Shuttler Saina Nehwal and Sai Praneeth advanced to semifinals of Thailand Grand Prix

Olympic medallist Saina Nehwal and B Sai Praneeth advanced to the semi-finals of the Thailand Grand Prix Gold badminton tournament with convincing victories in Bangkok today.The second seeded Saina, ranked 11 in the world, defeated Japan's Haruko Suzuki 21-15 ,20-22, 21-11 to make the last-...

Shuttler Sai Praneeth sails into semi-finals of Thailand Grand Prix Gold

Indian shuttler B Sai Praneeth sailed into the semi-finals of the of the Thailand Grand Prix Gold in Bangkok today after registering a straight-game win over local player Kantaphon Wangcharoen.The third seeded Praneeth comfortably defeated the Thai 21-16, 21-17 in the men's singles section....

PCB bans its cricketers from participating in Afghan domestic Twenty20 league

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) today stopped its players and coaches from participating in Afghanistan's domestic Twenty20 league starting in Kabul from the 18th of next month.Kamran Akmal, Umar Akmal and Babar Azam were among those Pakistan players contracted by franchises to compete in ...

ICC Champions Trophy: Rain interrupted second match between NZ and Australia

Rain interrupted the second match of the ICC Champions Trophy between New Zealand and Australia at Edgbaston Cricket Ground in Birmingham today. New Zealand were 67 for 1 in 9.3 overs when rain intervened. Opener M.J.Guptill fell on his individual score of 26 to J R Halewood. Luke Ronchi on 24 and K...

French Open: Indian pair of Raja-Sharan in pre-quarters<br/>

In Tennis, the Indian pair of Purav Raja and Divij Sharan upstaged the 15th-seeded Austrian-Croat combo of Oliver Marach and Mate Pavic to enter the men&apos;s doubles pre-quarterfinals of French Open. The unseeded Indian combo defeated Oliver and Mate 6-4, 3-6, 6-4 in the second-round match tha...

ICC Champions Trophy: New Zealand to take on Australia today

In the ICC Champions Trophy, in the second match today New Zealand will lock horn with Australia at Edgbaston Cricket Ground in Birmingham. The match will start at three pm, Indian time. All India Radio will broadcast bilingual live commentary in Hindi and English of the match today. It can be heard...

World TT Championships: Mouma-Manika make history by becoming first Indian pair to reach quarters

Bopanna-Dabrowski enter second round of French Open

In French Open, India&apos;s Rohan Bopanna and his Canadian partner Gabriela Dabrowski have entered the second round of the mixed doubles in Paris.Yesterday, the Indo-Canadian combo defeated Australian pair of Jessica Moore and Matt Reid 6-0, 6-1 in the opening match at Roland Garros. The sevent...

England beat Bangladesh by eight wickets in ICC Champions Trophy

England defeated Bangladesh by 8 wickets in the opening match of Champions Trophy. At Oval in London Yesterday, chasing a victory target of 306, England made 308 for 2 with 16 balls to spare. Joe Root&apos;s unbeaten 133 off 129 balls helped England to chase down the target in just 47.2 overs. E...

Afghanistan cancels proposed home & away cricket fixtures with Pakistan

Afghanistan have cancelled proposed home and away cricket fixtures with Pakistan after a deadly bomb attack blamed by the country&apos;s intelligence agency on militants allegedly backed by Islamabad.Afghan Cricket Board issued a strongly worded statement late on Wednesday, cancelling the matche...