Bangalore, March 13 (IANS) India’s No.1 ranked amateur golfer Karan Taunk of Jamshedpur will star for the 12-member Team Asia-Pacific as they take on Team Europe at the Karnataka Golf Association course here March 26-28. Taunk, who was also a winner of 2013 Indian Golf Union’s national rankings, has decided to delay his joining the professional […]
Rio de Janeiro, March 13 (IANS) Bolivia international striker Ricardo Pedriel scored a late equaliser as Bolivar held Flamengo to a 2-2 draw in their Copa Libertadores football clash. The 27-year-old netted in the 73rd minute at the Maracana stadium Wednesday after running on to a perfectly weighted chip by William Ferreira over Flamengo’s defence. Earlier […]
New Delhi, March 13 (IANS) Former England captain Michael Vaughan has picked India and defending champions West Indies to win the World Twenty20 beginning in Bangladesh March 16. “I am going for India or West Indies… Both have power and plenty of good spin options… But it’s always worth a tipple on Pakistan at WCs,” tweeted […]
New Delhi, March 13 (IANS) Explosive India batsman Virat Kohli is eager to get back into action with the World Twenty20 beginning in Bangladesh March 16. India play their opener against arch-rivals Pakistan March 21. “Well rested. Time to get back to the grind now!” Kohli tweeted Thursday. The Delhi-born is the highest ranked batsman in […]
Basel (Switzerland), March 13 (IANS) World No.7 shuttler Saina Nehwal made a winning start to her $125,000 Swiss Open Grand Prix Gold campaign by easing past unseeded Japanese Chisato Hoshi at St. Jakobshalle here. The sixth seed got rid of World No.333 Chisato 21-12, 21-12 in 34 minutes in their first women’s singles encounter Wednesday. Saina […]
Lima, March 13 (IANS) Former Uruguayan footballer Pablo Bengoechea has been officially appointed as the new coach of Peru’s national soccer team. “We accepted this challenge with a lot of responsibility and we will try to make the players feel comfortable so they can develop the football they know,” Xinhua quoted the new coach as saying […]
Rio de Janeiro, March 13 (IANS) World Cup winner Lilian Thuram says players are partly responsible for continued racism in football. Thuram was speaking at the the Programa Africa Hoje anti-racism campaign here and admitted he was dismayed by a spate of recent incidents in Brazil, reported Xinhua. “When all players decide to walk off the […]
Indian Wells (California), March 13 (IANS) India’s Sania Mirza and her Zimbabwean partner Cara Black knocked out second-seeded Russians Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina toenter the semi-finals of the women’s doubles at the BNP Paribas Open tennis tournament here. Fifth-seeded Mirza and Black won 6-4, 6-1, Wednesday and will now play fourth seeds Czech Lucie Hradecka […]
Basel, March 12 (IANS) World No.9 P.V. Sindhu was the sole bright spot for Indian badminton as all her compatriots lost their respective matches at the $125,000 Swiss Open Grand Prix Gold at St. Jakobshalle here Wednesday. While the seventh seeded Sindhu won her women’s singles opener, Jwala Gutta, Ashwini Ponnappa, Tarun Kona and Saili Rane […]
Washington, March 11 (IANS) New York Knicks forward Carmelo Anthony and Houston Rockets guard James Harden have been named NBA Players of the Week. Anthony averaged 29 points, 5.3 rebounds, 4.8 assists and 2.75 steals to lead the Knicks to a 3-1 record last week. He collected 33 points and five rebounds, five assists and three […]