New Delhi: World football governing body's vice-president Prince Ali Bin Al-Hussein on Monday backed India's bid to host the 2017 FIFA Under-17 World Cup, saying that the country was crucial for the overall development of the game in the continent. "I support India's bid to host the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup. India is an important country in Asia and a crucial one for growth of the game," Al Hussein,...
05:56 PM, May 06, 2013
New Delhi: India's pistol shooters competing in the ISSF World Cup in Fort Benning, USA, will be without the services of coach Sayed Wajid Ali as he has been denied visa to travel for the May 4-13 tournament. The National Rifle Association of India (NRAI) said the US embassy is yet to give a reason for denying the government core-group coach visa. "He has been denied visa, though we don't...
03:48 PM, May 06, 2013
Chandigarh: Pakistani prisoner Sanaullah Haq, who was attacked by his fellow Indian inmate in a Jammu jail on Friday, is in a deep coma, said doctors, adding that the 52-year-old is critical and on ventilator support. The Indian convict, who had allegedly attacked Haq, was sent to 7 days of police custody on Saturday. "He is on ventilator and in a deep coma. He continues to be critically sick," said...
08:43 AM, May 05, 2013
Karachi: The Pakistan Tennis Federation (PTF) has vowed to fight on to get the result of its Asia-Oceania Group II tie of the Davis Cup against New Zealand overturned by the International Tennis Federation. The ITF, in a statement, today said it has rejected Pakistan's appeal against the decision of the referee to award the Davis Cup tie in Yangon, Myanmar to New Zealand because of unplayable court conditions. Pakistan...
12:08 AM, May 02, 2013
New York: Eastman Kodak says it expects to emerge from bankruptcy protection between July and September. Many of the storied businesses associated with the Kodak name will be gone. It will no longer make cameras, home computer printers, or digital picture frames. It will mostly be out of the consumer film business, providing only supplies and services to the new owners of that business. The reorganization plan filed late on...
08:25 PM, May 01, 2013
New Delhi: The International Tennis Federation (ITF) have rejected Pakistan's appeal against the awarding of their Davis Cup Asia-Oceania Group II tie to New Zealand, the governing body said on Wednesday. Designated hosts Pakistan were disqualified from last month's Davis Cup tie, played in Myanmar because of security concerns, after referee Ashita Ajigala ruled that the grass court in Yangon had become unplayable and dangerous. The Pakistan Tennis Federation (PTF)...
04:29 PM, May 01, 2013
Kolkata: Unbeaten East Bengal will look to top group H before the knockouts as they face Vietnam oufit Sai Gon Xuan Thanh in their last league match of the AFC Cup here on Tuesday. East Bengal have already qualified for the pre-quarterfinals as they lead the table with 11 points, while the Vietnam outfit lie second with eight points. A draw will be enough for the red and gold brigade...
07:49 PM, Apr 29, 2013
Madrid: Spain coach Vicente del Bosque confirmed on Friday that his incredibly successful reign as leader of his country's national side will conclude at the end of the 2014 FIFA World Cup. Former Real Madrid coach, Del Bosque is one of the most successful coaches in history, leading Spain to their first ever World Cup in 2010 and then masterminding the defence of the European Championship in 2012, making Spain...
07:28 PM, Apr 26, 2013
New Delhi: India will host the finals of the prestigious Thomas Cup and Uber Cup for the first time from 18th May to 25th May, 2014. The announcement was made after the agreement signing ceremony between Badminton Association of India President Dr Akhilesh Das Gupta and World Federation Deputy President Paisan Rangsikitpoh at the Siri Fort sports complex on Friday. On this occasion, Dr Akhilesh Das Gupta, said, "We are...
05:30 PM, Apr 26, 2013
Brazil were booed by their own fans after stumbling to a 2-2 draw with Chile in their first friendly at a 2014 World Cup stadium on Wednesday. The match at the newly refurbished Mineirao in Belo Horizonte was coach Luiz Felipe Scolari's last test before naming his squad on May 14 for the Confederations Cup to be held at six venues in Brazil in June. The friendly, in which Chile...
10:51 AM, Apr 25, 2013
Young swimmer Bobby Rana returned home with two bronze medals (50m and 100m butterfly) in his bag, which he won at the World Schools Swimming Cup Championship under-18 (boys and girls) held in Herzilya (Israel). ...
