New York: Rafael Nadal claimed players’ safety was being put at risk by cash-conscious US Open chiefs trying to rescue the rain-hit event which suffered a virtual washout for the second successive day on Wednesday. Only 15 minutes of play was possible after all of Tuesday was lost to torrential downpours, the first such full-day [...]
India have announced a string of replacements following a spate of injuries to their main squad, but surprisingly the big-hitting Yusuf Pathan is nowhere in the picture. The team management has instead opted for another utility player in Ravindra Jadeja and a specialist batsman in Manoj Tiwary as the latest recruits. A regular in the [...]
The seasoned Indian Express pairing of Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi, seeded fourth in the men’s doubles draw of the US Open, beat India’s Somdev Devvarman and Treat Conrad Huey of the Philippines 6-4, 7-5 to move into the quarterfinals. Lee and Hesh, as they’re known on the Tour, came through in 92 minutes against [...]
Roger Federer waited at the US Open for hours, eager to get on court for his fourth-round match. Once he finally started playing, shortly before midnight, he didn’t take long to win. Still, Federer enjoyed each of the 82 minutes he needed to hit 14 aces — including four in one game — and generally [...]
BCCI secretary N Srinivasan has admitted before Parliament’s standing committee on finance that the Indian board needed to own up for financial irregularities in the Indian Premier League (IPL). Srinivasan said the BCCI could not claim exoneration simply by claiming that suspended IPL chairman Lalit Modi was running the show. The BCCI had previously put [...]
A young Indian team showed fantastic temperament in vanquishing South Korea 5-3 thereby setting up a strong possibility of making it to the final of the Asian Champions Trophy being played here. India now are on top of the group with seven points from three matches followed by Pakistan and Korea. Michael Nobbs’ bravehearts played [...]
A defeat is never easy to handle and it can hurt bitterly for a few hours, if not days! I seemed to have had the better of the exchanges midway in the second set in my match against Shahar Peer as I led by a set and was a break point away from taking a [...]
New York: Roger Federer and Rafa Nadal are seemingly not the only ones sick of the sight of Novak Djokovic and his domination of men’s tennis. At the US Open on Tuesday,food poisoning victim Conor Niland of Ireland threw up then gave up during his first-round match with the World No.1. Perhaps the only thing [...]
The fever has spread and it’s all because of these men from Argentina and Venezuela! We all know how popular South American teams are in India, especially in West Bengal, so to have two of the best playing an international here has to be a good thing. This is a match that will stay in [...]
Kolkata: For a South American nation, not having played a World Cup is nothing short of crime. Venezuela have had to live with such a guilt. Though they have steadily improved in the qualifiers over the years, the cherished dream has remained elusive. They are now determined to set it right in the next World [...]