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A friendly, pleasant surprise for Sania

It was a meeting of hearts, literally! For, India’s best-ever women’s tennis player and six-time Grand Slam winner Sania Mirza had a pleasant surprise on Wednesday night when former Wimbledon champion Marion Bartoli made an appearance at…

FC Goa face Persepolis again in another litmus test

Two goalless draws and a 1-2 loss into their maiden AFC Champions League campaign, FC Goa face another litmus test on Friday when they face Iranian heavyweights Persepolis at the Fatorda Stadium in Margao for the second time in four days,…

Maruri sisters triumph

The Maruri sisters, Reshma and Suhitha, outplayed the Belgians Flo Helsen and Mirthe Moens 6-0, 6-2 to capture the girls’ doubles title in the ITF grade-4 junior tennis tournament at the CLTA Complex on Friday. In the boys’ doubles…

Nadal beats Nishikori in 3 sets at Barcelona Open

The 11-time tournament champion looked ready to roll to a quick victory after dominating the first set, but Nishikori responded with some fine net play to level it at 1-1. Rafael Nadal beat Kei Nishikori 6-0, 2-6, 6-2 Thursday to…

Ankita shocks Errani; Ramkumar in main draw

Ankita Raina beat former World No. 5 Sara Errani 2-6, 6-4, 6-3 in the first qualifying round of the WTA 250 Abierto Zapopan event in Guadalajara, Mexico. In the ATP 250 Qatar Open in Doha, Ramkumar Ramanathan beat second seed and the…