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  News in Nutshell: Important stories of the day

  India | June 09, 2016 19:44 IST

  Important stories of the day

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  Australian Open: Saina Nehwal, K Srikanth advance to quarterfinals in singles events

  Other Sports | June 09, 2016 19:28 IST

  Sydney: Star shuttler Saina Nehwal and K Srikanth registered a straight-game win to reach the quarterfinals of the women’s and men’s singles events respectively at the USD 750,000 Australian Open Super Series badminton tournament here

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  Saina enters round two; Sindhu bows out of Australian Open

  Other Sports | June 08, 2016 14:53 IST

  Star Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal entered the second round of women's singles with a comfortable victory but P V Sindhu suffered an upset defeat in the opening round of Australian Open

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  Maria Sharapova admits to failing drug test at Australian Open

  Tennis | March 08, 2016 12:35 IST

  Los Angeles: Tennis star Maria Sharapova shocked the world of sports after she announced a failed drug test at Australian Open, saying a change in the World-Anti-Doping Agency banned list led to the violation.Sharapova said she

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  Sania-Martina win 13th title, stretch winning run to 40

  Tennis | February 14, 2016 23:13 IST

  St. Petersburg: Indian tennis star Sania Mirza and her Swiss partner Martina Hingis won the St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy here on Sunday and extended their remarkable winning streak to 40 matches in the process.The top

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  Djokovic wins 6th Australian title; Murray loses 5th final

  Tennis | January 31, 2016 18:12 IST

  Melbourne, Australia: Novak Djokovic maintained his perfect streak in six Australian Open finals with a 6-1, 7-5, 7-6 (3) victory Sunday that consigned Andy Murray to a fifth defeat in championship deciders at Melbourne Park.Djokovic

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  Sania-Hingis win Australian Open women's doubles title

  Tennis | January 29, 2016 13:46 IST

  Melbourne: The No. 1-ranked team of Martina Hingis and Sania Mirza have won the Australian Open doubles title, beating the Czech pair of Andrea Hlavackova and Lucie Hradecka 7-6 (1), 6-3 to extend their winning

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  Novak Djokovic enters sixth Australian Open final, shades Federer in semis

  Tennis | January 28, 2016 17:48 IST

  Melbourne: World No.1 Novak Djokovic moved to his sixth Australian Open final after producing a masterful display to defeat Roger Federer 6-1, 6-2, 3-6, 6-3 in the semi-final here on Thursday.The Serbian will be bidding

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  Serena Williams storms into seventh Australian Open final

  Tennis | January 28, 2016 12:41 IST

  Melbourne: Top seed Serena Williams raced through her Australian Open tennis semi-final against No.4 seed Agnieszka Radwanska, clinching a 6-0, 6-4 victory with a flurry of aces here on Thursday.The American heads into her seventh

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  Sania-Martina enter Australian Open final

  Tennis | January 27, 2016 19:58 IST

  Melbourne: Sania Mirza and her partner Martina Hingis have extended their winning streak to 34 games after they beat the German-American pair of Anna-Lena Groenefeld and Coco Vandeweghe to blizzard into the finals of the

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  Sania, Paes keep Indian flag flying in Australian Open

  Tennis | January 26, 2016 22:02 IST

  Melbourne: Leander Paes and Sania Mirza made Indian tennis fans proud on the 67th Republic Day, winning their respective matches at the Australian Open here on Tuesday.Top seeds Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis extended their

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  Sania Mirza scores two victories at Australian Open

  Tennis | January 23, 2016 16:02 IST

  Melbourne: It was the perfect day for Indian tennis star Sania Mirza, who won both her women's and mixed doubles matches to progress at the Australian Open today.Playing on Show Court 2, women's doubles top

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  Father plays, daughters blasé: Federer's kids show zero interest in his game

  Tennis | January 21, 2016 22:54 IST

  New Delhi: The entire world is an avid admirer of Roger Federer's tennis skills. Millions of people across the globe are glued into their TV screens whenever this man is on the court.He has established

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  Saina Nehwal drops to 3rd in world rankings

  Other Sports | June 04, 2015 17:08 IST

  New Delhi: Indian ace Saina Nehwal was today displaced from the top spot in badminton world rankings, slipping to third in the latest women's singles list.Saina, the first Indian woman badminton player to be world

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  Saina loses to Shixian in Australian Open quarters

  Other Sports | May 29, 2015 16:25 IST

  Sydney:  India's campaign in the $750,000 Australian Open Superseries ended as World No.1 women's singles shuttler Saina Nehwal was outplayed 15-21, 13-21 by China's Shixian Wang in the quarter-finals here on Friday.Defending champion Saina failed

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  Saina Nehwal set to defend Australian Open title

  Other Sports | May 25, 2015 19:42 IST

  Sydney:  Star Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal is all set to defend her women's singles title when she takes to the court at the $750,000 Australian Open Superseries, which commences here on Tuesday.World No.1 Saina has

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  Defending champion Saina Nehwal seeded second in Australian Open

  Other Sports | May 20, 2015 17:21 IST

  Sydney: Defending champion Saina Nehwal has been seeded second in the women's singles competition of the USD 750,000 Australian Open Super Series badminton tournament that will get underway here on Tuesday.Olympic bronze medallist, Saina had

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  Indian Shuttler Saina seeded No.2 at Australian Open

  Other Sports | May 21, 2015 14:33 IST

  Sydney: Star Indian shuttler and defending champion Saina Nehwal has been seeded No.2 in the women's singles event for the $750,000 Australian Open Superseries to be played here from May 26 to 31.World No.2 Saina

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  Andy Murray loses to Croatian teen in quarterfinals in Dubai

  Tennis | February 26, 2015 22:03 IST

  Dubai, United Arab Emirates: Andy Murray was knocked out of the Dubai Championships on Thursday, losing to 18-year-old Borna Coric 6-1, 6-3 in the quarterfinals.Murray, who reached the Australian Open final at the beginning of

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  Fognini, Bolelli win men's doubles at Australian Open

  Tennis | January 31, 2015 23:09 IST

  Melbourne, Australia:  Fabio Fognini and Simone Bolelli became the first all-Italian team to capture a Grand Slam men's doubles title in more than 50 years after beating the French pair of Nicolas Mahut and Pierre-Hugues