a gutsy draw to split points in the Prague Masters Chess tournament.
The five top contenders for the women's title at Wimbledon, which starts on Monday.
"When it comes to the Canadian matter, we have made clear that the allegations are extremely serious and they need to be taken seriously. We wanted to see the government of India cooperate with Canada in its investigation. Obviously, they have not chosen that path," State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller told reporters at his daily news conference.
'It has been unforgettable, and I can only say 'thank you'. It has been an incredible journey. It's very difficult, but life and my body have been sending signals to me for a long time.'
Leander Paes-David Rikl and Mahesh Bhupathi-Max Miryni scored contrasting wins to make the quarters.
Olympics is a high-stakes and high-pressure situation and anything can happen. Guessing a medal on the basis of statistics is difficult, says Neeraj Chopra's coach Klaus Bartonietz.
The top seeds were given a scare by Florian Mayer and Lars\nBurgsmuller in their opening match at the Mercedes Cup.\n
Olympic and world champion Neeraj Chopra finished second at the Doha Diamond League meeting javelin throw event as his big final effort of 88.36m fell short by two centimetres of Jakub Vadlejch's winning effort in Doha on Friday.
Karolina Pliskova overcame a slow start before beating Garbie Muguruza 4-6, 6-2, 7-6 (6) in her opening match at the WTA Finals. In a contest between two former No. 1-ranked players, the third-seeded Pliskova struggled early adjusting to the nearly 5,000-feet altitude of Guadalajara, Mexico's second largest city on Wednesday.
Leander Paes and Martin Damm have been drawn to take on Tomas Cibulec and David Skoch in the first round of the doubles event at the Chennai Open.
Dipendra Singh Airee hit a nine-ball half-century to break Yuvraj Singh's record of the fastest half-century in T20 Internationals.
Denmark have rediscovered their hunger and are starting to believe they can secure the trophy they won in spectacular fashion in 1992.
It was Paes's fourth title this year, having won in Halle, Gastaad and Canada.
With five goals to his name, and none to challenge him, the Czech Republic's striker is on course towards claiming the golden boot award.
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