Mirza beats Bondarenko Birmingham, June 14 :India’s Sania Mirza showed her gratitude to be on grass and off clay in beating Ukraine’s Alona Bondarenko 6-2, 3-6, 6-3 at the DFS Classic on Tuesday.Mirza has been struggling with injuries this season — the latest to her... 14 Jun, 2006
Hingis looks sharp, Federer wins Melbourne, January 17:Martina Hingis looked like she’d never been away.Playing on the centre court where she won three of her five Grand Slam titles before retiring for three years, the 25-year-old Swiss was right at home in the first major of her... 17 Jan, 2006
Serena knocked out Beijing, September 21:Serena Williams was knocked out in the second round of the China Open on Wednesday, falling to China’s Sun Tiantian by a score of 6-2, 7-6. It was an error-filled match, with Williams spraying balls long, hitting drop shots... 21 Sep, 2005
Australians struggle as England close in on win Nottingham, August 27:Andrew Flintoff proved his all-round abilities again against Australia, taking two important wickets on Saturday as England closed in on a 2-1 lead in the Ashes series. Flintoff, who stroked his maiden Ashes hundred to guide... 27 Aug, 2005
The motorcycling monk ’n me Dubby BhagatKathmandu:I was working in Kathmandu with World Travels in the early 80’s when a lady and a monk (forgive me Pico lyer) walked into my office. The lady introduced herself as an American called Hetty and was about to introduce the teen... Travel Abroad 26 Jun, 2005
Nadal, Henman eliminated; Sharapova, Venus advance Associated PressWimbledon, June 23:Green on grass, Rafael Nadal stumbled at Wimbledon. The French Open champion converted only one of 13 break-point chances and lost in the second round to unseeded Gilles Muller 6-4, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4. The Spaniard was... 23 Jun, 2005
TIME OUT Madrid to visit ChinaMADRID: Real Madrid will play an exhibition match in China against club side Beijing Guoan on July 23, vice president Emilio Butragueno told Real Madrid’s TV station. Madrid will tour China from July 19-24, according to news... 26 Apr, 2005
Ai Sugiyama crashes out at Pan Pacific Open Associated PressTokyo, February 1:Fifth-seeded Ai Sugiyama of Japan crashed out of the Pan Pacific Open tennis tournament on Tuesday after an opening-day loss to Italy’s Roberta Vinci.Unseeded Vinci dropped the first set at Tokyo Metropolitan... 01 Feb, 2005
MIDWAY : Parsimonious prattle Preena Shrestha:Do you think money grows on trees?” Okay, I get it. One of my dad’s favourite things to do is lecture me on the importance of parsimony. He rattles off the relative advantages of saving up for something significant, forsaking... 27 Jan, 2005
Myskina out of Sydney International Associated PressSydney, January 11:French Open champion Anastasia Myskina was knocked out of the Medibank Sydney International on Tuesday, losing 6-1, 6-3 to qualifier Peng Shuai of China in a second-round match. Top-ranked Lindsay Davenport eased into... 11 Jan, 2005
Venus wins, Serena pulls out, Capriati loses Associated PressCharleston, April 16:The top three seeds at the Family Circle Cup are no longer playing. And none of them lost on the court. Venus Williams, seeded fourth, is the highest remaining seed after Serena, seeded second, withdrew citing a... 16 Apr, 2004
TIME OUT U-14 TournamentKATHMANDU: All Nepal Football Association (ANFA) is organising Tribhuvan Memorial Inter-DDC President U-14 Junior National Tournament in the capital from 5-15 March. Boys under the age of 14 will play in eight teams from 39 different... 03 Mar, 2004
