Jannik Sinner has retained his Australian Open title with an emphatic 6-3, 7-6(4), 6-3 win over Alexander Zverev, breaking new ground for Italian tennis and leaving his German rival smarting after a third Grand Slam final defeat. World number one Sinner became Italy’s first player to win three Grand Slam crowns on Sunday, moving past Nicola Pietrangeli...
India’s Test stars, Rohit Sharma, Yashasvi Jaiswal and Shubman Gill failed to make much of an impact during their return to Ranji Trophy cricket. The trio were expected to make a big impact on their return to domestic cricket but failed to do so as they were dismissed cheaply in their respective matches on Thursday....
Ageless Novak Djokovic won an epic generational clash against Carlos Alcaraz on Tuesday to stay on track for an 11th Australian Open title with Alexander Zverev next in the semi-finals. The 37-year-old Serb, who is chasing a record 25th Grand Slam crown, outlasted the Spaniard, 16 years his junior, 4-6, 6-4, 6-3, 6-4 despite having his left thigh...
Reigning Olympic tennis champion Novak Djokovic of Serbia will face four-time Grand Slam winner Carlos Alcaraz of Spain in the quarter-finals of the Australian Open 2025 men’s singles event on Tuesday. The Novak Djokovic vs Carlos Alcaraz Australian Open 2025 quarter-final clash at the Rod Laver Arena will be available to watch on live streaming and live telecast in India. The match is scheduled to...
Days after he said that it wasn’t necessary to make any public declarations before he decided to marry, India’s greatest living Olympian Neeraj Chopra announced his wedding to tennis player Himani Mor in an intimate ceremony. In a short post on his social media pages, Neeraj shared pictures from the ceremony held in Himachal Pradesh...
Last year’s runner-up Daniil Medvedev was dumped out in the Australian Open second round early Friday morning by 19-year-old qualifier Learner Tien in a massive Melbourne shock. In his debut Australian Open, the American ranked 121 stunned the world number five 6-3, 7-6 (7/4), 6-7 (8/10), 1-6, 7-6 (10/7) in a nailbiter and faces France’s...
Rampant four-time Grand Slam winner Carlos Alcaraz dropped just five games in an ominous display of strength at the Australian Open on Wednesday to sprint into the third round. The Spanish third seed showed no mercy to Japan’s Yoshihito Nishioka, who was taught a 6-0, 6-1, 6-4 lesson on Margaret Court Arena in an 81-minute...
Former world number one Rohan Bopanna and his new Colombian partner Nicolas Barrientos bowed out of the Australian Open men’s doubles event with an opening-round loss to the Spanish team of Pedro Martinez and Jaume Munar in Melbourne on Tuesday. Bopanna and Barrientos went down 5-7, 6-7 (5) in a match that lasted close to...
Barcelona hammered rivals Real Madrid 5-2 in a wild Spanish Super Cup final in Saudi Arabia on Sunday to win the first trophy of coach Hansi Flick’s reign. Raphinha scored twice while Robert Lewandowski, Alejandro Balde and Lamine Yamal also found the back of the net while Kylian Mbappe and Rodrygo scored for Real Madrid. The clash took...
Indian badminton stars Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty continued their stellar run on the international stage by reaching the men’s doubles semifinals of the prestigious Malaysia Open Super 1000 tournament on Friday. The seventh-seeded Indian duo defeated Malaysia’s Yew Sin Ong and Ee Yi Teo in straight games, 26-24, 21-15, in a 49-minute quarterfinal clash....