China Open: Sania Mirza-Martina Hingis win women's doubles title

The Indo-Swiss pair of Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis has won the women's doubles title at the China Open Tennis tournament. In the final in Beijing on Saturday, the pair defeated the Chinese Taipei duo of Yung-Jan Chan and Hao-Ching Chan in three sets 6-7, 6-1, 10-8. For the Indo-Swiss pai...

N. Sriram Balaji becomes new National Men's Champ in Men's Singles Tennis

N Sriram Balaji has become the new National Men's Singles Tennis champion.In the final of the national hard court tennis championships in New Delhi today, top seeded Balaji defeated defending champion and second seed Vishnu Vardhan in straight sets 7-5 6-3. With the title win, Balaji also e...

Footballer of all times Pele to arrive in Kolkata tomorrow

India to take on South Africa in 1st ODI tomorrow

The opening encounter of the five-match ODI series between India and South Africa will be played at Green Park, Kanpur, tomorrow. The match will start at 9 A.M. Having been outplayed in the Twenty-20 format, there will be added pressure on captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni to perform and lead India from ...

China Open: Sania- Martina to meet Chinese Taipei pair in final

In the China Open, leading women's Tennis doubles pair of Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis will today meet sixth seeded Chinese Taipei pair of Yung-Jan Chan and Hao-Ching Chan in the final. In the semi finals played Friday, the Indo-Swiss duo thumped the Chinese pair of Chen Liang and Yafan W...

Rio Olympics organisers slash budget amid Brazil's sluggish economy

Organizers of next year's Olympics in Rio de Janeiro have decided to cut the budget for the games in view of Brazil's sluggish economy. The organizing committee has allocated about 2 billion dollars, to pay for the Olympic Games and preceding test events.It plans to reduce the numb...

Military World Games: Indian boxers bag one silver, three bronze medals

Indian boxers have fetched one silver and three bronze medals at the Military World Games in Mungyeong, South Korea. Dheeraj Rangi (60 kg) notched up the silver medal after going down to Algeria's Yahia Abdelli in the summit clash. Dheeraj defeated boxers from Tanzania, Cameroon,Germany and...

Top seed women's doubles pair of Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis to meet Chinese Taipei pair in final of China Open Tennis tournament this evening<br/>

In the China Open, leading women&apos;s Tennis doubles pair of Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis will today meet sixth seeded Chinese Taipei pair of Yung-Jan Chan and Hao-Ching Chan in the final. In the semi finals played Friday, the Indo-Swiss duo thumped the Chinese pair of Chen Liang and Yafan W...

Five-day BSF Inter Frontier Competitions – 2015 concluded at Ashwini Stadium in the BSF Campus, Jalandhar

The five-day BSF Inter Frontier Competitions of Boxing-Gymnastic-Judo-Wrestling and Weight Lifting- 2015 concluded at Ashwini Stadium in the BSF Campus, Jalandhar Friday evening. A Total of 1055 sportsmen of all Frontiers of Border Security Force had participated in it. Punjab frontier remained the ...

China Open: Sania Mirza-Martina Hingis enter final of women's doubles event <br/>

Sania Mirza and her Swiss partner Martina Hingis have entered the final of the women&apos;s doubles event of the China Open in Beijing.The top seeded Indo-Swiss pair recorded an easy 6-2, 6-3 victory over the wild card Chinese duo of Chen Liang and Yafan Wang in the semifinal. The duo now awaits...