Novak Djokovic set up a final showdown with Rafael Nadal as the defending champion cruised to a 6-3 6-3 victory over Stanislas Wawrinka in the semi-finals of the ATP World Tour Finals here.
Djokovic extended his winning streak since the US Open to 21 matches and will bid for his third Tour Finals crown when he faces world number one Nadal in the final at London’s O2 Arena.
After losing out to Nadal in the race to finish the year top of the world rankings, world number two Djokovic has a golden opportunity to get a measure of revenge against the Spaniard.
The Serb has now won his last nine matches at the O2 Arena and will seek to avenge his recent US Open final defeat against Nadal, who holds a 22-16 edge in their 38 meetings.
“It was a very enjoyable match for me, it was my best per...
He is the world's richest cricketer with an estimated wealth in excess of a billion rupees (Rs 1000 cr). It is a tag he may lose soon enough to the likes of MS Dhoni. But then Sachin Tendulkar is also one of the world's humblest cricketers. That is a tag he will carry for the rest of his life beyond the cricket field.
Walking down the steps to prac tice at the Wankhade Stadium on Tuesday, Tendulkar was already struggling to cope with the cricketer’s myriad paraphernalia his trademark super light pads, thigh guards, gloves, abdomen guard, two heavy bats and the ubiquitous helmet hanging by the chin strap from his left hand.
There was this young cricketer dressed in cream flannels who was sticking his notebook out through a break in the fencing from the adjacent stand for an autograph.
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executive has issued a passionate call for a wide-ranging debate over the future of the game before the governing body's next presidential election in 2015, warning that a "coronation" for any candidate could be disastrous for football.
Jérôme Champagne, a former French diplomat who spent 11 years at Fifa in a variety of roles including deputy general secretary before being ousted in 2010 in a coup led ...
