The 22-year-old, who was looking to become the first Greek player to win a Grand Slam title, is, however, confident that he is on the right path to break the dominance of the two players who have won 11 of the last 12 majors.
In a major expansion into sportswear and lifestyle wear segment, the Kumar Mangalam Birla-led Aditya Birla Fashion & Retail has signed a long-term licensing agreement with Authentic Brand Group of New York, which has the marketing and branding rights of Reebok, to run the operations of the global sportswear, athletic and lifestyle major in the country and ASEAN markets. The new agreement between the largest domestic multi-brand fashion retailer and Authentic Brand is an extension of their existing relationship as ABFRL already markets and sells some ABG brands like Forever 21. The agreement follows the global transfer of ownership of the Reebok brand from Adidas to ABG, which is expected to close in the first quarter of 2022.
Romelu Lukaku scored for Chelsea in a 5-1 FA Cup third-round victory
A round-up of Wednesday's action in the UEFA Champions League.
Djokovic's challenger will be a 22-year-old who is bidding to become the first Greek to win a singles major.
World number one Rafael Nadal begins his French Open title defence, on Monday, with a clash against Italy's Simone Bolelli on Court Philippe-Chatrier.
The soaring prices of metals like lithium, nickel and cobalt, which are the primary constituents of the cell, as well as supply chain bottlenecks, are also pushing up the cost of batteries
Tech giant IBM on Tuesday said it has received 9,130 US patents in 2020 - topping the US Patent List for the 28th consecutive year - with India being the second-highest contributor. "IBM scientists and researchers received 9,130 US patents in 2020, the most of any company, marking 28 consecutive years of IBM patent leadership. "IBM led the industry in the number of artificial intelligence (AI), cloud, quantum computing and security-related patents granted," IBM said in a statement. For the fourth year in a row, IBM India was the second highest contributor to IBM's global tally with 930 patents granted to inventors from India in 2020.
Liverpool stuttered into the quarter-finals of the Champions League with a 2-1 aggregate win over Inter Milan after suffering a 1-0 loss to the Italian side, who were reduced to 10 men, at Anfield on Tuesday.
She remained philosophical in defeat, however, saying that her expectations coming into the tournament had not been high.
Images from Day 11 of the 2020 French Open at Roland Garros, in Paris, on Wednesday.
Renggli said earlier this week that Blatter had received an open invitation from President Vladimir Putin.
Images from Day 2 of the French Open matches played at Roland Garros on Monday
Australia's limited-overs skipper and Royal Challengers Bangalore opener Aaron Finch says there will be lots of games played over and over on the same wickets, which will get slower and the dew factor will become even more.
IMAGES from Day 8 of the French Open at Roland Garros on Sunday.
Manila Maverics wrapped up their International Premier Tennis League campaign in style, winning all five matches in their 30-15 victory over Singapore Slammers, in Dubai.
The German pair, who beat 16-time major champions Mike and Bob Bryan en route to the final, raced through the opening set with two early breaks.
Nadal, bidding for a record-extending 14th French Open title, won the first five games of the match as he looked on course to repeat his drubbing of the Serb in last year's final.
The assailant, who was a longtime administrative officer employed by police, was shot dead by the French police.
Images from the UEFA Champions League group matches played on Wednesday night.
Rafael Nadal dropped a set at Roland Garros for the first time in two years but roared back to beat 10th seed Diego Schwartzman 6-3, 4-6, 6-4, 6-0 on Wednesday and storm into the French Open semi-finals.
Images from Saturday's IPL match between Royal Challengers Bangalore and SunRisers Hyderabad, in Sharjah.
Featuring Neymar, Coutinho, Dembele, Pogba, Bale...
Royal Challengers Bangalore will look to shrug off the disappointment of two back-to-back defeats and get back to winning ways when they taken on Sunrisers Hyderabad as they aim to seal their place in the play-offs, in the IPL match, in Sharjah, on Saturday.
IMAGES from Day 4 of the 2022 French Open at Roland Garros in Paris on Wednesday.
IMAGES from Day 3 of the 2022 French Open at Roland Garros in Paris on Tuesday.
Thiem knocked out by Andujar in French Open first round
Some 16,500 fans were allowed into the stadium but many others travelled to the Portuguese city of Porto to support their teams from the sidelines.
The 24-year-old limped off the pitch in the first 15 minutes of the match at Vicarage Road and was replaced by Adam Lallana but manager Juergen Klopp said that the Brazilian had not been badly injured.
Images from Day 3 of the French Open matches played at Roland Garros on Tuesday
IMAGES from EPL matches played on Sunday.
For most people, sharing a living room with just one two-metre-long alligator is the stuff of nightmares; Philippe Gillet has not only two of them, but 400 other reptiles which he shares his home in western France near the city of Nantes.
Royal Challengers Bangalore skipper Virat Kohli says had he not dropped K L Rahul, who remained unbeaten on 132, twice, Kings XI Punjab would not have been able to go past the 200-run mark.
Images from Day 5 of the 2022 French Open at Roland Garros in Paris on Thursday.
Leading two-wheeler maker Hero MotoCorp is going full throttle to launch a Harley-Davidson model with retro styling as it looks to enter a very profitable segment in the premium motorcycle space, according to a senior company official. The alliance between Hero and Harley-Davidson fructified last year after the iconic US two-wheeler maker announced discontinuation of sales and manufacturing operations in India, a decade after it started selling its premium bikes in the country. "There are two legs to the Harley tie up strategy. One of course is that we are the sales distributors for Harley bikes in India.
Soccer in Germany has been suspended for almost a month and the German Football League (DFL) has said the ban will remain in place for the top divisions at least until April 30. Clubs, however, were given the all clear to resume training this week, with champions Bayern Munich deciding to train players in small groups to minimise the risk of infection.
Women's Bundesliga can restart on May 29, says the German Football Association (DFB).
IMAGES from the English Premier League matches played on Saturday.
Following is the list of players who have been released by the different franchises ahead of the auction for the 2021 edition of the Indian Premier League.
Society of Manufacturers of Electric Vehicle (SMEV) on Thursday said sales of EVs in India fell 20 per cent in the financial year 2020-21 to 236,802 units. In 2019-20 sales of electric vehicles (EVs), including electric two-wheelers (E2W), electric three-wheelers (E3W) and electric four-wheelers (E4W), stood at 295,683 units. For FY21, the E2W segment sales declined by 6 per cent to 143,837 units, as compared to 152,000 units in FY20, SMEV said in a statement, adding that the FY21 E2W sales included 40,836 high-speed and 103,000 low-speed E2W. The E3W segment registered sales of 88,378 units as against 140,683 units sold in FY20.
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