Carolina Marin wins Women's Singles title at the World Badminton championships in Denmark

Carolina Marin of Spain has lifted the Women's Singles Crown in the World Badminton Championships. In the summit clash at Copenhagen today, the ninth seeded player upset Chinese top seed Li Xuerui in three games 17-21, 21-17, 21-18.Yesterday, India's 19-year old P V Sindhu settled ...

Petra Kvitova crashes out of US Open

World number four Petra Kvitova has crashed out of the US Open. In the third round, the third seeded Czech was stunned by unseeded Aleksandra Krunic of Serbia, in straight sets, 4-6, 4-6. World number two Simona Halep, Agnieszka Radwanska and Angelique Kerber are the big names who have made a shock ...

4 Indians short-listed for this year�s ICC Awards

The FINA World Swimming Championship gets underway in Dubai on Sunday. Around 235 swimmers from 38 countries including several top Olympic and World cup champions will hit the pool on the first day at the Hamdan Sports Complex. These include among others Hungary's Katinka Hosszu who set three n...

FINA World Swimming C'ship gets underway in Dubai

The FINA World Swimming Championship gets underway in Dubai on Sunday. Around 235 swimmers from 38 countries including several top Olympic and World cup champions will hit the pool on the first day at the Hamdan Sports Complex. These include among others Hungary's Katinka Hosszu who set three n...

FINA World Swimming C'ship gets underway in Dubai

The FINA World Swimming Championship gets underway in Dubai on Sunday. Around 235 swimmers from 38 countries including several top Olympic and World cup champions will hit the pool on the first day at the Hamdan Sports Complex. These include among others Hungary's Katinka Hosszu who set three n...

FIDE Women's Grand Prix in Sharjah R6

Sri Lanka win the final ODI against Pakistan by 7 wickets; clinch series by 2-1

Sri Lanka trounced Pakistan by seven wickets in the final one-dayer in Dambulla on Saturday to clinch the series 2-1. An hour-long rain interruption after Pakistan had slumped to 81-8 in the 26th over of the first session forced the umpires to reduce the game to 48-overs-a-side. The hosts bowled Pak...

PV Sindhu settles for bronze at World Badminton Championship

P V Sindhu suffered a heart break at the World Badminton Championship as the Indian shuttler had to settle for a second consecutive bronze medal after succumbing to Carolina Marin of Spain in straight games at the semifinals,in Copenhagen on Saturday.Sindhu, seeded 11th, failed in her bid to become ...

India thrash England by 6 wickets in 3rd ODI

India thrash England by six wickets in the third One-Dayer at Nottingham on Saturday to take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the five-match series. Chasing 228 runs for a win, India achieved the target in 43 overs, losing only four wickets. Ambati Rayudu slammed an unbeaten 64. The other notable scorers...

P V Sindhu suffered a heart break at the World Badminton Championship as the Indian shuttler had to settle for a second consecutive bronze medal after succumbing to Carolina Marin of Spain in straight games at the semifinals,in Copenhagen on Saturday.Sindhu, seeded 11th, failed in her bid to become ...