Being selected for India’s third highest civilian award – the Padma Bhushan – was a great honour, chief national badminton coach Pullela Gopichand said Saturday. “It is a great honour. I would like to thank the entire badminton fraternity. All my players, the coaches I have worked with, the government, Sports Authority of India (SAI) […]
N. Ramachandran, Rajeev Mehta and Anil Khanna will be elected unopposed as president, secretary general and treasurer respectively of the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) during the Feb 9 elections. The elections may finally pave the way for the IOA’s return to the Olympics fold since it was suspended by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in […]
Leander Paes and Pullela Gopichand were on Saturday selected for the prestigious Padma Bhushan awards, while Yuvraj Singh was among the seven sportspersons chosen for this year’s Padma Shri award. Dipika Pallikal, former Indian women’s cricket captain Anjum Chopra, Sunil Dabas (Kabaddi), Love Raj Singh Dharmshaktu (Mountaineering), H. Boniface Prabhu (Wheelchair Tennis) and Mamta Sodha […]
China’s third-seeded Li Na beat Dominika Cibulkova of Slovakia 7-6(7-3), 6-0 to win her first Australian Open women’s singles title here Saturday. Both players broke each other’s service twice and forced a tiebreak in the first set. Mini-breaks were exchanged in the tiebreak before Li served out to win the first set. Cibulkova failed to […]
honiIndia pulled off a dramatic last ball tie against New Zealand in the third One-day International here Saturday to stay alive in the five-match series. India, chasing 315, looked down and out at 184 for six in the 36th over before a 85-run stand between Ravichandran Ashwin (65) and Ravindra Jadeja (66 not out) brought […]
India’s Sania Mirza and her Romanian partner Horia Tecau beat defending champions Jarmila Gajdosova and Matthew Ebden of Australia to enter the final of the Australian Open mixed doubles final at the Melbourne Park Friday. Sania and Tecau won 2-6, 6-3, 10-2 in an interesting contest against the Australian duo that lasted an hour and […]
The Wrestling Federation of India Tuesday announced the launch of the world’s biggest pro-wrestling league – the Indian Wrestling League (IWL). The inaugural IWL edition this year will feature six city-based franchises and wrestlers will be vying for $3.5 million in auction and prize money. The six IWL cities in the inaugural year will be […]
The second one-day international (ODI) between India and New Zealand was interrupted due to rain at the Seddon Park here Wednesday. New Zealand, put into to bat by India, were set for a big score at 170/2 in 33.2 overs when the rain came down heavily. Kane Williamson was batting on 76 and Ross Taylor […]
India’s Leander Paes and his Czech partner Radek Stepanek were knocked out of the Australian Open men’s doubles with a straight set loss to Michael Llodra and Nicholas Mahut in the quarterfinals at the Melbourne Park Wednesday. The Indo-Czech pair, who were seeded fifth, went down 2-6, 6-7 to the 13th seeded French duo. Both […]
The second ODI between India and New Zealand resumed after being held up for nearly two hours due to rain at the Seddon Park here Wednesday. The match has now been reduced to a 42-over-per-side affair. New Zealand, put in to bat by India, were set for a big score at 170/2 in 33.2 overs […]