Serena Williams overtakes Federer in Grand Slam wins
Serena Williams now owns more victories in Grand Slam matches than anyone else in tennis’ Open era, surpassing Roger Federer with her 308th.
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NRAI felicitates Abhinav Bindra on his retirement
The president of the National Rifle Association of India (NRAI), Raninder Singh, showered praise on the former World and Olympic champion Abhinav Bindra who had closed his brilliant shooting career with a blitzkrieg in the Rio Olympics.
Another milestone for Serena; enters last 16
Another win, another milestone for Serena Williams who rolled into the U.S. Open last 16 on Saturday by crushing Sweden’s Johanna Larsson 6-2 6-1 to collect grand slam victory number 307 — the most by a woman in the Open era.
Rosberg pounces on Hamilton at Monza
Nico Rosberg closed the gap to Lewis Hamilton in the Formula One standings to just two points as a shocking start ruined the reigning champion’s Italian Grand Prix on Sunday.
Messi wins it for Argentina in WC qualifier
Superstar Lionel Messi marked his return to the international fold by edging Argentina past Uruguay and to the top of the table in South American qualifiers for the 2018 football World Cup.
Brazil overrun Ecuador 3-0 in World Cup qualifier
A decisive performance from Gabriel Jesus, who scored twice and made another goal, gave Brazil a deserved 3-0 win over Ecuador on Thursday and helped get their qualifying campaign for the 2018 World Cup finals in Russia back on track.
Venus Williams sprints into third round
Sixth-seeded Venus Williams stayed on track for a possible semi-finals clash with sister Serena by sprinting past German Julia Goerges to reach the third round of the U.S. Open on Thursday.
Walsh to join Bangladesh as bowling coach
West Indies great Courtney Walsh is set to take over as bowling coach of the Bangladesh cricket team on a three-year contract.Walsh, who was the first bowler to take 500 test wickets, has worked as a West Indies selector since he retired as a player but has not held a senior coaching role at the Read More
Muguruza knocked out of US Open
French Open champion and third seed Garbine Muguruza was sent spinning out of the US Open second round on Wednesday by Latvia’s Anastasija Sevastova.
‘Let the Russian’s family keep London silver’
Indian wrestler Yogeshwar Dutt is not keen to collect the upgraded silver medal from 2012 London Olympics on humanitarian grounds given that the original second place finisher’s positive dope test came after his death. “Besik Kudukhov shandaar pehelwaan the (Besik Kudukhov was a magnificent wrestler).