Davis Cup: Yuki gives India 1-0 lead
September 14th, 2012 - 5:22 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Sep 14 (IANS) Yuki Bhambri fought back from two sets down to give India a 1-0 lead against New Zealand on the opening day of the Davis Cup ... Read more...
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Olympics: Saina wins India’s third medal, Paes-Sania out (India Intro Roundup)
August 5th, 2012 - 2:40 am ICT by IANS
London, Aug 5 (IANS) Saina Nehwal etched her name in India's Olympic folklore by becoming the country's maiden badminton medallist and the second Indian woman ever on the podium after ... Read more...
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Olympic badminton: Li Xuerui beats No.1 Wang for gold
August 4th, 2012 - 11:29 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 4 (IANS/RIA Novosti) China's Li Xuerui took gold in the women's badminton singles Saturday, beating compatriot Wang Yihan in three games to continue her winning finals record against ... Read more...
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Olympic badminton: Saina brings India third medal (Second Lead)
August 4th, 2012 - 9:17 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 4 (IANS) Shuttler Saina Nehwal gave India its maiden Olympic medal in badminton after China's Xin Wang retired hurt from the bronze medal play-off despite winning the first ... Read more...
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Olympics: Saina first Indian shuttler in semis, Paes-Sania advance (India Intro Roundup)
August 3rd, 2012 - 1:14 am ICT by IANS
London, Aug 2 (IANS) Champion shuttler Saina Nehwal rewrote history by becoming the first Indian to cruise into the Olympics badminton semi-final while the crack mixed doubles tennis combination of ... Read more...
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Olympic badminton: Saina creates history; Kasyhap’s dream run ends (Second Lead)
August 3rd, 2012 - 12:46 am ICT by IANS
London, Aug 2 (IANS) Saina Nehwal scripted history as she became the first Indian to reach the semi-finals of Olympic badminton while compatriot Parupalli Kashyap went down in an impressive ... Read more...
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Olympics badminton: Saina first Indian to reach semis (Lead)
August 2nd, 2012 - 10:40 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 2 (IANS) Ace shuttler Saina Nehwal scripted history Thursday as she became the first Indian to reach the semifinals of the Olympics badminton event.The World No.5 defeated Danish ... Read more...
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Olympic badminton: Kashyap enters quarters, creates history (Lead)
August 1st, 2012 - 6:24 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 1 (IANS) Shuttler Parupalli Kashyap created history by becoming the first Indian male player to enter the singles quarter-finals at Olympics, defeating Sri Lankan Niluka Karunaratne in three ... Read more...
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Federer beats Murray for 7th Wimbledon title (Lead)
July 9th, 2012 - 12:39 am ICT by IANS
London, July 8 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Roger Federer came back from a set down to record a 4-6, 7-5, 6-3, 6-4 victory over Andy Murray Sunday for his seventh Wimbledon ... Read more...
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Squash: Anaka, Kush annex Asian titles
June 24th, 2012 - 1:10 am ICT by IANS
Kush Island (Iran), June 23 (IANS) While Anaka Alankamony retained the girls Under-19 title, Kush Kumar annexed the crown in the boys Under-19 category as Indians delivered two gold medals ... Read more...
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Asian Squash: Indian teams in semi-finals
May 4th, 2012 - 5:31 pm ICT by IANS
Kuwait City, May 4 (IANS) Joshna Chinappa led the Indian women's team's charge into the semi-finals with a 2-0 win over second-seeded Malaysia in their all-important final pool match of ... Read more...
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Ghosal enters pre-quarters of Punj Lloyd Squash
December 13th, 2011 - 10:15 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 13 (IANS) India's Saurav Ghosal played the short game to his advantage to beat Julian Illingworth of the US 12-10, 11-4, 11-2 in the opening round of ... Read more...
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Saina goes down fighting in Indonesia final (Lead)
June 26th, 2011 - 10:42 pm ICT by IANS
Jakarta, June 26 (IANS) India's Saina Nehwal went down to Chinese Yihan Wang 21-12, 21-23, 14-21 in a gruelling tussle in the final of the Indonesia Open Super Series badminton ... Read more...
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Prerna, Ankita only Indians to advance to quarterfinals
May 11th, 2011 - 8:45 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 11 (IANS) India's Prerna Bhambri overcame Ratnika Batra in a closely-fought three-setter to storm into the quarterfinals on a day when Oman's top seed Fatma Al Nabhani ... Read more...
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Dipika goes down fighting in Punj Llyod squash
December 17th, 2010 - 8:48 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 17 (IANS) India's Dipika Pallikal fought hard against second seed Kasey Brown of Australia but lost 5-11, 5-11, 11-7, 11-7, 5-11 in the quarterfinals of the $36,500 WISPA Punj ... Read more...
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Dipika enters quarters in Punj Lloyd Squash (Lead)
December 16th, 2010 - 10:07 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 16 (IANS) Dipika Pallikal kept the Indian hopes alive by enterting the quarter-finals after compatriots Joshna Chinappa and Saurav Ghoshal lost close matches in the Punj Lloyd Squash Masters ... Read more...
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Saurav goes down in Punj Lloyd Masters squash
December 16th, 2010 - 9:45 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 16 (IANS) India's Saurav Ghoshal went down fighting to Amr Shabana of Egypt 5-11, 6-11, 11-6, 9-11 in the pre-quarterfinals of the Punj Lloyd Masters squash here Thursday.The first ... Read more...
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Saurav enters pre-quarters of Punj Lloyd Masters
December 15th, 2010 - 9:20 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 15 (IANS) India's Saurav Ghoshal overcame a spirted challenge from the lower-ranked Adrian Waller of England 11-7, 12-10, 11-6 to enter the pre-quarterfinals of the $192,500 Professional Squash Association ... Read more...
