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New Delhi: Protest at the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) against a recently announced fee hike, the long-standing suspension of students' union elections and calls for administrative accountability have entered their sixth day, with students boycotting classes and staging sit-ins at the Bab-e-Syed gate (the iconic entrance of the varsity). The fee structure for different courses has witnessed a sharp revision. Students say the hike ranges from 25% to over 60% across various programmes. Many cl ...Read More >
KOLKATA: Dr. Vece Paes, a member of the 1972 Munich Olympic Games bronze-winning Indian men's hockey team and father of legendary tennis player Leander Paes, died here on Thursday morning. He was 80 years old. Paes, who was suffering from advanced stage of Parkinson's disease, was admitted to the Woodlands Hospital here on Tuesday morning. Paes was married to Jennifer, a former Indian basketball player who also served as the national team captain. Paes' last rites will be performed either on ...Read More >
NEW DELHI, Aug 13: India's Gulveer Singh bettered his own national record in non-Olympic event of men's 3000m race while finishing fifth at the Gyulai Istvan Memorial - Hungarian Athletics Grand Prix in Budapest.He clocked 7 minute 34.49 seconds on Tuesday night to eclipse his own previous national record time of 7.38.26 set at the Boston University David Hemery Valentine Invitational meet in February this year.The 27-year-old Singh was competing in his first track race in Europe.The meet in Bud ...Read More >
New Delhi, July 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) Ons Jabeur, the two-time Wimbledon finalist has announced that she is taking an indefinite break from the sport to focus on her well-being after a challenging period marred by injuries and emotional strain. The 29-year-old Tunisian, who has made history as the first Arab and African woman to reach a Grand Slam singles final, said in a heartfelt social media statement that she hasn't "truly felt happy on the court for some time now". "For the past two years, ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 17 (ANI): Former Union Minister of State (MoS) of Civil Aviation and NCP MP, Praful Patel, hailed Indian Grandmaster Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa for securing a stunning victory over World No. 1 Magnus Carlsen in a dominant Round 4 clash at the Las Vegas Chess Grand Slam Tour. Praggnanandhaa was the most consistent player in group A. He scored three straight wins from rounds two to four, the latter of which was a gritty win over the pre-tournament favorite Carlsen. Praful ...Read More >
A young woman named Oleti Pushpa (22) was killed by her live-in partner Sheikh Shamma (22) in the Ambedkar Konaseema region of Andhra Pradesh, reported India Today. She was living with Sheikh for the past 6 months after she separated from her spouse. The incident took place in Siddhartha Nagar, B Savaram village of Rajolu mandal on 16th July. Shamma reportedly accused Pushpa of having affairs with other men. He forced her to engage in prostitution and frequently instigated fights with her when ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 14 (ANI): Indian shuttlers PV Sindhu and Lakshya Sen along with men's doubles pair of Chirag Shetty-Satwiksairaj Rankireddy will be seen in action in the upcoming Japan Open 2025 badminton tournament which will start from Tuesday, July 15. Sindhu, Lakshya and the Sat-Chi duo were last seen at the Indonesia Open in early June. All three skipped the subsequent US Open and Canada Open, as per Olympics.com. Also Read | Wimbledon 2025 Winners: A Look at Champions at Year's T ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 14 (ANI): The prestigious Tennis tournament, Wimbledon, was full of on-court dramas and huge upsets with Iga Swiatek cruising past Amanda Anisimova to claim the women's singles title and Italy's Jannik Sinner making history as he saw off defending champion Carlos Alcaraz for the men's. However, the smashes and serves weren't limited to the court at Wimbledon 2025. The royal box was decked out with Indian celebrities, who served up some serious fashion at the annual tenni ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 14 (ANI): The prestigious Tennis tournament, Wimbledon, was full of on-court dramas and huge upsets with Iga Swiatek cruising past Amanda Anisimova to claim the women singles title and Italy Jannik Sinner making history as he saw off defending champion Carlos Alcaraz for the men. However, the smashes and serves werent limited to the court at Wimbledon 2025. The royal box was decked out with Indian celebrities, who served up some serious fashion at the annual tennis champ ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 14 (ANI): Former Indian cricketer and legendary batter Sachin Tendulkar hailed Jannik Sinner as he outclassed his rival and Spanish sensation Carlos Alcaraz to secure his maiden Wimbledon title on Sunday. The 23-year-old captured his fourth major title, after two Australian Open and a US Open triumph, defeating Alcaraz 4-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 in a clash oozing with class and intensity in every shot. This was Sinner's first-ever Wimbledon final. The Master Blaster posted on h ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 14 (ANI): Former Indian cricketer and legendary batter Sachin Tendulkar hailed Jannik Sinner as he outclassed his rival and Spanish sensation Carlos Alcaraz to secure his maiden Wimbledon title on Sunday. The 23-year-old captured his fourth major title, after two Australian Open and a US Open triumph, defeating Alcaraz 4-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 in a clash oozing with class and intensity in every shot. This was Sinner's first-ever Wimbledon final. Also Read | IND vs ENG 3rd Tes ...Read More >
