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September 12, 2010 12:13 PM

US Open: Clijsters wins women singles title; Beat Zvonareva

Belgian Kim Clijsters has won the women singles title at the U.S. Open. She overpowered seventh seed Vera Zvonareva of Russia 6-2, 6-1 in exactly one hour to successfully defend her women's singles title, her third overall at the tournament. The win makes the second seeded Clijsters the fir...

September 12, 2010 11:20 AM

US Open: Clijsters wins women singles title; Beat Zvonareva

Belgian Kim Clijsters has won the women singles title at the U.S. Open. She overpowered seventh seed Vera Zvonareva of Russia 6-2, 6-1 in exactly one hour to successfully defend her women's singles title, her third overall at the tournament. The win makes the second seeded Clijsters the fir...

September 12, 2010 9:11 AM

Champions League Twenty20: CSK beat CD of New Zealand by 57 runs

Chennai Super Kings beat Central Districts by 57 runs in a Champions League Twenty20 match at Durban last night. Subramaniam Badrinath's unbeaten 52 and Srikkanth Anirudha 42 helped Chennai Super Kings recover from a disastrous start and post a competitive 151 for four. CSK were reeling at ...

September 11, 2010 8:54 PM

Women's hockey: India make best WC finish in 32 year

The Indian women's hockey team have notched up their best World Cup finish in 32 years. In the classification match at Rosario, Argentina, last night, India recorded a thrilling 4-3 win over South Africa which helped them sign off with the ninth spot in the tournament. Teen sensation Rani R...

September 11, 2010 6:30 PM

103 players flunked dope test in last eight months: Sports ministry

Admitting that the menace of doping was rampant in the country, the Sports Ministry today disclosed that 103 Indian sports-persons, including juniors have flunked dope test in the last eight months. Recently, 18 players, including Commonwealth Games squad members, had failed the dope test with 12 of...

September 11, 2010 6:18 PM

Govt approves money to clear dues of five elite tennis players

The Government has approved one crore rupees to clear the dues of five elite tennis players - Leander Paes, Mahesh Bhupathi, Rohan Bopanna and Somdev Devvarman. The players had reportedly threatened to pull out of the Commonwealth Games and Davis cup, if their dues are not cleared. But, they withdre...

September 11, 2010 2:13 PM

Govt. sanctions Rs one crore for tennis players participating in CWG

Government has approved over 1 crore rupees for five tennis players for their Commanwealth Games prepration. Mr. Rahul Bhatnagar, the Joint secretary in ministry of youth affairs and sports told the reporters today that Somdev Devburman has been santioned the highest amonut of around 26 lakhs. Mr.Bh...

September 11, 2010 2:13 PM

Tainted Pak cricketers return home

The three suspended Pakistani cricketers at the centre of the spot fixing allegations have returned home. Salman Butt, Mohammed Ameer and Mohammed Asif were questioned by police in Britain, but were not charged. The three cricketers have denied any wrong doing. A small crowd had gathered at the Laho...

September 11, 2010 8:43 AM

Bopanna-Qureshi duo fall to Bryan Bros in US Open Men's Doubles

Indo-Pak pair of Rohan Bopanna and Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi lost 6-7, 6-7 to top seed American brothers Bob and Mike Bryans in the men's doubles final of the US Open Grand Slam in New York last night. Bopanna and Qureshi, 16th seeds, did not look like a team playing their first ever Grand Slam ...

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