New Delhi, March 24 (IANS) The duo of Richard White and Simran Sachdeva won the Delhi South Leg, the penultimate round of the Audi quattro Cup, at the Delhi Golf Course here Monday. Richard and Simran combined to score 49 stableford points and pipped Pranav Verma and Bubbles Suneja on a countback after both the teams […]
Chittagong (Bangladesh), March 24 (IANS) JP Duminy’s unbeaten 86 off 43 balls powered South Africa to 170 for six in 20 overs against New Zealand in an ICC World Twenty20 Group 1 match at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium here Monday. It wasn’t all plain sailing for the South Africans, though, with the score at one […]
Mumbai, March 24 (IANS) “Club 60”, late Farooque Sheikh’s last movie, has completed a run of over 100 days in theatres. Its team got together for a celebration party, says director Sanjay Tripathy. The party was held here Sunday evening. “The film is still running in PVR Cinemas and Cinemax. We had a small celebration last […]
Manama, March 24 (IANS) Indian cricket legend and motorsports enthusiast Sachin Tendulkar will be in Bahrain for the April 6 Formula 1 race at the Sakhir Circuit near here. Tendulkar will visit the Gulf nation on the invitation of His Royal Highness Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, Crown Prince, Deputy Supreme Commander and First Deputy […]
Miami, March 23 (IANS) India’s Mahesh Bhupathi and his South African partner Kevin Anderson suffered a first-round exit from the men’s doubles event of Sony Open Tennis here. Bhupathi and Anderson went down 4-6, 6-4, 6-10 to the second-seeded pair of Alexander Peya of Austria and Bruno Soares of Brazil in the first round here Saturday. […]
Rio de Janeiro, March 23 (IANS) Brazil assistant coach Carlos Alberto Parreira said Ronaldinho lacked the “dedication” needed for an international recall ahead of this year’s World Cup. Ronaldinho, 34, has not played for the Selecao since April 2013 and is struggling to recapture his best form for Atletico Mineiro this year, Xinhua reported citing a […]
London, March 23 (IANS/EFE) Chelsea humiliated crosstown rival Arsenal 6-0 here Saturday at Stamford Bridge stadium, turning manager Arsene Wenger’s 1,000th game into a nightmare. Arsenal played much of the contest with 10 men after Kieran Gibbs was sent off a quarter of an hour into the match due to an error by the referee, who […]
Paris, March 22 (IANS) Following are the French soccer league standings after Friday’s match (tabulated under matches played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, goals against, points) according to Xinhua: PSG 30 22 7 1 70 18 73 Monaco 29 18 8 3 49 24 62 Lille 29 15 8 6 33 18 53 Saint-Etienne 29 14 […]
Rio de Janeiro, March 21 (IANS) Brazilian mixed martial artist Anderson Silva has ruled out a return to the ring in 2014. The 38-year-old is still recovering from a horrific broken leg suffered against American Chris Weidman in December and says he is not yet thinking about a comeback, reports Xinhua. “These rumours that I’ll fight […]
Dhaka, March 21 (IANS/CMC) West Indies pacer Ravi Rampaul believes smart usage of the conditions here will be key to their success in defending the ICC World Twenty20 title. “The key is knowing the conditions, the kind of wickets you’re going to bowl on and the right variations you’re going to execute on the wicket. That […]