National women chess championship to be held in Maharashtra from Oct 25 to Nov 5

National women chess championship will be held at Sangli in Maharashtra from October 25 to November 5. Organized by All India Chess Federation, Maharashtra Chess Association and Sangli District Chess Association, the competition will have a total prizes of six lakh rupees. The event is being organis...

Saina Nehwal, Parupalli Kashyap reach quarter finals of French Open Super Series

Indian shuttlers, Saina Nehwal and Parupalli Kashyap reached quarter finals of French Open Super Series Badminton tournament.In the women's singles event, Saina defeated Kirsty Gilmour of Scotland 21-19, 21-16 in the second round yesterday. Saina will face her nemesis and world number two S...

Saina Nehwal, Parupalli Kashyap reach quarter finals of French Open Super Series<br/>

Indian shuttlers, Saina Nehwal and Parupalli Kashyap reached quarter finals of French Open Super Series Badminton tournament.In the women&apos;s singles event, Saina defeated Kirsty Gilmour of Scotland 21-19, 21-16 in the second round yesterday. Saina will face her nemesis and world number two S...

IOA slams AIBA's decision to provisionally suspend Sarita Devi

Indian Olympic Association, IOA has slammed the International Boxing Association, AIBA&apos;s decision to provisionally suspend boxer Sarita Devi and India&apos;s Asiad chef-de-mission Adille J. Sumariwalla. IOA Secretary General Rajeev Mehta described the AIBA&apos;s decision as an insu...

WTA Women's doubles: Sania, her partner Cara enter semifinals<br/>

India&apos;s Sania Mirza and her Zimbabwean partner Cara Black have entered the women&apos;s doubles semi-finals of the WTA Finals tournament. In the quarter-finals in Singapore today, third seeded duo defeated the American combination of Raquel Kops-Jones and Abigail Spears 6-3, 2-6, 13-11.

French Open Super Series: Indian shuttlers continue to surge ahead<br/>

Indian shuttlers are continuing to surge ahead in the ongoing French Open Super Series badminton tournament. At Paris today, fifth seeded Saina Nehwal made it to the women&apos;s singles third round. She defeated Kirsty Gilmour of Scotland in straight games 21-19 21-16 in the second round. Ashwi...

Serena Williams suffers heaviest defeat in 16 years

Serena Williams suffered her heaviest defeat since she was 16 years old. Serena was routed 6-0, 6-2 by Simona Halep at the WTA Finals in Singapore yesterday. It was arguably the worst performance of the18-time Grand Slam champion&apos;s career. The last time Serena managed to win just two games ...

Nadal defeats Herbert to reach quarter-finals of Swiss Indoors Tennis

Rafael Nadal outclassed Pierre-Hugues Herbert of France 6-1, 6-1 to reach the quarter-finals of Swiss Indoors Tennis at Basel in Switzerland. Second seed Nadal, needed just 56 minutes to beat the French qualifier yesterday. The Spaniard next plays either 17-year-old Croatian Borna Coric or Andrey Go...

IOC grants provisional recognition to Kosovo Olympic Committee

Boxer Sarita Devi suspended by AIBA for protesting at ASIAN Games

International Boxing Association, AIBA provisionally has suspended Sarita Devi for protesting at Asiad. The association took action against her for refusing to accept the bronze medal at the Asian Games podium ceremony. Protesting against a controversial verdict, Sarita had refused to wear the medal...