
Hamburg, Germany: Hulk scored two goals in the first half to help Brazil beat Denmark 3-1 on Saturday at the start of a four-match tour ahead of the London Olympics. Hulk scored in the eighth and 40th minutes, either side of an own goal by Niki Zimling, as a young but polished Brazil side brushed off a team headed to next month's European Championship in Poland and Ukraine. Nicklas Bendtner...

10:16 AM, May 27, 2012

Copenhagen, Denmark: Angelique Kerber of Germany beat top-seeded Caroline Wozniacki 6-4, 6-4 to win the e-Boks Open on Sunday and her second title of the year. The second-seeded Kerber, who won her first WTA tournament at the Paris Indoors in February, broke the Dane's serve three times in each set to earn the title in 1 hour, 38 minutes. Wozniacki had sought her third straight title in her home tournament,...

05:06 AM, Apr 16, 2012

Davos: The ice appeared to be melting over tackling euro crisis at the Swiss alpine resort with the leaders of several European nations agreeing to press for tighter rules and greater fiscal prudence to keep the common currency afloat. The urgency to introduce fiscal discipline and hope that the euro crisis would be resolved sooner than later was expressed by leaders of various smaller European countries at the meeting of...

05:24 PM, Jan 27, 2012

New Delhi: Curtains were drawn on India's campaign at the Denmark Open Super Series after the mixed doubles pair of V Diju and Jwala Gutta suffered a humiliating straight-games defeat in the quarter-finals at Odense on Friday. The unseeded Indian pair lost 5-21 7-21 to the third-seeded English combination of Joachim Fischer Nielsen and Christinna Pedersen in a match that lasted for just 26 minutes. In a lopsided match, Jwala-Diju...

10:46 PM, Oct 21, 2011

New Delhi: Ace Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal suffered a straight-game defeat against Tzu Ying Tai of Chinese Taipei in the second round to crash out of the Denmark Open Super Series at Odense on Thursday. However, Jwala Gutta and V Diju kept India's tri-colour fluttering after notching up a 21-16 21-19 victory over Chris Adcock and Imogen Bankier of England in the second round of the mixed doubles category. Fourth...

06:23 PM, Oct 20, 2011

New Delhi: Indian shuttlers Saina Nehwal and Anand Pawar advanced to the second round of the Denmark Open Super Series after notching up contrasting victories in the opening round of the main draw at Odense on Wednesday. Fourth seed Saina beat Porntip Buranaprasertsuk of Thailand 21-16 21-8 in a 31-minute clash in the women's singles, while Anand saw off Pablo Abian 21-11 21-12 in the men's singles. World number four...

09:18 PM, Oct 19, 2011

New Delhi: Indian shuttler Anand Pawar kept his hopes alive of reaching the main draw of Denmark Open Super series but it was all over for compatriot RMV Gurusaidutt at Odense on Tuesday. Pawar defeated Russian Vladimir Ivanov 21-10 21-14 in the opening round and would take on Daren Liew of Malaysia in the second qualifying round of the men's singles. Gurusaidutt, however, lost 18-21 17-21 to Mohammad Arif Abdul...

10:45 PM, Oct 18, 2011

New Delhi: As the season is drawing to a close, Saina Nehwal would look to end the Super Series title drought when the Denmark Open gets underway at Odense with the qualifiers on Tuesday. World number four Saina had won three Super series titles - Singapore, Indonesia and Hong Kong - besides winning the Commonwealth Games and India Open Grand Prix gold last year. However, this year, Saina has won...

04:46 PM, Oct 17, 2011

New Delhi: India has talked tough to Denmark on the extradition fiasco of Kim Davy, the main accused in the Purulia arms dropping case. Sources say, Copenhagen is obliged to ensure that Davy, a terrorist and a gunrunner, doesn't get shelter in Denmark. India has also warned Denmark of similar non-cooperation with respect to Indian criminals wanted by Danish authorities, if it doesn't ensure Davy's extradition to face trial here....

07:41 PM, Jul 08, 2011

New Delhi: The Government may make a fresh diplomatic move with Denmark after it refused to file an appeal in its Supreme Court for the extradition of Kim Davy, an accused in the Purulia arms drop case, to India. The CBI is also mulling other options to bring Davy to trial, including through video conferencing, after weighing other legal options. Jorgen Steen Sorensen, Denmark's Director, Prosecution, also acknowledged that a...

11:50 AM, Jul 08, 2011

New Delhi: India has lodged a strong protest with Denmark over the remarks made by Danish High Court about the human rights conditions in this country while rejecting plea to extradite Purulia arms drop accused Kim Davy, saying such observations were unacceptable. Sources in the Government said that the External Affairs ministry summoned the Charge d'Affaires on Monday and conveyed in no uncertain terms that such remarks about India's human...

07:59 PM, Jul 07, 2011

Washington: The US Government will not appeal against a Chicago court verdict which found Pakistani-Canadian Tahawwur Rana "not guilty" on charges related to his involvement in the Mumbai terrorist attacks, a ruling that was received with disappointment by India. "After sentencing, Rana may appeal his conviction on the two counts, but the government cannot appeal the jury's finding of not guilty on the Mumbai count," a Justice Department official told...

08:40 PM, Jun 11, 2011

London: A virulent new strain of E Coli bacteria that has killed at least 17 people in Europe may be the deadliest yet in human history, health experts said. Germany is at the centre of the outbreak, with more than 1,500 people ill from eating contaminated vegetables and salads, but the precise source of the new strain is not yet known. The highly infectious variant has never affected humans before....

07:03 AM, Jun 03, 2011

Clips of video shot by David Headley using a mobile phone camera during his visit to Denmark in 2009. ...

12:52 PM, May 26, 2011

Washington: India has ranked 71st in happiness with only 17 per cent people describing themselves as "thriving" in a new study of well-being that gives Denmark the top spot among 124 countries surveyed. With Danes ranked the most contented people on the planet with a whopping 72 per cent of residents considering themselves "thriving," Sweden and Canada followed close behind, each at 69 per cent in Gallup's 2010 Global Wellbeing...

11:32 AM, Apr 21, 2011