As Serena Williams sits out a fourth straight Grand Slam, Simona Halep and Karolina Pliskova will join Caroline Wozniacki in a quest for a major breakthrough in Australia.
Saina Nehwal and Kidambi Srikanth won their respective singles matches, while Satwik Rankireddy and Ashwini Ponnappa triumphed in the mixed doubles to help India outclass Malaysia in the final and clinch the gold medal in the Mixed Team badminton gold medal match at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.
'I'm least bothered about the rankings of Kashyap or Srikanth. I want to make it on my own by winning titles.'
It was a fun year. I did a lot of fun things. I got Australia back in the world group of the Davis Cup, won a couple of titles, so it's been a good year so hopefully I can back it up in 2017
China, at 28, remains by far the most competitive of this group.
Two organisations tracking tax violations and money laundering worldwide identify totally different sets of countries for lack of financial transparency.
Hingis bids farewell with doubles defeat in Singapore
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Sunday
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Friday
President A P J Abdul Kalam on Wednesday emphasised the need to improve India's competitiveness and put it in the top ten among the comity of nations.
According to a survey, CBD occupancy costs in Mumbai and Delhi are $11,400 (approx Rs 5,13,000) and $8,150 (Rs 3,66,750) per annum per workstation.
Top Indian shuttlers P V Sindhu and Ajay Jayaram notched up contrasting victories in the women's and men's singles competition respectively to reach the semi-finals of the $120,000 Malaysia Masters Grand Prix Gold, in Kuching.
What a year Sania Mirza, Leander Paes, Saina Nehwal, Vijender Singh and Anirban Lahiri had!
Jerome Barson, who was a passenger in a sedan that collided with the SUV that Venus Williams was driving, died 13 days after the accident.
Bengaluru and Delhi airports had the fastest growth in passenger traffic in 2016 among global peers.
Three-time champion Saina Nehwal staved off a challenge from a lower-ranked Pai Yu Po of Chinese Taipei to make a positive start to her women's singles campaign at the $900,000 Indonesia Super Series Premier badminton tournament in Jakarta on Tuesday.
Here are the world's most courteous, friendly, helpful and efficient airline crews from each continent.
Veteran star Leander Paes is set to combine with Rohan Bopanna for the doubles rubber during the Davis Cup tie against Serbia, Indian captain Anand Amritraj confirmed today but he says nothing has been decided on the Asian Games squad as yet.
The rise in India's relative attractions lie in the precipitous decline in safety of the more popular destinations, notes Kanika Datta.
Commonwealth Games champion Parupalli Kashyap advanced to the quarter-finals of the Singapore Open, but it was H S Prannoy, who hogged the limelight on Thursday with a straight games demolition of world No. 2 Jan O Jorgensen in the men's singles.
The Indian ace was beaten by Susilo Ronald of Singapore in the quarter-finals.
Indian Aces, comprising heavyweights Roger Federer and retired Pete Sampras, pummeled Singapore Slammers 26-16 for their second straight victory in the IPTL.
In a bid to keep herself fit for the packed international schedule this year, Indian shuttler P V Sindhu will not be defending her women's singles title at the $120,000 Malaysia Grand Prix Gold badminton tournament to be held at Johor Bahru from March 25-30.
Rajeev Srinivasan on how India has continued to disappoint, but could outdo Singapore one day.
Former World No. 1 Roger Federer was named as the high-profile replacement for the injured Rafael Nadal in Team India in the forthcoming International Premier Tennis League (IPTL), the organisers announced on Monday.
Simona Halep crushed Agnieszka Radwanska 6-2, 6-2 on Saturday to join Serena Williams in the championship decider at the WTA Finals.
Caroline Woznaicki produced an almost perfect display to dismantle world number one Simona Halep 6-0 6-2 at the WTA Finals on Wednesday, the Dane recording her second dominant victory in as many matches.
Top seed South Korea blanked unseeded Chinese Taipei 3-0 to win the Uber Cup Asian Zone\nQualifiers.
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Monday
The wax figures will be dressed in the PM's signature kurta and will be making the 'namaste' gesture.
In a move to conserve herself for big events, Aparna Popat had decided to miss the tournaments in Jakarta and Malaysia.
Majority of foreign companies plan expansions and perceive 'opportunities' for higher investment provided bottlenecks in infrastructure, legal and labour laws are removed, a survey by Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry said.
Simona Halep shrugged off any expectations or feelings of additional pressure ahead of the Australian Open.
Angelique Kerber continued her relentless march towards a maiden WTA Finals crown with a comprehensive 6-2, 6-1 victory over defending champion Agnieszka Radwanska on Saturday to set up a title showdown against Dominika Cibulkova.
'China's development is on a different scale from India's. They are very far ahead.' 'I don't think it will be possible in the next 30 years for us to catch them,' says Aakar Patel.
Romania's Simona Halep kicked off her campaign for a maiden WTA Finals title in emphatic fashion with a thumping 6-0, 6-3 victory over US Open champion Flavia Pennetta in the opening match of the eight-woman season-ending tournament on Sunday.
At the bottom of the water index for 2016-17 are Odisha, Bihar, Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh (UP), and Haryana, which are major producers of paddy, wheat, along with a host of horticulture crops.
The government has hiked foreign investment caps.
As part of a cost-cutting plan, the bank is now dismantling its stock broking, equity research, and equity listing desks worldwide.
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