Madrid: Rafael Nadal says he underwent a surprise doping test toward the end of a week in which the Spaniard was at the center of jokes made by a French TV programme about his country's alleged ties to doping. Nadal wrote on his Twitter account on Saturday: "8:30 in the morning!!!Just finished passing a surprise antidoping test...it was expected after everything...but I'm happy it's like this!" The Spanish sports ministry...
06:04 PM, Feb 12, 2012
Madrid: The Spanish tennis federation said it plans to sue a French TV channel for using its logo in a video that poked fun at Rafael Nadal. In the video skit on the satirical programme called The Puppets, a life-size cartoon figure of Nadal is shown urinating into a gas tank before racing off and being pulled over by police for speeding. A message of "Spanish athletes. They don't win...
11:45 AM, Feb 09, 2012
Las Vegas: The International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas is all about the latest smartphones, tablet computers and other devices. But what about the old gadgets? Don't they get any love? Actually, one machine at the show is designed to help recycle gadgets, giving old phones a fitting end, or a better home. Drop your phone into the EcoATM, and the machine will pay you what it believes the...
11:21 AM, Jan 13, 2012
Mumbai: Apparently, the 'Bodyguard' star made it clear that he wasn't too impressed with it. It was a pleasant surprise when Shah Rukh Khan stepped out cycling with daughter Suhaana on a bright and sunny afternoon last week. However, it seems his one-time friend and co-star Salman Khan wasn't too impressed by the act. Nevertheless, fans and even the media excitedly gathered around to watch the father-daughter duo enjoy the...
02:11 PM, Dec 12, 2011
Bangalore: The experience of the US and years of advocacy by groups of cycling enthusiasts in the city is behind a dream-come-true project in this traffic-cramped tech hub - dedicated cycle lanes. Work on this began on Nov 9 and, by February next year, Jayanagar, a sought after upscale residential area in south Bangalore a decade ago but now a fast-growing commercial hub as well, should have clearly demarcated bicycle...
04:49 PM, Nov 12, 2011
London: British babies use around three billion disposable diapers every year. Now a new recycling plant has opened in the country where these nappies would be turned into roof tiles and construction tubes. Over half million tonnes of waste from disposable diapers is generated in Britain every year. An average British baby uses 6,000 before being trained to use the potty. Each disposable diaper takes around 500 years to decompose,...
10:56 AM, Sep 13, 2011
Belgaum: Dundappa Athani, a 63-year-old man of Kolhar village in Bijapur district, can still ride any cycle at a speed of 40-50 kms per hour! Yes, You should see him to believe it. He returned from New Delhi after seeing Indira Gandhi to Kolhar in just four days cycling at a speed of 70 kms per hour. He peddled to Gwalior Jail to see bandit queen Phoolan Devi and cycled...
12:36 PM, May 30, 2011
Actor Imran Khan is the new poster boy for India Cyclothon, India's largest cycling event. ...
04:37 PM, Apr 06, 2011
Mumbai: Beautiful, strong, brave and paralysed waist-down, Morgan Van Breda, a 32 year old Canadian woman is cycling through India to raise funds and awareness about spinal cord injuries. At the age of 24, Morgan suffered a T-12 injury, when a soccer post collapsed on her back, shattering her T 11/12 vertebrae. The injury left her paralysed waist down. Doctors declared she will never be able to walk again. But...
11:12 AM, Feb 25, 2011
Madrid: Celebrating a tourism fair staged this week to promote Spain's biggest industry is a new hotel in central Madrid whose maker freely admits is rubbish. German sculptor HA Shult used 12 tonnes of recycled junk to build the hotel in central Madrid's Callao Square and draw attention to the amount of flotsam spoiling Europe's beaches. "We must know and we must understand that the oceans are the biggest garbage...
04:43 PM, Jan 22, 2011
New York: Most exercise appears to have little relationship to either the quality or quantity of sperm, but men who bike at least five hours a week have fewer and less active sperm than men who didn't exercise, a study said. Research among competitive athletes has linked biking to genital or urinary problems and poor semen quality, said Lauren Wise at Boston University, who led the study published in "Fertility...
12:24 PM, Dec 10, 2010
Guangzhou: Veteran Hong Kong cyclist Wong Kam Po has won a controversial men's road race at the Asian Games after the original first-place finisher, Park Sung-baek of South Korea, was relegated to 19th for interference in the closing meters. Park was initially placed first in a photo finish over Wong, both in a time of 4 hours, 14 minutes, 54 seconds. But Park appeared to swing wide to his left...
11:49 AM, Nov 22, 2010
Guangzhou: Indians disappointed in cycling track events with all of them crashing out in the opening round itself on the first day of the competition in the Asian Games here on Saturday. In women's 5000m time trials final, Mahita Mohan finished last among 10 cyclists with the fastest speed of 45.899 km/hr. She completed the 500m distance in 39.216. Lee Wai Sze of Hong Kong won the gold with a...
04:30 PM, Nov 13, 2010
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