Wednesday, June 19 2013
Sai Praneeth, who sent legendary Taufik Hidayat into retirement last week, won both his men’s singles qualification matches. The youngster beat Japanese Riichi Takeshita 21-12, 22-20 |
Tuesday, June 18 2013
Justin Rose admitted he had realised a childhood dream after claiming his first major title with a dramatic victory in the US Open. Rose carded a closing 70 to finish one over par at Merion and |
Tuesday, June 18 2013
On his 43rd birthday, Mickelson yet again settled for a share of second place on Sunday at Merion, with England’s Justin Rose capturing his first major crown by two strokes over the Americ |
Tuesday, June 18 2013
The Spurs seized a 3-2 lead and can wrap up the best-of-seven series against the reigning champion Heat with a victory tomorrow in Miami. The Spurs came out swinging in Game Five, jumping o |
Tuesday, June 18 2013
While Mandeep Singh, V R Raghunath and Kothajit Singh (53rd) scored for India, Marcus Child, Stephen Jenness and Blair Hilton scored for New Zealand. Courtesy: Mid-Day.com |
Tuesday, June 18 2013
The grapplers won in freestyle, greco-roman and female categories in the tourney held June 12-16. The freestyle team won three gold, two silver and two bronze medals and also took the overall t |
Monday, June 17 2013
“After 25 years of playing badminton, in which 17 years (were) as a professional player in national and international tournaments, this time is probably the best time for me to retire,&rdq |
Sunday, June 16 2013
But world number one Tiger Woods, a 14-time major golf champion chasing the all-time record of 18 majors won by Jack Nicklaus, lurked only four strokes off the pace in a share of 13th with the t |
Sunday, June 16 2013
A dramatic loss to arch-rival Juliane Schenk in the women’s singles semifinals saw defending champion Saina Nehwal failing to win her fourth Indonesia Open Super Series Premier crown on Sa |
Sunday, June 16 2013
But that was not to be as the hosts beat the visitors 2-0, thanks to first-half goals from Billy Bakker and Jeroen Hertzberger. The result left India precariously placed after their draw ag |
Sunday, June 16 2013
In the first singles, Saurav Ghosal went down in five games to Simon Rosner in 91 minutes while Raphael Kandra overcame Harinder Pal Sandhu.Courtesy: Mid-Day.com |
Saturday, June 15 2013
Defending champion Saina Nehwal entered the women's singles semifinals of the Indonesia Open Super Series Premier defeating Spaniard Carolina Marin at the Istora Gelora Bung Karno Stadium he |
Saturday, June 15 2013
Donald dropped a 30-foot birdie putt at his second hole of the round, the par-4 12th, and followed with a chip-in from a greenside bunker at the par-3 13th to claim the lead alone but stumbled w |
Saturday, June 15 2013
The Jamaican sprint star raced to a Bislett Games meet record and world lead time of 19.79 seconds to finish well ahead of a weak field made worse when his closest rival, Dutchman Churandy Marti |
Saturday, June 15 2013
The third seeds got a walkover after French pair of Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Nicolas Mahut decided to not take part in the second round doubles game.Courtesy: Mid-Day.com |
Saturday, June 15 2013
Meanwhile, World No 1 Magnus Carlsen started on a winning note defeating arch-rival Vladimir Kramnik of Russia. The win helped the Norwegian take an early lead in the 10-player round-robin tourn |
Saturday, June 15 2013
The eventual scoreline hardly did justice to the incredible performance from the India duo. Sandhu was first up against former World No 1 Karim Darwish, who had to work hard for his 1 |
Saturday, June 15 2013
Parker was back and showed no signs of the hamstring strain which had put his participation in Game Four in doubt until the morning of the encounter. Miami |
Saturday, June 15 2013
The eight-time NBA All-Star Bosh would also conduct an elite development clinic for the top hoopsters of the country, including members of the national team, among other activities, a media rele |
Friday, June 14 2013
According to Sky News, this is the fifth failure involving three women swimmers who have tried to make the marathon swim since 2011. The report further said that the endurance swimmer |
Thursday, June 13 2013
Defending champion Saina Nehwal and R.M.V. Gurusaidutt and Ajay Jayaram won their respective matches to advance to the quarter-finals of the Indonesia Open Super Series Premier here Thursday. |
Thursday, June 13 2013
Tiger Woods tries to follow in the iconic footsteps of Bobby Jones and Ben Hogan this week with a historic victory at Merion despite heavy rains that have drenched the 113th US Open. |
Thursday, June 13 2013
However, after the first tie, Michael Nobbs & Co will have to sweat it out if they are to get the better of the Netherlands and New Zealand. Teams finishing in the top three will qualify di |
Thursday, June 13 2013
The longest match of the pre-quarterfinal involved India’s top player Saurav Ghosal and Max Lee. World No 20 Ghosal eventually won 11-3, 11-8, 7-11, 11-6 in 61 minutes. |
Thursday, June 13 2013
The Indian fought back after being a game down to shock the former World No 1 15-21, 21-12, 21-17 in a 52-minute first round encounter. World No 55 Praneeth now faces current World No 1 Lee Ch |
