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Saina, Kashyap pull out of Denmark Open

4:22 pm October 6, 2020

New Delhi: Star Indian badminton couple Saina Nehwal and Parupalli Kashyap on Tuesday pulled out of the Denmark Open Super 750 tournament, which will restart the international calendar at Odense from October 13. The BWF World Tour was shut down following the completion of the All England Championships in March due to the COVID-19 pandemic. […]

Djokovic in 11th French Open quarterfinal in row

10:56 pm October 5, 2020

PARIS: Novak Djokovic reached the French Open quarterfinals for the 11th consecutive year, extending his own Open-era record at the tournament. The top-seeded Djokovic faced his toughest challenge yet this year at Roland Garros but still won rather easily against No. 15 seed Karen Khachanov 6-4, 6-3, 6-3 at Court Philippe Chatrier, taking the last […]

Purr-fect Nadal sees off cat-loving qualifier

10:07 pm October 4, 2020

Paris: While there have been upsets in the women’s draw, it’s business as usual for Rafael Nadal among the men at the French Open. Against a player who loves him so much that he named his cat after him, Nadal showed no mercy with Sebastian Korda, seeing off the 20-year-old qualifier with a 6-1, 6-1, 6-2 thumping on Court Philippe Chatrier to reach […]

Clinical KKR hope to get it right against nemesis MI

Mumbai Indians beat Sunrisers Hyderabad by 34 runs

10:00 pm October 4, 2020

Sharjah: Mumbai Indians beat Sunrisers Hyderabad by 34 runs in an IPL match here on Sunday. Opener Quinton de Kock top-scored for Mumbai with 67 off 39 balls, helping them to 208 for five. Pacers Sandeep Sharma and Siddarth Kaul took two wickets each for Sunrisers but were expensive, especially the latter who leaked 64 runs in his first game of the season. Rashid Khan was the pick of […]

Lawrie to quit European Tour after this week’s Scottish Open

10:33 pm October 1, 2020

Aberdeen: Paul Lawrie is making his 620th appearance on the European Tour at the Scottish Open this week. It also will be his last. The 1999 British Open champion is quitting the tour after the tournament at The Renaissance Club because of problems with his back. Lawrie will play on the senior circuit instead. “There […]