
The coaching staff of the Champions League winners is in New Delhi to train young Indian footballers and coaches. ...

11:39 AM, Jun 01, 2012

Dublin: Four-times champion Tiger Woods, without playing at his best, moved ominously into contention at the Memorial tournament after shooting a two-under-par 70 in Thursday's opening round. The former world number one birdied three of the four par-fives in surprisingly firm and fast-running conditions at a sun-drenched Muirfield Village Golf Club to finish one stroke off the early pace. Australian Aaron Baddeley, South African Rory Sabbatini, Argentina's Andres Romero and...

09:05 AM, Jun 01, 2012

After the super hit movie 'Malarvady Arts Club', actor, singer and director Vineeth Sreenivasan is ready with his new script. Titled as 'Thattin Marayathu', this new movie will be a romantic entertainer with songs by Shaan Rehman. Nivin Poly who played the lead in 'Malarvady...' will once again come up as the lead character in this movie which will present a fresh face n the female lead. Another celebration of...

06:02 PM, May 30, 2012

BANGALORE: Its seldom that elections to the Press Club of Bangalore (PCB) - the abode of journalists - has hit headlines. Newspapers generally devote one paragraph, listing the names of office-bearers and committee members, the day after the results are declared. Anything beyond this, should be seen as an extra-effort by an insider. Well, this piece, however, is written ahead of the polls and hence, no eye-brows, should go up...

08:30 AM, May 23, 2012

New Delhi: Sanjay Tripathy, maker of the popular science program of the 90's - 'Turning Point' is all set to make his directorial debut in Bollywood with "Club 60", a sneak-peek into the lives of a youthful bunch of people aged 60. "I started my career as a journalist. I also produced and directed many science based shows for BBC, National Geographic and Discovery. But making films was always the...

10:52 AM, May 19, 2012

New Delhi: Cricket has not caught on to any major extent in Afghanistan even 11 years after the Taliban was pushed out of Kabul in 2001. The sports-shy Afghans are still too battle-scarred to laugh their angst away on the pitch. However, literary fiction explores unimaginable possibilities for peace in Afghanistan and escape from the daily acts of subversion. Cricket, the game of friendship, and the tyranny of the Taliban...

01:20 PM, May 14, 2012

New Delhi: If you are planning to drop into the neighbourhood greetings card store on the Mother's Day eve, think again. At least that's what the founder of the Mother's Day would have liked you to do. Anna Jarvis, who started a campaign on May 12, 1907, to see the day officially being recognised in the US in 2014 dissociated herself from what Mother's Day had become by 1920. Anna's...

12:49 PM, May 13, 2012

Charlotte, North Carolina: A frustrated Tiger Woods missed a cut for only the eighth time in a PGA Tour event while Nick Watney stormed into a one-shot lead in Friday's second round of the Wells Fargo Championship in Charlotte, North Carolina. Former world number one Woods battled to a one-over-par 73 at Quail Hollow Club, struggling with his putter, failing to birdie any of the four par-five holes and finishing...

09:23 AM, May 05, 2012

Charlotte, North Carolina: While Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson made uneven starts, Stewart Cink birdied his last three holes to surge into a three-way tie for the lead in Thursday's opening round of the Wells Fargo Championship in Charlotte, North Carolina. American Cink, seeking his first PGA Tour victory since his play-off win at the 2009 British Open, fired a seven-under-par 65 to end a humid day at Quail Hollow...

09:53 AM, May 04, 2012

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Trivandrum Golf Club, which was taken over by the LDF Government, after a controversy is on its way back into the hands of private management. Justifying a UDF move in this direction, Chief Minister Oommen Chandy told a post-Cabinet briefing on Wednesday that the 25-acre course was a drain on the state exchequer and the government was all for practical action on the matter. A final decision is...

12:37 PM, May 03, 2012

There's nothing like a bollywood brawl but this time it is with a twist, with celebrities stepping out to support the Super Fight League in Mumbai. ...

04:08 PM, Mar 12, 2012

New Delhi: After a not-too-impressive show at the Avantha Masters last week, Indian golfers will seek redemption at the Asian Tour and PGTI co-sanctioned SAIL-SBI Open, to be played at the Delhi Golf Club from Wednesday. Out of the 31 Indian golfers in fray at the Avantha Masters, Delhi's Shamim Khan managed a best finish in 22nd place, while defending champion SSP Chowrasia finished further down the order at tied...

08:08 PM, Feb 21, 2012

Gurgaon: South Africas Jbe Kruger held the Avantha Masters lead by one stroke after the third round at the DLF Golf and Country Club on Saturday. Kruger shot a 66 to take his total to 11-under 205 to go ahead of German Marcel Siem, Scot Peter Whiteford and Frenchman Jean-Baptiste Gonnet. Spains Jose Manuel Lara, Italys Andrea Pavan, Irelands Paul McGinley, Scotlands Marc Warren, Australias Marcus Fraser and Thailands Prom...

05:39 PM, Feb 18, 2012

London: Andy Murray is hoping to defend his Queen's Club title in June as a grass-court warm-up for Wimbledon and the London Olympics. Murray has won the Queen's tournament twice in the last three years, and is trying to become the first Briton since 1925 to lift the trophy for a third time. Wimbledon begins a week after Queen's, which starts June 11. The Olympic tennis tournament will also be...

02:46 PM, Feb 13, 2012