PES 2018 does add some value to the genre, says Kakoli Chakraborty.
While Pep Guardiola has brought two Premier League titles, smashed records and produced some of the most glorious football the club's fans have ever seen -- European success remains elusive to his team.
Karolina Pliskova lost her cool over a line call and bashed a hole into the umpire's chair with her racket after suffering a 3-6, 6-3, 7-5 defeat by Maria Sakkari in the Italian Open second round on Wednesday.
Clay-court maestro Rafael Nadal shrugged off a knee problem and saved three match-points to beat Novak Djokovic 3-6, 7-6, 7-6 in a dramatic semi-final at the Madrid Open on Saturday. He will meet Roger Federer who accounted for Argentine Juan Martin Del Potro 6-3, 6-4.
The half court challenge allows a player five attempts to make a basket from a distance of 47ft (half court).
Having Lendl, as I said, can only serve him as an incentive for an improvement, says Djokovic
Rafael Nadal suffered a shock 7-5, 6-3 defeat by Austrian Dominic Thiem in the Madrid Open quarter-finals on Friday, a result that means the Spaniard will lose the world number one ranking.
Britain's Andy Murray continued his imperious run of form with a 6-1, 6-1 demolition of Kazakhstan's Andrey Golubev to win the St Petersburg Open on Sunday. The 21-year-old Scot, who won his second Masters Series title in Madrid last week, took just 56 minutes to dispatch the qualifier and win his fifth title of the year.
Rafael Nadal will skip the Miami Open that begins later this month in a bid to recover from a back injury in time for the clay court swing
British tennis star Andy Murray has stated he hoped his decision to part ways with Amelie Mauresmo wouldn't be seen as a failure for women coaching at the top level of the game.
Players from both teams took a knee in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement before Wednesday's game at Toyota Stadium in Frisco, Texas, but their gesture was overshadowed by booing from a small section of fans.
David Nalbandian is fighting to be fit for Australian Open after pulling out of the warm-up event at Kooyong because of a back injury.
Here are eight men to watch on the Roland Garros clay.
As we sit at home and miss live action, the wondrous phenomenon of sport has delivered so many past glories that we will probably never run out of things to see, recalls Dhruv Munjal.
The 31-year-old becomes world number one for a sixth time ahead of the French Open.
Tsitsipas regained his composure to save a set point in the 10th game before sealing the victory in the tiebreak for his third career title.
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Tuesday
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Saturday
Shapovalov, who turned 20, was coming off a spectacular run to the Miami Open semi-finals but struggled to rediscover his service rhythm as he finished with 10 double faults in his first clay court match of the season.
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Wednesday.
Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray are determined and inspired by the opportunity to win their first French Open title.
The Russian is one of those fancied to wrest the title from world number one Roger Federer this time.
'I like to challenge myself. Competing against players much younger than me is something that I want to keep doing,' says Chess Legend Viswanathan Anand
The second seeded Indo-Belarusian pair beat Jiri Novak and Pavel Vizner in the quarter-finals of the ATP Masters event.
Rediff.com presents how the sporting stars welcomed 2016 in style with glamorous pictures.
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Sunday
Juventus striker Gonzalo Higuain struck twice as the Italian side produced a masterful all-round display to beat Monaco 2-0 in the first leg of their Champions League semi-final on Wednesday.
Chelsea banking on other big strikers with Costa still doubtful
Dominic Thiem, the only player to beat claycourt giant Rafael Nadal on the red dirt this season, is one of the dark horses at the French Open - and the Austrian feels he deserves the tag.
While that may not differ too much from the scenario in many group stage matches pairing the big beasts of the game against those nations who occupy lower rungs of the FIFA rankings, the X-factor in Kazan could be Carlos Queiroz.
A guide to the Croatia starting 11 ahead of the World Cup final against France.
News of all that's transpired on and off the football field
Regarded as the Oscar of sports, the nominations for 2018 Laureus World Sports Awards were finalised following a ballot by the world's sports media.
Images from Day 4 of the 2021 US Open in New York on Thursday.
'I mean, a lot can change in a week in tennis... So I don't think that just because you do well the previous year means that you're going to have a good event the next year'
Little more than a year has gone by since Tite took over as coach of a Brazil side still reeling from embarrassing exits in the World Cup and Copa America but in that short time he has transformed the team into favourites for Russia 2018.
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Saturday.
Rafael Nadal has booked his place at the World Tour finals after winning a record eighth French Open title, the ATP said on Monday.
'The mental level, the day by day, everything must be consistent until the last day so one of the things we have to improve is consistency'
Such is the level of consistency of Manchester City (nine straight wins) and Liverpool (five straight victories), that it can be easy to lose sight of just how good this title race is.
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