Baichung Bhutia conferred with AFC 'Hall of Fame' Award

Former Indian football captain Baichung Bhutia has been conferred with the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Hall of Fame Award. He received the award in Manila, Philippines yesterday on the occasion of afc's 60th anniversary. FIFA President Sepp Blatter presented the award to Baichung, th...

Sindhu bags Macau Open Grand Prix Gold Badminton Title

Two-time World Badminton Championship bronze medallist P V Sindhu has lifted her first title of the season. At Macau today, the World Number Eleven successfully defended the 120,000 US dollar Macau Grand Prix Gold trophy. In the summit clash of the women's singles, she prevailed over 91st r...

New Zealand register innings & 80 run win over Pak in 3rd Test

At Sharjah today, New Zealand recorded an innings and 80 run win over Pakistan in the third and final Test. With the win, the Kiwis also levelled the three-match series 1-1. Pakistan were dismissed for 259 in their second innings in fading light at the Sharjah stadium on the fourth and penultimate d...

King's Cup golf tournament: Anirban finishes joint second<br/>

Indian golfer Anirban Lahiri has finished joint second behind Thailand&apos;s Thaworn Wiratchant in the 500,000 US Dollar King&apos;s Cup tournament. At Khon Kaen in Thailand, Lahiri, who was one shot ahead of Wiratchant going into the final round today, carded a two-under 70 for a four-day ...

Sindhu bags Macau Open Grand Prix Gold Badminton Title

Two-time World Badminton Championship bronze medallist P V Sindhu has lifted her first title of the season. At Macau today, the World Number Eleven successfully defended the 120,000 US dollar Macau Grand Prix Gold trophy. In the summit clash of the women&apos;s singles, she prevailed over 91st r...

Petroleum Sports Promotion Board, PSPB&apos;s Abhishek Yadav has won the boys&apos; singles title in the 76th Junior National and Youth Table Tennis Championships. In the final of the event at Alappuzha, Kerala, today, he beat his team mate Sudhanshu Grover by Four games to One. In the youth...

World Snooker: Pankaj Adavni loses to 14-year-old Chinese boy in semi-finals

China&apos;s 14-year-old Yan Bingtao beat title favourite Pankaj Advani 6-4 to storm into the men&apos;s semi-finals at the IBSF World Snooker Championships at Bangaluru today. The 29-year-old Advani, who came into the tournament as holder of 12 World titles and a hot favourite, virtually gi...

Sindhu bags Macau Open Grand Prix Gold Badminton Title <br/>

PV Sindhu today bagged the Macau Open Grand Prix Gold Badminton title for the second consecutive time. In the final, second seed Sindhu defeated Korean Kim Hyo Min, 21-12, 21-17. This was Sindhu&apos;s first title this season. In the semi-finals yesterday, second seed Sindhu had defeated Busanan...

Sindhu bags Macau Open Grand Prix Gold Badminton Title <br/>

PV Sindhu today bagged the Macau Open Grand Prix Gold Badminton title for the second consecutive time. In the final, second seed Sindhu defeated Korean Kim Hyo Min, 21-12, 21-17. This was Sindhu&apos;s first title this season. In the semi-finals yesterday, second seed Sindhu had defeated Busanan...

Israeli cricket umpire dies after being struck by ball

In Israel, Hillel Oscar, 55, an umpire and former captain of Israel&apos;s national cricket team died yesterday after being hit in the jaw by a ball in the southern port city of Ashdod, the country&apos;s cricket association said. His death comes just two days after Australian batsman Philli...