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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Geneva, March 15 (IANS) Swedish ice hockey player Nicklas Backstrom will receive an Olympic silver medal in spite of being dropped from the final in Sochi Winter Games due to a positive drug test, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) said. The IOC said Friday that Backstrom will get the silver medal despite testing positive ahead of […]
Basel (Switzerland), March 15 (IANS) Indian shuttler P.V. Sindhu tamed World No.2 Shixian Wang in straight games to enter the women’s singles semifinals at the $125,000 Swiss Open Grand Prix Gold at St. Jakobshalle here. Parupalli Kashyap too made to the last four while Saina Nehwal exited the competition. World No.9 Sindhu took 45 minutes Friday […]
Indian Wells (California), March 14 (IANS) India’s Sania Mirza and her Zimbabwean partner Cara Black stormed into the women’s doubles final at the BNP Paribas Open tennis tournament here. The fifth seeded Sania-Clara pair Thursday won 6-4, 3-6, 10-7 against the eighth seeded duo of Czech Lucie Hradecka and Chinese Jie Zheng. Sania and Clara will […]
Madrid, March 14 (IANS) Gareth Bale is optimistic Real Madrid can win the Primera Liga football title this season, and admitted it has taken him time to get used to life in a new country. Real Madrid travel to Malaga Saturday knowing a win would momentarily lift them seven points clear of Barcelona and six ahead […]