
New Delhi: India ace Saina Nehwal will have to put behind her quarter-final finish at the All England Championships and gather herself quickly to defend her title at the Swiss Open Grand Prix Gold, which starts with the qualifiers at Basel, Switzerland on Tuesday. World number four Saina will open her campaign against Sayaka Sato of Japan in the women's singles competition. The 21-year-old Indian has a 2-1 record against...

06:31 PM, Mar 12, 2012

Basel: Novak Djokovic said Sunday he needs "some time" to rediscover top form after his historic season was interrupted by a six-week injury break. The top-ranked Serb resumes at the Swiss Indoors with a 64-3 record this year, after a back muscle injury forced him to retire from a Davis Cup semi-finals singles match against Juan Martin del Potro of Argentina on September 18. "Certainly, it's going to take me...

11:32 AM, Oct 31, 2011

Geneva: Thousands of plant lovers have flocked to the northern Swiss city of Basel to see a giant, stinky flower bloom for the first time. The Basel Botanical Gardens expects 10,000 people to see its amorphophallus titanum, or corpse flower, in full glory before the bloom wilts late Saturday or Sunday. The plant is 17 years old and has never bloomed before. Visitors haven't been deterred by the strong stench...

12:02 PM, Apr 25, 2011

Bankrupt petrochemicals firm says no to Mukesh Ambani group. ...

12:38 PM, Mar 02, 2010

LyondellBasell has rejected sweetened offer:
Wall Street Journal. ...

03:40 PM, Jan 08, 2010

LyondellBasell deal could help RIL prove it can succeed outside India. ...

06:41 PM, Dec 16, 2009

RIL works to snatch largest overseas acquisition by Indian firm. ...

12:29 PM, Nov 22, 2009

Romans got their Europa League campaign off to the worst possible start. ...

04:55 PM, Sep 18, 2009

Barcelona were held to a 1-1 draw by Basel at Camp Nou. ...

09:10 PM, Nov 05, 2008

Bhupathi and Knowles beat Argentina's J Acasuso and Agustin Calleri. ...

11:26 PM, Oct 25, 2008

Meanwhile, Chelsea' scored a goal against Roma in the 77th minute. ...

02:49 PM, Oct 23, 2008