Dublin: Indian eves launched their campaign in the Champions Challenge hockey tournament with a comfortable 3-0 victory over Wales in a Group-A match here on Saturday. Displaying a fast-paced game, the Indian forged ahead to a 2-0 lead before the interval and then struck one more goal just before the hooter to earn three points. The 27th-ranked Welsh, coming straight from their World League Round One tournament, put in a...
08:27 PM, Sep 29, 2012
Taipei: India's Gaganjeet Bhullar fought his way to his third Asian Tour title by closing with three-under-par 69 at the weather-shortened Yeangder Tournament Players Championship here on Monday. Bhullar had to fend off the challenges of American Jason Knutzon and 14-time Asian Tour winner Thaworn Wiratchant of Thailand to win the US$500,000 event with his three-day total of 12-under-par 204 at the Linkou International Golf and Country Club. Knutzon enjoyed...
02:15 PM, Sep 17, 2012
Already this season's Twenty20 champions, Hampshire kept their cool to beat Warwickshire to win English cricket's 40-over final. ...
12:25 PM, Sep 16, 2012
Taipei: Gaganjeet Bhullar was still lying second, while Anirban Lahiri was fifth after the second-round play in the Yeangder Tournament Players Championship was called off due to Typhoon Sanba here Saturday. The course was unplayable due to weather conditions at the Linkou International Golf and Country Club and tournament officials have decided to reduce the USD 500,000 event into a 54-stroke play tournament. "The extremely wet and windy conditions made...
03:02 PM, Sep 15, 2012
With his weekend slump at the PGA Championship swiftly forgotten, Tiger Woods is excited about renewing his burgeoning rivalry with Rory McIlroy at this week's Barclays tournament in Farmingdale, New York. Former world number one Woods and the man long regarded as his heir apparent, Northern Irishman McIlroy, have been grouped together for the opening two rounds on the challenging Bethpage Black course at Bethpage State Park. "It's going to...
11:04 AM, Aug 23, 2012
London: Wimbledon champions Serena Williams and Roger Federer are in action on the opening day of the Olympic tennis tournament on Saturday, returning to the centre court just three weeks after their triumphs. Williams faces Serbia's Jelena Jankovic in the second match on the 15,000 capacity court and is followed by Federer against Colombia's Alejandro Falla. In the opening match, sixth seed Czech Tomas Berdych will play Belgium's Steve Darcis....
06:51 PM, Jul 27, 2012
Lucknow: Corporate giants Sahara India Monday bought the Lucknow franchise of the soon-to-be-launched Hockey India League (HIL) which will be held in different cities of the country early next year. The inaugural HIL will have six city-based teams playing one another on a home and away basis. Speaking on the occasion, managing worker and chairman of Sahara India Pariwar, Subrata Roy Sahara said, "We are proud to associate ourselves with...
06:29 PM, Jul 23, 2012
New Delhi: The International Hockey Federation (FIH) announced a new edition of the FIH Tournament Regulations on Monday, the most significant of which includes the inclusion of an 'own goal'. To come into effect from August 13, the new regulations will be subject to a review, the FIH posted on its website. "These new Regulations will come into effect from Monday 13 August and will apply from that date until...
10:14 PM, Jul 16, 2012
Santander: Great Britain came from behind to beat India 3-1 in men's tri-nation invitational hockey tournament here in Spain on Saturday. Shivender Singh had given India the lead in the third minute, but James Tindall cancelled it out and made it 1-1 in the 17th minute through a brilliantly taken penalty corner. Just two minutes into the second half, James Fair made a smart save at his near post to...
11:32 PM, Jul 14, 2012
White Sulphur Springs (US): India's Arjun Atwal may have survived the cut, but he dropped further down to tied 71st position at the end of the third round of Greenbrier Classic golf tournament here. Atwal, who made the cut even as big names like Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson missed it, shot a third round of two-over 72 on Saturday and is now one-over after three rounds. Atwal had an...
01:29 PM, Jul 08, 2012
Paris: Shiv Kapur recovered from an indifferent start to return a card of even par 71 that kept him in with a chance of a good finish at the Alstom Open de France golf tournament here. Kapur hit three bogeys in six holes from fourth to the ninth, but a third round 71 eventually saved the day for the Indian. Kapur, who missed the Tour Card last year but has...
