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Mar 29: Unfazed by the potshots taken at their relationship after India lost to Australia at the World Cup semi-finals, lovebirds Virat Kohli and Anushka Sharma walked out of the Mumbai International Airport holding hands on Saturday. Moreover, despite the criticism by haters, Virat and Anushka's ardent fans have taken to Twitter to extend their support to the lovers and 'Team Kohli Forever' has

New Delhi, Mar 28: Indian ace shuttler Saina Nehwal, on Saturday, created history by becoming the first Indian woman to be World No 1 in badminton rankings. On Friday, Olympic bronze medallist, Saina sailed past Indonesia's Hana Ramadhini 21-15, 21-12 in the women's singles competition to stay just one win away from becoming the first Indian woman to achieve the world number one ranking. After

New Delhi, March 28: Saina Nehwal sailed past Indonesia’s Hana Ramadhini to make her maiden semifinals at the India Open Super Series while giant-killer HS Prannoy and RMV Gurusaidutt went down fighting in the quarterfinals here today. Olympic bronze medallist Saina defeated Hana 21-15, 21-12 in the women’s singles competition at the Siri Fort Sports Complex. Prannoy, who had sent the top seed and

Mar 27: South Africa’s explosive left-handed batsman JP Duminy has been chosen to lead the Delhi Daredevils in this year’s Indian Premier League. He succeeds Kevin Pietersen, who is also one of the 13 players not bought back by the franchise in February’s auction due to their rebuilding strategy, having finished at the bottom of the points table last year. However, Duminy is one of the few players

New Delhi, Mar 25: Reigning World Badminton Champion Carolina Marin has set her sights on the World No 1 spot as she enters the $275,000 India Open Superseries as the second seed. The Spaniard is ranked No 4 and will be vying for the top spot this week. "It is my goal to win here and I have to take things match-by-match. Saina Nehwal is a good player and I have to change my tactics accordingly,"

Washington, Mar 24: Sania Mirza jumped to her career-best rank of three in the doubles, following her title win at the Indian Wells with Martina Hingis. Sania now sits at No 3 with 6885 points, behind Italians Roberta Vinci and Sara Errani, who share the top spot with 7640 points each. "It's thrilling to achieve my career-best rank. Being the number one is a dream and I hope I can get there some

Indian Wells (USA), Mar 23: Novak Djokovic defeated Roger Federer 6-3, 6-7 (5/7), 6-2 to successfully defend his Indian Wells crown and claim his 50th career ATP title on Sunday. The 27-year-old world number one from Serbia also captured his fourth Indian Wells crown and is now tied with world number two Federer for the most men's titles in the California desert. "The trophy is very heavy,"

Indian Wells, Mar23: Martina Hingis and Sania Mirza have completed a dream first tournament together, beating Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina 6-3, 6-4 to win the BNP Paribas Open women’s doubles title. The No 1 seeds, Hingis (Switzerland) and Mirza (India) didn’t lose more than four games in any set all fortnight. After cruising through the first set, they fell behind 2-4 in the second to No

Jodhpur, Mar 22: A special jersey which batting great Sachin Tendulkar donned for his farewell 200th Test has fetched a whopping Rs 6 lakhs during a gala auction hosted by Christie's at the imposing Umaid Bhawan Palace here. Shiv Raj Singh, son of the host of the second edition of the Jodhpur One World Retreat, the erstwhile ruler of Jodhpur Gaj Singh II, bid for this jersey last night. Tendulkar

New Delhi, March 22: Days before India play Australia in a World Cup semi-final at Sydney, the iconic bat of Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni with which he hit the winning six in the 2011 World Cup final has been put on display at Bengali Market here. The bat entered the Guinness World Records and the Limca Book of Records after it was sold for 100,000 pounds on July 18, 2011. The current