Sunday, April 01 2012
SUNDAY MiD DAY calls former India archer Nisha Rani Dutta in Jharkhand to find out why she was forced to sell her bowIt's ironic th |
Sunday, April 01 2012
When one of your top imported forwards manages to score just three goals in 14 matches, then there's obviously a problem. |
Sunday, April 01 2012
Karnataka Lions coach Jude Felix believes his team's resurgence mid-way through the inaugural WSH will keep them in good stead in today's first-semi-final against Sher-E-Punjab. |
Sunday, April 01 2012
He used to be a caddy on the course, but India's Ashok Kumar made a 15-foot birdie on the last hole to take the third round lead at the Panasonic Open India on Saturday. Kumar made a th |
Saturday, March 31 2012
On-field scuffle between PIFA & Central Railway players in MDFA Elite Div game leads to brawl outside Poinsur GymkhanaYesterday |
Saturday, March 31 2012
Legendary Pakistan hockey player Shahbaz Ahmed believes India, as well as his country, will struggle at the London Olympic Games this year; blames both federat |
Friday, March 30 2012
Smriti Mehra could afford to drop a lot of shots and still win by a big three-shot margin to lift the 15th and final leg of the Hero Women's Professional Golf Tou |
Thursday, March 29 2012
Luck continued to desert Mumbai Marines after a last-minute goal by Robert Green helped Chandigarh Comets win 4-3 and assure a semi-final berth in World Series Hockey here yesterday. Raman |
Wednesday, March 28 2012
Mumbai's tennis prodigy Kyra Shroff is glad that her name features in the All India Tennis Associations (AITA) short-listed four players, one of whom will partner Sania Mirza in the women's doubl |
Wednesday, March 28 2012
The city's philanthropic side showed up in splendid fashion at a function where it was announced that the 2012 edition of the Mumbai Marathon raised Rs 16.07 crore for charity -- Rs 3.91 crore mor |
Wednesday, March 28 2012
Grant Medical College defeated Seth G S Medical College by one wicket in the final of the AS Chagla Inter Medical Cricket Tournament at the Dr NA Purandare Stadium in Dadar recently.Battin |
Wednesday, March 28 2012
Hosts Pune Strykers stunned table-toppers Sher-E-Punjab 3-2 in a World Series Hockey match here yesterday. Vikas Pillay (12th min) and Gurpreet Singh (29th, 31st) scored for the Strykers, |
Wednesday, March 28 2012
Fellow Formula One drivers Paul di Resta and Nico Hulkenberg backed Narain Karthikeyan after his collision with Sebastian Vettel during the dramatic Malaysian Grand Prix. The reigning World Champion c |
Wednesday, March 28 2012
India's most successful woman boxer M C Mary Kom is spewing fire even though it is celebration time for her after clinching her maiden gold medal since jumping |
Tuesday, March 27 2012
Reigning national snooker champion Aditya Mehta, ranked 85 in the professional |
Tuesday, March 27 2012
29-year-old property agent was abducted, stripped and being taken to Navi Mumbai by four men over a money dispute; cops nabbed the accused during routine nakab |
Tuesday, March 27 2012
Dry days ahead for locals after a 24-inch water pipeline bursts; BMC officials blame utility company that is laying cables nearby, say constant digging damaged |
Monday, March 26 2012
Mary Kom & Sarita Devi bag gold to help India win runners-up trophy at Asian Women's BoxingIndia's women boxers M C Mary Kom and L |
Monday, March 26 2012
A warning in the closing few seconds cost Shiva Thapa (56kg) dearly as the Indian boxer settled for a silver medal after going down in the final of the 43rd men's and women's Grand Prix in Usti nad L |
Monday, March 26 2012
India's female discus thrower Seema Antil qualified for the 2012 London Olympics yesterday after she achieved the 'A' qualifying standard with a throw of 62.60 metres at the University of California ( |
Monday, March 26 2012
India's ace rifle shooter Gagan Narang bagged his second silver medal, this time in the men's 50m rifle three position, at the Amir of Kuwait International Shooting Grand Prix.
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Monday, March 26 2012
Three local women weightlifters, two of them from Berhampur, have won eight gold and one silver medal in the ongoing South Asian Weightlifting Championship (SAWC) at Kathmandu. While Tikin |
Monday, March 26 2012
Bhopal Badshahs beat Mumbai Marines 2-1 to keep their hopes alive for the semifinals in the inaugural World Series Hockey yesterday. The win catapulted Badshahs to fourth place in the league.
