India's Sania Mirza crashed out of the Olympic singles event after retiring midway through her opening round match against Czech Iveta Benesova.
Ian Thorpe's rushed comeback bid for a third Olympic Games ended in ignominy on Sunday as he crashed out of the morning heats of the 100 metres freestyle at the Australian trials in Adelaide.
Ana Ivanovic was stunned 6-2, 1-6, 6-2 by 17-year-old Austrian Tamira Paszek in the third round of the Montreal Cup on Thursday.
Ten days ago John Terry was carried off the pitch with a dislocated shoulder but that will be nothing compared with the pain he will be feeling after missing the chance to win the Champions League for Chelsea.
England all-rounder Paul Collingwood was confident on Monday of playing a full part in the first Test against New Zealand at Lord's starting on Thursday after an injection on his injured right shoulder.
Germany's Tommy Haas came from a set down to upset 11th-seeded Andy Murray 2-6, 7-5, 6-3 in Wednesday's fourth round and maintain his impressive run at the Pacific Life Open.
Second seed Tommy Haas suffered a first round defeat in the Delray Beach International, losing to Argentine Diego Hartfield.
"A poorly designed backpack forces muscles into an unnatural, asymmetrical, position to support the load. This causes some muscles to stretch and some to tighten to compensate, leading to muscle spasm and pain," Professor Kolt said.
Jelena Jankovic avenged last year's defeat and knocked champion Serena Williams out of the Australian Open quarter-finals.
On her 90th birthday, Sukanya Verma presents a playlist of 100 Lata Mangeshkar songs from different decades of Hindi films -- songs that make me sing, smile, sob and sigh.
It takes debutante director Sahil Sangha almost half the film to establish the characters and their foibles, their trivial eccentricities.
The Belgian was joined by Svetlana Kuznetsova, Jelena Jankovic and Tatiana Golovin in the semi-finals of the Stuttgart Open.
Even if The Help flops abroad, it will surely be a profitable film because of its (comparatively speaking) low cost and a solid run in America and Canada.
The Pakistan pacer was taken to hospital after being badly injured while fielding for Sussex in their county championship match.
The triumph will put the 19-year-old Serb, who reached this year's French Open final and Wimbledon semi-finals, fourth in the rankings.
We present an excerpt from Kishore Kumar: Method In Madness by Derek Bose.
The day belonged to Smith, who has now scored six Test hundreds against India in the last seven appearances and in the process also completed 5000 runs in Test cricket.
Serena Williams moved another step closer to a record-tying 24th career Grand Slam title with a comfortable 6-3, 6-2 victory over Czech Karolina Muchova on Friday to reach the last 16 at the US Open.
Indian-American astronaut Sunita Williams, who plans to run the 26.2 mile Boston Marathon on board the International Space Station on April 16, finds it a challenging exercise.
Pune Warriors team director Abhijit Sarkar says the former India captain is the 'best cricketing brain' in the country and will prove his worth.
Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer will meet in the semi-finals of the Sony Ericsson Open after the old rivals advanced to the last four in contrasting fashions Thursday.
According to Raja Sen, Goliyon Ki Rasleela Ram-Leela is an overplotted, bloody mess.
Batsman Mike Hussey and spin bowler Nathan Hauritz have been ruled out of the World Cup through injury and will be replaced by Callum Ferguson and Jason Krejza respectively, Cricket Australia said on Tuesday.
The batting ace said his shoulder is holding up quite nicely now.
Chikungunya it is a type of Arbovirus disease caused by the bite of infected culicine mosquitoes (aedes aegypti/day biter) reported long back in Tanzania in Africa.
'I am not human... :)' SS Rajamouli has some fun on Rediff Chat.
Rafael Nadal delved deep into his seemingly inexhaustible reserves of willpower on Saturday to fight off Andy Murray in a three-hour classic and reach the final of the ATP World Tour Finals for the first time.
The French Open champion had to retire from his Stella Artois quarter-final against Australian Lleyton Hewitt with a shoulder injury.
Captain Saurabh Kalia was captured, tortured and barbarically killed in the Kargil War. For 20 years, his father has waged a war of his own to get justice for his son. Captain Kalia is no more, but he lives on in the home he did not return to.
The master batsman has made satisfactory progress and is now ready for the third phase of rehabilitation.
Amberish Kathewad Diwanji tweaks Narendra Modi's Independence Day speech.
Amberish Kathewad Diwanji tweaks Narendra Modi's Independence Day speech.
Both players have been ruled out of the remaining one-day internationals against Pakistan due to injuries.
Garbine Muguruza's preparations for next week's Australian Open were thrown into disarray when the world number three pulled out of the Sydney International with a thigh injury on Wednesday.
Spaniard Dani Pedrosa denied compatriot Jorge Lorenzo a fourth win in a row at the German MotoGP on Sunday while world champion Valentino Rossi narrowly missed a podium finish on his return from a broken leg.
'Nawaz Sharif asked: "What if I invited him and he declined?"' 'I said I will check.' 'Vajpayee liked the idea. He said I should see him on my return.' Shekhar Gupta reveals how Sharif wanted to make peace, but was tripped by the army and notes the lessons it has for Imran Khan.
'As of now, it seems like they want to tread the Vajpayee line, but the central government has to create trust.' 'It has to be vibrant and unambiguous.'
The Sri Lanka all-rounder had made a breezy 34 when he was forced to retire with a painful right arm in the warm up match in Mumbai.
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