Browsing: SPORTS

Australia’s world number one Ash Barty has retired at the age of 25 and at the peak of her game, citing the fulfilment of her tennis goals and fatigue with life on the Tour.

Rafael Nadal said on Tuesday he would be out of action for between four and six weeks with a stress fracture of the rib. This is not good news and I did not expect this, tweeted Nadal, who will miss the start of the claycourt season.

Premier off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin, who recently became India’s second highest wicket-taker in Test cricket, said he never ran after numbers in his career and considers personal milestones as ‘just part of the journey and not final destination’.

After making back-to-back final appearances at the German Open and All England Championships in the last two weeks, India’s badminton star Lakshya Sen has decided to pull out of the Swiss Open on Monday, reports said.

Having bought a lot of new faces at the IPL mega auction this year, Delhi Capitals head coach Ricky Ponting stressed that the players who have been retained by the franchise now have a responsibility to guide the youngsters in the team.