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World No 1 Novak Djokovic says his priority this year is to win Grand Slams and the Olympic gold.

Sabine Lisicki celebrates her win over Svetlana Kuznetsova.

Romania’s Sorana Cirstea rips a backhand during her upset win over Samantha Stosur of Australia.

Petra Kvitova won her first Grand Slam title by defeating Maria Sharapova 6-3, 6-4 at Wimbledon on Saturday, July 02, 2011.

New Delhi: Country’s top shuttlers Anup Sridhar and Saina Nehwal made a resounding start to their Thailand Open campaign at Bangkok on Wednesday, progressing to the pre-quaterfinals of the tournament.

However, India enjoyed a mixed outing today with as many as seven shuttlers crashing out of the tournament against only three, who made it to the pre-quaterfinals. (more…)

Spain, Italy and Austria are the clubs in the middle of the discussions.

By Grahame L. Jones, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer

Spain wants Coach Luis Aragones to stay, but Aragones wants to leave.

Italy wants Coach Roberto Donadoni to leave, but Donadoni wants to stay.

Austria doesn’t care what Coach Josef Hickersberger does, so Hickersberger has quit. (more…)

By John Ley

Source: Telegraph.co.uk

Good to talk: Guus Hiddink instructs his Russia squad.

Take Jose Mourinho, add age and vast experience, and you get Guus Hiddink. At 61, he is 16 years the senior of the Special One and comes with all the confidence, wit and cheek of Mourinho. Then again, it is hard to imagine Mourinho driving through the countryside on a Harley-Davidson in the manner Hiddink likes to relax. (more…)

New Delhi (PTI): ESPN STAR Sports will telecast live all the matches of the Asia Cup cricket tournament starting on June 24 in Pakistan.

All the 13 matches will be broadcast live on ESPN and STAR Cricket.

Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, UAE and Hong Kong are participating in the 13-day continental tournament. (more…)

World No.2 Spanish player Rafael Nadal has easily beaten top seeded Swiss player Roger Federer in French Open Tennis tournament in straight sets on June 08 at a clay court in Paris. It is the fourth consecutive Rolland Garros victory for the left handed Spanish player who has levelled the record of Swedish tennis legend Bjorn Borg and joined the elite club of winning four straight French Open tennis titles. (more…)

BANGALORE: Mumbai Indians put up an all-round display to end their Indian Premier League campaign with a thumping nine-wicket victory over Bangalore Royal Challengers here on Wednesday.

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The win though came late for Mumbai Indians, who went out of the semi-final contention after losing three close games in a row, which made them dependant on other teams’ losses to reach the last four. (more…)