‘Sports’ Archives
Gavaskar to get Col. CK Nayudu Award
The BCCI’s Col25 Tests from 1970-71 to 1986-870,000 runs in Tests, and the first to play 100 consecutive Tests984-855 lakhs at the BCCI Awards Ceremony: Vijay Merchant Vinoo Mankad Dattu Phadkar Vijay Manjrekar Ghulam Ahmed ML Jaisimha Dilip Sardesai [subscribe2]
F1 Indian Grand Prix kicks off tomorrow
The Formula One Indian Grand Prix kicks off tomorrow at the Buddh International Circuit in NOIDA Defending champion Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull and Ferrari's Fernando Alonso will both be seen in action in the second edition of the Indian Grand Prix Vettel has won three straight grand prix in this season so far, snatching the drivers' [...]
Raina to lead India A against England
The All-India Senior Selection Committee of the BCCI, in its meeting held at Chennai, picked the India ‘A’ team for the match against the touring England side, to be played from 30 October 2012 to 1 November 2012 at the Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai01234 Abhinav Mukund Mr Lalchand Rajput will be the Coach of the team [subscribe2]
Saina loses; still in hunt for bronze
World number one Wang Yihan of China outplayed India's Saina Nehwal 21-13, 21-13 in the semifinals of women's badminton singles match at the London Olympics 2012 on Friday Up against the top seed, Saina committed too many unforced errors to see her dreams of winning a gold medal crashing after slumping to defeat in the semifinal tie which lasted [...]
Boxing: Vijender Singh enters quarterfinals
India’s star boxer Vijender Singh moved into the quarterfinals of the men’s middle weight 6:15 to book a quarter-final berth The 26-year-old Vijender, the bronze medallist of the Beijing Olympic Games [subscribe2]
Paes-Sania advance to the quarter-finals
India's Leander Paes and Sania Mirza defeated Serbian pair of Nenad Zimonjic and Ana Ivanovic in staright sets to enter the mixed doubles quarter-final of the Olympic Games, here on Thursday Paes-Sania beat the Serbian pair 6-2 6-4 in only 64 minutes to set up a last eight clash with top seeds Max Mirnyi and Victoria Azarenka from Belarus The [...]
Ali de Winter named Australia’s bowling coach
Cricket Australia 0-12 young bowlers featuring at the moment “There is a great group of young bowlers coming through to complement the experienced names who are also performing well” [subscribe2]
Badminton furore questions spirit of Olympics
Eight women badminton players at the Olympics have been charged by the sport's governing body with "not using one's best efforts to win a match" after two fixtures ended in controversy Four pairs in the women's doubles competition, one from China, one from Indonesia and two from South Korea, could be disciplined after the Badminton World [...]
Olympics: Kashyap advances to quarters
Parupalli Kashyap’s good run at the London Olympics continued as he entered the quarterfinals after defeating Niluka Karunaratne from Sri Lanka in three sets 21-14, 15-21, 21-9st ranked Parupalli defeated Tien Minh 21-9 21-14 to reach the pre-quarterfinals
Deepika Kumari knocked out of Olympics
Deepika kumari has lost in the archery individual event at London Olympics archer could not pose a serious challenge to her British opponent Deepika Kumari has crashed out of the individual archery event The score was 27-26, 22-26, 27-26, 28-26 India's women archery team is already out of the Olympics [subscribe2]
Phelps makes history with record 19th medal
Michael Phelps wrote his names in the history books early Wednesday, winning two medals, a silver and then gold to become the most successful Olympian with a record-shattering haul of 19 medals16-year annals of the modern Olympic Games, and an emotional one for Phelps, still a powerful force but no longer the commanding figure who won an [...]
Tendulkar nominated for ICC People’s Choice Award
Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar was on Wednesday again nominated for the ICC People’s Choice award, just 2 years before Tendukar won the awardcricketicc with the winner to be announced on September 15 at the LG ICC Awards in Colombo, the ICC said in a statement [subscribe2]
Kohli, Raina steer India to series win
Virat Kohli lead in the series0th over for 34 runs for the first wicket The middle order batsmen couldn’t capitalise the solid foundation and towards the end, the Lanka failed to put a formidable score in a crucial match [subscribe2]
Heartbreak after win for Jwala-Ashwini
Indian women’s doubles pair of Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa failed to qualify for the quarterfinals despite their comfortable win over Lei Yao and Shinta Mulia Sari of Singapore-16 21-15 in just over 30 minutes It was very unfortunate for the Indian pair to miss out on a quarterfinals spot despite their good show [subscribe2]
Dhoni tops forbes highest earning cricketers list
India's world cup winning captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni has topped the list of the world's highest earning cricketers compiled by Forbes magazine, followed by Sachin Tendulkar, as six Indians made it to the list's top-10 crore and 86 lakh lakh lakh Yusuf Pathan $37 lakh [subscribe2]
Bhupathi-Bopanna crashes out of men’s doubles
Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna crashed out of the men's doubles event at the London Olympics The Indian pair loose 6-3 6-4, in straight sets to French pair of Julien Benneteau and Richard Gasquet, here on Tuesday Bhupathi and Bopanna, who were at loggerheads with the AITA and arm-twisted the parent body into sending them as a pair but no [...]
Headingley record in Proteas’ favour
South Africa's Jacques Rudolph believes Proteas will take confidence from their good record at Headingley Carnegie, ahead of the second Investec Test match starting in Leeds on Thursday49742-run fifth-wicket partnership to give the Proteas a commanding first innings score, after bowling England out for 203 team in the world and we expect quite a [...]
Vettori ruled out of second Test
New Zealand Cricket today announced that Daniel Vettori has had to withdraw from the second Test against the West Indies due to a right adductor strain Vettori suffered the grade one injury on day three of the Test and will now undertake a rehabilitation period that rules him out of final match New Zealand Physiotherapist, Paul Close, said: [...]
Du Plessis called up as cover for Albie Morkel
Faf du Plessis has been called up to the Castle Lager Test squad as cover for Albie Morkel, who is suffering from an ankle injury Du Plessis will be on standby as an extra batsmen in the lead up to the second Investec Test match starting at Headingley-Carnegie in Leeds on Thursday, and will join up with his South Africa A teammates in Ireland, [...]
ICC U19 CWC is a finishing school: Warner
Flamboyant Australia opener David Warner has advised all the teenagers assembling in Queensland next month for the ninth edition of the ICC U19 CWC 2012 to make optimum use of the opportunity without compromising on the honour and respect they will be earning by representing their countries in a global event9 CWC 2006 in Sri Lanka and scored 91 [...]
