List of French Open women's singles champions:
List of Australian Open women's singles champions since the event began in 1922 (Australian unless stated):
In a firm message to China, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Sunday night voiced India's serious concern over the recent Chinese incursion in Ladakh and told his counterpart Li Keqiang that in the absence of peace and tranquility along the border, bilateral ties will suffer as the two leaders held hour-long cordial but candid talks.
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Serena Williams, who had come into the first Grand Slam since in Auckland claiming her first title since becoming a mother, suffered an error-strewn 6-4, 6-7(2), 7-5 defeat by China's Wang Qiang in the third round at the Australian Open on Friday.
Batting legend Sunil Gavaskar feels young Virat Kohli is the future of Indian cricket and he is ready to take up the captaincy job from incumbent Mahendra Singh Dhoni in the aftermath of the series defeat against England.
'It wasn't really a nice time to be dealing with everything'
Two-time Wimbledon champion and world number 11 Petra Kvitova was attacked in her home on Tuesday and is receiving medical attention.
British police should launch a probe into claims by News International Chairman James Murdoch's two former employees that he gave "mistaken" testimony before a Parliamentary committee on the phone-hacking scandal, opposition Labour MP Tom Watson said on Friday.
List of French Open women's singles champions
Simona Halep became the first Romanian in 40 years to lift the French Open trophy at Roland Garros on Saturday.
Pakistan's former military ruler Pervez Musharraf has announced he will return to his homeland no later than March 23 next year to participate in the 2013 general elections, despite facing possible arrest in the country. "I am going to land in Lahore on March 23, 2012, if not earlier -- but not later," he told mediapersons in Dubai.
Former India coach and captain Joaquim Carvalho hit out at Hockey India on Thursday for preventing fellow-Olympians Dilip Tirkey and Ashish Ballal from performing their roles as selectors of the rival Indian Hockey Federation at the ongoing 63rd men's Nationals in Bhopal.
Australia need to play a spinner in this week's fourth Ashes Test and should consider utilising all rounder Shane Watson's ability with the ball to bolster the pace attack, according to former spin-bowling great Shane Warne.
Eagerly looking forward to making his debut for India, batsman Saurabh Tiwary, who has been picked for the Asia Cup in Sri Lanka, says just getting selected in the 15-man squad is "like a dream come true."
The Indian duo of Prabhjot Singh and Surinder Kaur were named in the International Hockey Federation's (FIH) Men and Women World All Star Teams announced on Thursday.
Indian School of Mines University, Dhanbad invites applications for its two-year full-time MBA programme.
South African all rounder Jacques Kallis is doubtful for the four match Test series against England due to injury, which has thrown the home team's strategy into a tangle.
Switzerland's Belinda Bencic became the first teenager in seven years to reach the top 10 of the WTA rankings after she climbed to ninth in the world on Monday.
American multiple grand slam champion Venus Williams collected the 49th title of her illustrious career by defeating Japan's Misaki Doi 6-4, 6-2 in the final of the inaugural Taiwan Open on Sunday.
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Hailing Indian cricket team's comprehensive win against Australia in the second Test, BCCI Finance Committee chairman Rajiv Shukla on Tuesday said the victory has silenced those who criticised the senior players unnecessarily.
Surprised and disappointed at being ignored for next month's Sri Lanka tri-series and the Champions Trophy, Indian left-arm spinner Pragyan Ojha said he would come back better and stronger.
Pakistan named uncapped left-arm pace bowler Mohammad Aamir and hard-hitting opener Shahzaib Hasan in their squad on Monday for next month's Twenty20 World Cup. The selectors omitted Indian Cricket League rebel players Abdul Razzaq, Imran Nazir and Rana Naved who had been named in the 30-man preliminary squad last month.
Facts and figures from the women's competition at the French Open, which begins from May 25.
Key facts and records of American Serena Williams and Canada's Bianca Andreescu
Yusuf Pathan and Pragyan Ojha are the new faces in the India one-day squad for the tri-series in Bangladesh and subsequent Asia Cup in Pakistan. Sachin Tendulkar has been ruled out of the two tournaments because of a niggling groin injury, while former captains Rahul Dravid and Sourav Ganguly have once again been left out of the 15-member squad.
List of French Open women's singles champions
The Russian President says a proposed US missile defence shield threatens Russia, and that Moscow would have to target European cities with nuclear missiles.
Following Serena Williams's 19th Grand Slam title, here is the list of Australian Open women's singles champions since the event began in 1922 (Australian unless stated)
Spain's Nicolas Almagro beat top-seeded compatriot Carlos Moya 7-6, 3-6, 7-5 to claim his third ATP title.
The former world number one beat Aravane Rezai of France 6-2, 6-2 in the final of the Auckland Classic.
The world number one crushed Serbia's Ana Ivanovic 6-1, 6-2 in the women's final.
Ana Ivanovic beat the Russian 6-2, 6-1 the enter the French Open final.
Bhai Mohan Singh, the grand old man of India's pharmaceutical industry and founder of Ranbaxy laboratories, passed away on Monday evening at the age of 89.
The 15-year-old's popularity has soared off the charts in a memorable week at the All England Club, with organisers also recognising her potential to grab attention and giving her a Centre Court match-up in the third round.
'Climbing up a ranking seems to be easier than stabilising a position in the top-20,' says teen tennis sensation Ana Ivanovic.
The Swiss re-entered the upper echelon of women's tennis at number 14 after winning the Italian Open
Tennis coach Gavin Hopper was found guilty of charges relating to a teenage girl who attended a school where he taught.
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