Chennai, Sep 2 (IANS) Farah Abdel Megid from Egypt defeated Aparajitha Balamurukan 11-3, 11-5, 10-12, 11-4 in the quarter-finals to end the Indian challenge in the individual events of the World University Squash Championship at the Indian Squash Academy (ISA) courts here Tuesday. Aparajitha scripted her own downfall with repeated unforced errors, mostly failing to judge […]
Copenhagen, Aug 28 (IANS) One of India’s best hopes P.V. Sindhu came out with a strong performance to enter the third round of the World Badminton Championships after earning a straight games win over Russian Olga Golovanova at the Ballerup Super Arena here Wednesday. The 11th seeded Indian needed only 40 minutes to ease past Olga […]
Copenhagen, Aug 26 (IANS) Indian shuttlers Akshay Dewalkar and Pranaav Jerry Chopra came out on top in a topsy-turvy opening match to proceed to the men’s doubles second round of the World Championships being held at the 9,200-seater Ballerup Super Arena here Monday. However, it was the end of the road for Tarun Kona and Ashwini […]
Copenhagen, Aug 26 (IANS) Recently crowned Commonwealth Games champion Parupalli Kashyap could not continue his winning run at the World Badminton Championships as he was tamed by German Dieter Domke in the opening round at the 9,200-seater Ballerup Super Arena here Monday. India’s top mixed doubles combine Ashwini Ponnappa and Tarun Kona also had to face […]
Harare, Aug 26 (IANS) Cricket top-ranking team Australia was ruthless with both bat and ball as it crushed host Zimbabwe by 198 runs Monday in the first match of their cricket triangular series in Harare which also involves South Africa. Nothing was unexpected in the manner the Australians coasted to victory but it was all about […]
Madrid, Aug 23 (IANS) Atletico Madrid coach Diego Simeone saw his side beat Real Madrid 1-0 Friday night to clinch the Spanish Supercup 2-1 on aggregate but reiterated a day later that it was impossible for his side to compete with their rivals FC Barcelona and Real over a full season. Mario Mandzukic’s early goal gave […]
Nanjing (China), Aug 23 (IANS) Uzbek trampolinist Amiran Babayan, who injured his neck at the Nanjing Youth Olympics Friday, was diagnosed with neck spinal cord impairment and soft tissue in right pinbone and chest, the local hospital said Saturday. Babayan injured his neck when he lost his balance and landed outside the trampoline during his second […]
Melbourne, Aug 23 (IANS) Sydney Sixers Saturday Saturday announced the signing of West Indian star Dwayne Smith as one of their international players for the upcoming KFC T20 Big Bash League season. Smith’s signing comes after a purple patch of form in the recent Caribbean Premier League (CPL) where he was named in the Team of […]
London, Aug 16 (IANS) Former England captain Geoffrey Boycott said that the Indian players know that the Oval Test is already lost and praised India skipper Mahendra Singh for his valiant 82 in the first innings. Thanks to Dhoni’s 82, India made 148 before being bowled out by England. Boycott said the Indians know that the […]
Cincinnati (US), Aug 15 (IANS) India’s Sania Mirza and her Zimbwean partner Cara Black went down to Anabel Medina Garrigues of Spain and Kazakhstan`s Yaroslave Shvedova in the second round of women’s doubles at the Western and Southern Open here. The fourth seeded Indo-Zimbabwean pair went down 3-6, 3-6 Thursday in this hard court tournament, which […]