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Murray pulls out of French Open

Murray pulls out of French OpenLondon, May 22 : US Open and Olympic champion Andy Murray Tuesday announced he will skip the French Open tennis due to a back injury.

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Cancer survivor Kleybanova makes victorious comeback

Cancer survivor Kleybanova makes victorious comebackMoscow, May 20 : After a victorious comeback to professional tennis, former World No. 20 and cancer survivor Alisa Kleybanova vowed Monday to return to the sport's biggest competitions.  Read more »

Federer, Nadal in semis of Italian Open tennis

Federer, Nadal in semis of Italian Open tennisRome, May 18 - World No. 3 Roger Federer moved one step closer to his first title this season when he beat Jerzy Janowicz 6-4, 7-6 (2) to advance to the semifinals of the Italian Open tennis.  Read more »

Somani, Bhat head Indian challenge

tennisBangalore, May 16 : Parikshit Somani of Assam, with an ATF ranking of nine, leads the Indian challenge in the Karle Infra ATF Under-14 Series to be held at the Sadashivanagar Club here May 20-25.  Read more »

Djokovic and Federer ease into third round in Rome Masters

Djokovic and Federer ease into third round in Rome MastersRome, May 15 : Top seed Novak Djokovic and second seed Roger Federer shook off their shock defeats in Madrid to ease past their opponents into the third round of Rome Masters.  Read more »

Madrid Open: Bhupathi-Bopanna knocked out in quarters

Bhupathi-BopannaMadrid, May 11 : India's campaign at the Madrid Open ended after Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna were knocked out in straight sets in the quarterfinals by France's Jeremy Chardy and Poland's Lukasz Kubot.  Read more »

Sharapova in semis of Madrid Open

Sharapova in semis of Madrid OpenMadrid, May 11 : Russia's Maria Sharapova advanced to the semifinals at the Madrid Open after a straight sets victory over Kaia Kanepi of Estonia.

Sharapova, the world No.  Read more »

Li Na crashes out of Madrid Masters

Li Na crashes out of Madrid MastersMadrid, May 6 : It was a bad day for two of three Chinese tennis players at Madrid Masters as both Li Na and Zheng Jie lost their first round matches.  Read more »

Oprandi beats Kuznetsova in Portugal Open

Oprandi beats Kuznetsova in Portugal OpenOeiras (Portugal), May 3 - Russian tennis player Svetlana Kuznetsova failed to reach the Portugal Open semifinals after suffering a straight-sets defeat to World No. 53 Romina Oprandi.  Read more »

Djokovic beats Nadal to win Monte Carlo Masters

Djokovic beats Nadal to win Monte Carlo MastersParis, April 22 - Rafael Nadal's attempt to win the Monte Carlo Masters for the ninth straight year was foiled by World No. 1 Novak Djokovic here.  Read more »

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Ukrainian clubs target Brazil winger Osvaldo

Luiz-FelipeRio de Janeiro, May 22 : Brazil international winger Osvaldo is reportedly a summer transfer target of Ukraine's Shakhtar Donetsk and Metalist Kharkiv.  Read more »

Ajax coach De Boer agrees to extend contract

Frank-de-BoerThe Hague, May 22 : Ajax football coach Frank de Boer has agreed to extend his contract until the middle of 2017.

The Amsterdam-based club announced Tuesday that De Boer, whose current contract  Read more »

British journalist pens Lara’s biography

Brian-LaraCambridge, May 22 : British journalist James Fuller has written a biography of former West Indies captain Brian Lara, one of the greatest cricketers of all time.  Read more »

Team selection key to CSK's success: Fleming

Stephen-FlemingNew Delhi, May 22 : Coach Stephen Fleming credited his Chennai Super Kings' success to correct team selection and the loyalty the franchise has shown to the players.  Read more »

Mahindra riders looking forward to Le Mans

mahindraMumbai, May 15 : India's only motorcycle Grand Prix team resumes battle in France this weekend with high hopes of strong results after a top-10 start for the all-new Mahindra Grand Prix machine.  Read more »

Disappointing outing for Bolisetti

Sailesh-BolisettiDijon-Prenois (France), May 13 : Indian racing driver Sailesh Bolisetti's second weekend of his 2013 Euro Race Car campaign ended on a disappointing note as he finished 18th and 17th in the two races here.  Read more »