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  • World Tennis League Season 3 action on Sony Sports from 19 December

    World Tennis League Season 3 action on Sony Sports from 19 December

    MUMBAI: Four days of fast-paced tennis starting today, 19 December, with some of the leading players globally battling it out in the World Tennis League (WTL) Season 3 for the title of champion team. That’s what tennis lovers are going to be glued to on the Sony Sports Network (SSN) till 22 December. 

    SSN has acquired the exclusive television and digital rights for the tournament for India, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal, Maldives, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. The year-end treat has Sania Mirza and Rob Koeing serving as commentators. 

    The WTL is a one of its kind mixed gender leagues which is being  held at the Etihad Arena, Yas Island, in Abu Dhabi with thrilling match ups between four teams namely Eagles, Falcons, Hawks and Kites. 
     

    Schedule for WTL

    What makes the tournament even more interesting is the presence of the players like Stefanos Tsitsipas, Andrey Rublev, Casper Ruud, Daniil Medvedev, Nick Kyrgios, Taylor Fritz, Hubert Hurkacz and Sumit Nagal from India in the Men’s. On the other hand, the women stars participating include the likes of Iga Swiatek, Barbora Krej?íková, Paula Badosa, Elena Rybakina, Aryna Sabalenka, Caroline Garcia, Jasmine Paolini, and Mirra Andreeva.

    During the tournament, the teams will play each other in a round-robin format. Each tie will consist of four sets: one men’s singles match, one women’s singles match, and two doubles sets, which may include men’s doubles, women’s doubles, or mixed doubles, as determined by the team that wins the coin toss.

    Following the round-robin phase, the top two teams will face off in the final on 22 December 2024.

    The squads are as follows:

    Eagles – Iga Swiatek, Barbora Krej?íková, Hubert Hurkacz, Casper Ruud
    Hawks – Aryna Sabalenka, Mirra Andreeva, Taylor Fritz, Sumit Nagal
    Falcons – Elena Rybakina, Caroline Garcia, Daniil Medvedev, Andrey Rublev
    Kites – Jasmine Paolini, Paula Badosa, Stefanos Tsitsipas, Nick Kyrgios

    The WTL can be watched live on Sony Sports Ten 1 SD & HD channels &  on Sony LIV

    Live performances by ageing evergreen Canadian rockstar Bryan Adams and Anastacia (19 December) and by Akon (21 December) are other standouts for the WTL What was not clear at the time of writing was whether the performances were going to be aired. So if you are a fan of any of these and the top tennis ranked players, head out and book your flight tickets as well as tickets for the arena. 

  • Jackie Shroff, Sandip Soparrkar honoured at Navi Mumbai International Film Fest

    Jackie Shroff, Sandip Soparrkar honoured at Navi Mumbai International Film Fest

    NEW DELHI: Senior Bollywood actor Jackie Shroff and choreographer cum ballroom dancer Sandip Soparrkar received special honours at the Navi Mumbai International Film Festival (NMIFF) 2015 for their contribution in cinema. 

     

    The Festival showcased more than 400 films from over countries in its second edition.

     

    Soparrkar was especially honoured for his fantastic work in Hollywood and Bollywood films. “Sandip is a maestro in various forms of dance and has done immense work in spreading the dance culture across the country and the world. Many film stars from Bollywood and Hollywood have been trained by him and the young aspirants and artistes are learning from his great experience,” said Festival founder and chairman Sachin Khanna.

     

    Soparrkar has choreographed for several films including 7 Khoon Maaf, Mangal Pandey and Kites, and has popularised Bollywood dance on the international platform, apart from choreographing for icons like Britney Spears and Madonna. Through this art, he has also raised funds for various causes world over.

     

    Soparrkar said, “I feel humbled to be receiving this honour in front of so many film lovers from all over the world.”

     

    The NMIFF was founded with the idea to showcase the talent and creativity of filmmakers from all over the world in Navi Mumbai. 

  • Hrithik-Suzanne call it quits

    Hrithik-Suzanne call it quits

    MUMBAI: It was in 2010 during the shooting of Kites when the rumours of everything not being hunky-dory between Hrithik Roshan and his wife Sussanne started rolling. The actor was rumoured to be dating the film’s lead actress Barbara Mori. However, he rubbished all the rumours and said all was well.

     

    But as unfortunate as it may sound, now an official announcement has come from Roshan that reveals that the couple are ending their 17-year long relationship. They got married on 20 December 2000. It’s an irony that the announcement has come just few days before their 13th marriage anniversary.

     

    It reads: “Sussanne has decided to separate from me and end our 17-year relationship. This is a very trying time for the entire family and I request the media and the people to grant us our privacy at this time. I do not wish this news to disempower my fans and the people about the institution of marriage in any way. I am a firm believer in this institution and respect and honour it at the highest level…. And once again I thank my fans for all the concern and prayers for my health, my treatment is going well and I should be able to resume my life in every way very soon. Thank you.”

     

    It was few months back during the Ganesh Visarjan puja that the tensed situation between the couple came to the fore as Sussanne wasn’t spotted at the Roshan home.

     

    It mounted up when a few weeks later, she came to attend Roshan senior’s birthday bash from her parents home with their two sons – Hrehaan, 7 and Hridhaan, 5 and made an early exit. Apparently, by then she had already moved to her parents – Sanjay and Zarine Khan’s Juhu home. The final blow came when unlike earlier, Suzanne wasn’t seen in public with Roshan at any of the promotional events of the third installment of Krissh.