French Open: Leander Paes and Rohan Bopanna to play their respective doubles quarterfinals today

In French open, Only two hours' play was possible yesterday. Half of the men's and women's last-16 matches have yet to be completed with five days of the schedule remaining.Indo-Polish pair of Leander Paes and Marcin Matkowski will resume their game in Men's doubl...

French Open: Heavy rain gives suffering Novak Djokovic shelter

At the French Open today, matches have been frequently interrupted by rain. In the Men's Singles last-16 clash against Roberto Bautista, World number one Novak Djokovic dropped the first set at 3-6, but took the second at 6-4. In the third set, Djokovic was ahead 4-1 when play was suspended...

French Open: Heavy rain gives suffering Novak Djokovic shelter

At the French Open Tennis today, World number one Novak Djokovic dropped the first set of his last-16 clash against Roberto Bautista Agut before heavy rain came to his rescue. The top seed, chasing an elusive first title in Paris and a career Grand Slam, came onto Court Philippe Chatrier with light ...

Indian eves lose to NZ 1-4 in opening encounter

Indian women's hockey team lost 1-4 against New Zealand in their opening match of the four-nation tournament at Darwin, Australia, today. New Zealand took the lead in the second quarter through a Pippa Hayward's field goal in the 18th minute. In the fourth and final quarter, Pippa ...

Saina enters second round, Manu-Ashwini duo loses in Indonesia<br/>

Three-time champion Saina Nehwal has entered the second round of Indonesia Super Series Premier badminton tournament. In Jakarta today, she overcame Pai Yu Po of Chinese Taipei in three games 21-11 19-21 21-15. World No. 8 Saina will next take on Indonesian Fitriani Fitriani tomorrow. Saina had won ...

In French open Tennis, after complete washout since 2000 yesterday, eight pre-quarterfinal matches planned for yesterday and two matches held over from Sunday night will now be played today.Indo-Polish pair of Leander Paes and Marcin Matkowski will play their doubles quarterfinal match today against...

French Open suffers first washout since 2000

The French open Tennis tournament suffered its first complete washout since 2000 yesterday when all scheduled matches were cancelled due to heavy rain at Roland Garros. It is the first time in 16 years the rain has caused a whole day&apos;s play to be abandoned at the tournament.However, more ra...

Alaistar Cook becomes youngest batsman to score 10,000 Test runs

England captain Alastair Cook became the first English cricketer to reach the 10,000 runs milestone in Test cricket on Monday during the second Test against Sri Lanka at Chester-le-Street. In the process, he also became the youngest batsman to achieve the extraordinary feat, surpassing Indian battin...

BCCI developing green stadiums: Anurag Thakur<br/>

BCCI President Anurag Thakur said, BCCI is developing green stadiums and has earmarked Rs. 100 crore for the purpose.He said, BCCI has also taken steps for solar power generation and reuse of sewage water after getting it treated for grounds.He was speaking to media on Monday after inaugurating a ne...

Alaistar Cook becomes youngest batsman to score 10,000 Test runs

Alastair Cook became the youngest and first English batsman to score 10,000 Test runs as his side sealed series win over Sri Lanka at the Chester-le-Street last night.Left-handed opener Cook needed just 5 runs to surpass the record as he made 47 not out in the second innings against Sri Lanka in the...