New Year 2015: Off on a good shot or a bad volley?
AB de Villiers is known for destroying attacks and he is definitely a happy man this new year. The South African, with his recent 31-ball ton against the West Indies now has been pitted better than Sir Vivian Richards and Don Bradman. He not only- Indian tennis ace Leander Paes and Martina Hingis, who were making their comeback, won their first Grand Slam title after clinching the Australian Open mixed doubles title with a 6-4, 6-3 victory over Kristina Mladenovic of France and Daniel Nestor
- Novak Djokovic bagged his firth Australian Open title as he defeated old friend and on-field rival Andy Murray 7-6(5) 6-7(4) 6-3 6-0 in Melbourne. (Photo: AP)
- Serena Williams toiled hard and at the end of a strenuous day, with an impressive serving performance, the American top seed heads back home clinching her sixth Australian title and her 19th career Grand Slam defeating Maria Sharapova 6-3, 7-6 (5)
- The Supreme Court will hear on Monday a contempt of court petition against the BCCI president in-exile N Srinivasan for presiding over a working committee meeting on February 8 contrary to the apex court ruling disqualifying him from participating
- Gurunath Meiyappan and Raj Kundra may not have foreseen the start to the new year in this manner but it happened and it didn’t go their way. The all-awaited Supreme Court verdict on the IPL spot-fixing scam found Meiyappan and Kundra as the team
- It’s been a start filled with mixed emotions for Portuguese and Real Madrid soccer superstar Cristiano Ronaldo. First, he clinched the all important FIFA Ballon d’Or for the third time in a row, and then the unexpected- splitting up with long-time
- Tiger Woods will definitely try hard to forget this episode but it will go down as an awkward start to the new year. Tiger was all pumped up to surprise his girlfriend, ski champion Lindsey Vonn at her ski race, only to land up with a tooth less.
- The new year has been off to a great start for India’s ace shuttlers Saina Nehwal and Parupalli Kashyap. Saina successfully retained her Syed Modi crown in a clinical finish defeating her Spaniard opponent Carolina Marin while P Kashyap too, with
- One cannot miss out India’s batting sensation Virat Kohli. He’s certainly timed the ball well Down Under during the Tests so much so that now, going into the World Cup, his performance in the side proves to be a vital one for India to defend the
- Rafael Nadal's career has been marred by injuries and he is a disappointed player. After making a good comeback in the Australian Open fighting through pain and emerging victorious against South African Kevin Anderson, the Spaniard couldn’t hold on
- Roger Federer entered the Australian Open this year riding a remarkable 11-year streak of making at least the semis, but that was snapped courtesy Andreas Seppi who took out 17-time Grand Slam champion Roger Federer, leaving the world rather shocked
AB de Villiers is known for destroying attacks and he is definitely a happy man this new year. The South African, with his recent 31-ball ton against the West Indies now has been pitted better than Sir Vivian Richards and Don Bradman. He not only
New Year 2015: Off on a good shot or a bad volley?
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