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June 29, 2010 9:08 PM

Big shock for Venus as she defeated in Wimbledon Q-finals

Five-time champion Venus Williams suffered a shock 6-2, 6-3 defeat against unseeded Bulgarian Tsvetana Pironkova in the quarter-finals at Wimbledon today. Not since Jelena Jankovic defeated Williams in the third round in 2006 had Venus failed to reach the women's singles final but the Ameri...

June 29, 2010 7:46 PM

World class cycling velodrome opens

As the Common Wealth Games are approaching fast, the newly-built World class cycling velodrome at the Indira Gandhi stadium complex, New Delhi has been opened for use. Inaugurating the velodrome today Union Sports Minister M.S. Gill said it was built in a record time of 17 months. Complimenting all ...

June 29, 2010 7:34 PM

Bhupathi-Mirnyi out of Wimbledon

Indian ace Mahesh Bhupathi and his doubles partner Max Mirnyi crashed out of the Wimbledon in the men's doubles third round. The duo suffered a shock defeat at the hands of Robert Lindsted and Horia Tecau. The Indo-Belarussian pair lost 6-3 6-4 3-6 6-7(6-10) 6-8 to their opponents last nigh...

June 29, 2010 2:28 PM

Saina confident to become world's number one player

The ace Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal today said she is confident of becoming the world's number one player soon. Speaking to reporters at the Shuttle Academy, Hyderabad along with her coach Gopichand, she said her confidence levels have gone up after defeating world class players.

June 29, 2010 9:24 AM

Bopanna-Qureshi in quarterfinals of Wimbledon men's doubles

At Wimbledon, India's Rohan Bopanna and his Pakistani partner Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi have stormed into the quarterfinals of the men's doubles competition. In London on Monday, the duo recorded an impressive straight set victory over Lukas Lacko of Slovakia and Sergiy Stakhovsky of Uk...

June 28, 2010 9:28 PM

Venus Williams enters Wimbledon Q-finals

Five-times champion Venus Williams reached quarterfinals of the Wimbledon with a 6-4 7-6 win over Australia's Jarmila Groth. She will play French 11th seed Marion Bartoli or Bulgaria's Tsvetana Pironkova for a place in the semi-finals.

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