Navi Mumbai, Nov 16 (IANS) Mumbai City FC will look to finding their scoring touch and full three points when they take on FC Goa in an Indian Super League (ISL) encounter at the D.Y. Patil Stadium here Monday evening. The hosts have been solid defensively and maintained a clean sheet in their last four […]
Fuzhou (China), Nov 16 (IANS) India’s leading shuttler Saina Nehwal Sunday said she will remember her win at the China Open Super Series Premier for the rest of her life. World No.5 Saina defeated Japan’s Akane Yamaguchi 21-12, 22-20 in 42 minutes to bag her third women’s singles crown of the year. She had also […]
Kolkata, Nov 14 (IANS) Table toppers Atletico de Kolkata (ATK) played out a breath taking, pacy goalless draw against hot on their heels Chennaiyin F.C in an Indian Super League encounter marred by a 12-minute power blackout at the Salt Lake Stadium here Friday. The blank scoreline came as a surprise to football followers following […]
Chennai, Nov 14 (IANS) Contrary to the expectations of some exciting chess, the fifth game of the World Chess Championship between champion Magnus Carlsen and challenger Viswanathan Anand at Sochi, in Russia, Friday ended in a draw on the 39th move. Though the Indian chess ace Anand displayed good form and pushed the reigning champion […]
Paris, Nov 13 (IANS) World football governing body FIFA Thursday cleared Russia and Qatar of their controversial winning bid for hosting the 2018 and 2022 World Cup, respectively. Hans-Joachim Echert, adjudicatory chamber chairman of the FIFA Ethics Committee, said in a statement that no proof was found of corruption or bribery after a review of […]
Dubai, Nov 12 (IANS) In a bid to make umpiring more understandable to viewers, the International Cricket Council (ICC) Wednesday confirmed it would conduct a live-match trial where broadcasters will be permitted to air the decision-making communication between on-field and TV umpires. The trial will be conducted in the forthcoming One-Day International (ODI) series between […]
Fuzhou (China), Nov 12 (IANS) Leading Indian shuttlers Saina Nehwal and Parupalli Kashyap got off to a victorious start by winning their respective opening round encounters at the $700,000 China Open Super Series Premier here Wednesday. While women’s singles sixth seeded Saina beat old foe Sayaka Takahashi of Japan 21-14, 19-21, 21-17 in 58 minutes […]
Besozzo (Italy), Nov 12 (IANS) Mahindra Racing Wednesday announced that they have formed a new technical base at Besozzo in Italy which will be the Moto3 team’s centre to assemble, test, manufacture, design, research and develop racing bikes. The new headquarters is the latest addition to the company’s existing research facilities in India, Europe, United […]
Mumbai, Nov 11 (IANS) The two-day warm-up game between India ‘A’ and the South African women’s cricket team was called off Tuesday due to an unforeseen delay in the arrival of the visiting team in the country. The warm-up game was scheduled to be played at Alur Nov 12-13. The remainder of the tour schedule […]
Sydney, Nov 11 (IANS) The Twenty20 format is still struggling to find a foothold in the congested international cricket calendar despite a decade of existence, Australia cricket legend Adam Gilchrist said Tuesday. Gilchrist, regarded as one of the greatest wicketkeeper-batsmen of all time, believes most of the cricket community was still “confused” by where the […]