Kashyap, Prannoy start with wins at badminton Worlds
Jakarta, Aug 10 (IANS) Top Indian shuttlers Parupalli Kashyap and H.S. Prannoy got off to winning starts at the World Championships with straight game...
TT umpire Sridhar to officiate at Rio Olympics
Mumbai, Feb 17 (IANS) Table tennis umpire S. Sridhar was on Wednesday selected to represent India at the 2016 Rio Olympics in August.
He had...
IOC to pay president Bach 225,000 euros a year
Geneva, April 3 (IANS) The International Olympic Committee has said it will give president Thomas Bach 225,000 euros ($243,600) a year to cover his...
Paes fails to realise dream for Davis Cup record doubles win
Paes fails to realise dream for Davis Cup record doubles win
Pune, Feb 4 (IANS) There was no world record in store for Leander Paes...
Elaborate security arrangements for IPL in Kolkata
Kolkata, April 6 (IANS) CCTV cameras monitoring round-the-clock, strict vigil on movement around players' dressing rooms with hundreds of cops posted in and around...
Studied Messi’s penalties, says Iceland goalkeeper
Studied Messi's penalties, says Iceland goalkeeper
Moscow, June 17 (IANS) Iceland's goalkeeper has said he had studied many of the Argentine superstar Lionel Messi's shots...
Kohli drives marauding India
Kohli drives marauding India
Hyderabad Feb 10 (IANS) An imposing Virat Kohli continued to plunder runs, helping India reach 477/4 at lunch on the second...
Kenya says its athletes are clean
Nairobi, Aug 13 (IANS) Kenya has said its runners who had competed at the Helsinki and Osaka World Championships almost a decade ago were...
China could win World Cup in 15 years: Eriksson
Melbourne, Feb 23 (IANS) China could win the FIFA World Cup within "10 or 15 years", according to Shanghai SIPG head coach Sven-Goran Eriksson.
Speaking...
Di Maria fires brace as PSG stun Barcelona 4-0
Di Maria fires brace as PSG stun Barcelona 4-0
Paris, Feb 15 (IANS) Argentine winger Angel Di Maria scored a brace as Paris Saint-Germain (PSG)...
