New Delhi : Sania Mirza and the country’s best singles player Ankita Raina will lead India in the next month’s Billie Jean King Cup World Group Play-offs away tie against Latvia as the AITA named a five-member team on Tuesday for the tournament. The five-member team also has Karman Kaur Thandi, young Zeel Desai, who […]

Hobart : Indian tennis ace Sania Mirza continued her winning run as she entered the women’s doubles semifinals of the Hobart International here on Thursday. Partnering Nadiia Kichenok of Ukraine, Sania defeated the American duo of Vania King and Christina McHale 6-2 4-6 10-4 in the quarterfinals. In a match that was tied at 1-1, […]

New Delhi : World No 1 women’s doubles tennis player Sania Mirza has been chosen for the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award after she was recommended for the country’s highest sporting honour by the awards committee led by retired Chief Justice of Kerala V K Bali. The committee also recommended 17 names for the Arjuna […]

Bangalore: The star runner of Delhi CWG and China’s Gwang-Zhou Asian Games, Ashwini C.S Akkunje, who was hurt by P.T Usha’s remarks made after failing in dope tests A and B, has retaliated in Bangalore against the onslaught of adverse criticism, not for losing a medal but for doubting her earlier achievements, in the context […]

Gwong Zu (China): Partnering Romania’s Edina Gallowitz, India’s Sania Mirza who was in the back-woods in Tennis till Sunday last, won the prized 2.2 lakhs dollars Hard Court Tennis finals in Ladies Doubles on lucky Sunday, at Gwang Zu in China. This is Sania’s ninth WTP doubles title. In a hard fought final match, Sania […]