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World Number 11 Tommy Sugiarto led turned out to be a hero for the Delhi Acers as he led his side to the summit clash of the Premier Badminton League (PBL) with his 15-11 15-10 win over Chennai Smashers’ Brice Leverdez in the trump match, in Bengaluru on Thursday. The scores were level 2-2 when […]
PBL: Tommy Sugiarto powers Delhi Acers to final with trump match win vs Chennai Smashers Read More »
Indian hockey team skipper Sardar Singh on Thursday asked the Pakistan players to apologise for their “unacceptable” behaviour during the Champions Trophy in Bhubaneswar in December 2014, backing Hockey India’s stand of not allowing the stars from across the border to play in HIL. “Pakistani players are suffering a lot but what they did during
World number one and top seed Serena Williams faces a potential quarter-final with long time rival Maria Sharapova at next week’s Australian Open following Friday’s draw. Williams, who is chasing her seventh Australian crown and 22nd Grand Slam title after beating Sharapova in last year’s final, will have a testing start against Italian Camila Giorgi,
Australian Open draw: Serena and Sharapova on course to meet in quarterfinals Read More »
Star Indian boxer Vijender Singh will fight his first professional bout on Indian soil come July followed by “something huge” in September-October. Talking to reporters here, his UK-based promoter Francis Warren promised a show like none before during Vijender’s India appearances. “We have big plans for him this year, we’re hoping to do a big
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Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis continued their dream run of form, winning their 28th doubles match in a row after they overcame Chen Liang and Shuai Peng 6-2, 6-3 in the quarterfinals of WTA Sydney International semifinals with a straight set triumph. The run of 28 consecutive wins equals the world record for the longest
A superlative performance by the Chennai Smashers knocked the Bengaluru Top Guns out of the Premier Badminton League (PBL) with a 4-1 win in the last group phase match of the six-team tournament at the Kanteerava Indoor Stadium in Bengaluru on Wednesday. With the win, the Smashers not just knocked out the Top Guns but
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Following the Pathankot terror attack, the government of India is leaving no stone unturned as far as security for the South Asian Games, to be held jointly by Guwahati and Shillong from February 5 to 16, is concerned.And that’s the government will spend an additional Rs 60 crore on the security of venues and athletes,
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Ravi Dixit, a 20-year-old squash player who won gold in the 2010 Asian junior championship, has “auctioned” his kidney to fund his campaign for next month’s South Asian Games. Dixit has posted on social media that he wants to sell his kidney and asked interested buyers to bid for it. “I have been playing squash
Squash gold medallist ‘auctions’ kidney on social media, wants Rs 8 lakh Read More »
Milos Raonic got one back on Roger Federer to start the new season. After losing coach Ivan Ljubicic to the Federer camp leading into 2016, Raonic achieved something nobody else born in the 1990s has managed to do against the 17-time major winner — beat him twice. The 25-year-old Canadian broke Federer’s serve once in
In a reverse of the 2015 result, Milos Raonic beat Roger Federer to claim Brisbane title Read More »
Star shuttler P V Sindhu clinched an exciting Trump match as Chennai Smashers scored a 4-3 win over Hyderabad Hunters in a Premier Badminton League (PBL) clash at the Gachibowli indoor stadium in Hyderabad on Sunday. Local girl Sindhu beat her Hyderabad rival Supanida K, an experienced player from Thailand, 15-8, 14-15, 15-5 to seal
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Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, Neymar. We are talking about three exceptional footballers, but I have always said that, for me, Messi is the best. That has particularly been the case last season, so I think he should very comfortably win the Ballon d’Or. In fact, Messi has been competing at a different level for quite
The Menotti column: Magic laced with consistency makes Messi the best Read More »
Record seven-time SAFF champions India moved up three places to occupy 163rd spot in the latest FIFA ranking released on Wednesday. Sunil Chhetri-led team beat defending champions and higher ranked Afghanistan 2-1 in the final of the regional competition on Sunday. The triumph helped India gain valuable points. India were also unbeaten in the competition,
FIFA Rankings: SAFF champions India gain 3 spots to rise up to 163rd Read More »
“Vamos! Vamos!” Joan Balcells was hoping his silent calls of ‘c’mon’ in the Spanish dialect would send a secret message across to his ward Ramkumar Ramanathan. The message he wanted to send from the players’ box of the SDAT Tennis Stadium in Chennai was to calm down and get more shots in. Tennis rules prevent
In Ramkumar Ramanathan, Chennai savours local flavour Read More »
Indian tennis ace Sania Mirza and her Swiss partner Martina Hingis continued their stupendous run by clinching their 25th victory together to enter the final of the Brisbane International Tennis Tournament here on Friday. The top-seeded Indo-Swiss duo defeated the Slovak-Russian combination of Andreja Klepac and Alla Kudryavtseva 6-3 7-5 to make the summit clash.
