Tag: Injury

India’s Sania Mirza was battling agonising pain as a nasty knee injury left her bid to win Wimbledon doubles glory resting on an ultrasound...

Germany’s Philipp Kohlschreiber won the final of Halle’s ATP tournament on Sunday 7-6 (7/5), 2-0 after compatriot Philipp Petzschner was forced to retire hurt...

No sooner had Sri Lanka captain Tillakaratne Dilshan been named man-of-the-match in the drawn second Test against England at Lord’s here on Tuesday he...

Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic stayed on course for a second Grand Slam final showdown with both notching up straight sets wins in Saturday’s...

National Highways and Motorway Police (NH&MP) N-5 Central organised a two-week special campaign to educate motorcyclists about the need of wearing a safety helmet. On...

Indian star Sania Mirza made a winning return to the French Open on Monday and said she was simply happy to be playing again...

PALLEKELE - Pakistan manager Intikhab Alam denied Saturday that Umar Akmal had faked a finger injury in a bid to save his blundering brother Kamran's place in the team.
Umar, who has been tipped to take the gloves from his brother against Zimbabwe, hurt his index finger on his right hand in practice. But some sections of the media have accused him of feigning injury to save Kamran.
The management had accused Umar of feigning injury after the infamous Sydney Test against

INDIAN WELLS - Juan Martin del Potro, playing his first match since winning at Delray Beach, defeated former top-10 player Radek Stepanek 6-4, 6-0 on Thursday at the WTA and ATP Masters event. Argentina's Del Potro beat the Czech and former world number eight in a controlled and powerful fashion to reach the second round as he continues a comeback from surgery on his right wrist that forced him to miss most of last season. This marked the first time Del Potro has beaten Stepanek in

KANDY - Pakistan batsman Umar Akmal has suffered an injury to his right index finger in a training session and was rested on Friday for team practice ahead of their match with Zimbabwe on Monday. "There is no swelling at all. He is perfectly all right," team manager Intikhab Alam said. "We just want to make sure that everything is okay, that's why I sent him to get an X-ray and scan also. It's cleared and he is okay. "We are resting him for precautionary measures. He got injured on

MOHALI - Injury-plagued West Indies were dealt a major blow on Friday when hard-hitting opener Chris Gayle was ruled out of the key World Cup clash against Ireland with an abdominal strain. Gayle, 31, has struggled with the injury ever since the team landed in Mohali on Sunday but he is likely to be fit in time for the game against England on March 17. "Gayle has been struggling with it (injury) ever since we got here," West Indies spokesman Philip Spooner told AFP. "The decision not

PALLEKELE - New Zealand captain Daniel Vettori injured his right knee while attempting a catch in his team's World Cup Group A win against Pakistan at Pallekele stadium on Tuesday.
The 32-year-old landed awkwardly as he tried to catch Kamran Akmal at mid-on after New Zealand set Pakistan a mammoth 303-run target. He was helped to the dressing room by team officials. "Dan hurt his right knee while attempting a catch. He is currently taking ice treatment and was being assessed,"

LAHORE - The PML-N supported the PPP-led government with sincerity and good intention but in reward, President Asif Ali Zardari inflicted several injuries to the party during the last three years, PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif said on Thursday.
Addressing PML-N workers from Dera Ghazi Khan and Bahawalpur divisions at his Model Town residence, Nawaz said, "We supported the PPP-led government with sincerity and good intention but in reward, President Asif Ali Zardari incurred several

LONDON - Arsenal midfielder Samir Nasri could face up to three weeks on the sidelines after suffering a serious hamstring injury in the Gunners' FA Cup tie with Huddersfield, Arsene Wenger said Sunday.
Nasri pulled up suddenly during the first half of Arsenal's 2-1 win over the Terriers, and Wenger now fears the inspirational French playmaker will miss the club's Champions League showdown with Barcelona on February 16.
"It looks a serious hamstring injury and that's usually

MELBOURNE - Rafael Nadal refused to use an injury as an excuse for his bitterly disappointing early exit from the Australian Open. Nadal appeared to injure his left hamstring in a drawn-out second game of the match and sought several medical timeouts to continue.
Nadal was not looking for excuses as he faced the media following his elimination and preferred instead to laud Ferrer's performance rather than dwell on his injury misery. Nadal said had not seen a doctor but believed

KITZBUEHEL - Italy's Siegmar Klotz escaped serious injury after suffering a nasty fall during the men's World Cup downhill here on Saturday.
The Italian, starting 33rd on a course considered the toughest on the alpine skiing circuit, misjudged a jump, caught too much air and landed nastily on his back. His head whiplashed on the icy Streif track, one ski flying off and propelling him into the red safety netting that lines the course.
The 23-year-old received immediate

MELBOURNE - Former world number one Ana Ivanovic Tuesday blamed an injury setback for her shock first-round defeat at the Australian Open. The 2008 Australian finalist and French Open winner made a tame exit when she was beaten by 49th-ranked Russian Ekaterina Makarova 3-6, 6-4, 10-8 in two hours and 47 minutes.
Ivanovic, who only won one match here last year and was a first-round loser at Wimbledon, said she simply lacked match fitness in the marathon third set after being

MELBOURNE - Belgium's Kim Clijsters is hot favourite to add the Australian Open to her US Open crown after five-time champion Serena Williams' injury withdrawal opened the door to new contenders. Clijsters, 27, heads the list of challengers with compatriot Justine Henin returning from injury and question marks over world number one Caroline Wozniacki after a string of recent defeats.
Clijsters arrives in good form after reaching the Sydney International final, and will be