Novak Djokovic's third-round struggle with defending champion Grigor Dimitrov was halted by rain, forcing the pair to come back on Friday at the ATP-WTA Cincinnati Masters.
Indonesia is about to open the Asian Games but its traffic-clogged capital Jakarta remains shrouded in a haze of air pollution that threatens to mar the world's second-biggest multi-sport event.
Indian shooters suffered a major setback when organisers of the 18th Asian Games trimmed several of their events for the competition in Jakarta-Palembang. All team events have been done away with, along with traditional Asian Games events like the 50m Rifle Prone, 50m Air Pistol, 25m Centre Fire Pistol and 25m Standard Pistol.
Proposals to revamp the Davis Cup into a season-ending 18-team event were backed by national federations at the International Tennis Federation annual general meeting in Orlando, Florida, on Thursday.
Veteran Leander Paes has pulled out of the 18th Asian Games that begins in Jakarta-Palenbang in two days from now. "It is with a heavy heart that I have to say that I will not be playing the upcoming Asian Games in Indonesia," Paes said in a statement.
The Indian tennis contingent arrived here on Thursday for the Asian Games but the biggest name in the squad, Leander Paes, was conspicuous by his absence
In her first tournament, the Asian Champions Trophy in Korea in 2016, Lalremsiami played 31 minutes and scored twice – it was enough to bag the ‘U-21 Rising Star Award’. Unheralded talent and an eagerness to learn at all times is what epitomises the young Mizo forward.
Real Madrid cannot use the loss of Cristiano Ronaldo as an excuse for underachieving this season, midfielder Casemiro said after losing the UEFA Super Cup 4-2 to Atletico Madrid in Real's first competitive game since their talisman joined Juventus.
The upcoming Asian Games, the world's biggest multi-sport event after the Olympics, will be Abhishek Verma's first brush with international shooting, but the thought and the task that awaits do not unnerve the lawyer-cum-marksman.
World Cup winner Philipp Lahm will head the Euro 2024 organisation if the German bid wins the nod next month to host the continental tournament, the country's football association (DFB) said on Thursday.
All of 14, India's latest Grandmaster Nihal Sarin says he is more relieved than ecstatic about achieving the feat as the build-up to it was distracting.
Billionaire tobacco tycoon Michael Bambang Hartono may not be the oldest competitor at the Asian Games, but he is the richest.
The Squash Rackets Federation of India (SRFI) today hit out at Dipika Pallikal, one of the country's top players, for voicing concerns over the lack of a qualified foreign coach.
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