Indian shuttler P.V. Sindhu won the Korean Badminton Open Championship by beating Nozomi Okuhara in best of three sets. Sindhu won the first set 22-20, while in the second game Okuhara fought back beating Sindhu 21-11 and the third set by 21-18. It is pertinent to mention here that both these players fought a battle […]
New Delhi India opener Shikhar Dhawan has been released from the team for the first three ODIs against Australia to attend to his wife, who is unwell. “Team India opener Shikhar Dhawan has requested to be released from the team for the first three ODIs of the Paytm Australia tour of India, 2017, to attend […]
Jaipur Pink Panthers came back strongly in the second half against hosts Haryana Steelers as both teams played out a thrilling 27-27 tie in a Pro Kabaddi League Season-5 Zone A contest here on Thursday. Nitin Rawal emerged the star for Jaipur, scoring 11 points on a night where the famed Jaipur defence had a […]
There are parallels to be drawn between India’s Davis Cup World Group Playoff versus Canada this weekend and the tie against Czech Republic two years to the date. Like Canada’s Milos Raonic, Czech Republic’s top-ranked singles player Tomas Berdych was absent. The onus had fallen on an exciting lefty, Jiri Vesely, then ranked 40; 11 […]
Seoul PV Sindhu and Sameer Verma advanced to the quarter-finals of the $600,000 Korea Super Series with straight-game wins here today. However, it was curtains for Parupalli Kashyap and B Sai Praneeth as they lost their second-round matches. Olympics silver-medallist Sindhu saw off Thailand’s Nitchaon Jindapol 22-20 21-17 to set up a clash with Japan’s […]