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Sunday, March 25 2012
Shiva Thapa defeated defeated Czech Patrik Velky 9-5 in the 56kg category to book a spot in the final of the 43rd men's and women's Boxing Grand Prix in Usti nad Labem, Czech Republic yesterday. |
Sunday, March 25 2012
Six Indian women boxers MC Mary Kom (51 kgs), Pinky Jangra (48 kgs), Sonia Lather (54 kgs), Sarita Devi (60 kgs), Monica Saun (64 kgs) and Pooja Rani (75 kgs) earned a title bout in various categor |
Sunday, March 25 2012
Faisal Khan of Railways shocked double Asian champion and favourite Yasin Merchant in a 5-4 thriller to emerge victorious in the Islam Gymkhana-BSAM Open Snooker tournament on Saturday. |
Sunday, March 25 2012
Aditya Agarwal of Bombay Gymkhana was in prime touch as he smoothly sailed into the quarter-finals of the Dadar Parsee Colony Gymkhana (DPCG) break billiards tournament for the 'Iris Sippy Trophy' |
Saturday, March 24 2012
Nikkin Thimmiah's late goals give hosts Pune a thrilling 4-2 victory over neighbours Mumbai The inaugural World Series Hockey (WSH) ha |
Friday, March 23 2012
Mahesh Jagdale of Elphinstone Cricket Club shocked favourite Devendra Joshi to storm into the quarter-finals of the Islam Gymkhana-BSAM.in Open Snooker Tournament yesterday.Jagdale got off |
Friday, March 23 2012
Mary Kom entered the semifinals of the Asian Women's Boxing Championships defeating local favourite Nandinsetseg Myagmardul in Ulaanbataar, Mongolia yesterday. |
Thursday, March 22 2012
Relieved after securing her maiden title of the year, ace Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal said more than her technique and strokeplay, she needs to work on becoming |
Thursday, March 22 2012
Sports Minister Maken vows to lead probeUnion Sports Minister Ajay Maken yesterday took exception to dope-tainted athletes training at |
Thursday, March 22 2012
Podar College skipper Abhishek Rajadhyaksha is glad to have found his rhythm as |
Thursday, March 22 2012
The Delhi High Court yesterday asked Suresh Kalmadi, president of Indian Olympic Association (IOA), whether he will quit the post - which he has been holding on to for around 18 years -- "gracefully" |
Thursday, March 22 2012
Indian women pugilists Pinki Jangra, Sonia Lather and Sarita Devi secured semifinal berths in their respective categories at the Asian Women Boxing Championships at Ulaanbaatar in Mongolia yesterday. |
Thursday, March 22 2012
Sher-E-Punjab maintained their winning rythm in the inaugural World Series Hockey with a 2-1 win over Mumbai Marines at the Surjit Singh Hockey Stadium in Jalandhar yesterday.Deepak Thakur |
Thursday, March 22 2012
Sahara India Pariwar yesterday felicitated the Indian hockey team and its support staff with cash award worth Rs 1 crore and 16 lakh for their good showing in the FIH Olympic qualifiers. India had won |
Wednesday, March 21 2012
Tata Football Academy, the stable that has provided Indian football with some of the best talents over the years, has expressed its interest to field a team in th |
Wednesday, March 21 2012
Panasonic Open India received a significant boost with the support of the Ministry of Tourism India and confirmation of live television coverage over four rounds |
Wednesday, March 21 2012
Indian appeals panel reduces ban on drug-tainted London Olympics hopefulsIndian women athletes undergoing a year-long ban for doping o |
Wednesday, March 21 2012
India's five-time world champion boxer MC Mary Kom began her campaign in the Asian Women's Championship at Ulaanbaatar yesterday, defeating Thailand's Asian Games gold medallist Laopeam Peamwilai 6:4 |
Tuesday, March 20 2012
Just back after winning the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) U-13 girl's football tournament in Colombo, Sri Lanka (March 4-17), city girls Karen Pais of Mary Immaculate High School in Dahisar an |
Tuesday, March 20 2012
Dadar United scored a solitary goal win against Parel Villa in a Division I match of the Mumbai District Football Association league, at the Xaverian Ground, Parel yesterday. After a barre |
Sunday, March 18 2012
Seventh seeded Serbian lifts ITF crown, beating top seed Keren Shlomo of Israel 6-3, 7-6 (7-5) in the final In probably one of the best |
Sunday, March 18 2012
Chennai Cheetahs thrashed Karnataka Lions 4-1 to move into joint second place on the leaderboard of the World Series Hockey on Saturday.Vikram Pillay (13th), Imran Warsi (31st), Adam Si |
Saturday, March 17 2012
Serbian Jovana Jaksic did not let illness come in the way of her 6-1, 6-4 semi-final win over Thailand's Nungnadda Wannasuk in the singles event of the USD 10,000 ITF tournament at Cricket Club o |
Friday, March 16 2012
As the F1 season gets underway with the Australian Grand Prix this Sunday, MiD DAY lists the opportunities and threats that will affect defending champion Seba |
Friday, March 16 2012
Serbian Tamara Curovic's temper cost her a semi-final berth in the singles event of the USD 10,000 ITF tournament at Cricket Club of India's tennis courts yesterday, and some excruciating pain to o |
Friday, March 16 2012
Former India hockey captain, four-time Olympian and now Karnataka Lions player Dhanraj Pillay is admittedly "nervous yet excited" ahead of tonight's World Series Hockey clash against Mumbai Marines |
Thursday, March 15 2012
Unseeded Tamara Curovic was dumped out of the USD 10,000 CCI-ITF women's tennis circuit for racquet abuse that injured a match official in the quarter finals o |
