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Japan likely to fund 20-km Shiradi Ghat ...

Japan likely to fund 20-km Shiradi Ghat upgrade

BANGALORE: Japan is most likely to fund a 20-km critical road project between Hassan and Dakshina Kannada districts — commonly called Shiradi Ghat stretch -to facilitate smooth movement of traffic to Mangalore port, the only primary port in Karnataka. The project could cost about Rs 2,000 crore,... read more »

Serena Williams wins WTA Finals

Serena Williams wins WTA Finals

SINGAPORE: Serena Williams beat Simona Halep 6-3, 6-0 Sunday to win her third-successive title at the WTA Finals – and her fifth overall. Halep easily beat Williams just four days earlier during the group stage of the tournament, but Williams turned that around with an aggressive game plan... read more »

PM Modi congratulates Sania for WTA Fina...

PM Modi congratulates Sania for WTA Finals triumph

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday congratulated tennis ace Sania Mirza for winning the season-ending WTA Finals women’s doubles title, calling it a “proud accomplishment”. “Congratulations to @MirzaSania for the victory in WTA finals. This is yet another... read more »

ISL: Trezeguet fires as FC Pune beat FC ...

ISL: Trezeguet fires as FC Pune beat FC Goa 2-0 to record maiden win

PUNE: A striker always remains a striker is what David Trezeguet showed when he rolled back all those years with an opportunistic strike to help FC Pune City register their maiden win beating FC Goa by 2-0 in the Hero Indian Super League on day. ISL points Table It was an evening of World Cuppers... read more »

Dutch report into MH17 finds crash caused by ‘high-energy objects’ from outsid...

London: A preliminary report into the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 includes a chilling transcript of communication between flight controllers as they realised MH17 had vanished... read more »

Djokovic beats Nadal in Chile exhibition match

Djokovic to skip Serbia’s Davis Cup tie against India

India’s chances of success in the Davis Cup World Group play-off tie suddenly brightened considerably when World No.1 Novak Djokovic pulled out of the contest citing fatigue. The... read more »

With nod to Goran Ivanisevic, Marin Cilic clinches first Grand Slam title

NEW YORK: Marin Cilic, his first Grand Slam title in hand after a straight-sets pounding of Kei Nishikori in the US Open final on Monday, thanked Goran Ivanisevic for helping him rediscover... read more »

Emotional Sachin leaves film, TV celebs in tears

BCCI to name series after Sachin Tendulkar

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCC) is mulling over the idea of naming a series after cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar.  A discussion was held on the same during the BCCI... read more »

Banned Saeed Ajmal says elbow ‘not usual’, vows to pl...

Pakistan off-spinner Saeed Ajmal blamed his illegal action on a “not usual” elbow and vowed to return by next year’s World Cup after he was banned from international cricket on... read more »