Alisha Abdullah calls herself the ‘Racing Angel’. Why not? When you happen to be the first woman superbike racer in the country, driving the boys to nightmare on the track and crazy off it, you very much qualify for the title. “It feels good,” to be competing against men, says the 19-year-old without a fuss.

A senior Bengal Olympic Association (BOA) official is planning to write a letter to the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) protesting the inclusion of Sania Mirza’s mother in the Beijing-bound Indian contingent.

A senior official in the BOA, who declined to be named, questioned the rationale behind including Mrs Nasima Mirza in the contingent, while barring Bengal heptathlete Sushmita Singa Roy’s coach Kuntal Roy.

Rafael Nadal beat Andy Murray 7-6 (2), 6-3 to reach the final of the Rogers Cup on Saturday and put himself in line for his seventh title of the year.

Sania Mirza and her American partner Bethanie Mattek bowed out of the WTA East West Bank Classic tournament after retiring midway through their semifinal match.

Second seeds Sania and Mattek were trailing 2-6, 1-2 when they pulled out of their match against the Czech pair of Eva Hrdinova and Vladimira Uhlirova in the tier II $600,000 hard court event.

Post ‘Kismat Konnection’ Shahid Kapur and Vidya Balan seem to have lost the rapport that they reportedly shared during the making of the movie. According to sources, the couple is no longer on talking terms with each other. Their much hyped bonding appears to have ended with the release of the film.