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I am just going to have fun in the final: Barbora Krejcikova
Unseeded Czech player Barbora Krejcikova, who has entered the final of French Open, said she kept urging herself to fight in a three-hour-and-18-minute battle that saw her beat No.17 seed Maria Sakkari 7-5, 4-6, 9-7 in the semi-finals on…
Dingko Singh: Boxer with a deadly left hook-right cross combo
Former Asian Games gold medallist in boxing Ngangom Dingko Singh, who passed away on Thursday morning, will be remembered as a person who revolutionised boxing in particular, and sports in general, in Manipur -- and in India. Dingko, was…
Does not get bigger than that: Djokovic on semis clash with Nadal
World No. 1 Novak Djokovic, who set up a clash with Rafael Nadal after his win over Matteo Berrettini, said he was under pressure throughout the quarter-final that he won in fourth set to enter a Grand Slam singles semi-final for the 40th…
Djokovic overcomes Berrettini to set up semis clash with Nadal
World No. 1 Novak Djokovic set up a semi-final clash with old rival Rafael Nadal after he defeated big-hitting Matteo Berrettini 6-3, 6-2, 6-7(5), 7-5 in a three-hour-28-minute quarter-final here at the Roland Garros late on Wednesday…
Never wanted to be labelled a doubles specialist : Barbora Krejcikova
Czech Republic's Barbora Krejcikova, who made her maiden entry into the French Open singles semi-finals after overcoming American Coco Gauff, said on Wednesday she never wanted to be labelled a doubles specialist.But the tag has unwittingly…
French Open: Rafael Nadal enters semis with thumping win over Schwartzman
Thirteen-time champion Rafael Nadal of Spain entered his 14th French Open semi-finals with a 6-3, 4-6, 6-4, 6-0 win over Argentina's 10th seed Diego Schwartzman in two hours and 45 minutes here on Wednesday.World No.3 Nadal, who is bidding…
India’s first taekwondo athlete enters Paralympics
India's Aruna Tanwar, world No.4 in the women's U 49 category, has been awarded a wild card entry for the Tokyo Paralympic Games 2020. She thus becomes the first Indian taekwondo athlete to qualify for the Paralympics.This good news comes…
I was as getting impatient as success eluded me : Maria Sakkari
World No.18 Greek Maria Sakkari, who made it to her first-ever Grand Slam singles semi-final said on Wednesday that she was getting "impatient" with not being able to break into a Grand Slam semi-final.But now that the milestone had been…
French Open: Maria Sakkari beats Iga Swiatek , sets up semi-finals clash with Barbora
Defending champion Iga Swiatek was sent packing from the French Open by Greek world No.18 Maria Sakkari, who stunned the 20-year-old Polish star 6-4, 6-4 and set up a semi-final clash against Czech Republic's Barbora Krejcikova.World No.33…
Ethiopian Letesenbet Gidey breaks 10,000m world record
Ethiopia's Letesenbet Gidey clocked 29 minutes 01.3 seconds to break the women's 10,000-metre world record by five seconds during the Ethiopian athletics trials here on Tuesday night."I expected to run a world record. I would like to try to…