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Fifth-seeded Casper Ruud advances, to face Sandgren in second round
Norway's world No. 15 Casper Ruud moved past the 71st ranked Gilles Simon of France 6-4, 7-6(4) to reach the second-round at the Mallorca Championships and record his first grass-court victory of the season.The fifth seed here, Ruud broke…
Sneh Rana’s all-round display due to good couple of domestic seasons : Mithali Raj
India women's team cricketer Sneh Rana's all-round display in the drawn one-off Test against England has earned her praise from skipper Mithali Raj, who felt that "a good couple of domestic seasons" had given her a lot of confidence.Sneh…
Ugo Humbert overcomes Russian Andrey Rublevfor Halle title
Frenchman Ugo Humbert overcame fourth-seeded Russian Andrey Rublev 6-3, 7-6 (4) to clinch his maiden ATP 500 title at the Noventi Open here.The world No. 31 is now 3-0 in ATP Tour finals. The Frenchman had lifted trophies at the European…
Switzerland’s 3-1 win seals Turkey’s group-stage exit in Euro 2020
Switzerland snatched a 3-1 victory and will have to wait if they have done enough for their progression as Xherdan Shaqiri scored twice in the last Euro 2020 Group A game late on Sunday.Both sides needed a victory to maintain their minimum…
Milkha Singh: The ‘Bharat Ratna’ of athletics didn’t get his due
When I called up Milkha Singh, who was much more than an athletics legend, on the landline phone of his Chandigarh home in the first week of August 2001 to get his reaction on being picked belatedly for the Arjuna Award, he poured his heart…
Russia’s Andrey Rublev enters Halle final, to face Humbert
Russia's Andrey Rublev secured a place in his maiden ATP Tour grasscourt final at the Noventi Open with a 6-1, 3-6, 6-3 win over Georgian qualifier Nikoloz Basilashvili.The fourth-seeded Rublev struck 24 winners past Basilashvili in the one…
Need more Test exposure to avoid collapses: Smriti Mandhana
India batter Smriti Mandhana, who had slammed a patient 78 in the first innings against the England women's team in the one-off Test here, said her players need more Test exposure to forge a better understanding among themselves in the…
Copa America: Rodriguez fires Argentina to win over Uruguay
A first-half strike from Guido Rodriguez fired Argentina to a 1-0 victory over Uruguay in their Copa America Group B match here on Friday. rgentina went ahead in the 13th minute when the Real Betis midfielder headed in at the far post after…
Halle tennis: Medvedev ousted in opener, Nishikori advances
World No.2 Daniil Medvedev of Russia suffered a major blow to his Wimbledon preparations as world No. 45 Jan-Lennard Struff of Germany beat him 7-6(6), 6-3 in the opening round of Noventi Open, a grass-court tournament, on Tuesday. This…
Yet to sink in: Devon Conway after heroic show against England
New Zealand opening batsman Devon Conway has said that his player-of-the-series performance -- 306 runs across two Tests -- that helped his side win its first Test series on English soil in 22 years is yet to sink in."It is a great feeling…