New Delhi, April 23 (IANS) A superlative batting display from Shreyas Iyer (83) and skipper Jean Paul Duminy (78 not out) helped Delhi Daredevils post a strong 190 for four against Mumbai Indians in their Indian Premier League match at the Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium here on Thursday. The left hand-right hand combination of Iyer […]
Sydney will welcome the biggest national synchronised swimming championships ever held in Australia this weekend at Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre. The 2015 Synchronised Swimming Australia Open and Age Group Championships will be held from Friday 24 until Sunday 26 Aprilfeaturing teams from Australia, China, Hong Kong, Singapore, New Zealand and Malaysia. Minister […]
More than 500 Western Australian athletes have received subsidies to travel to sporting competitions in the latest round of the State Government’s Athlete Travel Subsidy Scheme. Sport and Recreation Minister Mia Davies said the scheme supported talented athletes aged 13-21 by offsetting out-of-pocket travel and accommodation costs to attend training camps and competitions at […]
New Delhi, April 21 (IANS) Former India cricket captain Sourav Ganguly on Tuesday said the experience garnered from the recently concluded World Cup in Australia should help the Indians become a better side. Ganguly was the skipper when India reached the finals in 2003, but lost to Australia at Johannesburg. “I think they were good […]
Pune, April 21 (IANS) Pune FC played gracious hosts on Tuesday as they let in two first-half goals to defending champions Bengaluru FC who thus tucked into third place in the Hero I-League standings. Goals by Shankar Sampingiraj in the very first minute and C.K. Vineeth (43rd) set up Bengaluru’s seventh win in 14 outings […]
A young cricket player, Rahul Ghosh, was on Tuesday hospitalised after sustaining a head injury during a local league match, a day after the tragic demise of former Bengal Under-19 team captain Ankit Keshri. Ghosh had to be rushed to the Nightingale Hospital in central Kolkata after he got injured while fielding during the second […]
Whangarei (New Zealand), April 19 (IANS) Making their debut in the Federation Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA) Asia Pacific Rally Championship (APRC), the Swedish pair of Pontus Tidemand and co-driver Emil Axelsson of Team MRF won the International Rally of Whangarei here on Sunday. Driving the MRF Tyres Skoda Fabia S2000, the Swedes finished five minutes, […]
Ahmedabad, April 19 (IANS) Chennai Super Kings skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni won the toss and chose to bat against Rajasthan Royals in an Indian Premier League (IPL) match at the Sardar Patel Stadium here on Sunday. The squads: Chennai Super Kings: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (captain), Suresh Raina, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Mohit Sharma, Ashish Nehra, […]
London, April 19 (IANS) Chelsea’s 1-0 victory against Manchester United was vital for its English Premier League title aspirations but there is still plenty of work to do before the season can be considered a real success, the team’s winger Eden Hazard has said. Hazard was, however, pleased with his team’s home-win here on Saturday. […]
Suzuka (Japan), April 19 (IANS) Indian racer Narain Karthikeyan, driving for team Docomo Dandelion, snatched a podium spot by finishing third in the first round of the 2015 Japanese Championship Super Formula series here Sunday after starting second on the grid. The Coimbatore-based Karthikeyan, India’s first ever Formula One driver, clocked the second fastest lap […]