Getting justice here will be bigger than winning an Asiad medal: Bajrang Punia

Getting justice here will be bigger than winning an Asiad medal: Bajrang Punia

Bajrang Punia with his wife Sangeeta Phogat at the protest site against the president of Wrestling Federation of India Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi on Sunday morning, April 30, 2023. | Photo Credit: SHIV KUMAR PUSHPAKAR With time running out to get back to training and qualifying for the upcoming […]

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WPL | Mentor Sania Mirza wants to help RCB youngsters understand mental side of elite sport

WPL | Mentor Sania Mirza wants to help RCB youngsters understand mental side of elite sport

Sania Mirza during the Sportstar Aces award held on February 27, 2023. | Photo Credit: Emmanual Yogini Tennis legend Sania Mirza doesn’t know much about cricket but as an elite athlete for the last two decades, she feels she can help Royal Challengers Bangalore women cricketers to deal with the mental aspect of things in […]

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Aces Awards | ‘It is a true honour for me to be part of the Sportstar family’

Aces Awards | ‘It is a true honour for me to be part of the Sportstar family’

Tennis player Sania Mirza receives the Inspirational Icon of the year award from Sunil Gavaskar during the Sportstar Aces awards at Taj Mahal hotel in Mumbai. | Photo Credit: K.R. Deepak Six-time Grand Slam champion Sania Mirza won the ‘Inspirational Icon’ award at the  Sportstar Aces Awards at the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel in Mumbai on […]

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Sania ends career with first round defeat in Dubai

Sania ends career with first round defeat in Dubai

Sania Mirza walks out of competitive tennis with six Grand Slam titles, including three women’s doubles with Swiss legend Martina Hingis. | Photo Credit: Eduardo Munoz Sania Mirza closed her glorious career with a first round defeat at the WTA Dubai Duty Free Championships, losing the contest in straight sets along with American partner Madison […]

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Tennis is very important but not everything in my life: Sania Mirza, on retirement

Tennis is very important but not everything in my life: Sania Mirza, on retirement

Tennis is and will remain a significant aspect of Sania Mirza’s life but the legendary player says that not treating the sport as the be-all and end-all gave her the freedom to unleash her aggressive game every time she stepped on court. Sania, who is bidding adieu to the game, says she never had the […]

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Karman, Ramkumar, Balaji, Kadhe command best price for TPL

Karman, Ramkumar, Balaji, Kadhe command best price for TPL

Karman Kaur Thandi, Ramkumar Ramanathan, Sriram Balaji and Arjun Kadhe breached the Rs. 6 lakh mark among the Indians in the auction for the Tennis Premier League (TPL). The fourth edition of TPL will be staged at the Balewadi Stadium in Pune from December 7 to 11. Wimbledon men’s doubles champion Matthew Ebden of Australia […]

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Sania Mirza pulls out of U.S. Open, says retirement plans have changed

Sania Mirza pulls out of U.S. Open, says retirement plans have changed

Reuters August 23, 2022 18:01 IST Updated: August 23, 2022 18:01 IST Reuters August 23, 2022 18:01 IST Updated: August 23, 2022 18:01 IST Multiple Grand Slam winner Sania Mirza, who in January announced that she would be retiring at the end of the 2022 season, said she injured her tendon earlier this month and […]

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Sania Mirza bids adieu to Wimbledon with semifinal loss in mixed doubles

Sania Mirza bids adieu to Wimbledon with semifinal loss in mixed doubles

Trailblazing Indian tennis star Sania Mirza’s swansong appearance at Wimbledon ended in a semi-final defeat to defending champions Neal Skupski and Desirae Krawczyk in the mixed doubles event at Wimbledon. Mirza and her Croatian partner Mate Pavic, seeded sixth, went down 6-4 5-7 4-6 to Skupski of Great Britain and American Krawczyk in two hours […]

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Wimbledon | Sania Mirza-Mate Pavic pair cruises to mixed doubles semifinals

Wimbledon | Sania Mirza-Mate Pavic pair cruises to mixed doubles semifinals

Indian tennis ace Sania Mirza and her Croatian partner Mate Pavic advanced to the Wimbledon mixed doubles semifinals with a hard-fought win over fourth seeds Gabriela Dabrowski and John Peers. Mirza and Pavic, seeded sixth, eked out a thrilling 6-4 3-6 7-5 win over Canadian-Australian duo in one hour 41 minutes on court 3 on […]

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