Thursday, June 13 2013
The Jamaican has six Olympic gold medals to his name, and is reigning double world 200m champion and also world record holder in both the 100m and 200m. Usa |
Thursday, June 13 2013
Danny Green had seven of his nine three-pointers from a 27-point total and Gary Neal landed six from 10 from deep from his own haul of 24. Manu Ginobili sco |
Wednesday, June 12 2013
After a tight escape against Argentina, the Indian team made the bold choice of bringing in Ramit Tandon in place of Harinder Pal Sandhu. The gamble paid off as Tandon tamed the dangerous Henrik |
Tuesday, June 11 2013
World number two Saina Nehwal had to play out of her skin against the 14th ranked Fanetri, who posed a huge threat to the Indian before surrendering 17-21 29-27 13-21 in an hour and 14 minutes i |
Tuesday, June 11 2013
The 31-year-old will receive a rapturous and emotional send-off at the Indonesia Open in Jakarta, a tournament he has won six times with his distinctive, languid style which makes the fast-paced |
Tuesday, June 11 2013
Mario Chalmers had a game-high 19 points and LeBron James finished with 17 points and seven assists as the Miami Heat routed the San Antonio Spurs 103-84 in game two of the NBA finals on Sunday. |
Tuesday, June 11 2013
Argentina seriously troubled India on Sunday. Robertino Pezzota put Argentina ahead with a 99-minute five-game win over Harinderpal Sandhu. Saurav Ghosal |
Monday, June 10 2013
World No.61 Srikanth showed no signs of nervousness against his fancied Thai opponent before completing a 21-16, 21-12 rout in front of a hostile crowd at the Nimibutr Stadium. Srikan |
Sunday, June 09 2013
World No 61 Srikanth got the better of 143-ranked Sitthikom 21-14, 21-18 in a semifinal lasting 43 minutes. The Indian faces top seed and World No 7 Boonsak Ponsana of Thailand in the title |
Sunday, June 09 2013
The money was stolen from his Toyota pick-up truck parked in the vicinity of the Falmouth Municipal Market in North West Jamaica around 10 am, the Jamaican media quoted Bolt’s father as sa |
Saturday, June 08 2013
Djokovic claimed that the court was too dry and slippery, making smooth movement across the surface too difficult, and he even summoned Fransson onto the court to vent his frustrations at the co |
Saturday, June 08 2013
The French Open has the women’s final it wanted between the two global superstars of the game, and both insist they will step out onto Court Philippe Chatrier today with the slate wiped cl |
Saturday, June 08 2013
Srikanth, seeded 13th, dominated his South Korean opponent Wan Ho Son taking just 40 minutes to beat him 21-17, 21-18. Both players put on a brilliant display of the net game but it was the unfo |
Saturday, June 08 2013
Six-time Olympic champion Usain Bolt said he will review the key ingredients missing from his race after being pipped to victory in his first 100m outing in Europe this season by American rival |
Saturday, June 08 2013
The Jordan Football Association expressed outrage after Hamad, an Iraqi, was held in a small room for four hours on his arrival on Wednesday along with other members of the delegation. |
Saturday, June 08 2013
One of Indonesia’s best-known sportsmen will bring the curtain down on a brilliant and sometimes controversial career during which he won the Olympic gold in Athens in 2004 and was also cr |
Saturday, June 08 2013
An article posted on the magazine’s website this week gives the rundown of the 2013 list, which will appear in the June 24 issue. Tiger Woods |
Saturday, June 08 2013
Parker, who finished with a game-high 21 points, ran the clock down before nailing an off-balance jump shot with just 5.2 seconds left in regulation as the Spurs beat the mistake-prone Heat 92-8 |
Friday, June 07 2013
Saina, who was the top seed in the tournament, lost 21-13, 12-21, 18-21 in 53 minutes. The Hyderabadi shuttler started the match on the front foot, never giving her opponent even a sn |
Friday, June 07 2013
“I have serious doubts that if I come back to Russia, I’ll be able to leave it again. So I’d abstain from returning to Russia,” Kasparov told reporters. The world champ |
Friday, June 07 2013
The Indian, who is the top seed in the tournament, took just 31 minutes to dispose off her second round opponent 21-13, 21-11. Saina put on a dominant display of her net game, winning 10 points |
Thursday, June 06 2013
James, a four-time NBA Most Valuable Player, will lead defending champion Miami into the best-of-seven showdown with the veteran Spurs, who won four titles from 1999 through 2007 but have not re |
Thursday, June 06 2013
World No 2 Saina didn't break much sweat as she prevailed over Shih Han Hung of Chinese Taipei 21-11 21-16 in a 29-minute match here. The 23-year-old from Hyderabad will next take on Febby |
Thursday, June 06 2013
Gatlin, the Olympic 100m bronze medallist from London last year, has a season’s best of 9.91 seconds and has already won two legs of the 14-meet Diamond League meet, reports Xinhua. |
Wednesday, June 05 2013
Pistorius' court hearing held yesterday has been postponed to August 19, pending further investigations, Times Live reports. The encrypted iPhone was found among four phones seize |
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