‘Sports’ Archives
U19 CWC has benefitted India: Bhajji
India’s World Cup winning off-spinner Harbhajan Singh believes India has benefitted from the ICC U19 Cricket World Cup as a number of top performers from the event, billed as a finishing school for future stars, have moved on to serve the country at the highest level9 Cricket World Cups5, someone from the India U19 side will be a key member of [...]
Saina reaches pre-quarters
Ace Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal as she won her second consecutive group stage match to cruise into the knockout stage of the women's singles competition of the London Olympics at the Wembley Arena here on Monday-4,21-14 The world number five Indian did not receive much resistance from her opponent as she sealed the match in just 27 minutes On [...]
Kashyap sails into pre-quarters
Parupalli Kashyap scored a dominating straight games win over Vietnam's Tien Minh Nguyen to progress to the pre-quarterfinals of the men's singles event of the badminton competition at the London Olympics, here todayst-ranked Kashyap outplayed his rival, ranked 11 places above him, 21-9, 21-14 in the second and final Group D match Kashyap [...]
Jwala-Ashwini keep hopes alive
Commonwealth Games gold medalist pair of Gutta Jwala and Ashwini Ponnappa also set the Wembly arena ablaze when they stunned world number 10 Yu Chin Chien and Wen Hsing Cheng of Chinese Taipei 25-23 16-21 21-18 in a Group B match in London Olympics Jwala and Ashwini who lost their opening match will now have to beat Singaporean pair Shinta Mulia [...]
Paes-Vishnu, Bhupathi-Bopanna win
India’s Leander Paes-Vishnu Vardhan and Mahesh Bhupathi-Rohan Bopanna, advanced to the second round of the men’s doubles competition in London Olympics on Monday, 4-6, 6-2 in an hour and 52 minutes Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna, whose insistence to play together sparked off the selection row, staved off a spirited challenge from Belarus pair [...]
Hockey: India go down fighting against Netherlands
Back in the Olympics after a hiatus of eight years, past masters of the game India produced a valiant fightback in the second-half before losing 2-3 to world number three The Netherlands in their opening Group B match of the men's hockey competition here on Monday0th India conceded two goals in the first session, but capitalised on two slim [...]
Boxing: India protest Sangwan’s defeat, complaint overruled
India has lodged an official protest with the London Games organisers after pugilist Sumit Sangwan crashed out of the Olympics in the men's light heavyweight category in London on Monday, the protest filed by India in this regards was turned down by the Olympics organizer4-15 against Yamaguchi Falcao Florentino of Brazil Sports Minister Ajay [...]
Awards to Winners at Olympics by Steel Ministry
The Steel Sports Council 2 will be awarded Rs 50 lakh each for winning Gold Medal, Rs 25 lakh each for Silver Medal and Rs20 lakh each for winning a Bronze Medal The award to the medal winners will be disbursed by Minister for Steel, Beni Prasad Verma, who is the ‘Patron’ of the Steel Sports Council
Olympics Shooting: Bindra out, Narang qualifies
Abhinav Bindra on Monday crashed out of the 10m air rifle event at the London Olympics 2012 with a dismal display in the qualifying rounds, but compatriot Gagan Narang kept alive India’s hopes by advancing to the medal round in London6th out of 47 competitors Niccolo Campriani of Italy and Romania’s Moldoveanu Alin George who both shot an [...]
London Olympics Football: Spain crash out
Spain crashed out of the Olympic Games after they suffered a shock 1-0 defeat at the hands of Honduras at Old Trafford thanks to a stunning second half free-kick and last-minute assist from Neymar-1 with New Zealand at Old Trafford after wasting several chances in their Group B encounter at the City of Coventry Stadium-0 victory [subscribe2]
Olympics Tennis: Somdev crashes out
India’s Somdev Devvarman campaign at the London Olympics 2012 came to an end after he suffered a straight set defeat to the sixth seeded Jarrko Nieminen in the first round match of the men’s singles8 in the World lost to 3-6, 1-6 to his rival from Finland Somdev making a comeback to the competitive grid almost after seven months due to a [...]
Saina Nehwal starts Olympic campaign on strong note
Saina Nehwal outplayed Sabrina Jaquet of Switzerland 21-9, 21-4 for a bright start for the league competition in her group in women’s badminton at the Wembley Arena on Sunday2 European Championship in Karlskrona, Sweden, could not provide any resistance to Saina2 minutes to wrap up the first game, before sealing the issue in her favour by [...]
Roach, Gayle fire West Indies to victory
West Indies won the first Digicel Test against New Zealand by nine wickets on Sunday at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in Anitgua02 proved no problem and the home side claimed a one - nil lead in the two match Test series999 for three, just 28 runs ahead of the West Indies first innings total of 522, but night-watchman, Neil Wagner, and Dean [...]
Taylor comes in for unavailable Bopara
The England selectors today named a 13-man squad for the second Investec Test match against South Africa, commencing Thursday 2 August at Headingley Carnegie1 in a one-day international against Ireland0 against Pakistan A2 runs National selector Geoff Miller said: "We were outplayed during the first Investec Test last week, but it is important [...]
Int’l stars back starlets to shine in Aus
West Indies’ star Kieron Pollard believes good performance at the ICC U19 CWC will fast track a youngster’s entry into international cricket Shakib Al Hasan: “I am confident that there will be two or three players from this tournament who will be representing Bangladesh at the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015” West Indies superstar Kieron [...]
Gambhir, Raina fire India to victory
Gautam Gambhir scored a century and Suresh Raina smashed a brisk 65 not out to power India to a thrilling five-wicket win over Sri Lanka in the third one-day international in Colombo on Saturday02 for his 11th one-day hundred and Raina hammered one six and six fours in his 45-ball knock as India achieved a stiff 287-run target with two balls to [...]
Graeme Smith bats for U19 WC
Graeme Smith says ICC U19 Cricket World Cup teaches discipline and how to handle pressure Angelo Mathews: “The future of cricket lies in the hands of cricketers who’ll be appearing in Queensland next month” South Africa’s Test captain Graeme Smith has said the ICC U19 Cricket World Cup is an important event on the ICC calendar and has [...]
London set for Olympics opening ceremony
All eyes will turn to London on Friday for the opening ceremony of the 2012 Olympics, which begins at 2000 GMT and ends more than three hours later6,000 athletes from 204 countries share the thrill of victory and despair of defeat with 11 million visitors
Titans to play Perth Scorchers in CLT20 Opener
Titans to play Perth Scorchers in Champions League Twenty20 Opener, Kolkata Knight Riders and Delhi Daredevils in Group A, Chennai Super Kings and Mumbai Indians in Group B South Africa’s reigning domestic T20 champions will take on Australia’s domestic T20 runners-up, in the opening ‘Group Stage’ game of the Champions League Twenty20 [...]
Racist tweet sends Greece athlete packing
Greece's triple jumper Paraskevi Papachristou has been barred from the Olympics, due to begin on Friday in London, for composing a "racist" tweet, the country’s Olympic committee said Papachristou tweeted that "With so many Africans in Greece the West Nile mosquitoes will at least eat homemade food!!!" The 23-year-old athlete, who was [...]
