Venus Williams gains 9th Wimbledon final, awaits Garbine Muguruza
July 14, 2017 14:50 ISTAt 37, Venus Williams is the oldest Wimbledon finalist since Martina Navratilova was the 1994 runner-up at that age.
At 37, Venus Williams is the oldest Wimbledon finalist since Martina Navratilova was the 1994 runner-up at that age.
According to the BBC, the doubles team of Zsombor Piros of Hungary and Wu Yibing of China were given white underpants and forced to change before their match on Wednesday.
Part of the appeal of Wimbledon - a tournament now known simply as The Championships, it first was contested in 1877.
Faf du Plessis is back in the team following the birth of his first child, while Duanne Olivier will start in place of the suspended Kagiso Rabada.
After being reduced to 70/4 at one stage, batsman Craig Ervine (151 not out) revived the visitors with a fine batting display to take Zimbabwe's total to 344/8 at stumps on Day 1.
Rohan Bopanna-Gabriela Dabrowski went down 7-6, 4-6, 5-7 to the unseeded duo of Henri Kontinen of Finland and Heather Watson of Britain in a quarter-final clash.
PCB has charged Sharjeel and Khalid with breaching several clauses of the anti-corruption code including meeting with bookmakers and agreeing to spot fix in the Pakistan Super League.
West Indies are currently placed ninth on the ODI rankings table, the upcoming England series is important for them to earn some crucial points ahead of 2019 Cricket World Cup.
The legendary trio of Ganguly, Tendulkar and Laxman reminded Rai of an e-mail where he had apparently given them a free hand in picking the coach of the Indian cricket team.
The BCCI made it clear that the appointment of both Zaheer Khan and Rahul Dravid was done after consulting the new head coach Ravi Shastri.
At 37, Venus Williams becomes the oldest finalist at the All England Club since Martina Navratilova who finished as runner-up in 1994 at that age.
After a humiliating loss against Australia, skipper Mithali Raj has called on her team to improve their performance in what would be a virtual quarter-final against New Zealand on July 15 in ICC Women's World Cup 2017.
The 14th-seeded Spaniard advanced to the final at the All England Club by beating Magdalena Rybarikova in straight sets by 6-1, 6-1 Thursday on Centre Court.
According to BCCI sources, Ravi Shastri was not consulted before the appointment of Rahul Dravid and Zaheer Khan in the Indian team's coaching staff.
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Virat Kohli was among the many stars who congratulated Mithali Raj for becoming the highest all-time run-getter in the history of women’s ODIs. However, Kohli had to pay for his unintentional goof-up.
The apex court had also asked Thakur to be present on July 14 to tender the apology, indicating that it was willing to accept the apology and close the contempt proceedings against Thakur.
Cricket Papua New Guinea chief executive Greg Campbell confirmed that Gillespie, who was initially appointed as a consultant on a one-year term, will take over from former New Zealand off-spinner Dipak Patel on an interim basis.
The 40-year-old revealed he had earlier decided that whenever he reaches 10,000 runs, he would auction his bat to the organization.
Miffed with the actions of the CAC, Prasanna said there was no need of theatrics and the trio could have directly named Shastri, as he was the obvious choice.
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