Tianjin (China), Oct 12 (IANS) American Alison Riske beat Swiss Belinda Bencic 6-3, 6-4 to win the women’s singles title at the Tianjin open tennis tournament here Sunday. It took the sixth-seeded Riske 80 minutes to overcome her third-seeded opponent in straight sets, reports Xinhua. It was Alison Riske’s first tour singles title.
Bangalore, Oct 12 (IANS) Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) scored thrice in each half to overrun Karnataka XI 6-2 for their second straight win in the men’s section of Hockey Karnataka’s inaugural Bengaluru Cup All-India invitational hockey tournament here Sunday. With two wins from two matches, IOCL lead the table with six points while Karnataka XI […]
Kolkata, Oct 12 (IANS) The opening ceremony of the inaugural Indian Super league (ISL) Sunday paid homage to the country’s football team that participated in the 1948 London Olympics, playing barefoot against their opponents who wore football boots. The team, coached by Balaidas Chatterjee, lost narrowly to France 1-2 in the first round at the Lynn […]
Dubai, Oct 12 (IANS) The West Indies have been fined for a minimum over-rate breach of the ICC Code of Conduct during the second One-Day International (ODI) against India in New Delhi, an ICC statement said Sunday. Jeff Crowe of the Emirates Elite Panel of ICC Match Referees imposed the fines after the side, led by […]
Bangalore, Oct 11 (IANS) Former India forward Shivender Singh rescued Air India with a three-goal strike to help his team beat Bharat Petroleum 4-2 for their first win in Hockey Karnataka’s inaugural Bengaluru Cup All-India invitational hockey tournament here Saturday. BPCL twice took the lead when Amir Khan scored in the eighth minute and later William […]
Rio de Janeiro, Oct 8 (IANS) Brazil under-20 midfielder Nathan is being sought by Manchester City amid an escalating legal row involving his club Atletico Paranaense, according to the teenager’s father. Jose Carlos de Souza, who also acts as Nathan’s agent, told Brazilian sports portal Globoesporte that the Premier League champions were one of eight clubs […]
Cleveland (Ohio), Oct 6 (IANS) LeBron James made his first Cleveland Cavaliers appearance since 2010 as the NBA franchise beat Maccabi Tel Aviv 107-80 in an international friendly basketball game. James played only 20 minutes, scoring 12 points on 4-of-11 shooting with four rebounds and as many assists Sunday, reports Xinhua. Kyrie Irving top scored for […]
Incheon, Oct 2 (IANS) Indian runners Rahul Kumar Pal and Suresh Kumar set their personal best times to finish a creditable fourth and fifth in the men’s 10,000 metres final at the Asian Games here Thursday. Bahrain’s Elhassan Elabbassi finished the race in 28 minutes and 11.2 seconds to clinch the gold from Japan’s Osako Suguru, […]
Incheon, Oct 2 (IANS) India’s Inderjeet Singh took home the bronze medal from the men’s shot put final at the Asian Games here Thursday. The Indian’s best throw of 19.63 metres came on his fifth attempt, out of six, to surprisingly clinch the medal at the Incheon Asiad Main Stadium. Saudi Arabia’s Sultan Abdulmajeed Alhebshi set […]
Incheon, Oct 2 (IANS) India’s campaign in Asian Games boxing ended Thursday with Vikas Krishan and Satish Kumar settling for the bronze medals after losing their respective semi-final bouts to Kazakhstan pugilists at the Seonhak Gymnasium here. In the men’s 75 kg category last-four match, Vikas went down to Zhanibek Alimkhanuly while Satish, plying his trade […]