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Asina Games tennis: India enter medal round in three events
November 20th, 2010 - 7:30 pm ICT by IANS
Guangzhou, Nov 20 (IANS) It was a highly successful day for India in tennis with Sania Mirza moving into the women's singles and mixed doubles semi-finals, and Somdev and Sanam Singh following ... Read more...
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Asian Games tennis: India lose to Chinese Taipei, get bronze
November 15th, 2010 - 5:53 pm ICT by IANS
Gunagzhou, Nov 15 (IANS) India had to settle for a bronze in the men's tennis event after losing 1-2 to top seeds Chinese Taipei in the semifinals here Monday.India's Somdev Devvarman ... Read more...
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CWG Tennis: Sania, Somdev in finals, Paes-Bhupathi out (Lead)
October 8th, 2010 - 7:56 pm ICT by IANS
By Pragya Tiwari
New Delhi, Oct 8 (IANS) India's Somdev Devvarman was at his fluent best on way to the men's singles final while Sania Mirza took time to come on ... Read more...
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Dipika, Anaka among last eight in squash quarterfinals
June 27th, 2010 - 12:26 pm ICT by IANS
Cologne, June 27 (IANS) Dipika Pallikal and Anaka Alankamony from India have joined four Egyptians and two others from the US in the quarterfinals of the World Junior Women's Individual Squash Championships ... Read more...
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Stosur sinks Serena, enters French Open semi-final
June 2nd, 2010 - 10:40 pm ICT by IANS
Paris, June 2 (DPA) Samantha Stosur outlasted frustrated top seed Serena Williams 6-2, 6-7 (2-7), 8-6 Wednesday to reach her second straight French Open semi-final.
World number one Williams was left adrift ... Read more...
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Yuki limps out, Ranjeet to meet De Voest in ITF semis
May 13th, 2010 - 6:49 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 13 (IANS) A twisted ankle in the second set saw Yuki Bhambri limping out of his quarterfinals match against compatriot Karan Rastogi while Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan marched into the ... Read more...
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Resilient Roddick overhauls Nadal for Miami finals spot
April 3rd, 2010 - 3:54 am ICT by IANS
Miami, April 3 (DPA) The 2004 champion, Andy Roddick, fought back after losing the opening set to reach his second straight final at a Masters 1000 event with a 4-6, 6-3, ... Read more...
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Federer, Del Potro reach US Open final (Lead)
September 14th, 2009 - 9:25 am ICT by IANS
New York, Sep 14 (DPA) Roger Federer chased down a Novak Djokovic lob and fired a back-facing, between-the-legs, cross-court winner to setup three match points Sunday on his way into a ... Read more...
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South Korean wins second ITF title in three weeks
September 5th, 2009 - 8:04 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 5 (IANS) Second seed South Korean Young-Jun Kim clinched his second $10,000 International Tennis Federation (ITF) in three weeks here at the DLTA stadium beating Japanese Kento Takeuchi 6-3, ... Read more...
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Lin does hat-trick of world badminton titles (Lead)
August 16th, 2009 - 6:56 pm ICT by IANS
By Avishek Roy
Hyderabad, Aug 16 (IANS) China's Lin Dan outclassed compatriot Jin Chen 21-18, 21-16 to win the men's singles title in the World Badminton Championships here Sunday and scripted history by ... Read more...
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Easy for Rashmi, three-set win for Maloo in ITF
June 1st, 2009 - 6:34 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 1 (IANS) Indian wild card Rashmi Teltumbde easily dispatched Australian Marisa Gianotti 6-2, 6-2, but third seed Sanaa Bhambri was knocked out by Korean qualifier Soon-mi Seo on the ... Read more...
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Yuki wins his first men’s tournament without dropping a set
April 25th, 2009 - 8:23 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 25 (IANS) India's Yuki Bhambri claimed his maiden title on the men's circuit overpowering compatriot Vishnu Vardhan 7-6 (1), 6-4 in the $15,000 BHEL International Tennis Futures (ITF) at ... Read more...
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Federer to face Djokovic after tight win over Roddick
April 2nd, 2009 - 2:38 pm ICT by IANS
Miami, April 2 (DPA) Roger Federer honed his game at the expense of Andy Roddick, defeating the American for the 17th time in 19 matches to reach the semi-finals of the ... Read more...
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Murray loses to Spanish player Verdasco in Australian Open pre-quarters
January 26th, 2009 - 4:10 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Jan.26 (ANI): British tennis star Andy Murrays dream of lifting the Australian Open has ended. He lost to Spaniard Fernando Verdasco 2-6, 6-1, 1-6, 6-3, 6-4.
According to The Telegraph, Murray ... Read more...
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Three Indians in British Open junior squash semis
January 5th, 2009 - 2:59 pm ICT by IANS
Sheffield, Jan 5 (IANS) Three Indians, Dipika Pallikal, Kush Kumar and Mahesh Mangaonkar reached the semi-finals in their respective sections at the British Open junior squash championship here.Kush Kumar, winner at last ... Read more...
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Bhupathi-Knowles out of Cincinnati Masters semifinal
August 3rd, 2008 - 9:36 pm ICT by IANS
Cincinnati, Aug 3 (IANS) India's Mahesh Bhupathi and Mark Knowles of Bahamas blew away two match points, going down to top-seeded Bryan brothers -- Bob and Mike - in the semi-final of ... Read more...
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Sharapova stunned, Roddick routed in Wimbledon upsets
June 27th, 2008 - 5:41 am ICT by IANS
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London, June 27 (DPA) 2004 champion Maria Sharapova was slammed with the worst loss of her Wimbledon career in a 6-2, 6-4 second-round ambush by fellow Russian Alla Kudryavtseva Thursday. Two-time men's ... Read more...
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