Sania Mirza and her Russian partner Elena Vesnina made a shock first round exit from the WTA Rogers Cup tennis tournament, losing to the Italian pair of Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci on Wednesday. he fifth-seeded Indo-Russian pair squandered a set's lead and eventually went down 6-2, 0-6, 7-10.
Serena Williams must stop giving opponents head starts if she is to come anywhere near emulating last season's feat of winning three of the year's four Grand Slams, according to former World No 1 Chris Evert.
Arun Gulani, described as "Leonardo Da Vinci of eye surgery", designs his own suits.
Francesca Schiavone repeated her French Open final triumph over Samantha Stosur on Sunday as Fed Cup holders Italy completed a 4-1 victory over Australia in their World Group last eight tie.
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Top seed Agnieszka Radwanska put on a dominant performance against double defending champion Petra Kvitova to ease into the final of the Connecticut Open with a 6-1, 6-1 triumph on Friday.
India's Sania Mirza continues to top the women's double chart while her partner Martina Hingis of Switzerland maintained her second spot in the latest tennis WTA rankings issued on Monday. Sania is atop the list with 11395 points while Hingis has 11355 points in her kitty. Sania and Martina, the world number one women's doubles team, have stitched a 26-match winning streak together, which has brought them six titles in a row at the US Open, Guangzhou, Wuhan, Beijing, WTA Finals and Brisbane. It is the longest winning streak since Italians Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci's 25 in a row in 2012.
Flavia Pennetta crushed Romanian second seed Simona Halep 6-1, 6-3 to kick off a packed day of action at the U.S. Open on Friday with a stunning upset that put the Italian into her first Grand Slam final.
Dinara Safina made a scrappy start to her Beijing duel with Serena Williams for the world number one spot by beating Italian Roberta Vinci 6-4, 6-4 in the first round of the $6.6 million China Open on Sunday.
Sara Errani romped to a 6-1, 6-1 win over Alisa Kleybanova in Cagliari to hand Italy an unassailable 3-0 lead over Russia and their third Fed Cup title in five years on Sunday.
Second seed Angelique Kerber advanced to the fourth round of the Miami Open when Dutch qualifier Kiki Bertens was forced to retire in the third set on Sunday.
An Argentine football club has recreated the Sistine Chapel on the ceiling of its gymnasium, with Diego Maradona as God, Lionel Messi as Adam and a host of angels that include Mario Kempes, Sergio Aguero and Gabriel Batistuta.
The scientists found that the Catholics seemed to be able to block out much of the pain. And, using the latest brain-scanning techniques, they also discovered that the Catholics were able to activate part of the brain associated with conditioning experience of pain, the Daily Mail reported.
Following her US Open quarter-final win over elder sister Venus, the 21-year-old tennis player said that she did not want to answer any media queries, according to E! Online.
Peng Shuai of China upset fourth-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland 6-3, 6-4 in a shocking start to the women's second round of the U.S. Open on Wednesday.
Artist Ratan Parimoo paints his filmi version of Leonardo da Vinci's masterpiece.
Serena Williams remains the 'queen' of women's tennis but don't be surprised if she's no longer No 1 by the end of the year, Martina Navratilova said Thursday.
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Rafael Nadal, with his troublesome left wrist improving every day, will be eyeing more progress at the US Open on Friday when he bids for a place in the last 16.
I see an interesting pattern emerging, linking the dramatis personae of the UPA government and Team India, says M R Venkatesh.
World No 3 Angelique Kerber beat qualifier Laura Siegemund 6-4, 6-0 on Sunday to defend her Stuttgart Grand Prix title and end her opponent's sensational run.
The most notable upset of the day had ninth seed Daniela Hantuchova sent packing by Julia Vakulenko 6-4, 3-6, 6-1.
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Thanks to some inexplicable reasons, rubber futures contracts are witnessing a steep fall for the past few days. This has also hit the spot marker now with prices of benchmark grade RSS 4 dropping below Rs 90 a kg to close at Rs 87 on Friday.
Indian tennis ace Sania Mirza and her Swiss partner Martina Hingis continued to display their rampaging form as they extended their winning streak to 32 after progressing through to the third round of the Australian Open in the women's doubles event on Saturday.
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Japan's Kei Nishikori and Victoria Azarenka of Belarus continued their Australian Open preparations by swiftly marching through to the quarter finals of the Brisbane International on Wednesday.
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The two will meet in the semi-final of the Dubai Open on Friday
The Swiss beat third seed Francesca Schiavone 6-1, 6-2 at the Qatar Open
Sania Mirza remained the only Indian surviving in the French Open by cruising to the quarter-finals with partner Martina Hingis while seasoned Leander Paes and Rohan Bopanna bowed out after third round defeats in Paris.
The Indian ace registered an easy 6-2, 6-1 victory over Italy's Roberta Vinci at the Forest Hills Women's Tennis Classic.
The third seeded Indian beat Israel's Shahar Peer 7-6, 6-1 at the Forest Hills Women's Classic in New York.
In India, several shops opened very early in the morning to allow die-hard fans to get their copies.
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