
Margao: Salgaocar Sports Club's strong comeback in the second-half was not good enough as Pune FC walked away with an emphatic 3-1 victory in their ninth-round encounter of the I-League at the Nehru Stadium here on Thursday. S Venkatesh, Keita Mandjou and substitute Jeje Lalpekhlua scored the goals for Pune, while Ryuji Sueoka's 23rd-minute strike had briefly brought Salgaocar on level terms. Venkatesh, a former international, essayed a firm right...

11:55 PM, Dec 15, 2011

New Delhi: Continuing their partnership with Krida Vikas Sanstha Nagpur (KVSN), the English Premier League Tottenham Hotspur renewed their association with the Indian National team, which will participate at the forthcoming 2011 Homeless Football World Cup to be held in Paris from August 21. Spurs' involvement in the World Cup - an annual international football competition - is a continuation of the club's relationship with KVSN and their involvement in...

12:55 PM, Aug 18, 2011

New Delhi: Adhering to the Sports Ministry's proposal, Hockey India (HI)and Indian Hockey Federation (IHF)on Monday agreed to merge as one body, thus ending a long-standing tussle between the two warring factions. The decision was taken after a meeting held between the two parties at the Ministry's headquarters here. The Ministry had last week issued an ultimatum to the two bodies asking them to merge by July 25, falling to...

04:12 PM, Jul 25, 2011

Beijing: Indian ace shooter Ronjan Sodhi won the double trap silver and an Olympic quota place in the shotgun World Cup in Beijing on Sunday. Asian Games gold medallist Sodhi had slipped to the third spot behind the eventual champion William Chetcuti and third-placed Li Jun, but shot nine of the last 10 birds to ensure the silver and more importantly the entry ticket for the London 2012 Games. Sodhi...

02:02 PM, Apr 25, 2011

New Delhi: For the first time in almost six years, things seem to be finally falling into place for India's very own Sania Mirza who won her second successive doubles title by lifting the Family Circle Cup along with her Russian partner Elena Vesnina. By beating Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Meghann Shaughnessy 6-4, 6-4 in the finals at Charleston, the Sania-Elena duo have kept the momentum going in their favour by...

11:24 AM, Apr 12, 2011

Birmingham: Ace Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal made a winning start in the All England Badminton Championship by beating Korean Seung Hee Bae in straight games at the National Indoor Arena in Birmingham. But the World No. 5 had to overcome a stiff challenge before clinching the first-round match by 21-13, 21-16. She will next play Tzu Ying Tai after the Chinese Taipai shuttler beat Linda Zechiri. The Indian shuttler made...

08:53 AM, Mar 10, 2011

New Delhi: World Chess champion Viswanathan Anand will egg on 20,000 chess players as they take on each other in what will be the world's largest such congregation to eclipse the current world record for simultaneous chess that had been created four years ago. As many as 13,446 players had played in a chess exhibition in Mexico City in 2006. The 'Swarnim Chess Mahotsav' that will be played on December...

03:24 PM, Dec 20, 2010

Guangzhou: Indian rowers on Friday continued their brilliant show at the Asian Games as they won a gold, a silver and a bronze on the seventh day of the event in Guangzhou, China. Takhar created history by clinching the country's first ever gold medal in rowing by winning the men's rowing singles sculls event. Starting in lane 3, the Indian Army officer, led the 2000m race right from the start...

08:25 AM, Nov 19, 2010

New Delhi: What we have witnessed in the last fortnight or so is nothing but spectacular. The negativity surrounding the start of the XIX Commonwealth Games in New Delhi was transformed into a positive tide by the end of it. Athletes with their sheer grit and determination tried to ensure that the mega event would be remembered for all the right reasons. Indian players, with the home support behind them,...

02:00 PM, Oct 16, 2010

New Delhi: World and Commonwealth Games champion Sushil Kumar will miss next month's Asian Games. The Indian wrestler has decided to skip the event, as he wants to recover from the shoulder injury he suffered during last month's world championships. According to a report in the Hindustan Times, The Indian grappler said he took the decision keeping in mind the tough season ahead, which includes Olympic qualifiers. "The worlds is...

11:32 AM, Oct 15, 2010

New Delhi: Sprint queen, PT Usha - one of the finest sports personalities that India has ever produced - has not been invited for the opening ceremony of the biggest sporting carnival of the country. Usha, who is coming to Delhi for the Games on October 5 as coach of athlete Tintu Luka, is learnt to be upset from the snub she has received. "They have not invited me for...

08:09 PM, Oct 02, 2010

New Delhi: India's Ronjan Sodhi on Monday clinched a gold at the double trap gold in the ISSF World Cup finals in Izmir, Turkey. Sodhi shot a stunning 195 out of 200 to emerge victorious. The World no 5 had earlier scored 143 in the qualifying round. Sodhi, one of India's brightest medal prospects in the shooting event in the forthcoming Commonwealth Games here, had struck gold in the Lonato...

06:52 PM, Sep 20, 2010

The governing body had marked a copy of the report to the Delhi Police Commissioner for further investigation. ...

05:27 PM, Jul 24, 2010

The man with a quiet demeanor and a killer smile will be a real handful for his opponents in the near future. ...

12:53 PM, Jul 07, 2010

All the pre-match hype between Manchester United and Ac Milan centred on David Beckham's return to play against his ...

01:41 PM, Feb 17, 2010