Sania Mirza’s semifinal finish in the women’s doubles event at the Australian Open has catapulted her to a career-best ranking of seventh position in the latest WTA Team Rankings, issued on Monday. Sania jumped from 11th spot to be inside the top-10 in doubles rankings and if she manages to stay in the top 10 [...]
MELBOURNE: Shane Warne was facing legal action Tuesday after a cyclist involved in a road rage incident with the Australian cricket great said he plans to sue for damages to his bike. Web designer Mathew Hollingsworth, 28, is launching a civil claim in the Melbourne Magistrates Court seeking Aus$1,575 (US$1,668) for repairs to his hi-tech [...]
SYDNEY: Australian wicketkeeper Brad Haddin said Tuesday he has been dropped, not rested, from the one-day squad to face India and Sri Lanka and conceded it will be tough for him to win back his place. Selectors said they had left Haddin out of the 14-man squad for the first three games of the tri-nation [...]
PARIS: France captain Thierry Dusautoir said he and his team may have come out of the World Cup final with their heads held high but they can afford no slip-ups against Italy in their Six Nations opener on Saturday. The 30-year-old world player of the year — outstanding in the 8-7 World Cup final defeat [...]
LOS ANGELES: Derrick Rose had 35 points and eight assists and Carlos Boozer scored 18 points as the Chicago Bulls defeated the Washington Wizards 98-88 on Monday at Verizon Center arena. “When he is on a roll it is fun to watch,” said Chicago forward Kyle Korver of reigning league MVP Rose. France’s Joakim Noah [...]
LONDON: Arsenal’s season has been marked by too many false dawns but Thomas Vermaelen believes the FA Cup victory over Aston Villa can help salvage the club’s faltering challenge for a top four place. Arsene Wenger’s side resume their Premier League campaign away to Bolton Wanderers on Wednesday in their first match since an astonishing [...]
Kiwi teenager Lydia Ko, who at the weekend became the youngest player to win a pro golf tournament, hopes to compete at a US major this year, her coach said on Tuesday WELLINGTON: The South Korean-born amateur created history when she won the New South Wales Open in Australia on Sunday at the age of [...]
INDIANAPOLIS: Manning has enjoyed the best season of his eight-year NFL career and will lead the Giants against the New England Patriots in Super Bowl 46 on Sunday in quest of his second NFL crown, having led New York over the Patriots in 2008. “For Eli it would be a great endorsement of the quality [...]
Talek Harris MELBOURNE: Rod Laver was the last man to complete the grand slam back in 1969 and after Novak Djokovic’s (above) astonishing win in the Australian Open final it looks like the Serb could be next. Laver was watching at Melbourne Park as Djokovic claimed his fourth grand slam title in 12 months. And [...]
The recently concluded Australian Open 2012 was abound with new faces that blazed their way through the courts. We present to you some of the most promising stars of the season who seem to stun the audiences as much with their shots as their looks. Read on At long last, the ‘golden era’ of tennis [...]
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Ajay Hotchandani As is the routine every morning, I wake up, toss and turn for about an hour trying to find the motivation to get out of bed. Somewhere between eating and showering, I check my email and have a glance at the news on Google. Later that day I had to go pick my [...]
According to a survey of the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation officials, there are about 620 buildings and another 100 on the outskirts that need immediate demolition in the twin cities. The GHMC engineers’ wing has certified that these 700 old buildings including 200 in Secunderabad could fall any time. Do we need to lose a [...]
The forest department has taken to task many of Hyderabad’s fortune-tellers for the alleged torture and cruel treatment of parakeets under the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972. Raids were conducted by the State Forest Department officials and members of the Wildlife Crime Control Bureau in Chirkur, Kukatpally and Ameerpet areas that led to the rescue of [...]
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There are positive signals from the G8 summit regarding the plan of action that must be pursed in Syria. Russian leader Vladmir Putin, the man who is the main hurdle to the creation of some means formidable to bringing down Assad, has hinted that he may allow removing Assad provided there is a plan for [...]
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