Mumbai, July 14 (SocialNews.XYZ) Actress Preity Zinta and her husband Gene Goodenough watched an "unbelievable game of tennis" at the Wimbledon 2025 and described it as a "fun weekend." Preity took to Instagram, where she dropped a string of pictures and videos from Wimbledon. In the glimpses, the actress could be seen posing with Gene, her friends, gorging on fresh strawberries and also a clip of her watching the match. "What a fun weekend this has been with my hubby - my Pati Parmeshwar & my ...Read More >
Mumbai: Actress Preity Zinta and her husband Gene Goodenough watched an "unbelievable game of tennis" at the Wimbledon 2025 and described it as a "fun weekend." Preity took to Instagram, where she dropped a string of pictures and videos from Wimbledon. In the glimpses, the actress could be seen posing with Gene, her friends, gorging on fresh strawberries and also a clip of her watching the match. "What a fun weekend this has been with my hubby - my Pati Parmeshwar & my favourite girls watc ...Read More >
Hyderabad: A Wimbledon final is expected to be a thrilling encounter as two mighty opponents face each other. However, when Iga Swiatek faced American Amanda Anisimova, her opponent was no match and she completely dominated the contest with a 6-0, 6-0 win on Saturday. It was her first Wimbledon title and sixth Grand Slam in her career. The encounter lasted for 57 minutes, and it marked the first double bagel since 1911. In 1911, Dorothea Lambert Chambers won by 6-0, 6-0 against Dora Boothby. To ...Read More >
Bengaluru, Jul 12 (PTI) Joe Burns' career was heading nowhere when Queensland omitted him from the contracted players' list in April 2024. It was a body blow for the Australian as he was mourning the tragic death of his brother in February that year. In an emotional Instagram post, Burns admitted that it was a "daily battle that I often lose." Also Read | ISL 2025-26 Season Put on Hold After IMG Reliance and AIFF Haggle Over Renewal of Commercial Rights Deal. But then sports often gives tiny ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Amanda Anisimova's fairytale run has led her to the final of Wimbledon 2025. The World No. 12 pulled off an upset in the semifinal in the Women's singles, beating World No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka in the semifinals on Thursday. Anisimova will be up against Paris 2024 bronze medallist Iga Świątek in the final of the tournament. Maiden Grand Slam final appearance for Anisimova The 13th seed inked her 13th career victory against a top-10 player in two hours and 36 minutes to appear in her fi ...Read More >
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], July 8 (ANI): Indian tennis legend Vijay Amritraj said that who among Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz will be a bigger superstar in the long run depends on how they deal with any injuries and their physical capabilities, noting that they have the talent and work ethic and have been off to an excellent start. Amritraj, a JioStar expert for the ongoing Wimbledon tournament, was speaking in a media interaction. It all depends so much on injuries, physical capabiliti ...Read More >
CHENNAI: Former India captain Virat Kohli watched the Novak Djokovic vs Alex de Minaur at Wimbledon on Monday. During a chat with Star Sports and JioHotstar he spoke about his favourite tennis player Novak Djokovic and said he hoped Djoko wins the event. He said that would be a tremendous achievement. Kohli felt that playing in Centre Court must be very special. "The pressure these players must feel, especially on Centre Court, is tremendous. The only cricketing equivalent would be a high-intens ...Read More >
Mumbai, July 8: After a potentially damaging fall in the early stages of his fourth-round clash at Wimbledon against Grigor Dimitrov, world no. 1 Jannik Sinner is planning to get an MRI to further analyse the injury. Sinner, however, reached the fourth round at Wimbledon after Dimitrov was forced to retire due to injury when leading 6-3, 7-5, 2-2. In the very first game of the fourth-round matchup, Sinner appeared en route to a shock defeat, having jarred his elbow during an innocuous-looking sl ...Read More >
Bengaluru, Jul 1 (PTI) Two-time World Championship gold-medallist javelin thrower Anderson Peters on Tuesday pulled out of the Neeraj Chopra Classic due to an ankle injury, dealing another blow to the showpiece. The 27-year-old Grenada stalwart, who had taken the bronze medal behind Neeraj at the Paris Olympics last year, has been replaced by Poland's Cyprian Mrzyglód in the event schedule for Saturday. Also Read | How to Watch Jannik Sinner vs Luca Nardi, Wimbledon 2025 Live Streaming Online: ...Read More >
