Three-time former champions Australia and two-time runners-up South Africa will be the favourites to advance to the ICC Under-19 World Cup semifinals when they feature in Sunday’s quarterfinals. Australia, which won the title in 1988, 2000 and 2010, will take on 2004 finalists West Indies at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium here. South Africa, losing […]
India scored 221/8 in their 50 overs in the ICC Under-19 World Cup quarterfinal against England at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium here Saturday. India were reeling at 24/4 in the ninth over when skipper Vijay Zol (48) played a patient 85-ball knock to take his side to safety. The defending champions kept losing more […]
Former Indian cricketer Venkatesh Prasad, who is making his cinematic debut in upcoming Kannada-Telugu bilingual “Sachin…Tendulkar Kadu”, will be essaying an important role of a coach, says its director S. Mohan. “Prasad’s role is very important in the film. We haven’t roped him in to capitalize on his popularity, but because of the story. The […]
Harmeet Desai entered the final of the under-21 men’s singles final beating Brazilian Hugo Calderano 11-6, 11-4, 11-8, 11-5 at the $3.5 million Qatar Open Super Series Table Tennis Championships here. He will meet Frenchman Tristan Flore in the final Sunday. Flore defeated Benjamin Brossier in an all-French semifinal encounter 11-2, 11-9, 12-10, 11-3. Desai’s […]
Germany’s Anke Karstens nipped Austrian Julia Dujmovtis by 0.72 seconds to win the women’s snowboard parallel slalom gold medal at the Sochi Winter Olympics Saturday. Dujmovtis took the silver, reports Xinhua. Italy’s Corinna Boccacini claimed the bronze.
Electing to bat, India posted 221/8 in their 50 overs which was chased down by the English side with five balls and three wickets to spare.
The Delhi Waveriders scraped past Uttar Pradesh Wizards 1-0 here Saturday to enter the Hockey India League (HIL) final for the second year in a row. A field goal from Yuvraj Walmiki in the 15th minute made the difference in the first semifinal at the packed Morabadi Astroturf Stadium in the Jharkhand capital. The first […]
The Navratna Ahmedabad golfing team claimed top honours in the Rs.1.2 crore Louis Philippe Cup on Saturday. The Ahmedabad team sidelined strong contenders Puravankara Bangalore by a 2-1 margin in the strokeplay final played at the par-70 Bombay Presidency Golf Club here Saturday. Navratna owe much of their success to Sri Lankan pro Mithun Perera, […]
The titans of India’s rally and cross-country events headlined by 2013 Asia Pacific Rally Championship (APRC) winner Gaurav Gill and Suresh Rana, seeking a hat-trick of wins, besides former World Rally champion Karamjit Singh from Malaysia, will be going head-to-head in the six-day, 2,200 km 12th Maruti Suzuki Desert Storm commencing here Monday. The Desert […]
England earned a semifinal date against two-time former winners Pakistan when they held their nerves to beat defending champions India by three wickets in the ICC Under-19 World Cup here Saturday. The 1998 champions England overhauled India’s 221/8 with five balls to spare but not before they required 15 off the last two overs and […]