Pickleball Slam kicked off its inaugural edition in 2023 with Andre Agassi dominating all four editions. Other ex-tennis stars who have participated are Andy Roddick & Maria Sharapova.
The USTA gave credentials to around 100 content creators this year, nearly double the number from 2025, as it looks to expand the tournament’s social media reach.
Wimbledon players are asked to return the towels after the match. But still about 2,500 towels go missing each tournament — mostly thrown into the crowd, handed to ball boys and girls, or slipped into bags.
Amritaj was conferred with the Padma Bhushan this month. In a 2013 Walk the Talk interview, he spoke about sharing the court with greats of the sport and the depths of the game.
The court accepted the need for urgent reforms after former players Somdev Devvarman & Purav Raja challenged AITA’s compliance with sports laws, election rules & tenure norms.
She first made headlines at the age of seven, when she became the youngest player in India to win consecutive All India Tennis Association Under-10 Championships.
By the 2024 US Open, ESPN noted that Djokovic had advanced via opponent retirements or walkovers 16 times at Majors, the most of any male player in the Open Era.
From Daniil Medvedev smashing his racquet and breaking a camera to Harbhajan Singh using a casually racist analogy for Jofra Archer, sports controversies dominated headlines.
Nagal, India’s best performer in recent Grand Slam men’s singles, has approached the Chinese Embassy in Delhi after his visa was rejected ahead of 2026 AO Asia-Pacific Playoff in Chengdu.
The ‘Amar Pujo, Amar Starbucks’ campaign also created Bhetki Bhaja Sandwich and Sorse Chicken Burger, but Bengalis drew a line when they saw aloo posto being butchered.
The regulator says insurance distribution has become too commission-driven. Its new proposal seeks to make sales more transparent, accountable and aligned with customer needs.
IAF chief Air Chief Marshal A.P. Singh has ruled out a separate drone force, saying that UAVs must operate with fighters and other existing technology.
Modern India might have been conjured up in the image of Gandhi. But India was never a Gandhian state. Founders of the Republic, be it Nehru or Patel, nursed zero such notions.
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