Venus Williams set for singles comeback in Washington
Venus Williams will make her singles comeback after nearly a year at the Citi Open in Washington, D.C. that begins next week, organisers said on Thursday.
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Munich Para Shooting World Cup: India record best-ever finish with 10 medals
Singhraj's twin medals propelled India to the top of the medal table, their best performance since taking part in the competition for the first time in 2017. In total, India won six golds, three silvers and one bronze.
Sri Lanka's injured Maheesh Theekshana out of second Pakistan Test
The spinner returned figures of 2-68 in Pakistan's first innings in the opening Test, which the hosts lost by four wickets in Galle on Wednesday. Uncapped all-rounder Lakshitha Manasinghe comes into the squad as replacement.
Rid of injuries, boxer Rohit Tokas eyes CWG glory
The 28-year-old, who is set to make his CWG debut in the men's 67kg, category, was pegged back by back-to-back injuries in 2018-2019. "I suffered a ligament injury in 2018, which led to me missing out on the World Championships," Rohit told PTI. "Then I injured my ligament again in 2019.
SC appoints senior advocate Maninder Singh as amicus curiae in BCCI matter, to hear on July 28
A bench comprising Chief Justice N V Ramana and Justices Krishna Murari and Hima Kohli took note of the fact that an earlier amicus curiae has now been elevated as a judge of the apex court. "We will appoint senior advocate Maninder Singh as an amicus in place of P S Narasimha (now Justice P S Narasimha)," said the bench and fixed the plea of BCCI for hearing on July 28.
Rain forces Indian cricketers to hit indoor nets ahead of 1st ODI against West Indies
Led by the veteran Shikhar Dhawan, the Indian bowlers and batters sweat it out at the indoor training facility as rain lashed parts of Trinidad.
Sumit Nagal returns to Indian Davis Cup team, Divij Sharan dropped
Davis Cup team for the away World Group I tie against Norway while doubles specialist Divij Sharan was dropped after falling behind in the pecking order. Expectedly, country's number one singles player Ramkumar Ramanathan (ranked 196), Prajnesh Gunneswaran (295), Sasikumar Mukund (431), Yuki Bhambri (571), doubles exponent Rohan Bopanna (21) have been named in the team as the Nandan Bal-led selection committee picked four specialist singles players. Arjun Kadhe (519) and Sidharth Rawat (566) are ranked above Yuki but if the Delhi player is to use his Protected Ranking, he would be in top-100.
India vs West Indies ODIs: A man-to-man comparison
While the likes of Virat Kohli and Jasprit Bumrah will be missing the entire tour, the likes of Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul, Rishabh Pant, Hardik Pandya, Dinesh karthik and R Ashwin will be back only for the shortest format.