Kolkata: Promising Deepika Kumari was done in by some sheer class of more experienced opponents as she settled for two silver medals, including one with Jayanta Talukdar, to help India finish fourth in the Archery World Cup Stage 1 that concluded in Shanghai Sunday. Pitted against Ok-Hee Yun, a team Olympic champion and individual bronze medallist in Beijing 2008, Deepika took a 4-2 lead but the Korean showed amazing resilience...
05:55 PM, May 19, 2013
Kuala Lumpur: India suffered a 0-5 thrashing at the hands of formidable China in their opening group match of the Sudirman Cup mixed team badminton championship here. Only P V Sindhu could offer a semblance of a fight in her 21-19, 16-21, 14-21 women's singles loss to Wang Yihan while the four other Indians were outclassed by the Chinese at the Putra Stadium. The Group A match began with the...
05:30 PM, May 19, 2013
Paris: Top seed and defending champion Ding Ning of China breezed past Dederko Zhenhua of Australia 4-0 to reach the second round of the World Table Tennis Championships here Wednesday. Ding, also the London Olympics silver medallist, beat the 220th-ranked Dederko 11-6, 11-2, 11-5, 11-3, reports Xinhua. Third seed Li Xiaoxia, who beat her teammate Ding to win the gold in London, also advanced with a victory over Ruta Paskauskiene...
08:44 PM, May 15, 2013
Tianjin: China's latest golfing wonder kid, 12-year-old Ye Wocheng, endured a baptism of fire in his groundbreaking European Tour debut on Thursday, shooting a seven-over 79 in the first round of the Volvo China Open in Tianjin. The schoolboy amateur from the southern manufacturing hub of Dongguan became the youngest golfer to qualify for a European Tour event when he sealed a berth at his national open with a strong...
01:18 PM, May 02, 2013
St. Petersburg: World Champion Viswanathan Anand got off to a good start in the second leg of Alekhine Memorial Chess Tournament by holding Vladimir Kramnik for an easy draw in the sixth round that concluded here on Monday. Ending the Paris leg on a high with a victory against Ding Liren of China, Anand has every reason to cheer with the result against Kramnik as in the remaining three rounds...
03:22 PM, Apr 29, 2013
Stuttgart: Maria Sharapova beat Li Na 6-4, 6-3 on Sunday to successfully defend her WTA Porsche Grand Prix title in a final between the last two French Open champions. The top-seeded Russian swept to her second title of the year after winning in Indian Wells, Calif. She became the first player to retain the Stuttgart title since Lindsey Davenport in 2005. This was her 29th career title and 16th consecutive...
08:25 PM, Apr 28, 2013
Paris: World champion Viswanathan Anand crashed through the defenses of Chinese champion Ding Liren and jumped to sixth spot after the end of the fifth round of the Alekhine memorial chess tournament here at the Louvre. Ending the first leg of the tournament on a high, Anand proved too good for Liren, who had earlier beaten world number three Levon Aronian of Armenia in the tournament. It was simply an...
04:08 PM, Apr 26, 2013
New Delhi: World No.1 shuttler Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia is aiming to reclaim his title at the forthcoming India Open which he won in 2011. The two-time Olympic silver medallist said he is excited about playing the Indian leg of the BWF World Super Series starting here at the Siri Fort Complex from April 23 to 28. "I'm training extra for India Open and hoping to win the tournament....
05:12 PM, Apr 18, 2013
Barcelona: Spanish giants Barcelona will play a friendly against a Malaysian XI at the 100,000 capacity Bukit Jalil Stadium in Kuala Lumpur, organisers said on Thursday. Barcelona managing director Antoni Rossich announced the August 10 fixture alongside Asian Football Confederation vice president Prince Abdullah Ibni Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah in the Malaysian capital. It will be the four-times European champions' first fixture in Malaysia, where they will face a side...
01:13 PM, Apr 18, 2013
The World No.2 Indian, in 2012, won two Super Series Premier titles, two Grand Prix Gold titles and bronze at the London Olympics. ...
06:27 PM, Mar 27, 2013
Ye Wocheng became the youngest golfer to qualify for a European Tour event when he survived a late wobble to grab a place at the Volvo China Open. ...
02:08 PM, Mar 20, 2013
Saina Nehwal crashed out of Swiss Open 2013 losing the semi-final to Wang Shixian of China 11-21, 21-10, 9-21. ...
07:25 AM, Mar 17, 2013
Defending champion Saina Nehwal was knocked out of Swiss Open losing the semi-final 11-21, 21-10, 9- 21 to Wang Shixian. ...
01:09 AM, Mar 17, 2013
The unheralded pair beat the fourth seeded Japanese pair Hiroyuki Endo and Kenichi Hayakawa in the men's doubles final. ...
03:22 PM, Mar 11, 2013
Saina Nehwal entered the semi-finals of All England Championships beating Shixian Wang 23-21, 19-21, 21-16. ...
10:05 PM, Mar 08, 2013
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