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World No 2 Saina Nehwal notched up a comfortable straight-game victory in their Trump match over P C Thulashi in women’s singles to guide Awadhe Warriors to a convincing victory over Delhi Aces in their Premier Badminton League (PBL) match in Lucknow on Monday. Olympic bronze medallist Saina, B Sai Praneeth and doubles pair of
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Leander Paes is hoping that there will be not be repeat of a selection fiasco ahead of the Rio Olympics and feels he deserves to be paired with Rohan Bopanna and Sania Mirza for the men’s and mixed doubles events. Recalling the drama ahead of 2012 London Olympics when Bopanna and Mahesh Bhupathi refused to
Leander Paes hopes no politics will be played over 2016 Rio Olympics selection Read More »
Kidambi Srikanth showed his rising stature in world badminton with a shock maiden victory over former world no. 1 Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia, but could not prevent his team Bengaluru Top Guns from going down to Hyderabad Hunters 2-3 in the Premier Badminton League, here today. Later, Chennai Smashers upset hosts Mumbai Rockets 4-3
PBL: Srikanth stuns Lee but Hyderabad still trump Bengaluru, Chennai upset Mumbai Read More »
Indian batsman Virat Kohli has congratulated the Indian football team for lifting the SAFF Cup for the seventh time. On Sunday, India defeated Afghanistan 2-1 to win the SAFF Cup final. India, who had lost to Afghanistan 0-2 in the final of 2013 edition in Kathmandu, were clearly the better side in the final match
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Six weeks after completing one of the greatest seasons in tennis history, Novak Djokovic begins his 2016 campaign and warm-up for his Australian Open defence in Qatar. The Serbian, also current holder of Wimbledon and the US Open, heads a strong field at the Qatar Open starting in Doha on Monday, which also includes Rafael
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The Second Sunrise is a treasured card in Magic, a computer game with a dedicated legion of fans. ”The bright tunnel sometimes leads back to life,” reads the card. It is a sentiment that resonates well with badminton in India. After a false start in 2013 and a lengthy period of hibernation, the Premier Badminton
Badminton’s premier league? Here’s all you need to know about the revamped PBL Read More »
Six days, nine matches and an astonishing 31 goals later, the SAFF Championship is out of its group stage. Semi-finals beckon four teams that have passed the test — India, Sri Lanka, Maldives and Afghanistan. It has been an exhilarating round of fixtures in the group stage, with an average of 3.4 goals scored per
India’s Anirban Lahiri jumped a place to be 40th in the world golf rankings released on Monday, thereby securing a berth for the Masters, 2016’s first Major. A top-50 finish in the world rankings at the end of the year secures a ticket for the event at the Augusta National Golf Club, venue of the
Lahiri climbs to world No 40, qualifies for Augusta Masters Read More »
Somdev Devvarman marginally improved his ranking as he gained three places to be 177th on the latest ATP ranking chart while Yuki Bhambri continued to be India’s number one singles player at number 93. Saketh Myneni was also unchanged at number 170 and was followed by Ramkumar Ramanathan (248). In the doubles list, Rohan Bopanna
Tennis rankings: Somdev Devvarman gains three places to reach 177, Yuki still in top 100 Read More »
In a match to decide hosts India’s semi-final opponents, defending champions Afghanistan stamped their authority over Maldives to beat the island nation 4-1 in the final group B clash of SAFF Championships on Monday night. India will now face group B runner-up Maldives in the first semi-final on 31 December, while group toppers Afghanistan set
It was a watershed moment for Indian football when Bhaichung Bhutia, whom IM Vijayan famously called ‘God’s gift to Indian football’, donned that blue jersey a final time for a farewell match against Bayern Munich at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in New Delhi. Among the huge crowd that had turned up to bid adieu India’s
Putting up a sparkling show in the final showdown, Mumbai Garuda outclassed Haryana Hammers 7-2 to clinch the inaugural Pro Wrestling League title, here today. High on confidence after winning all their previous matches in the tournament, Mumbai started as the favourites in the grand finale today and successfully lived up the expectations with a
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Pakistan shooters will compete in the Asian Olympic qualification competition to be held at the Dr. Karni Singh Range here from January 25 to February 3. The Executive Vice President of the National Rifle Association of Pakistan (NRAP), Razi Ahmed Khan, had said that the Pakistani shooting team would compete in India with an aim
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Serena Williams spent a good portion of 2015 deflecting questions about whether she could complete the Grand Slam. After coming oh-so-close, she can acknowledge how much she cared about the rare feat. “I wanted it. But … winning one (major title) is not easy. And then, (when) you have a ‘bounty’ on your head, it’s
Serena Williams wins AP Female Athlete of Year for 4th time Read More »
Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer are poised to become the first USD 100 million men in tennis in 2016, in a gripping sub-plot to the new Grand Slam season. No player in the history of the sport has broken through the USD 100 million on-court earnings barrier but world number one Djokovic and Federer, the
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SAFF Cup had been missing the audience up till now. But people selling the Indian flag and jersey on the way to the stadium ahead of India’s opening clash against Sri Lanka had to be a good indication. And staying true to the Christmas spirit, fans started occupying the stands an hour before the match
