A sports medicine doctor, he worked as a medical consultant with several sports bodies including the Asian Cricket Council, the Board of Control for Cricket in India and the Indian Davis Cup team.
India's tennis icon Leander Paes highlighted the Tennis Premier League's significant growth since its inception in 2018.
Leander Paes, Vijay Amritraj inducted into Tennis Hall of Fame
In an X (formerly Twitter) post shared on Thursday, the user named Prithvi shared the photo in which the girl had correctly identified Virat Kohli as a cricketer and Lata Mangeshkar as a singer, but matched Leander Paes' name to a dancer and Prabhu Deva's name to a tennis player.
Leander Paes, India's former no 1 men's doubles tennis player, and Vijay Amritraj have become the first Indian tennis players to have made to the prestigious Hall of Fame
Earlier this year, fans around the globe cast their ballots and elected Paes as the winner of the Hall of Fame’s annual Fan Vote for induction.
7-time Olympian, Leander Paes spurred tennis in India. If inducted, he will be the first Asian male in the International Tennis Hall of Fame.
India could get her first tennis’ hall of fame inductees in 2024
Paes' plea was allowed by Additional Sessions Judge R K Kshirsagar subject to payment of cost of Rs. 20,000 within one month.
As an amateur, Naresh Kumar has played a record number of 101 Wimbledon matches.
Leander Paes, having proved his mettle in tennis courts, now sought to champion the cause of common people as "I have always wanted to serve the country in one way or the other".
Mamata Banerjee, who is in the coastal state on a three-day visit, welcomed Paes into the party fold.
"We didn’t approach 'Break Point' like a quintessential documentary. It is unscripted, but not unstructured."
Kudos to Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari and Nitesh Tiwari for conceptualising the seven-part series seamlessly.
Break Point is created by director duo - Ashwiny Iyer and Nitesh Tiwari.
Sania's rampaging run with her Swiss partner continued as the duo stretched its winning streak to 31 after brushing aside Mariana Duque-Marino and Teliana Pereira 6-2, 6-3 in the women's doubles opening round. The duo hardly broke a sweat in its 70-minute win against the unseeded Colombian-Brazilian pair.
42-year-old Paes now has won nine Grand Slam mixed doubles titles, surpassing compatriot and former partner Mahesh Bhupathi's record of eight titles.
The 28-year-old won her third successive doubles title with Hingis, following triumphs in Indian Wells and Miami, to achieve the top ranking milestone.
Catch the special coverage of the 12th Auto Expo straight from the venue. CNBC-TV18 talks to the biggest names of the auto industry as top CEOs chalk out thier plans going forward in the years 2014 to 2017.
In CNBC-TV18's special show, Young Turks, two sports enthusiasts Prabhu Srinivasan and Susir Kumar talk about the inspiration behind KOOH (Kids Out Of Home) and how it has given sports education a whole new meaning. KOOH has reached out to 1.45 lakh children already and 25,000 corporate employees.
India's star tennis players spent much of their time ahead of the Olympics Games fighting among themselves in a bitter selection row, but that fighting spirit was sadly lacking when they stepped onto the hallowed courts of the Wimbledon.
India's Leander Paes and his unheralded partner Vishnu Vardhan fought valiantly before bowing out of the Olympics men's doubles tennis event.
Hello and welcome to CNBC-TV18 special series The Olympian Effort. We are in London to find out how the city is preparing for the worlds biggest sporting spectacle. The first thing we have to report is that the weather has been living upto its notorious reputation.
A lengthy roster of medal contenders could make the London Games India's best Olympic showing yet.
Leander Paes and Elena Vesnina will have to wait for their first Grand Slam title together as they lost the closely fought Wimbledon mixed doubles summit clash to Mike Bryan and Lisa Raymond, here today.