Mairaj wins India's first skeet medal at a shooting WC

Rower Dattu Bhokanal qualifies for Rio Olympics

Indian rower Dattu Bhokanal today qualified for the Rio Olympics after winning a silver in the finals of men's single sculls at the 2016 FISA Asian and Oceania Olympic Qualification Regatta at Chung-ju in South Korea. The 25-year-old armyman clocked 7 mins 7.49 seconds in the 2km course to ...

IPL 2016: Kings Eleven Punjab to take on Mumbai Indians

In IPL Cricket, Kings Eleven Punjab will take on Mumbai Indians at Mohali this evening. The match will begin at 8 PM. Rohit Sharma led Mumbai Indians, so far had a mixed bag having won just two games, and are placed at 6th in the 8-team points table.On the other hand, David Miller led Kings Eleven P...

Wrestler Sandeep Tomar (57 kg) books berth for Rio Olympics

Wrestler Sandeep Tomar on Sunday secured an Olympic quota place for India in the men's 57kg freestyle category with a bronze-medal finish on the final day of the 1st World Olympic Qualifying tournament in Ulaanbaatar in Mongolia. The 25-year-old Sandeep became the fourth Indian wrestler a a...

Sania-Hingis lose in Final of Stuttgart Grand Prix tournament in Germany

The Indo-Swiss pair of top seeded pair of Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis have lost the women's doubles finals to second seeded French duo of Caroline Garcia and Kristina Mladenovic in the Stuttgart Tennis Grand Prix tournament being held in Germany. They lost to the pair of Garcia-Mladenovi...

Rafael Nadal wins Barcelona Open to equal clay-court record

In Tennis, Rafael Nadal has won the Barcelona Open to equal Guillermo Vilas' decades old record of 49 clay-court titles. In the Final last night, world number five and top seed Spaniard defeated two-time defending champion Kei Nishikori of Japan, in straight sets, 6-4, 7-5. This was Nadal&a...

Sri Lanka's Silva hospitalized after blow on the head

Sri Lanka's test opener Kaushal Silva has been admitted to a Colombo hospital, after being hit on the head by a cricket ball while fielding in a domestic match. Sri Lanka's Cricket board said, Silva was struck yesterday during a practice match in Pallekele. The match was part of Sr...

Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis lose in the Stuttgart Tennis Grand Prix

The Indo-Swiss pair of top seeded pair of Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis have lost the women's doubles finals to second seeded French duo of Caroline Garcia and Kristina Mladenovic in the Stuttgart Tennis Grand Prix tournament being held in Germany. They lost to the pair of Garcia-Mladenovi...

In IPL, Gujarat Lions defeat Royal Challengers Bangalore by six wickets

In IPL, Skipper Virat Kohli's unbeaten century and Lokesh Rahul's 51 not out go in vain as Royal Challengers Bangalore go down to Gujarat Lions by six wickets at Rajkot. Chasing a victory target of 181 runs, Gujarat Lions achieved the target in 19.3 over hitting 182 for 4. Dinesh K...

Angelique Kerber wins Stuttgart Grand Prix tennis title

In Stuttgart Grand Prix final, Angelique Kerber defeated qualifier Laura Siegemund in the tournament's first all-German final. Kerber beat Siegemund in straight sets 6-4, 6-0.Yesterday Siegemund caused a sensation, knocking out top seed and world number two Agnieszka Radwanska in straight s...