Mumbai: There was a time, in the transitional men's tennis phase of the Big Three dominance dwindling and two young stars rising yet not sparkling, when Daniil Medvedev held fort for a consistent face deep in Grand Slams. Between 2021 and 2024, the Russian made five Slam finals and became the 2021 US Open champion. This year, he's had one win and back-to-back first-round exits in Slams. Though he says he's "not panicking" yet, the ever-entertaining Medvedev is battling a crisis of form, having ...Read More >
New Delhi: The famous orthopaedic surgeon Dr. Dinshaw Pardiwala of Mumbai who operated on Rishabh Pant after a serious road accident in December of 2022 feels that although the somersaults by Pant are being done rather well, it is an unnecessary event. During his path back home in Roorkee in December 2022, Rishabh Pant was involved in an accident with his luxury car hitting a divider after which he sustained various injuries. He had been treated in Dehradun and then he was flown to Mumbai. Dr. ...Read More >
New Delhi: At Wimbledon 1993, Chris Bailey knocked over the net cord umpire off her chair. That iconic moment in Wimbledon history cannot be repeated because the folks who would place their finger on the net to feel the slightest vibration were phased out in 1996. Their place was taken by an automatic system that produced a beep instead. Soon, all majors would follow suit.When play resumes on Monday, June 30, at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, a familiar sight will be no more - the ...Read More >
June 28 (Reuters) - Carlos Alcaraz is chasing a slice of tennis immortality as he arrives at Wimbledon's pristine lawns, where he has the opportunity to join an illustrious but short list of men who have won the grasscourt Grand Slam three years in a row. The Spaniard could join an elite club of just four men -- Bjorn Borg, Pete Sampras, Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic -- who have claimed three consecutive Wimbledon titles in the Open era. Yet the 22-year-old Alcaraz, radiating confidence tha ...Read More >
BENGALURU: Carlos Alcaraz will aim to reinforce his status as the new all-court monarch of men's tennis with a third successive Wimbledon title while his chief challenger Jannik Sinner heads to London for revenge after coming off second best in an epic French Open final. Seven-time champion Novak Djokovic must defy age and the odds in what may be the 38-year-old's best opportunity to claim an elusive 25th Grand Slam crown after losing to Alcaraz in the previous two title clashes at the All Engl ...Read More >
New Delhi: Wimbledon, one of the most prestigious tennis tournaments in the world, is going to start from June 30. The tournament will be held at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, where the world's leading tennis players will compete to win the Grand Slam title on grass courts. According to Sports Illustrated, Wimbledon is the only Grand Slam that is played on grass courts. Players like Coco Gauff, Novak Djokovic, Yannick Sinner, Carlos Alcaraz and Barbora Krejcikova will participate ...Read More >
New Delhi: In the longest final match of French Open history, which lasted five sets, 22-year-old Carlos Alcaraz of Spain defeated 23-year-old Jannik Sinner of Italy 4-6, 6-7, 6-4, 7-6, 7-6 to win the Men's Singles title for the year 2025. There was tough competition between the two players in the mega match that lasted for a record five hours and 29 minutes. Both had to work hard for each point. In the end, Carlos Alcaraz won. Defending champion Alcaraz got the full support of the audience duri ...Read More >
New Delhi: After just 19 minutes into the French Open women's final at the Philippe-Chatrier court, with the score at 1-4, Coco Gauff was looking like she would be blown off the court by the power of Aryna Sabalenka. For the first time in seven years, the best two women's players in the world were meeting in a Grand Slam final but it was looking like a mismatch. The slow start gave way to an incredible resilience, grit and tennis smarts in a match that wasn't high on quality but brutal from the ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Jannik Sinner versus Carlos Alcaraz has been hailed as the next big rivalry in men's tennis, with Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, and Andy Murray all retired and 38-year-old Novak Djokovic losing his powers. They've brought this sensational contest to the grandest scales as well, including last year's French Open, Wimbledon in 2022, and sandwiched in between was a shot-making bonanza at the 2022 US Open.All of these have come on the path to glory. Round of 16 at 2022 Wimbledon, quarter-f ...Read More >
New Delhi: One-time Grand Slam champion Coco Gauff of America has won the women's singles final match of the French Open 2025. She defeated world number-1 player Aryna Sabalenka in the French Open women's singles final match on Saturday. Coco Gauff has created history by winning the women's singles title by defeating Sabalenka. In the French Open women's singles final played on Saturday, American player Coco Gauff defeated world number one Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus 6-7 (5), 6-2, 6-4 to win the ...Read More >
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