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New Delhi, May 20: 17-time Grand Slam winner Roger Federer on Thursday shocked the tennis world by announcing his withdrawal from the 2016 French Open. The Swiss maestro, in a Facebook post, said that he is "still not 100%" and was worried that he "might be taking an unnecessary risk by playing" at Roland Garros. Federer has played a record 65 consecutive Grand Slam tournaments. And for the first

New Delhi, May 19: Usually, dogs are called a man's best friend. But, the age old cliché doesn't apply in all conditions. That's what exactly happened in Bengaluru marathon, when an Ethiopian runner, Mule Wasihun, who was running in the World 10K marathon was at the receiving end. It was certainly not his day, as first Wasihun, who was leading the race, took a wrong turn to forego his lead. And by

New Delhi, May 19: Sushil Kumar's fight for an Olympic berth suffered another blow on Wednesday with the Wrestling Federation of India ( WFI ) strongly hinting that they would prefer Narsingh Yadav for the Rio by insisting on not having a trial given the quota winner's "consistent performances". Following the Delhi High Court directive, a special WFI committee, formed on the instruction of the

May 18: Maria Sharapova will attend an International Tennis Federation anti-doping hearing in London on Wednesday, British media reported, with the Russian facing a possible ban of up to four years for failing a drugs test at the Australian Open. The five-times grand slam champion stunned the world in March when she said she had returned a positive test for meldonium, a Latvian-made heart

May 18: Canton of Vaud: Up to 31 athletes from 12 countries could be banned from the Rio Olympics for doping after new tests on samples from the 2008 Beijing Games, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) said on Tuesday. The 31 were caught in new tests on 454 Beijing samples using "the very latest scientific analysis methods," the International Olympic Committee said. The re-examination was

Kunshan (China), May 17: Former World No.1 shuttler Saina Nehwal helped Indian eves gather a second consecutive 5-0 win at the Uber Cup, this time thrashing Germany to close in on a quarter-final berth here on Tuesday. The win also made sure India stay in contention to qualify for the quarter-finals from Group D which also includes Japan and Australia. It was 2015 World Championship runner-up

New Delhi, May 17: Left with no other option, two-time Olympic medallist Sushil Kumar moved the Delhi High Court with a plea to direct the Wrestling Federation of India to conduct a selection trial to decide who will represent India in men's 74kg freestyle category at the Rio Games. Sources claimed the HC could hear the matter tomorrow. "We had no option but to take the matter to the court as

Patiala, May 16: Sports Minister Sarbananda Sonowal today ruled out intervention in the Sushil Kumar-Narsingh Yadav selection battle for the Rio Olympics, saying that the matter is for the Wrestling Federation of India to decide. The WFI had sought the Ministry's intervention to resolve the raging furore over whether to give the Olympic ticket to Narsingh, who clinched the quota berth, or hold

New Delhi, May 16: Indian tennis star Sania Mirza and her Swiss partner Martina Hingis produced a spirited fight back as they survived a late onslaught to win their first ever clay-court title in Rome at Italian Open on Sunday. After losing the second set by a wicker,the Indo-Romanian pair rebounded strongly to secure a 6-1, 6-7(5), 10-3 win over recently united Russian pair of Ekaterina Makarova

Taipei (Chinese Taipei), May 15: Indian women's squash team ended their successful Asian Team squash Championship with a silver medal as they lost to Malaysia by 0-2 margin in the final, here today. India's performance was better than their bronze-medal finish in the earlier edition of the championship. Just like the league stage, India again lost to the eventual champions in the summit clash