Kolkata, May 31 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday congratulated city football giants Mohun Bagan who became the I-League champions. “After 11 years the Football I-League trophy comes back to Bengal. Congratulations Mohun Bagan,” Banerjee tweeted. Bagan drew 1-1 against reigning champions Bengaluru FC at the Kanteerava Stadium in Bengaluru to finish […]
Munich, May 30 (IANS) Armyman Gurpreet Singh on Saturday missed sealing India’s fifth 2016 Rio Olympics quota place by the narrowest of margins when he finished fourth in the Men’s 25-metre Rapid Fire Pistol event at the World Cup (Rifle/Pistol) here. At one stage of the final, the 28-year-old Gurpreet looked set to take the […]
London, May 30 (IANS) Former Manchester United and England defender Rio Ferdinand retired from football after 18 years of playing the game at the top level, a statement from the player said on Saturday. “After 18 years as a professional footballer, I now feel it’s the right time for me to retire from the game […]
Vasco (Goa), May 30 (IANS) Salgaocar Football Club scored an astonishing late 2-0 victory over Dempo Sports Club to relegate the five-time champions in a spellbinding concluding game of I-League at Tilak Maidan here on Saturday. Dempo, needing a win to save themselves, were dominating all through and tested Salgaocar. They went close on several […]
Indian tennis players Leander Paes and Rohan Bopanna won their respective men’s doubles matches while Sania Mirza also advanced to the women’s doubles third round of the French Open, the lone clay court Major, here on Friday. Paes and his Canadian partner Daniel Nestor beat the German-Austrian combine of Andre Begemann and Julian Knowle 7-6(3), […]
Sydney Thunder Community Rookie Hameed Kherkhah will be part of a bold new strategy in the Mosaic Cricket Association, focusing on grassroots access and opportunities for various multicultural communities. Kherkhah will conduct a three-day T20 Blast Holiday Camp held at Blacktown International Sportspark from Tuesday July 7, as well as two free come and […]
top eight seeds in the Sobha ITF Mysuru Open tennis tournament took their appointed places in the quarter-finals of the men’s singles here on Wednesday. Karnataka’s Suraj Prabodh was perhaps the unluckiest player of the day. Playing at the top of his game, the Mysuru boy matched the big-hitting Vishnu Vardhan with some wise and […]
Star Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal is all set to defend her women’s singles title when she takes to the court at the $750,000 Australian Open Superseries, which commences here on Tuesday. World No.1 Saina has been seeded No.2. and had defeated Spaniard Carolina Marin — who later won the World Championships — to lift the […]
The world’s best badminton players have arrived in Sydney ahead of the Australian Badminton Open 2015. Beginning tomorrow at Sydney Olympic Park, the Australian Badminton Open is one of 12 events on the prestigious Badminton World Federation Superseries tour, offering US$750,000 in prize money as well as the chance for competitors to earn qualifying […]
Mumbai, May 19 (IANS) Opener Lendl Simmons struck a much needed half-century and Kieron Pollard chipped in with a late cameo to help Mumbai Indians post a challenging 187/6 in 20 overs against Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in their Indian Premier League (IPL) 2015 qualifier 1 at the Wankhede Stadium here on Tuesday. For Mumbai, […]