Montreal: Andy Murray's Montreal Masters title defense came to a shock end on Tuesday when the world number four was swept aside 6-3, 6-1 in his opening match by South African Kevin Anderson. It was a stunning failure by the Briton who has absolutely ruled over the Canadian hard courts the last two seasons, winning back-to-back titles while reaching the last four on two other occasions posting an 18-3 record....
11:35 AM, Aug 10, 2011
Vancouver: Arjun Atwal made the worst possible start to his campaign as he carded a nine-over 79 in the first round of the RBC Canadian Open here. The first Indian to win on the PGA Tour failed to strike a single birdie and stumbled to two double bogeys and five bogeys on what was easily his worse day out on the Tour this season. A 38-year-old Georgian Kris Blanks shot...
01:58 PM, Jul 22, 2011
Valencia: Force India driver Adrian Sutil is confident of not losing his seat after criminal charges were filed by Lotus Renault co-owner Eric Lux against the German for causing bodily harm. "Why should I lose my drive? Of course I would be driving after this weekend," he said in Valencia, adding that the action was a private matter. The Force India driver said it was strange that the complaint should...
12:11 PM, Jun 24, 2011
London: Sebastian Vettel's critical error on the final lap of Sunday's Canadian Grand Prix will have raised a flicker of hope among his Formula One rivals, Australian team mate Mark Webber included. Since the start of the season, they have been searching for a chink in the 23-year-old German's armour and found next to nothing as he sprints towards a second successive world championship. Even when he has crashed in...
10:40 AM, Jun 14, 2011
Montreal: Points eluded Force India at the rain-marred Canadian Grand Prix as Paul Di Resta ended 18th and Adrian Sutil failed to even finish the race here. Torrential rain showers were the story of the day in Montreal causing a delay of over two hours to the Canadian Grand Prix. When the proceedings resumed, Di Resta and Sutil raced hard but were unable to convert their effort into points finishes....
10:48 AM, Jun 13, 2011
New Delhi: Hispania Racing driver Narain Karthikeyan isn't too amused with Felipe Massa after the Canadian GP. Shifting the blame on the Indian driver for losing control of his car and places, the Massa said he was angry at Narain as his chances of finishing on the podium evaporated while trying to pass the Indian driver. "I don't know what he is talking about," Karthikeyan, who sounded agitated, told ibnlive.com...
10:42 AM, Jun 13, 2011
Montreal: Jenson Button celebrated his greatest victory on Sunday after overtaking Red Bull's Formula One world champion Sebastian Vettel on the last lap of a rain-delayed Canadian Grand Prix thriller. Button, who earlier had squeezed team mate and fellow Briton Lewis Hamilton into the wall and out of the race, salvaged the weekend for his team by battling back to deny Vettel a sixth victory in seven races. Vettel, who...
08:27 AM, Jun 13, 2011
Montreal: Formula One champion Sebastian Vettel chalked up his sixth pole position in seven races at the Canadian Grand Prix on Saturday to maintain Red Bull's stranglehold on qualifying. The 23-year-old German will be joined on the front row by Ferrari's Spanish double world champion Fernando Alonso. Vettel's 21st career pole, and Red Bull's eighth in succession, also brought him his 12th consecutive front row start. "Thank you. Thanks for...
12:24 AM, Jun 12, 2011
Montreal: Formula One leader Sebastian Vettel bounced back from Friday's crash to clock the fastest time in the final practice session for the Canadian Grand Prix on Saturday. The world champion, winner of five of the season's first six races, got his weekend off to stuttering start when he smashed into the Wall of Champions during Friday's first practice, causing heavy damage the right side of his Red Bull. But...
10:35 PM, Jun 11, 2011
New Delhi: Hispania Racing team principal Colin Kolles had created quite a stir when he threatened to lodge complaint at the Monaco GP against the teams using blown diffusers, an aerodynamic aid. However, it now seems that HRT cars could be fitted with blown diffusers for this weekend's Canadian Grand Prix as a part of the team's aerodynamic upgrade. This might also partly explain why Kolles didn't register a protest...
08:57 PM, Jun 10, 2011
Toronto: Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper's minority Conservative government was toppled by opposition after Parliament passed a no-confidence vote and the country appeared headed for elections in May, the fourth in seven years. The snap polls was forced following the passage of the no-confidence vote against the minority government engineered by the opposition Liberal Party and backed by two other opposition parties, on the heels of a historic contempt of...
06:10 PM, Mar 26, 2011
London: A Canadian woman has become the first person in the world to graduate with a Masters degree in Beatles studies. Former Miss Canada finalist, Mary-Lu Zahalan-Kennedy was one of the first 12 students to sign up for the Liverpool Hope University course on the Fab Four when it began in 2009 and was the first to graduate, the university said on Wednesday. "I am so proud of my achievement,"...
10:40 AM, Jan 28, 2011
Toronto: The US trial of Pakistani-born Canadian citizen Tahawwur Hussain Rana, who is charged with helping David Headley in masterminding the Mumbai terror plot, has been postponed till May at his request. The trial, which was scheduled to start Feb 14, will now begin May 16 at the request of Rana's lawyer. Rana, 49, who runs immigration service in Chicago with offices New York and Toronto, was arrested Oct 3...
09:46 AM, Jan 09, 2011
Los Angeles: On a remote island in the Canadian Arctic where no trees now grow, a newly unearthed mummified forest is giving researchers a peek into how plants reacted to ancient climate change. That knowledge will be key as scientists begin to tease out the impacts of global warming in the Arctic. The ancient forest found on Ellesmere Island, which lies north of the Arctic Circle in Canada, contained dried...
12:16 PM, Dec 17, 2010
Toronto: Book lovers seeking a copy of the winner of Canada's premier literary award are out of luck, unless they're ready to settle for an electronic version. "The Sentimentalists," a surprise winner of the C$ 50,000 Scotiabank Giller Prize this week, is trickling only slowly into bookstores as its tiny publisher cranks out copies. The book, by first-time novelist Johanna Skibsrud, is sold out across Canada. Nova Scotia-based specialty publisher...
10:17 PM, Nov 12, 2010
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