Year of the veterans

Written off as dead men walking, Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal defied time to sweep the Grand Slams in 2017 while the injury curse
26 December 2017, 18:00 PM

Federer, Nadal shine as rivals hobble into 2018

Written off as dead men walking, Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal defied time to sweep the Grand Slams in 2017 while the injury curse which dogged their rivals looks set to be the new year's early storyline.
26 December 2017, 12:00 PM

Serena to return in Abu Dhabi

Former world number one Serena Williams will make a surprise comeback at the Mubadala exhibition event in Abu Dhabi next Saturday, as she gears up for her Australian Open title defence in January.
25 December 2017, 18:00 PM

Zverev, Dimitrov serve notice

Alexander Zverev and Grigor Dimitrov have made their presence felt this year even as Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer resumed their domination.
25 December 2017, 13:21 PM

Former Wimbledon champ Bartoli announces comeback

Former Wimbledon champion Marion Bartoli announces her professional comeback after a four-year absence in a video posted to her Instagram account.
20 December 2017, 10:48 AM

Serena in line for Aus Open return

Serena Williams will be ready to make her tennis comeback at the Australian Open with her return to Melbourne for the season's opening Grand Slam "very likely", organisers said
6 December 2017, 15:36 PM

A tennis trailblazer

Akhter Hossain fell in love with tennis at a very early age, playing for fun at the Jamalpur Officers' Club. He was playing both cricket
4 December 2017, 18:00 PM

Hosts win boys' doubles title

Hosts Bangladesh clinched the boys' doubles title in the Bengal Plastic U/14 Series Tennis Championship beating their South Korean
24 November 2017, 18:00 PM

Shot clock and 16 seeds in new rules

Tennis chiefs have agreed to reduce the number of seeds in the four Grand Slam tournaments from 32 to 16 as part of a raft of rule changes aimed at widening the sport's appeal.
22 November 2017, 18:00 PM

Sharapova in fraud probe

Five-time Grand Slam champion Maria Sharapova is under investigation in India for cheating and criminal conspiracy after the collapse of a luxury housing project that she endorsed, police and a lawyer said Tuesday.
21 November 2017, 18:00 PM

Novotna no more

Czech tennis player Jana Novotna, a Wimbledon champion in 1998 and 16-time grand-slam winner in doubles and mixed doubles, has died at the age of 49 after a long battle with cancer, the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) said on Monday.
20 November 2017, 18:00 PM

Serena marries in New Orleans

Tennis star Serena Williams says 'I do'“ to Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian.
19 November 2017, 09:30 AM

Federer falls to Goffin

David Goffin produced a dazzling comeback to beat hot favourite and six-time champion Roger Federer 2-6, 6-3, 6-4 on Saturday and reach the final of the ATP Finals.
18 November 2017, 18:00 PM

Don't know how to beat Federer: Goffin

After beating Dominic Thiem to set up a ATP World Tour Finals semifinal against Roger Federer, David Goffin admits that he has no clue about how to beat the Swiss maestro,
17 November 2017, 19:25 PM

Federer fights past Zverev

Roger Federer held young pretender Alexander Zverev at bay in a gripping contest Tuesday to reach the last four of the ATP Finals and stay on course for a seventh end-of-season crown.
15 November 2017, 18:00 PM

Sock turns the other cheek

Roger Federer joked that he should have taken aim at Jack Sock after the American escaped unscathed despite bizarrely turning his backside towards the Wimbledon champion in their ATP Tour Finals clash.
12 November 2017, 18:00 PM

Injury fears cloud Nadal-Federer clash

Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer can set up a dream climax to the 2017 season at the ATP World Tour Finals, but organisers are sweating on the Spaniard's fitness and a new crop are itching to spoil the party.
11 November 2017, 18:00 PM

All-Indian final in boys' singles

Karan Srivastava and Rishabh Sharda set up an all-Indian final in boys' singles of the Islami Bank 31st International Junior Tennis
10 November 2017, 18:27 PM

Roger, Rafa urge caution over rule changes

Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal say they welcome innovation in tennis but warns the game's administrators not to tamper too much with the current format.
10 November 2017, 18:27 PM

Shake-up in works

The Wimbledon Championships and the other three grand-slam tournaments' bodies will meet in London next week to discuss reforms
10 November 2017, 18:26 PM