Belmadi appointed coach for Qatar football team

Belmadi appointed coach for Qatar football team

Doha, March 16 (IANS) Algeria’s Djamel Belmadi has been appointed as the head coach of Qatar’s national team, the country’s football governing body said Sunday. The 37-year-old Belmadi spent most of his player career with European clubs and retired in France’s Valenciennes in 2009, reports Xinhua. His first experience as head coach was in Qatar’s Lekhwiya. […]

Paralympics: Switzerland wins first gold, Russia on podium

Paralympics: Switzerland wins first gold, Russia on podium

Sochi, March 16 (IANS) Swiss skier Christoph Kunz won the first gold medal for his country while Russia joined the United States and Canada on the sledge hockey podium at the Winter Paralympics here. Kunz won the men’s sitting giant slalom race at the Rosa Khutor Alpine Centre Saturday. This is the first gold medal for […]

Solaire Open: Disappointing finish for Chowrasia and Gangjee

Solaire Open: Disappointing finish for Chowrasia and Gangjee

Canlubang (Manila), March 16 (IANS) Indian golfers S.S.P. Chowrasia and Rahil Gangjee made a disappointing finish while Canada’s Richard T. Lee claimed a sensational comeback victory at the Solaire Open at the expense of home favourite Angelo Que whose title chances were dashed after one bad hole here Sunday. Chowrasia followed up his pathetic six-over-par-77 in […]

Mercedes’ Rosberg wins Australian F1

Mercedes’ Rosberg wins Australian F1

Melbourne, March 16 (IANS) German driver Nico Rosberg of Mercedes Sunday clinched the Formula One season opener at the 2014 Australian Grand Prix at Melbourne’s Albert Park street circuit here Sunday. Daniel Ricciardo of Red Bull finished second and Kevin Magnussen of McLaren was third. For Rosberg, it was his fourth race championship while his teammate […]

Sania Mirza-Cara Black loses BNP Paribas final

Sania Mirza-Cara Black loses BNP Paribas final

Indian Wells (California), March 16 (IANS) India’s Sania Mirza and her Zimbabwean partner Cara Black went down to top seeds Hsieh Su-Wei of Taiwan and Peng Shuai of China in the women’s doubles final of the BNP Paribas Open tennis here. Hseih and Peng maintained their perfect record in the finals, improving to an 11-0 mark […]

Winless in 2014, Pallikal aims for turnaround at World Open

Winless in 2014, Pallikal aims for turnaround at World Open

New Delhi, March 15 (IANS) India’s No.1 squash player Dipika Pallikal has not won a main draw match this year but says there won’t be a better platform to turn things around than the World Open in Penang, Malaysia, where she meets a qualifier in the opening round Wednesday. The 22-year-old from Chennai has not been […]

Not used to throwing my hat anywhere: Sourav on coaching

Not used to throwing my hat anywhere: Sourav on coaching

Kolkata, March 15 (IANS) Ex-India captain Sourav Ganguly asserted Saturday that the expertise of former greats can be utilised for developing the current cricket team even as he refused to “throw in my hat for the job”. “When you have players like Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar and Anil Kumble, their services can always be sought. But […]

Attitude makes a fast bowler: Waqar Younis

Attitude makes a fast bowler: Waqar Younis

Kolkata, March 15 (IANS) Roped in to train upcoming pacers from West Bengal, Pakistani legend Waqar Younis said Saturday it’s the attitude rather than the pitch that makes a fast bowler. “In this part of the world you don’t get fast tracks but we, especially Pakistan, have been producing some great pacers over the years. So […]

Windies ready for World T20 title defence: Sammy

Windies ready for World T20 title defence: Sammy

Bridgetown (Barbados), March 15 (IANS/CMC) Captain Darren Sammy believes that the West Indies team that will defend the World Twenty20 cricket title in Bangladesh later this month is much better equipped than the one which lifted the trophy two years ago in Sri Lanka. Speaking here Friday hours before the squad’s departure, Sammy said his charges […]