Virat Kohli’s 123 off 111 balls went in vain as India slumped to a 24-run loss against New Zealand in the first One-Day International of the five-match series at McLean Park here Sunday. Corey Anderson smashed an unbeaten 68 off 40 balls to take New Zealand to 292 for seven after being asked to bat […]
India lost to New Zealand by 24 runs in the first One-Day International of the five-match series at McLean Park here Sunday. Chasing 293, India were all out for 268 in 48.4 overs. Virat Kohli’s 123 off 111 balls went in vain. New Zealand made 292 for seven in 50 overs with Kane Williamson, Ross […]
The Netherlands coasted to a 7-2 win over New Zealand in the summit clash to lift the Hockey World League Final title at the Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium here Saturday. Earlier, World No.4 England upset reigning World Champions Australia 2-1 to win the bronze medal play-off with English skipper Barry Middleton hitting the winning […]
Tamil Nadu’s Vishnu Vardhan won the men’s crown while Natasha Palha of Goa claimed the women’s honours in the national grasscourt tennis championships here Saturday. In the men’s final, third seed Vishnu Vardhan banged 18 aces to carve out a 6-4, 7-6(4) victory over second ranked Jayaprakash Mohit Mayur at the Calcutta South Club. Vardhan […]
Two-time finalist Li Na took less than an hour to beat Russia’s 22nd-seeded Ekaterina Makarova 6-2, 6-0 and to reach the quarterfinals of the Australian Open here Sunday. The Chinese broke Makarova’s serve five times to set up a quarterfinal clash with Italy’s Flavia Pennetta, Xinhua reported. Pennetta beat Germany’s ninth-seeded Angelique Kerber in three […]
India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni won the toss and asked New Zealand to bat first in the first One-Day International here Sunday. India brought in Ajinkya Rahane in place of Yuvraj Singh, who was dropped for the tour, and not cap Stuart Binny. New Zealand preferred to play Adam Milne instead of veteran Kyle Mills […]
Sans a warm-up game, India skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni hoped Saturday that five days of practice at the Nelson Park here had prepared the team well for the first ODI of the five-match series against New Zealand at the nearby McLean Park on Sunday. “I think preparations have been good. We were given very good […]
New Zealand will take on the mighty Netherlands in the final of the Hockey World League Final here Saturday after the two teams notched up wins in their respective semi-finals at the Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium Friday. The Netherlands overcame reigning world champions Australia 4-3 in the last match of the day to make […]
Wild card Ashwin Vijayaraghavan from Andhra Pradesh continued his great run to shock top seed Tamil Nadu’s Vijay Sundar Prashanth and storm into the semi-final of the national grasscourt tennis championship here Thursday. Prashanth took the first set of the men’s quarter-final outing 6-4 with a break of serve in the fourth game at the […]
Leading Indian shuttler P.V. Sindhu was ousted by South Korean sixth seed Yeon Ju Bae in the women’s singles second round of the $500,000 Malaysia Open Super Series Premier here Thursday. The World No.7 Korean won 21-16, 21-19 in 45 minutes at the Putra Stadium to take a 2-0 lead in career meetings over the […]