Commonwealth Games Day 1 medal standings

Glasgow, July 25 (IANS) England led the medal standings at the end of first day of the 20th Commonwealth Games followed by Australia and hosts Scotland. India was at the fourth position with two golds, three silvers and two bronzes. Country Gold Silver Bronze Total England 6 7 4 17 Australia 5 3 7 15 Scotland […]

CWG 2014: Indian shuttlers outclass Uganda

Glasgow, July 25 (IANS) Indian shuttlers registered their second successive win in Group B of Commonwealth Games 2014 by defeating Uganda 5-0 in the mixed team event at the Emirates Arena here Thursday. World badminton’s rising women singles star P.V. Sindhu paired up with R.M.V Gurusaidutt to dispatch Wilson Tukire and Daisy Nakalyango 21-4, 21-8 in […]

Flamengo hires Real Madrid’s former coach Luxemburgo

Rio de Janeiro, July 24 (IANS) Former Real Madrid and Brazil coach Vanderlei Luxemburgo has been named manager of Flamengo, less than three years after being sacked by the Rio de Janeiro club. The 62-year-old replaces Ney Franco, who was dismissed after a 0-4 loss to Internacional Sunday, a result that left the six-time league champions […]

Mexico to return to F1 calendar next year

Mexico City, July 24 (IANS) After a 23-year absence, Mexico will return to the Formula One world championships in 2015, F1 chief executive Bernie Ecclestone has announced. “I’m happy to announce we’ve concluded an agreement to have a race in 2015,” Xinhua quoted Ecclestone as saying Wednesday. Mexico had been hosting a F1 race since 1963, […]

Bravo defends sending Pooran in Super over

Port-of-Spain (Trinidad and Tobago), July 24 (IANS/CMC) Red Steel skipper Dwayne Bravo has defended his decision to allow 18-year-old Nicholas Pooran to take on Sunil Narine in a Super Over against the Guyana Amazon last week. Bravo has been criticised for the decision which resulted in Red Steel suffering their first defeat in the Caribbean Premier […]

Bolt blasts officials for reducing Gay’s doping ban

Glasgow (Scotland), July 24 (IANS/CMC) Sprint super star Usain Bolt has criticised anti-doping officials for reducing Tyson Gay’s doping ban after he tested positive for an anabolic steroid last year. Gay and Bolt’s fellow Jamaican sprinter Asafa Powell failed drug tests for oxilofrine in July 2013, reports CMC. Gay was given a one-year ban and Powell […]

Superb Smith’s century takes Tridents to victory

Bridgetown (Barbados), July 24 (IANS/CMC) A century by Dwayne Smith fired Barbados Tridents to their second win of the Caribbean Premier League (CPL), with a convincing 29-run triumph over St Lucia Zouks in their first home match. Smith stroked a superb, unbeaten 110 as Tridents Wednesday piled up 186 for two off their 20 overs, after […]

Sania Mirza is Telangana’s brand ambassador

Hyderabad, July 22 (IANS) The Telangana government Tuesday appointed ace tennis player Sania Mirza as its brand ambassador. Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao handed over the appointment letter to Sania along with a cheque of Rs.1 crore as grant for training and to meet other expenses to participate in the US Open and other tournaments. The […]

Ishant Sharma comes of age

London, July 22 (IANS/RAY) He was a teenager when Greg Chappell, then the India coach, wanted to summon him as a replacement towards the tail end of India’s 2006-07 tour of South Africa. This did not happen. But the promise the tall and lanky Ishant Sharma displayed when he famously rendered such a torrid time […]

Kolkata celebrates Germany’s triumph with fireworks, processions

Kolkata, July 14 (IANS) Relishing soccer’s summit clash with community feasts, Kolkatans set off fireworks and took out processions to celebrate Germany winning the World Cup early Monday. Watching the Germany versus Argentina final on giant screens that were put up at many places across the city, hundreds of fans indulged in night-long revelry as soon […]

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