Tournament

Strong winds wipe out first day at Kapalua

The first-round play in Hawaii was abandoned because of strong winds. ...  

One gold for India in Azerbaijan boxing tourney

Reigning junior national champion Aman Indora (56kg) clinched India's only gold as the country finished third in the tournament. ...  

BAI formulates minimum participation policy for players

This step comes in the wake of the controversial pullout of Saina Nehwal at the Modi International India Grand Prix Gold tournament. ...  

Slum soccer contest in Delhi

The Slum Soccer tournament is held only for the underprivileged youth from India with the best eight players in the tournament selected to represent India in the Homeless World Cup. ...

Mohun Bagan will exert political influence to get out of this mess: Sougata Mukhopadhyay

The country's oldest football club, with a 123-year-old history, faces the risk of being banned. Whose fault is it? The players? The unruly supporters? The club officials? Or is it the football administration? What lessons can other big sporting clubs in the country draw from this experience? ...  

Poor start for Atwal at Final stage of PGA Tour Q-School

Only the top 25 (and ties) after six rounds will receive PGA TOUR cards for 2013 with the rest earning Web.com Tour status or conditional status on that tour. ...  

India lose to Germany, runners-up in Johar Cup

Johar Bahru: Indian junior team failed to impress when it mattered the most as they lost 2-3 to Germany in the summit clash in the Sultan of Johar Cup hockey tournament here on Sunday. After an unbeaten outing in league stages, the Indian team could not rise to the occasion and committed silly mistakes to hand Germany the upper-hand from the start. The Indians began the final match as favourites...  

Petrova trounces Wozniacki in Champions final

Sofia: Russia's Nadia Petrova thrashed top-seeded Dane Caroline Wozniacki 6-2 6-1 on Sunday to secure her maiden Tournament of Champions trophy and a 13th career title. It was the 30-year-old's third tournament victory of the year after winning a Wimbledon warm-up event in Den Bosch, Netherlands and the Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo in September. "It's a great way to finish the season," Petrova said after receiving the trophy. Winning...  

Petrova sets up Wozniacki final at Tournament of Champions

Sofia, Bulgaria: Top-seeded Caroline Wozniacki reached the Tournament of Champions final after beating Bulgaria's Tsvetana Pironkova 6-4, 6-1 on Saturday. In Sunday's final, Wozniacki will play second-seeded Nadia Petrova of Russia, who defeated Roberta Vinci of Italy 6-7 (8), 6-1, 6-4 in a dramatic match that lasted 2 hours, 42 minutes. "At one moment in the match I thought that I am playing my last match here and that's why...  

Ian Poulter wins the HSBC Champions, Bhullar in top 20

Shenzhen: Ian Poulter carded a final round of 65 to seal a two-shot victory in the HSBC-WGC Champions Tournament at Missions Hills on Sunday, becoming the first Englishman to win two World Golf Championships events. Poulter started his final round four shots behind joint leaders Louis Oosthuizen and Lee Westwood, but clawed his way to the top after matching the seven-under-par 65 he shot a day earlier to finish on...  

Somdev in quarter-finals of US Challenger event

Charlottesville (USA): Somdev Devvarman struggled past Japanese qualifier Taro Daniel in three sets to progress to the singles quarter-finals of the ATP Challenger tournament. The Indian recorded a 4-6 7-5 6-1 win over his opponent in the second round of the USD 75,000 hard court tournament. Somdev, a wild card entrant, next faces American eighth seed Denis Kudla. He had lost six consecutive first round matches before coming into this...  

Monkeys: Manu to play one of the lead roles

He was much applauded for his debut role in the movie 'Tournament'. But the poor fate of this Lal movie at the Box Office had its say on the actor. And Manu was left to wait for a long year for the right projects. He was then offered a tempting role in Siddharth Bharathan's remake of 'Nidhra'. After the photo shoot of the movie, the youngster grew a beard and...  

Somdev defeats Zverev in ATP Challenger

Charlottesville: A struggling Somdev Devvarman finally won a match post a comeback since July this season when he defeated Germany's Mischa Zverev in the opening round of the ATP Challenger tournament. Somdev, who had lost six consecutive first round matches after making a comeback at the London Olympics, rallied to beat fourth seed and 140th ranked rival 4-6 7-5 6-4 in the USD 75,000 hard court tournament. Somdev, a wild...  

PCB planning to launch Pak T20 league in March

the ICC has been taken on board regarding the plans by the PCB to hold its premier league. ...  

Vishnu scrapes past Ashwin to enter 2nd round

Mumbai: Top seed J Vishnu Vardhan had to dig deep into his reserves to overcome a spirited challenge from a rival placed 500 places below him and enter the singles second round in the USD 15,000 CCI-ITF men's Futures tennis tournament on Tuesday. Vishnu, who took part in singles as well as doubles (with veteran Leander Paes) at the London Games and played a key role in piloting India past...  

PCB to cancel A team's series against Windies

PCB has cancelled A team's series with WI, as they have refused to tour Pakistan. ...  

India held by Japanese club in U-14 SAARC tourney

New Delhi: The Indian U-14 team was held to a 1-1 draw by Japan Football Association Academy One side in the U-14 SAARC Tournament being held in Shizuka, Japan. The Indian team, comprising of All India Football Federation Regional Academy boys, surged into the lead as early as in the sixth minute. The goal came after Aaron's free-kick hit the post and striker Krishna Thapa headed it in on the...  

India beat Wales 4-0 to finish 7th in women's hockey

Dublin (Ireland): India's women team thrashed Wales 4-0 to finish seventh at the Champions Challenge I hockey tournament here on Sunday. Poonam Rani got the Indians up and running as she drew the first blood, before Anupa Barla's sweetly struck effort and another goal from Ritu Rani extended the margin to 3-0 at half-time. After the breather, Lily Chanu Mayengbam completed the scoring in the 47th minute from the left...  

Edwards is Women's World T20 Player of Tournament

The 32-year-old batted five innings in the tournament, scoring a total of 172 runs at an average of 43. ...  

Rafael Nadal set to return in late December

Dubai: Rafael Nadal is set to make his long-awaited return to tennis at an Abu Dhabi exhibition tournament in December. Organizers of the Mubadala World Tennis Championship said on Tuesday in a statement that Nadal is set to join a field including Novak Djokovic, Andy Murray and David Ferrer The tournament runs from December 27-29. Nadal hasn't played since losing in the second round of Wimbledon in June. He is...