Sania/Robert crash out of French Open.

Tournament favourites and top seeds Sania Mirza and Robert Lindstedt have been ousted from the 'prestigious' French Open 2013 after losing to Pakistani-Zimbabwean pair of Aisam Qureshi and Cara Black in the first round itself.
Demoralizing defeat for Sania Mirza, who has been hitting well these days. Nonetheless, Sania is still in contention for women's doubles title with American Bethanie Mattek-Sands.

Saina eyes another success at Indonesia Open Super Series.

India's star shuttler Saina Nehwal will look to live up to the sky-high  expectations when she leaves to play the Djarum Indonesia Open Super Series 2013, to be held in Jakarta from 10-16 June.

Saina Nehwal, who has been seeded second, will open her campaign against local hope  Lindaweni Fanetri. This would be the first meeting between the two. Fanetri, ranked no. 14 in the world, has won the Syed Modi Indian Grand Prix earlier this year.

If Saina manages to clear the first round  hurdle, she will face the winner of the match between Porntip Buranaprasertsuk and Sayaka Takahashi in the round of 16.

Should the Hyderabadi clear the first two obstacles, she will potentially face seventh seed Chinese Shixian Wang in the quarterfinals. This match would be the first real test for the Indian at the tournament.

If Saina manages to get past her Chinese Opponent, she will yet again have to clear a tough hurdle as she will potentially face any of the other seeds (Wang Yihan, Juliane Schenk, Ratchanok Intanon).

The 23 year old Indian, is likely to face World no. 1 and top seed for the tournament, Li Xuerui in the summit clash, if she take cares of her semifinal counterpart.

It is certainly not going to be an easy outing for Saina Nehwal, who had pulled out of the Sudirman Cup due to hairline fracture. But, let's not refrain from the fact that this tournament has been the most successful one for the Olympic bronze-medallist.

Sachin Tendulkar upset with spot-fixing scandal!

Sachin Tendulkar, regarded as the 'God' of Cricket, finally broke his silence on the spot-fixing scandal and said these things really hurt him.
"It has always hurt me when the game of cricket is in the news for the wrong reasons. The developments in the last two weeks have been shocking and disappointing. As cricketers we are always taught to go out, fight hard, give our very best and play in the true spirit of the game," Tendulkar said in a conference.
The 'Maestro' further added,"The faith reposed by the millions of fans should be justified and we owe it to them to ensure that Indian cricket is all about pride and joy."

Serena and Venus Williams pull out of French Open doubles.

Explosive American sisters, Venus & Serena Williams have withdrawn form the French Open doubles, without even playing a single match.

After the withdrawal, Venus said she was bothered by pain in her back during a three-set loss in singles to Polish Urszula Radwanska on Sunday.

Venus & Serena have been crowned the Champions 13 times in Grand Slam events.

Ritu Rani to lead India in FIH Hockey World League

Veteran midfielder Ritu Rani will lead an 18-member senior Indian women's team in the FIH Hockey World League Round 3 (Semi-Finals) to be played in Rotterdam from June 13-23.

Here's the full Indian squad for the tournament:

Goalkeepers: Savita, Rajni Etimarpu.

Defenders: Deep Grace Ekka, Kirandeep Kaur, Namita Toppo, Sushila Chanu, Sunita Lakra, Manjeet Kaur.

Midfielders: Ritu Rani, Chanchan Devi, Navjot Kaur, Vandana Katariya, Lily Chanu.

Forwards: Anupa Barla, Poonam Rani, Roselin Dung Dung, Lilima Minz, Ritusha Arya.

We will be forced to play with 5 specialist bowlers: Dhoni

The new ODI rules and the conditions in England will force India to go in with five specialist bowlers in the upcoming Champions Trophy 2013, says Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni, who believes all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja will play a pivotal  role.

"The conditions are very different in comparison to the sub-continental conditions."

Kashyap back into top 10; Sindhu nears elite group!

Top Indian male shuttler, Parupalli Kashyap, broke back into the top 10 of the Badminton World Federation (BWF) latest release of rankings.

Kashyap rose a ladder from #11 and now has 54031.9185 points in his bag. Kashyap, who is set to play the Indonesian Open beginning next week, will look to make an impressive run at the tourney to boost his rankings.

RMV Gurusaidutt also jumped two spots to rank #25 in the men's singles rankings and has 39260 points in his pocket. Ajay Jayaram closely follows him at #28, who too jumped a couple spots and carries 38370 points with him.

Other Indian men in the top 50 include - Sourabh Varma (#37), Anand Pawar (#41) and Kidambi Srikanth (#45).

On the women's side, Olympic bronze-medallist Saina Nehwal retained her #2 rank while teen sensation PV Sindhu achieved her career best rank of #11 in the women's singles division.

Somdev Devvarman vs Roger Federer.

Somdev Devvarman and Roger Federer Match Summary

Here's a snap of Somdev Devvarman and Roger Federer after the latter won 6-2, 6-1, 6-1 at French Open 2013.

After the match, Somdev jokingly said, "Throughout the match, it seemed as if I was playing on the wheelchair and Roger was playing PlayStation."

Heena Sidhu finishes eighth in Shooting World Cup!

Olympian Heena Sidhu finished eighth in air pistol in the Shooting World Cup in Munich, Germany.

Heena qualified into the final in the second place with a national record-equalling 389, following a series of 98, 99, 96 and 96.

However, she was the first to be eliminated in the final as she managed only two 10s out of eight shots for a total of 76.1. She had, in fact, started the final with an 8.5 that weighed her down and she shot 9.0 and 9.4 on the last two that pushed her out.