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Wimbledon: Indian tennis players Rohan Bopanna and Sania Mirza entered the men’s and women’s doubles quarter-finals, while Leander Paes was knocked out in the men’s doubles of the Wimbledon Championships here on Monday. Bopanna with his Romanian partner Florin Mergea earned a hard fought victory against the Polish-Belarusian pair of Lukasz Kubot and Max Mirnyi […]

Vancouver: Carli Lloyd scored three goals in the first 16 minutes as the US beat Japan 5-2 in the Women’s World Cup final yesterday. Lloyd’s flash of genius devastated Japan in a re-match of last World Cup final where Japan beat the American side in shootout, reports Xinhua. Inspired Lloyd drew the first blood with […]

New Delhi: The Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) selection committee will conduct trials at the Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium here on Tuesday to pick male grapplers who will represent the country at the World Championships in Las Vegas from September 7 to 14. However, two-time Olympic medallist Sushil Kumar will not take part in the […]

Wimbledon: India’s Leander Paes and Canada’s Daniel Nestor entered the third round of the men’s doubles event at the Wimbledon tennis championships overcoming a stiff challenge from the Russian-Chinese Taipei duo of Teymuraz Gabashvili and Yen-Hsun Lu 5-7, 7-6 (3), 7-6 (4), 7-5 here on Saturday. The Indo-Canadian duo took three hours and 15 minutes […]

London: Spain’s Rafael Nadal, whose dismal season continued with a second-round loss this week at Wimbledon, needs a new coach to overcome his struggles, American former tennis great John McEnroe said in an interview with BBC Radio 5. “Nadal is one of the great champions, a class act. He plays with a lot of effort […]

Antwerp: India eves rode on valiant saves from goalkeeper Savita Punia to beat Italy 5-4 in the penalty shootout after the game ended at 1-1 in the Hockey World League (HWL) Semi-Final here on Thursday. In the shoot-out, Vandana Katariya, Navjot Kaur, Anuradha Thokchom, Rani Rampal and Deepika scored for India while for Italy, Valentina […]

Wimbledon: The Indian-Serbian pair of Mahesh Bhupathi and Janko Tipsarevic were knocked out of the Wimbledon tennis championships, as they lost in straight sets in the first round of the men’s doubles on Thursday. Bhupathi-Tipsarevic went down to Austrian Jurgen Melzer and Swedish Robert Lindstedt 3-6, 3-6, 2-6 in an hour and 15 minutes. The […]

Antwerp: Jasjit Singh Kular converted two penalty corners in the final quarter to send India to the last four stage of the Hockey World League (HWL) Semi-Final as the 2014 Asian Games champions overcame a fighting Malaysia with a 3-2 victory in the quarter-final here yesterday. Satbir Singh gave world No.9 India the lead in […]

Mumbai: Former India skipper and ex-chief selector Dilip Vengsarkar on Tuesday hailed batsman Ajinkya Rahane, who was named Indian team’s captain for the Zimbabwe series, as a consistent performer who has come of age, and said he will gain valuable experience in his new role. “It’s good news. He will gain valuable experience leading India. […]

Antwerp: After securing a 2-2 draw against Pakistan in the last game, the Indian men’s hockey team went down 2-6 against Australia in the final game of the pool phase of the 10-nation Hockey World League (HWL) Semi-Final at the Brasschaat Municipal Park here on Sunday. With the win, Australia finished at the top of […]

Hockey India (HI) on Tuesday appointed experienced defender Birendra Lakra of Odisha as the vice-captain of the 16-member Olympic-bound Indian Men's Hockey Team.

Calgary (Canada): India’s women’s badminton doubles pair of Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa stormed into the final of the $50,000 Canada Open Grand Prix tournament after beating Shiho Tanaka and Koharu Yonemoto of Japan 21-17, 21-16 in the semi-finals. The opening game saw fortunes fluctuating every now and then with both sets of players exchanging […]

Bengaluru: Indian eves recovered brilliantly to snatch a well-deserved 17-run win over visiting New Zealand in the first of their five-match One-Day International (ODI) series here on Sunday and picked up two crucial points in their bid to qualify for the 2017 Women’s World Cup. The Indians found their heroine in the six-footer Jhulan Goswami […]

New Delhi: The Indian cricket team, which will tour Zimbabwe for three One-Day Internationals (ODI) and two Twenty20 Internationals, will be selected here on Monday. Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) All-India Senior Selection Committee will meet here to select the teams for the forthcoming tour which commences on July 10. The committee […]

Antwerp: India seek to top Pool A as they face world champions Australia in their last match before the quarter-finals of the 10-nation Hockey World League (HWL) Semi-Final at the Brasschaat Municipal Park here on Sunday. Paul van Ass-coached India have seven points from three matches with two wins and a draw, while world No.1 […]