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Media giant Star India has bagged exclusive broadcasting rights for the next five French Open from 2017 to 2021, adding one more global event to its list top sports coverage rights all over the world. The tournament lasts for 15 days to be held annually by the French Tennis Federation. The contract covers media and digital rights besides making Star ...

Even before the commencement of this year’s US Open, drama has begun to loom over it. Five-time major champion, Maria Sharapova declared through her Facebook page that she will not be participating in the event due to injury. She made the announcement 24-hours before the event – scheduled to start from today. After a strong start of the year, the ...

Like every major tournament nearly every year, the 135th edition of US Open is also expected to witness histories being made. Novak Djokovic and Serena Williams, who have been declared as the top seeds of the last slam event of the year are two of the biggest names waiting to be written on the pages of history. Djokovic, 27, is ...

Roger Federer beats world number one Novak Djokovic to win his seventh Cincinnati Masters title on Sunday. The 34-year-old Swiss star is 7-0 in Cincinnati finals, recorded a 7-6(7-1) 6-3 win. Federer who knocked out Britain’s Andy Murray in the semi-final, will be seeded second at the US Open behind Djokovic. This win will give Federer a lot of confidence ...

Indian hopes took another step ahead in the Cincinnati Open as Leander Paes and his Swiss partner Stanislas Wawrinka came back from a set down to win the opener of the tournament. .@stanwawrinka and @Leander team for opening win at @CincyTennis on Monday. Read: http://t.co/HVAWEpGuAq #atp pic.twitter.com/bght2stZLD — ATP World Tour (@ATPWorldTour) August 17, 2015 Producing a slow start got ...

Defeat seemed to have latched itself to Rafael Nadal as the poorest form of his decade-long career continues. The Spaniard who is now ranked world number 9 conceded yet another loss in the hands of Japanese fourth seed Kei Nishikori 6-2,6-4 in the quarter finals of Rogers Cup. Nishikori got an early break in the beginning of the first set ...

And again, another tennis relationship goes down the flames. This time it’s Maria Sharapova and Grigor Dimitrov who decided to end their romance after two years. Maria Sharapova and Grigor Dimitrov have split. WHAT IS GOING ON, WORLD? 🙁 http://t.co/czIHIgSfQ6 pic.twitter.com/RY9jUU0Suj — Yahoo Celebrity UK (@YahooCelebUK) July 24, 2015 After going public with their too-hot-to-handle romance at the 2013 Mutua ...

This year’s Wimbledon saw many upsets – the major being 14-time major champion, Rafael Nadal losing to unseeded German Dustin Brown in the second round. With the Spaniard seeded a low 10th, he was expected to meet Andy Murray in the quarter finals. However, the other three members of the “Big Four” have safely made their way through to the ...

Unlike Rafael Nadal’s shocking 10th seed in this year’s Wimbledon pretty much everything was expected – including his second round defeat to Germany’s Dustin Brown on Thursday. Rafa (as Nadal is known to his fans) has been having one of the worst years of his decade-long career with just one title in Stuttgart, ironically a grass-court tournament where he defeated ...

Isn’t it hard to believe that the grand slam calendar of this year has already slithered its way to Wimbledon? Not that much has changed as the top seeded players continue to dominate the tournaments, when it comes to London and the enigmatic tradition it possesses you’ve got to get excited. Novak Djokovic of Serbia and Petra Kvitova of Czech ...