PARIS: After rain forced the final to be suspended on Sunday, the world No. 2 returned to the court on Monday to complete a 6-4 6-3 2-6 7-5 victory to surpass Bjorn Borg's record of six titles at Roland Garros. Nadal had seen Djokovic eat into his two-set lead as the Serb took advantage of the damp conditions later on Sunday, winning eight games in a row to force himself firmly back into the match. Nadal tr ...

PARIS: Maria Sharapova labelled her victory at the French Open as the sweetest of her career as she returned to the world No. 1 spot after a four-year absence. Sharapova, 25, defeated Sara Errani 6-3 6-2 at Roland Garros on Saturday to become just the tenth woman in history to complete the career grand slam - four years after her last such success, at the 2008 Australian Open, and eight since her breakthrou ...

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chief Zaka Ashraf has said they have committed to a contract with Sri Lanka cricket, and both parties have agreed upon a bilateral agreement. "I've had a telephone meeting with the President of the Sri Lankan Cricket Board and we have agreed upon a bilateral agreement that when the Sri Lankan Premier League occurs, Pakistani cricketers will take part and vice versa wh ...

MUMBAI: Sonakshi Sinha can pretty much expect a royal treatment for herself. With ROWDY RATHORE hitting the bull's eye, she is now all set to be the only leading lady (other than Asin) who would have as many as two 100 crore runners to her credit in a single year. "Yes, that's definitely happening for her," says a trade veteran, "ROWDY RATHORE with Akshay Kumar is already racing towards the 100 crore mark a ...

  JERUSALEM: Syria has the “biggest chemical weapons arsenal in the world,” which it could use to threaten the Jewish state, Israel’s deputy chief of the general staff has warned. “Syria has built up the biggest chemical weapons arsenal in the world and has missiles and rockets capable of reaching any part of Israeli territory,” Major General Yair Naveh said in remarks delivered Sunday night and carrie ...

  SEOUL: South Korea is striving to bolster its cyber combat capabilities as North Korea continues to pose an increasing security threat with its advanced electronic warfare skills and personnel. Seoul's Defense Ministry seeks to elevate the rank of its cyber commander to major general from the current brigadier general and increase the number of staff, a senior military official told media. "We have d ...

LOS ANGELES: Matthew McConaughey and Camila Alves are officially man and wife. The couple married on Saturday in Austin, Texas, in an intimate gathering of family and friends. A rep for Alves, now McConaughey, confirmed their nuptials to People.com, adding that she would take on her famous hubby's last name. According to the magazine, the couple kept the ceremony's details as secret as possible right up unt ...

  VATICAN CITY: Pope Benedict XVI on Monday called for “faithfulness” from his followers following a scandal over the leak of confidential papers from the Vatican that has led to the arrest of his butler. “I encourage you to cultivate a personal bond with the Vicar of Christ as part of your spirituality,” the pope said in a speech at the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy, the diplomatic school of the H ...

  PARIS: French police Monday detained L'Oreal heiress Liliane Bettencourt's ex-lawyer and a businessman for questioning in a probe into allegations of abuse of power, a source close to the matter said. Police are investigating whether the lawyer, Pascal Wilhelm, and reality TV entrepreneur Stephane Courbit took advantage of the 89-year-old heiress, who last year was placed under guardianship, to secur ...

  LONDON: British ex-premier Gordon Brown and finance minister George Osborne faced a grilling Monday by the press ethics inquiry sparked by the phone-hacking scandal at Rupert Murdoch's News of the World. Conservative Prime Minister David Cameron is due to appear at the Leveson Inquiry on Thursday, in a week of intense scrutiny of the ties between both of Britain's main political parties and Murdoch's ...