12:05 PM, Apr 23, 2013
Sao Paulo: Brazil coach Luiz Felipe Scolari will likely choose between Ronaldinho and Kaka for his squad at the Confederations Cup in June. The coach said in an interview with Folha de S. Paulo newspaper published Monday that he almost certainly won't pick both players when Brazil host the World Cup warm-up tournament. Scolari said he gave enough chances to both players, adding there's a "90 percent chance" that he...
12:30 AM, Apr 23, 2013
Roberta Vinci sent Italy into the Fed Cup final for the fifth time in eight years with a 6-2, 6-7, 6-3 victory over Czech Republic's Lucie Safarova in Palermo on Monday. The match was held over because of rain on Sunday. Vinci's triumph gave Italy, winners of the trophy in 2009 and 2010, an unassailable 3-1 lead over the twice defending champions, meaning the doubles was not played. Russia await...
12:21 AM, Apr 23, 2013
New Delhi: India will for the first time host badminton's two premier events, the Thomas and the Uber Cup finals, later this year. Badminton Association of India (BAI) president Akhilesh Das Gupta on Monday said "it is a proud moment for Indian badminton". "I take great pleasure in announcing it to the media that the Thomas Cup and the Uber Cup will be held in India for the first time...
04:39 PM, Apr 22, 2013
Florida: Venus Williams needed eight match points in the final game to beat Johanna Larsson 6-3, 7-5 and give the U.S. an insurmountable 3-1 lead against Sweden in the Fed Cup World Group Playoff. It marked the first time that the 21st ranked Venus Williams, a former No. 1, has clinched a Fed Cup tie for the United States. Earlier Sunday, No. 1-ranked Serena Williams boosted the U.S. to a...
09:17 AM, Apr 22, 2013
Stuttgart: Germany came from behind to beat Serbia 3-2 in their Fed Cup playoff Sunday and qualify for next season's top-tier World group competition. Sabine Lisicki and Anna-Lena Groenefeld clinched the best-of-five series by winning the decisive doubles 6-2, 6-4 against Vesna Dolonc and Aleksandra Krunic. Mona Barthel began the comeback by defeating Bojana Jovanovski to pull Germany level at 2-2. Barthel had to win to keep Germany in the...
12:54 AM, Apr 22, 2013
Palermo: The Czech Republic's Petra Kvitova rallied to beat seventh-ranked Sara Errani 2-6, 6-2, 6-0 Sunday after a five-hour rain delay and cut Italy's lead to 2-1 in the Fed Cup semifinals. The eighth-ranked Kvitova won the final 11 games of the rainy match, overwhelming Errani with her attacking game. Kvitova, who has led the Czechs to the Fed Cup title the past two years, held a 26-6 edge in...
12:46 AM, Apr 22, 2013
Moscow: Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina won the decisive doubles match Sunday as Russia completed a 3-2 comeback victory over Slovakia to reach the Fed Cup final. Slovakia won the first two singles on Saturday to take a 2-0 lead but Maria Kirilenko and Makarova won the reverse matches to level the series before the Russians rallied to beat Dominika Cibulkova and Daniela Hantuchova 4-6, 6-3, 6-1 on indoor clay...
12:38 AM, Apr 22, 2013
Barcelona: Spain won a reverse singles match and a doubles match to beat Japan 4-0 in their Fed Cup World Group playoff on Sunday. Carla Suarez downed Ayumi Morita 6-3, 7-5 to give Spain an insurmountable 3-0 lead before doubles pair Anabel Medina and Lourdes Dominguez polished off Misaki Doi and Shuko Aoyama 6-4, 7-5 in a dead rubber. Suarez, who won Spain's first point by defeating Doi on Saturday,...
08:03 PM, Apr 21, 2013
Florida: Serena Williams evened the United States' Fed Cup World Group playoff match against Sweden, waiting out a long rain delay to beat Johanna Larsson 6-2, 6-2 on Saturday night. In the opening match, Sweden's Sofia Arvidsson beat Sloane Stephens 6-4, 4-6, 6-1. The top-ranked Williams finished off the 66th-ranked Larsson in 66 minutes under the lights. "I've been through many rain delays so I know what to do," Williams...
08:31 AM, Apr 21, 2013