01:22 PM, Jul 08, 2012
Dublin, Ohio: Tiger Woods overhauled a fading Spencer Levin and a charging Rory Sabbatini with a few moments of magic to win his 73rd PGA Tour title by two shots at the Memorial tournament on Sunday. He began the final day four strokes behind the pacesetting Levin and made a fast start before taking control with a spectacular finish that included a chip-in for birdie at the 16th that was...
09:06 AM, Jun 04, 2012
Dublin: American journeyman Spencer Levin stole the limelight from four-times champion Tiger Woods at the Memorial tournament on Saturday, twice chipping in to grab a one-shot lead in a wind-buffeted third round. In pursuit of his first PGA Tour victory, Levin survived a few anxious moments on the back nine to card a three-under-par 69 and take control of the event hosted by golfing great Jack Nicklaus. The 27-year-old shrugged...
08:52 AM, Jun 03, 2012
Dublin: Four-times champion Tiger Woods looked close to his very best in tough conditions at the Memorial tournament on Friday, ending a gruelling second round one shot behind pacesetting South African Rory Sabbatini. In pursuit of a 73rd PGA Tour victory and his second this year, Woods carded a three-under-par 69 at a wet and windy Muirfield Village Golf Club, finishing level with fellow Americans Scott Stallings (73) and Spencer...
08:40 AM, Jun 02, 2012
New Delhi: Eight-time champions India will start their campaign against The Netherlands on July 30 in the men's hockey competition of the 2012 London Olympics. The London Olympic Organising Committee (LOCOG), alongwith the International Hockey Federation (FIH), unveiled the 12-team hockey competition schedule on Tuesday, that will be held from July 30 to August 11. India, who have been clubbed with Germany (No.2), Korea (No.6), New Zealand (No.7), Belgium (No.11)...
05:52 PM, May 22, 2012
White Sulphur Springs, W.Va.: Tiger Woods is heading to the hills this summer to play in The Greenbrier Classic. Tournament organizers announced on Monday that Woods had committed to play from July 5-8, in the event which began only two years ago. It is played on The Old White TPC Course, where two years ago Stuart Appleby closed with a 59 to win. It will be the third time in...
10:15 PM, May 15, 2012
Malacca (Malaysia): Captain Akashdeep Singh came to his side's rescue with a golden goal as India defeated South Korea 2-1 to bag a consolation bronze medal at the Junior Asia Cup hockey tournament in Malacca on Sunday. After a barren first half, You Seungji put the Koreans ahead in the 47th minute with a immaculate penalty corner conversion. But India replied back seven minutes later through a field effort from...
06:13 PM, May 13, 2012
New Delhi: With three of the four Indian paddlers already through to the next stage of the final World Olympic Qualification Tournament in Doha, national table tennis coach Bhawini Muhherji says his wards are "motivated enough" to make it to the Olympics. "Their sole aim is to qualify for the London Olympics and they are motivated enough to do that," Mukherji told PTI over phone from Qatar. Indian paddlers were...
07:16 PM, May 11, 2012
New Delhi: Soumyajit Ghosh and Ankita Das booked their London Olympics berths on Sunday in the Asian Olympic Qualification Table Tennis Tournament in Hong Kong, but it was heartbreak for top paddler Achanta Sharath Kamal. For both Ghosh and Ankita, the berths came via the continental quotas, after they topped from the South Asian region. Ghosh defeated Anthony Amal Raj 4-0 (12-10, 11-9, 11-6, 11-7) and Ankita downed K. Shamini...
04:41 PM, Apr 22, 2012
New Delhi: Achanta Sharath Kamal failed to seal the fifth Olympic qualifying spot at the Asian Qualification Table Tennis tournament in Hong Kong on Saturday but he still has a chance for a London Games berth. Sharath Kamal lost 2-4 (12-10, 9-11, 9-11, 11-6, 8-11, 8-11) to Kim Song Nam of North Korea at the Queen Elizabeth Stadium. By losing the match to the North Korean, whom he had beaten...
11:37 PM, Apr 21, 2012
