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May 17, 2017 3:29 AM

Tennis star Maria Sharapova denied wild card entry

Tennis star Maria Sharapova has been denied a wild card entry to the clay court grand slam, French Open or Roland Garros, beginning Monday. The two time champion wasn't given a wild card for either the main draw or the qualifying rounds. The decision was made public by French Tennis Federat...

May 17, 2017 3:20 AM

Rising Pune Supergiant enters final beating Mumbai Indians

In IPL Cricket, Rising Pune Supergiant have entered the Final beating Mumbai Indians by 20 runs in the first qualifier played at Wankhede Stadium, tonight. Chasing 163 for win, Mumbai was restricted to 142 for 9 in 20 overs. Pune's spin bowler Washington Sundar and Shardul Thakur took 3 wic...

May 16, 2017 9:05 PM

Mumbai Indians win toss, opt to field against Rising Pune Supergiant

In the first Qualifier match of the IPL tournament at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai, Mumbai Indians have opted to field after winning the toss against Rising Pune Supergiant.In the Eliminator fixture tomorrow, Kolkata Knight Riders will clash with defending champions Sunrisers Hyderabad in Bengalur...

May 16, 2017 5:20 PM

Tennis: Japanese tennis player Mitsuhashi gets life ban for match-fixing

Japanese player Junn Mitsuhashi has been banned for life following an investigation into match-fixing. The Tennis Integrity Unit announced today that he has also been fined 50,000 US Dollars after being found to have made corrupt approaches to other players and to have placed bets on matches. The ba...

May 16, 2017 8:40 AM

Roger Federer to skip French Open and focus on Wimbledon

Roger Federer has pulled out of French Open as he feels he needs to avoid playing on clay this season in order to prolong his career, the 18-times grand slam champion said. The Swiss, who defied logic to win the Australian Open in January after being out of tennis for six months, will skip the May 2...

May 15, 2017 6:18 PM

Madrid winner Nadal moves to fourth in rankings

In the latest ATP rankings released today, Rafael Nadal climbed one place to fourth in the world on the strength of his Madrid Masters win. Dominic Thiem's reward for making the Madrid tournament final was a two-place move to seventh. Nadal was last ranked fourth in October last year.The hi...

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