Belgrade, Jan 16 (IANS) The Indian junior women’s boxing team punched their way to the top perch in the ongoing fourth Nations Cup, winning eight medals including three golds, three silvers and two bronze here Friday. Russia and Kazakhstan were second and third, respectively, on the medals tally. Sandeep Jajodia, president of Boxing India, joyfully […]
Lucknow, Jan 15 (IANS) Defending champion Saina Nehwal and reigning World Champion Carolina Marin will start the new season when they take to the courts at the $120,000 Syed Modi International Badminton Championships here from Jan 20. The Grand Prix Gold event will be held at the Babu Banarasi Das Indoor Stadium here Jan 20-25. […]
Kuching (Malaysia), Jan 15 (IANS) Leading Indian shuttler P.V. Sindhu reached the women’s singles quarter-finals of the $120,000 Malaysia Masters Grand Prix Gold while Commonwealth Games gold medallist Parupalli Kashyap entered the men’s singles pre-quarterfinals at the Stadium Perpaduan Kuching here Thursday. Two-time World Championships bronze medallist Sindhu, who won the title here in 2013, […]
Kolkata, Jan 14 (IANS) Bengal were in a slightly advantageous position as they got rid of the Jammu and Kashmir top order on the second day of their Ranji trophy match at the Eden Gardens here Wednesday. Responding to Bengal’s first innings score of 38, Jammu and Kashmir were 183/5 when stumps were drawn. Resuming […]
Kolkata, Jan 14 (IANS) Pankaj Advani, Ashok Shandilya, Rupesh Shah and Sourav Kothari are the top four seeds respectively after re-seeding was done Wednesday at the end of league matches of the National Billiards Championship here. The top 16 will now battle it out for the title on a knockout basis, with the final scheduled […]
Madrid, Jan 13 (IANS) Real Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo has urged fans to get behind “important player” Welshman Gareth Bale after the latter was criticised for being selfish during the Spanish football club’s win over Espanyol in La Liga. The criticism came a week after the world’s most expensive player was denounced for not passing […]
Sydney, Jan 13 (IANS) Australia reached the Asian Cup football tournament’s knockout stage Tuesday after two straight victories that saw eight different players scoring their eight goals, a fact that made coach Ange Postecoglou happy. “It’s great, obviously, to have multiple goal scorers and it’s great to have multiple threats,” coach Postecoglou said Tuesday after […]
Munich, Jan 13 (IANS) Bayern Munich striker Robert Lewandowski has regretted his decision to vote Real Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo in the Fifa Ballon d’Or ahead of teammate Manuel Neuer. The Poland skipper picked Ronaldo ahead of his Bayern teammates Neuer and Bastian Schweinsteiger, but reflected the German goalkeeper would have been a better choice. […]
Sydney, Jan 9 (IANS) Former Australian all-rounder Tom Moody has emphasised the need for Australia to deploy a specialist fielder at the short-leg fielding position where, in the ongoing Test series against India, several catches have been dropped by the home team. Joe Burns, one of the newest members in the Australian squad, dropped Indian […]
London, Jan 5 (IANS) England pacer James Anderson has said captain Alaistair Cook was shattered after being dropped from One-Day Internationals (ODI) side following a terrible run of form with the bat and was “very, very upset” following the decision. “I saw Cooky at the World Darts Championship at the ‘Ally Pally’ (Alexandra Palace is […]