London: Internationally acclaimed Indian Sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik has won the grand prize at the prestigious Copenhagen International Sand sculpture festival in Denmark for his sculpture on environment. Pattnaik, who is from Orissa, won the prize for his sand sculpture 'Go Green, Save Earth'. He created the 15 feet-high sculpture in 7 days for the festival. Pattnaik, brand ambassador of NALCO said "Global warming affects the whole world. We have...
09:46 AM, May 21, 2013
Copenhagen: Danish police found 30 dead dogs, including 25 puppies, in a freezer while investigating complaints of loud barking. Police spokesman Soeren Bach said that they discovered the dogs on Monday at a 66-year-old man's house after he had refused to pay fines for disturbing the peace and ignored an April court order banning him from keeping dogs on his property in Hjoerring, northern Denmark. Bach said on Tuesday that...
07:23 PM, May 07, 2013
Talks between India and Denmark on expediting the extradition of prime accused in Purulia arms drop case Kim Davy to face trial here failed to make any headway on Thursday as the European country asked for a fresh proposal which will be examined by their justice department. "The talks were held in a cordial manner and there was a discussion on extradition of Kim Davy," Union Home Secretary RK Singh...
08:16 PM, Mar 07, 2013
Bendtner, on a season-long loan to Juventus from Arsenal, admitted to having been 3 times over the legal alcohol limit in Denmark. ...
09:15 PM, Mar 05, 2013
New Delhi: Riding on her maiden Denmark Open title triumph last Sunday, India's ace shuttler Saina Nehwal gained a position to climb up to third spot in the latest World badminton ranking announced on Thursday. The London Olympics Bronze medallist Indian is now just one step away from regaining her world number two status as a semi-final spot in the ongoing French Open will help her to topple Olympic champion...
08:13 PM, Oct 25, 2012
Paris: Fresh from her maiden Denmark Open title triumph, India ace Saina Nehwal will now look to clinch her fifth title of the year when she starts her campaign in the women's singles at the French Open Super Series here on Wednesday. The 22-year-old Indian capped her return to court after a two-month break following her bronze medal-winning feat at London Olympics, with a win at Odense last week and...
05:14 PM, Oct 23, 2012
Odense: Olympic bronze-medallist shuttler Saina Nehwal fought through a troubling knee to clinch her fourth title of the year by lifting the Denmark Open Super Series Premier trophy with a dominating win in the final here Sunday. The 22-year-old Saina, who was competing in her first tournament after the London Games, won 21-17 21-8 in 35 minutes to notch up her second Super Series Premier title which fetched her USD...
08:01 PM, Oct 21, 2012
India's badminton ace Saina Nehwal takes on Juliane Schenk of Germany in the Denmark Open final on Sunday. We'll bring you all the updates live through our tweets. Saina made it to the summit clash after beating World No. 1 Wang Yihan of China, who retired with a knee injury when Saina was leading the match 21-12, 12-7 on Saturday. ...
03:40 PM, Oct 21, 2012
Odense (Denmark): Ace Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal booked her place in the finals of the Denmark Super Series Premier tournament after world number one opponent Yihan Wang of China retired midway through the semi-final clash because of a knee injury. The London Olympics silver medallist looked in great physical distress and finally decided to throw in the towel after lagging 7-12 in the second game. Saina had won the first...
09:57 PM, Oct 20, 2012
Odense: Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal set up a semi-final clash against old nemesis and world number one Yihan Wang of China after easing past local hope Tine Baun in straight games at the Denmark Open badminton tournament here. Third seed Saina took just 33 minutes to beat fifth seed Baun 21-10, 21-11 to make the last-four stage where she will be up against an opponent who has beaten her in...
10:35 AM, Oct 20, 2012
Odense: In a dramatic comeback, badminton World No.4 Saina Nehwal of India won her second round match against Japanese Minatsu Mitani to advance to the women's singles quarterfinals of the Denmark Open Super Series Premier here Thursday. The third-seeded Indian defeated the unseeded Japanese World No.28 21-15, 21-14 in 20 minutes. The scores, however, were no true reflection of the match-play. In the first game, Minatsu surprised Saina by clinching...
04:31 PM, Oct 18, 2012
Odense: Rising Indian shuttler Sourabh Varma stunned world number eight and home favourite Peter Hoeg Gade in straight games to enter the second round of the Denmark Open badminton tournament here. The 19-year-old Indian prevailed 21-18 21-14 against the sixth-seeded former All England champion in a contest lasting 42 minutes. Sourabh, who was knocked out in the first round of the recent National Championships in Srinagar, will now take on...
11:45 AM, Oct 18, 2012
Odense (Denmark): Returning to the court after a two month break, Saina Nehwal made a rampaging start to her campaign at the Denmark Open, reaching the second round with a comfortable straight-game victory over Yeon Ju Bae of Korea here on Wednesday. London Olympics bronze medallist, Saina prevailed over Bae 21-17, 21-17 in a 39-minute women's singles match. In the men's singles, qualifier Anand Pawar put up a fight against...
11:16 PM, Oct 17, 2012
Odense: Mumbai shuttler Anand Pawar lost in the men's singles first round of the Denmark Open Super Series Premier in a three game match here on Wednesday. Pawar went down to Japanese fifth seed Sho Sasaki 21-14, 15-21, 11-21 in a 54-minute match after qualifying for the main draw on Tuesday. ...
07:02 PM, Oct 17, 2012
Odense: Mixed doubles shuttlers Ashwini Ponnappa and Tarun Kona bowed out of the Denmark Open Super Series Premier, losing in straight games in the first round here. The Indian duo lost to the unseeded Indonesian combo of Markis Kido and Pia Zebadiah Bernadeth 18-21, 15-21 in 28 minutes Tuesday in their first ever clash. Though the first game was a neck-and-neck encounter till 16-all, the World No.43 Indonesian pair surged...
12:31 PM, Oct 17, 2012
Milan: Mario Balotelli scored one goal and set up another to help 10-man Italy to a 3-1 victory over Denmark in a World Cup qualifier on Tuesday that marked his return to the national team. Balotelli was in inspirational form in creating Riccardo Montolivo's opener as well as scoring Italy's final goal early in the second half as Italy recorded its 34th match without defeat in qualifiers for the World...
09:08 AM, Oct 17, 2012
Odense: Indian shuttler Anand Pawar notched up straight-game victories in the men's singles qualifying matches and cruised to the main draw of the Denmark Super Series here on Tuesday. World number 51 Anand thrashed Russian Ivan Sozonov 21-7, 21-7 in his first match and then tamed Thailand's Tanongsak Saensomboonsuk 21-19, 21-16 to set up a clash with fifth seeded Japanese Sho Sasaki in the main draw on Wednesday. London Olympics...
10:32 PM, Oct 16, 2012
Odense: Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal will be making a comeback at the Denmark Open Super Series Premier on Wednesday, after lying low since winning the bronze medal at the London Olympics Aug 5. The Hyderabadi shuttler had taken a break and was busy attending felicitation functions during the last two months, also missing out on two Super Series events in China and Japan. Seeded third in the penultimate Super Series...
02:36 PM, Oct 15, 2012
Copenhagen: Former world number one Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark has dropped out of the list of top-ten women tennis players for the first time in three years, the latest WTA ranking showed Monday. Wozniacki is now ranked 11th, down from an earlier ninth place, marking the first time since June 2009 that the 22-year-old star has not made the top ten list, reports Xinhua. France's Marion Bartoli precedes the Dane...
09:54 PM, Sep 10, 2012
