Sao Paulo: World Champion Viswanathan Anand could not break the ice for the third day running and drew with Fabiano Caruana of Italy in the third round of fifth Final Chess Masters here. Anand, in fact, had to defend for a long time against the youngest participant here and it was only after a stubborn defense that the Indian ace could force a draw. Draws were the order of the...
09:35 AM, Sep 27, 2012
ICC media official said that extra days have not been scheduled for the semifinals or the final in the event the games are washed out. ...
11:35 AM, Sep 26, 2012
Buenos Aires: Tomas Berdych defeated Carlos Berlocq in straight sets on Sunday to put the Czech Republic into the Davis Cup final against Spain. Berdych had few problems with Berlocq, winning 6-3, 6-3, 6-4 to give the Czechs an insurmountable 3-1 lead in the semifinal. Berlocq filled in for Juan Martin del Potro, who missed the decisive reverse singles with a left-wrist injury. Argentina's Juan Monaco then won the last...
09:44 AM, Sep 17, 2012
London: Filmmaker James Cameron has finally answered the question which has puzzled many 'Titanic' fans -- Why didn't Jack climb onto the raft with Rose in the final minutes of the 1997 movie, when there was clearly plenty of room? The director says Jack, played by Leonardo DiCaprio in the film, was no fool to not save his own life but it was due to pure physics that he made...
03:20 PM, Sep 15, 2012
Gijon, Spain: David Ferrer and Nicolas Almagro maintained their near-perfect clay court records in the Davis Cup to give Spain a commanding 2-0 lead over the United States in their semi-final. Ferrer put the hosts ahead in the best-of-five series with a 4-6, 6-2, 6-2, 6-4 win over Sam Querrey before Almagro beat John Isner 6-4, 4-6, 6-4, 3-6, 7-5 to leave the defending champions one point away from their...
11:53 PM, Sep 14, 2012
Gijon, Spain: Even without Rafael Nadal, Spain present a formidable challenge to the United States' bid to reach the Davis Cup final. Defending champions Spain welcomes the Americans after having won the last two series between them. Spain haven't lost on clay, or at home, in 13 years. The Americans will play without Andy Roddick, who retired after the US Open. "Spain is the favourite. They could make three or...
07:25 PM, Sep 13, 2012
New York: Andy Murray is on the verge of crowning Britain's golden summer by ending one of the longest droughts in sport. Only the formidable figure of Novak Djokovic stands in his way of winning Monday's US Open men's final. It has been 76 years since a British man last won a grand slam title, providing a mixture of frustration and embarrassment to the country where modern tennis originated. Entire...
10:13 AM, Sep 10, 2012
New York: The weather was much better at the US Open on Sunday. So was Novak Djokovic. Under a cloudless blue sky, in only a hint of wind, defending champion Djokovic got his game into high gear and reached his third consecutive final at Flushing Meadows by beating fourth-seeded David Ferrer of Spain 2-6, 6-1, 6-4, 6-2 in a match suspended a day earlier. Ferrer was ahead 5-2 in the...
11:05 PM, Sep 09, 2012
New York: With a potentially dangerous storm bearing down on the US Open, play was suspended in the first set of defending champion Novak Djokovic's semifinal Saturday, making this the fifth consecutive year the tournament will fail to finish on time because of the weather. Djokovic was trailing fourth-seeded David Ferrer 5-2 after about a half-hour of action when tournament referee Brian Earley came out on court and told the...
08:15 AM, Sep 09, 2012
New York: He missed out on a third US Open men's doubles title but Indian tennis star Leander Paes was far from dejected as he insisted that he and his Czech partner Radek Stepanek gave all that they had in the final clash against champions Mike and Bob Bryan. Fifth seeds Paes and Stepanek lost 6-3 6-4 to the second-seeded Bryan brothers in the summit clash Friday night. Paes was...
10:52 AM, Sep 08, 2012
New York: India's Leander Paes and his Czech partner Radek Stepanek Thursday entered the men's doubles final of the US Open. The fifth-seeded duo prevailed upon the sixth-seeded Spaniards Marcel Granollers and Marc Lopez when the latter retired with the scoreline reading 6-6. They will face the winners of the other semi-final between second-seeded Americans Bob and Mike Bryan and the Pakistan-Dutch pairing of Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi and Jean-Julien Rojer in...
08:23 AM, Sep 07, 2012
New York: Maybe Roger Federer got too much time off between U.S. Open matches. This much is certain: He won't be playing again at this year's tournament after losing to Tomas Berdych in the quarterfinals. Five-time champion Federer departs Flushing Meadows before the semifinals for the first time since 2003, stunned by the sixth-seeded Berdych 7-6 (1), 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 on Wednesday night. Federer's forehand was way off, while the...
09:27 AM, Sep 06, 2012
New York: Still seeking his first Grand Slam title, Olympic champion Andy Murray reached the quarterfinals at an eighth consecutive major tournament by beating 15th-seeded Raonic 6-4, 6-4, 6-2 on Monday night. The third-seeded Murray's superb returning muted Milos Raonic's big serving converted as he 4 of 12 break points and never faced one. After weathering six aces across Raonic's first three service games, Murray only allowed eight the rest...
08:40 AM, Sep 04, 2012
New Delhi: Even as India head into Sunday's Nehru Cup final against Cameroon as underdogs, the East Bengal striker, Robin Singh believes that the hosts can upset the applecart of the Indomitable Lions if they play to their potential. "It is always 11 vs 11 on the football pitch. We have the belief that we can. I don't believe in rankings so it does not bother me that they are...
07:14 PM, Aug 30, 2012
Madrid: Rafael Nadal is still unsure if he will recover from a nagging knee problem in time to feature in Spain's Davis Cup semi-final against the United States next month. The world number three has not played since suffering a shock second-round Wimbledon defeat to Czech Lukas Rosol in June. He missed the Olympic Games, where he was the defending champion, and was forced to withdraw from the US Open....
09:51 AM, Aug 30, 2012
New Delhi: Cameroon Wednesday made light work of Maldives, beating the islanders 3-1, to set up a summit showdown with hosts India in the Nehru Cup football tournament here. Kingue Mpondo was the star of the day for Cameroon as he scored twice, in the 12th and 39th minutes, to lead the Indomitable Lions into the final of the tournament in their maiden appearance. Ebanga Bertin, who had scored a...
09:29 PM, Aug 29, 2012
Five zones will compete in the tournament and the final will be played at the Chidambaram Stadium from Oct. 21-25. ...
08:04 PM, Aug 29, 2012
India's U-19 team captain said playing Australia in Australia is always difficult. ...
02:29 PM, Aug 23, 2012
Defending a modest 209, India restricted New Zealand to 200 for 9 to reach the final where they will meet the hosts Australia. ...
04:31 AM, Aug 23, 2012
India beat Pakistan by one wicket in an ICC Under-19 World Cup thriller to set up a semi-final clash with New Zealand. ...
03:07 PM, Aug 20, 2012
