Lalit Modi to wait longer for RCA election results

Lalit Modi to wait longer for RCA election results

Former IPL czar Lalit Modi will have to wait longer to know the result of his bid to head the Rajasthan Cricket Association (RCA) as the Supreme Court Monday posted further hearing of the matter to March 4. Elections to the cricketing body were held Dec 19, 2013. A bench of Justice Anil R. Dave […]

India set 279-run target for New Zealand

India set 279-run target for New Zealand

India made a competitive 278 for five in 50 overs against New Zealand in the fourth ODI at the Seddon Park here Tuesday. Skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni remained unbeaten on 79 off 73 balls while Ravindra Jadeja scored 62 not out from 54 deliveries. Opening batsman Rohit Sharma made 79 off 94.

Hockey league: Jackson’s late goal gives Rhinos a winning start

Hockey league: Jackson’s late goal gives Rhinos a winning start

Defending champions Ranchi Rhinos rode on Ashley Jackson’s late penalty corner conversion to register their first win in the Hero Hockey India League 2014 by beating Delhi Waveriders with a solitary goal in a keenly-contested league match at the Birsa Munda Hockey Stadium here Monday. It took the Rhinos 63 minutes to break the deadlock […]

Binny makes his debut as India bat

Binny makes his debut as India bat

India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni won the toss and elected to bat against New Zealand in the fourth ODI at the Seddon Park here Tuesday. All-rounder Stuart Binny will be making his debut for India and replace Suresh Raina while Shikhar Dhawan sits out for Ambati Rayudu. Virat Kohli will be opening the innings for […]

Dhoni, Jadeja set-up a challenging total for India

Dhoni, Jadeja set-up a challenging total for India

Riding on powerful knocks from skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Ravindra Jadeja, India put on a competitive 278 for five in 50 overs in the fourth ODI against New Zealand at the Seddon Park here Tuesday. Opting to bat first, Dhoni remained unbeaten on 79 off 73 balls while Ravindra Jadeja scored 62 not out […]

New Zealand outplay India in fourth ODI, win series

New Zealand outplay India in fourth ODI, win series

New Zealand won the fourth One-day International against India by seven wickets here Tuesday to take an unassailable 3-0 lead in the five-match series. Ross Taylor (112 not out) and captain Brendon McCullum (49 not out) took New Zealand easily past India’s 278 for five. The third ODI had ended in a tie after New […]

Saina beats Sindhu, ends 15-month title drought

Saina beats Sindhu, ends 15-month title drought

Top Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal ended her 15-month title drought by packing off compatriot and second seed P.V. Sindhu in the women’s singles final to win the $120,000 India Grand Prix Gold here Sunday. The top seed, who last won a title at the Denmark Open Super Series Premier in October 2012, beat Sindhu 21-14, […]

Australian Open: Sania-Tecau lose mixed doubles final

Australian Open: Sania-Tecau lose mixed doubles final

India’s Sania Mirza failed to grab her second Australian Open mixed doubles title as she and her Romanian partner Horia Tecau lost 3-6, 2-6 to Daniel Nestor of Canada and Kristina Mladenovic of France in the final at the Rod Laver Arena here Sunday. Nestor and Mladenovic, who won the Wimbledon title last year, fended […]

Errani, Vinci defend women’s doubles title at Australian Open

Melbourne, Jan 24  The top-seeded pair of Sara Errani and Robert Vinci defended their Australian Open women’s doubles title by defeating Russian pair Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina here Friday. Italians Errani and Vinci took two hours and six minutes to record a 6-4, 3-6, 7-5 win and became the first women’s doubles team to win back-to-back Australian titles since Serena and Venus Williams in 2010, reports […]