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Sydney, Jan 13: Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis continued their dream run of form, winning their 28th doubles match in a row after they overcame Chen Liang and Shuai Peng 6-2, 6-3 in the quarterfinals of WTA Sydney International semifinals with a straight set triumph. The run of 28 consecutive wins equals the world record for the longest doubles winning streak since Gigi Fernández and Natasha

New Delhi, Jan 12: Indian squash player Ravi Dixit, who won gold at the 2010 Asian junior championship, is now struggling to fund his campaign for next month's South Asian Games. Frustrated with no support, the 20-year-old wrote a post on Facebook stating he was willing to sell his kidney in order to support his career. “I have been playing squash for the last 10 years. Even after winning so many

Zurich, Jan 12: Barcelona superstar Lionel Messi won an unprecedented fifth Ballon d'Or award in Zurich on Monday, with the Argentine reclaiming the prize from three-time winner Cristiano Ronaldo. Brazil striker Neymar, who plays alongside Messi at Barca, was also in the running to be crowned world player of the year after he was included on the three-man shortlist for the first time. Messi and

Coatzacoalcos, Jan 11: A bus carrying amateur football players and fans plunged into a river after careening off a bridge in eastern Mexico today, leaving at least 16 people dead, authorities said. Another 10 people were injured in the crash in the municipality of Atoyac in the eastern state of Veracruz, officials said. A preliminary investigation found that the bus was speeding, causing the

Jan 10: Zinedine Zidane got off to a flying start as Real Madrid coach when Gareth Bale hit a hat-trick in a 5-0 win over Deportivo La Coruna on Saturday after a Lionel Messi treble had fired Barcelona to the top of La Liga. Zidane, a former Real and France midfielder who took over from the sacked Rafa Benitez on Monday, was given a hero's welcome by his adoring fans at the Bernabeu and the team

Geneva, Jan 9: Lionel Messi is favored to win the FIFA Ballon d'Or on Monday, ending Cristiano Ronaldo's two-year hold on soccer's top individual prize. Messi already has a 4-3 lead in their career duel for the annual FIFA prize but has recently been eclipsed by his great rival. That changed in 2015 when Messi inspired Barcelona to regain the Champions League title among five major trophies to

Brisbane, Jan 8: Indian tennis ace Sania Mirza and her Swiss partner Martina Hingis continued their stupendous run by clinching their 25th victory together to enter the final of the Brisbane International Tennis Tournament here on Friday. The top-seeded Indo-Swiss duo defeated the Slovak-Russian combination of Andreja Klepac and Alla Kudryavtseva 6-3 7-5 to make the summit clash. Sania and Hingis

Chennai, Jan 8: A gutsy Ramkumar Ramanathan buried a sluggish start to eke out an inspiring win over Alexander Kudryavtsev and enter the men's singles quarterfinals of the Chennai Open here on Thursday. Wild card Ramkumar worked his way to a 3-6 6-4 6-4 win over higher-ranked Russian, who had entered the event as a Lucky Loser. He next plays world no.45 Aljaz Bedene, who defeated Luca Vanni 5-7 6

Kolkata, Jan 6: Former India football captain Baichung Bhutia on Wednesday said the national team can be among the top 10 countries in Asia in near future through developing strong U-15 and U-17 teams. "Through the under-15, under-17, we are going to develop so that within the next 10 to 15 years we can be one of the top 10 teams in Asia. Let's not talk about the World Cup and be unrealistic,"

Brisbane, Jan 5: Defending champion Maria Sharapova and top seed Simona Halep pulled out of the Brisbane International on Tuesday citing injuries, depriving the contest of two of its main drawcards. Sharapova withdrew from the season-opening event with a left forearm injury, saying it was a precautionary move ahead of the Australian Open later this month. "I hurt my forearm in practice a couple of